Tracey's wedding weight loss attempt (comments welcome & needed!!)

[traceycooper]

Thanks Tracy

The Dolphin may not happen after all
When i priced it up online they added over £600 in fule surcharges!! ontop of the £106 per person included in the brochure price!
Thats over £900 in fuel surcharges for 3 people!!
I will ring & se if i can get it waivered but not got high hopes!

Saturday

Had hair cut - looks nice, went for a drink in the local with DH.

b/fast - cereal
lunch - 4 crispbreads with lf cheese/onion filler, lf yogurt, glass of orange juice
dinner - wholemeal rice, turkey in LF curry sauce, 1/4 nam bread
2 gin & slimline tonics

cals for day - 1500

exercise - 800 cals at gym

Sunday

b/fast - cereal
lunch - med baked potato, lf cheese & GFY pasta
snack - 2 slices of wholemeal bread with lf cheese/onion filler. strawberries

exercise - 45 min spinning class, 10 min warm up on TM, a few upper body weights, followed by a quick 10 length swim in pool

not had anything else to eat yet - will have a few crackers or something!!
cals so far - 1000

Back to work tomorrow
That nasty throat thing i had last week still hasnt gone - ok during the day, but as soon as i lie down i cant stop coughing think i've had 1 undisturbed nights sleep all week so i dont feel at all rested!!

off to watch supernatural

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending some your way for your stay at the Dolphin. Was there a fuel surcharge for all packages or just the one with the Dolphin?

I hope you're feeling better soon. I was sick a couple of weeks ago and I have a cold now too.

Have a great Monday!

 

[lovinaz]

Congrats on the loss!! Could you please pass some of that along my way this week??

I guess I don't understand how they can have a fuel charge for a hotel?? Or does that include airfare? On British Airways, I used my frequent flier miles to book my family's tickets to Europe this summer and I still had to pay over $2200 in taxes, fees and fuel surcharges! Hopefully you can make it work.

 

[traceycooper]

sorry if i confused you!! I confuse myself sometimes when it comes to WDW planning!!
The prices include flights & the fuel suplement is on the airfare
I'm gonna give them a call - when i get time!

Monday

up half the night coughing this thing is driving me mad!!!

b/fast - cereal
snack - banana - resisited a muffin that a child bought me!!
lunch - wholemeal pitta filled with tuna, sweetcorn, lf mayo, strawberries, lf yogurt
dinner - 2 lf sausages with med baked potato, with casserole mix with red onion, mushroom & red pepper

cals so far - 1200

exercise walked to & from work (25 mins each way)

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending some get well your way. I hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Wow that is a hefty fuel charge. Have you ever tried All Star Music? To me its the nicest value, much quieter than Pop and the rooms have been redone and are nicer imho. It also has nice landscaping. Not Coronodo but a good compromise. And the one I came up with to make our June trip happen! As for tickets, who knows what prices will do. But I can't imagine that in this economy, Disney would raise prices. So it might be wisest to wait. I hope it all works out and that maybe somehow the Dolphin works out! Did you check to see if you can get a teacher's discount??

Now on to the task at hand, CONGRATULATIONS on losing that weight and inches! I knew somewhere in there was a big loss for you given how well you have been doing!!! I am so proud of you, well done!!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi wish buddies

Well i rang regarding trying to reduce the fuel surcharge - no joy there!!!

so its looking either 7 nt coronado & 3 nt dolphin or just 10 nt coronado + a 12 nt independent stay & seeing what deals are on offer for then!

Amy - we have done ASMu & i did like it - the only downside i find with value is the heat when waiting for a bus in August!!

We have done moderate the last two trips so wanted something different...we'll see!

Tuesday
b/fast - cereal
snack - apple
lunch - prawn salad lf yogurt, strawberries
dinner - boiled potatos, pork loin & ranch salad, 2 smll pancakes with lime juice

total cals - 1400

exercise - walked to & from work, gym - 500 cals

Wednesday
b/fast - cereal
snack - banana
lunch - wholemeal pitta with WW tuna/sweetcorn in mayo, lf yogurt, strawberries, 1 smll square of chocolate
dinner - thin steak, mini baked potatos, mini corn cob, mushrooms, onion

totoal cals - 1200

exercise - walked to & from work

STILL coughing i'm sooo tiered now - i usually sleep through, so over a week of disturbed sleep is really getting to me!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracey: I am so with you on the value bus stop thing. I mean how darn hard would it be for Disney to install some sort of covering over those? I can take standing but the heat is awful. Think of me in late June doing just that! Coronado is lovely and the busses are rarely crowded as many of its guests are conventioners and don't go to the parks. I'll be anxious to hear what you decide. I love to plan and hear other people's plans!

Very good job on the food, you are really doing great. So sorry about the cough. Drink Brandy before bed!

Keep up your great work!

 

[toystoryduo]

Great job on the food, Tracey!

I'm sorry to hear that you're still not feeling well. Sending some get well your way.

 

[lovinaz]

It stinks that you still have a cough! Usually that is the last thing to go... Do you have any over-the-counter meds that you can take? It sounds gross, but there is medicine here that helps break up the junk so you can cough it out, instead of letting it rattle around in your chest for weeks. Hopefully you can find something to help you get some much-needed rest.

Your food and exercising look great, especially considering you aren't feeling 100%! You go, girl!

 

[traceycooper]

Thanks Amy, Amy, Tracy

Still coughing

Thursday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - prawn salad, lf yogurt, pineapple
dinner - wholemeal spagetti bolognase with quorn mince & lf cheese, smll piece of sundried tomato bread

total cals - 1300

exercise - walked to & from work (2 x 25 mins) didnt go to gym as i felt soooo tiered

Friday
b/fast - cereal
snack - apple
lunch - 2 slices of seeded/wholemeal bread with lf cheese/onion filler, lf yogurt, pineapple
dinner - fish & chips (cheat night )

total cals - 1600
exercise - 2 x 25 mins walks to & from work

WI DAY - 2 lb loss

That takes me under 12 stone - not managed that for 2 years!!

weight now - 11 stone 12 lb (166 lb)

Saturday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - lf cheese/onion & ham omlette, lf yogurt

exercise - been to gym - 600 cals - found it tough though as i still feel tiered
Did have a nice massage yesterday
DD has now come down with the throat thing i startd with

not up to much this weekend - just chilling & housework!

 

[lovinaz]

CONGRATS on the loss!!! That is awesome that you are under 12 stone, you've finally broken that plateau, now there is no stopping you!

You are doing the right thing by listening to your body. It is telling you that it needs rest to get over this coughing bit. Hopefully you are back to being 100% again soon!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Great job Tracey! Get rid of that cough, we have it now and its not fun. You are really cranking now, I agree there is no stopping Miss Tracey!!!

 

[traceycooper]

IVE DONE IT IVE BOOKED

7 nts corando, 3 nts dolphin, 5 nts Renaissance opp seaworld, 5 nts independent stay (to book Universal RPR) total 20 nts
going on 3rd August next year

off to do a countdown ticker & then spinning

 

[toystoryduo]

Congrats on your weight loss and on booking your WDW vacation!!! Lots to celebrate today!

Sending some get well your way. I hope the cough is gone soon!

 

[traceycooper]

let the planning begin

Saturday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - lf cheese/onion & ham omlette, lf yogurt
dinner - baked potato, lf cheese, scampi 1/3 of med size bar of choc -300 cals in that

exercise - been to gym - 600 cals
total cals - 1450

sunday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - noodles, chk & veg
dinner - 2 cheese/ham rolls, yogurt

1/2 pint cider to celebrate booking wdw
total cals - 1300

exercise - spinning, tm, few weights - 750 cals

monday
why is it no else at work gets as excited as me about my holiday???

b/fast - cereal
lunch - chk/bacon salad, yogurt, strawberries
dinner - baked potato, chk/bacon pasta in mayo - 720 cals in half the tub

total cals - 1600

exercise - walked to work (25 mins)

off to look at pics of CS & Dolphin

 

[Amy&Dan]

I think you made a great choice for lodging! Indeed, let the planning begin! So happy to see a ticker on your sig!

Great job with food and exercise. By the time you go to WDW, you'll be at your goal!

 

[toystoryduo]

I can't wait to hear all about your trip planning!

I hope you have a great day!

 

[lovinaz]

Yay, I'm glad you got to stay at the Dolphin like you wanted.

Those calories really add up quickly, don't they? You are doing a great job keeping track of them!

 

[goldcupmom]

Congrats on the weight and especially on the WDW Vacation planning!!!!

WOO HOO!!!! Personally, I think the planning is the best part!!