Mickey's Very Merry Holiday WEIGHT LOSS Party! December 2016

piglet1979 · Dec 2, 2016

I went to the doctor this morning and I have an upper respiratory infection. I am now on 3 different meds. I can't take the 2 good ones (the one to stop the cough and the congestion one) until I get home though. They both make you drowsy. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't think i have felt this sick in a long time. I can handle the being sick to your stomach but a cough kills me every time. I am going to take it easy for the next few days before I jump back into working out. I think by mid next week I should be back to normal.

On top of being sick this week I have been very worried about my mom. She has been sick too. She is home alone this week since my step dad is in Myrtle Beach golfing with friends. She was diagnosised last Friday with shingles. At the clinic that she went to they gave her anti viral meds and a steroid. She started to have some major side affects and talked to her friend that was a nurse. She stopped the steroid right away but was still having problems. I talked her into seeing her primary doctor today and she does have the shingles (the clinic wasn't sure) and all the issues she is having is from the steroid. She is a teacher and has only worked 2 hours this week. She found out today that shingles is highly contagious to someone with a weakened immune system. Thankfully she was only at work for 2 hours because they have kids with cancer and other issues with a weak immune system. This was news to me. I had shingles when I was about 30 and I was not told this either. Hopefully she will start to feel better soon too.

Also, we have been having some issues with my daughter and the bus to and from school. She came home yesterday crying and it took my husband about 30 minutes to calm her down. She was refusing to get on the bus ever again. This is not like her. It seems like the bus driver has singles her out and she is getting in trouble for what other kids are doing. Now I don't think she is completely innocent but something is going on for her to be this upset. i talked to the bus garage and the school already and I am just waiting to hear back.

It has been one rough week around here. I am ready for vacation. 2 more weeks and I am off for 2.5 weeks. Yay!!!!! Sorry for such a downer post. I promise I will not be like this all month.

4Mickeys · Dec 2, 2016

Ok - deep breath - I am going to try again....

pjlla said:
So here we go!!! Remember how we usually start each month with an "Introduce Yourself" QOTD? Well, this month is NO exception! HOWEVER, if you feel like you've introduced yourself too many times, share something else! How about a FUN FACT about you?

Hello all,

I am back again - I am Sam, 43, single mum to 3. I found these threads back in January and joined up thinking it was just what I needed to help me get accountable and shed the weight - and well here we are in December and I can't lie I am disappointed I haven't dropped weight - it has been a long busy, emotional year with work, kids, an aunty passing away and my Dad having radiation treatment. Plus it has taken me years of bad feelings, experiences and overeating to get me in this situation so I need to accept that it is going to take some time to lose the weight, adopt those new habits so that they stick and heal my heart and mind. The last 2 are I think pretty big factors in my poor choices. The year chatting with you all though has been really good at helping me in how I think about food and health - you have really helped me at times when I needed it badly - so whilst I haven't lost what I wanted to, I am happy that I have found you all.

Fun Fact: Now last night this took a ridiculously long time for me to think of something! But here it is I suck at gaming lol - I mean PS4 games - I played with my twins last night Star Wars Battlefront and Overwatch and I spent 3/4 of the time flying way too high in the sky or crashing into the ground! Or when walking during the other combat games I am either looking at the ground, looking at the tree tops or stuck in a random place away from everything - I get killed a lot! My kids think it is hilarious how bad I am - lol - I do it every so often because they really like it when I join in and I think it is good to connect with them doing something they really like.

piglet1979 said:
She found out today that shingles is highly contagious to someone with a weakened immune system. Thankfully she was only at work for 2 hours because they have kids with cancer and other issues with a weak immune system. This was news to me. I had shingles when I was about 30 and I was not told this either.

Also not good to be around pregnant ladies - but if it is covered with a bandaid or bigger adhesive bandage if it is a larger patch that helps contain it - I think they have to come into contact with the fluid from the blister ... I had a mild dose in February this year and then a friend of mine who is a sonographer had it last month she was working still she just covered it and was choosy about the patients she saw e.g. no pregnant ladies. I hope you and your mum feel better soon.

@HappyGrape - my boys would love that star wars t-shirt your son is wearing in the first pic

- great family shot of you.

@pjlla - love the photos on the thread intro!

Ok - it is Saturday morning here and I am off to do my meal planning so I can shop accordingly - also I really want to get started on Christmas shopping this weekend.

I am also going to think about my goals for the month.

4Mickeys · Dec 2, 2016

Yes!!! I was able to post with only one time typing everything this morning :banana:

donac · Dec 2, 2016

Hi. I am Dona and I am sorry to break in on this but I just had to comment.

piglet1979 said:
I went to the doctor this morning and I have an upper respiratory infection. I am now on 3 different meds. I can't take the 2 good ones (the one to stop the cough and the congestion one) until I get home though. They both make you drowsy. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't think i have felt this sick in a long time. I can handle the being sick to your stomach but a cough kills me every time. I am going to take it easy for the next few days before I jump back into working out. I think by mid next week I should be back to normal.

On top of being sick this week I have been very worried about my mom. She has been sick too. She is home alone this week since my step dad is in Myrtle Beach golfing with friends. She was diagnosised last Friday with shingles. At the clinic that she went to they gave her anti viral meds and a steroid. She started to have some major side affects and talked to her friend that was a nurse. She stopped the steroid right away but was still having problems. I talked her into seeing her primary doctor today and she does have the shingles (the clinic wasn't sure) and all the issues she is having is from the steroid. She is a teacher and has only worked 2 hours this week. She found out today that shingles is highly contagious to someone with a weakened immune system. Thankfully she was only at work for 2 hours because they have kids with cancer and other issues with a weak immune system. This was news to me. I had shingles when I was about 30 and I was not told this either. Hopefully she will start to feel better soon too.

Also, we have been having some issues with my daughter and the bus to and from school. She came home yesterday crying and it took my husband about 30 minutes to calm her down. She was refusing to get on the bus ever again. This is not like her. It seems like the bus driver has singles her out and she is getting in trouble for what other kids are doing. Now I don't think she is completely innocent but something is going on for her to be this upset. i talked to the bus garage and the school already and I am just waiting to hear back.

It has been one rough week around here. I am ready for vacation. 2 more weeks and I am off for 2.5 weeks. Yay!!!!! Sorry for such a downer post. I promise I will not be like this all month.

Sorry you are not feeling well. I think a cough is the worst since you really can't sleep.

About shingles. I was not feeling well one weekend and I went to school on Monday morning. I taught my first class and went to talk to a friend. I told her how I felt achy and I thought I had poison ivy but only on one side of my body. She sent me to the nurse right away and the nurse shipped me to the dr. who said I had shingles. My dr told me to be out of school for 2 weeks. I know it could be problems for weaken immuned systems but in a school there are so many viruses running around that could she could get that could really cause other problems since your mother's system is way down trying to fight the shingles. I hope that she feels better soon.

I have been a on and off member of WISH for a number of years now and I will be popping in to see how everything is going. I don't want to commit especially this week. I costume for a local high school and our production of Midsummer's Night Dream opens next Thursday. I was surprised when we checked last night that everyone has something to wear and we only need a few more pieces to complete the cast.

Have a happy and healthy day

pjlla · Dec 2, 2016

Hope you all had a great Friday... I'll be back in the morning to post a weekend QOTD!!............P

MinnieLovesTigger · Dec 2, 2016

pjlla said:
QOTD for Friday December 2, 2016:

So here we go!!! Remember how we usually start each month with an "Introduce Yourself" QOTD? Well, this month is NO exception! HOWEVER, if you feel like you've introduced yourself too many times, share something else! How about a FUN FACT about you?

BONUS QOTD: Have you ever attended MVMCP? More than once? Photos or stories to share?

We will start talking about goals and plans tomorrow!

OK! Reporting in from South Carolina aka Halfway to Orlando and where we are settled for the night.

I'm Lily, 43, from Washington DC, married mom to 2 cats and a dog, back here for my first full month after joining you all midway through last month after a what-am-I-doing-to-myself breakdown. This month is complicated because I'll be in Florida for the next ten days and then in Pennsylvania for a week later in the month. But I'll do the best I can to participate!

After packing on a pound or five or ten every year for many straight years, I need to lose about 50 pounds to get to a "healthy" weight for my height and frame. I was also diagnosed with lupus this year after a very long struggle to find an explanation for a bunch of stuff that goes on with me. I need to work on developing a sound nutrition program and a start to an exercise program for my general health and well being. I know from past experience that big changes tend to result in me jumping off a cliff with no parachute so I'm trying to baby step my way into this. Last month I made a point of eating one reasonably healthy meal a day. I think I'm going to stick with that for this month as well with the slight twist that I'm also going to consider whether I want to make a tweak to the other meals and snacks as I go. Not so much that I have to make a change, just to be more mindful of the choices that I make. Goal for the month is to just maintain. I had a bizarrely high weigh-in yesterday, half of which was gone this morning, so I believe meeting this goal should be easy in spite of Dole whips, Butterbeer, and latkes.

I'm also a crazy cat lady, as illustrated by my flooding instagram today with pictures from our progress South. Accompanied by one of the cats. Taking your cat to Disneyworld is a perfectly normal thing to do, right?

Bonus question: I will be attending my first MVMCP this Friday. Yay!!!!!!!!

MinnieLovesTigger · Dec 2, 2016

courtneybeth said:
Hi Everyone - I'm back and going to participate this month with dedication. I'm pleased to announce that I'm starting a NEW JOB with a HIGHER SALARY after i get back from my disney trip in a couple of weeks. WOAH! I've been spending a lot of time submitting resumes and the like and something finally stuck. So this is my woohoo wednesday, a bit late.

Fun fact: I have two kitties named Sawyer and Hurley.

Bonus question:
I'm actually attending the MVMCP on 12/13 -- and it's my first one. I'm really excited to see the parade and WISHES fireworks. I've never seen WISHES in any form and this trip is actually going to be one where we watch the shows and entertainment.

Congratulations on the new gig!

HappyGrape said:
Thanks for hosting this month’s discussion @pjlla! I am really looking forward to it as it's one of the most exciting months of the year

I am 38 and love WDW. I love all vacations actually! I reached maintenance early October, and little undecided to chase my original goal which is slightly lower or remain where I am. I lost 13.5 kg, about 30 lbs this year by counting calories, eating mostly whole food but remembering to keep it fun, very small daily deficit and fitbit to help me with calorie burn estimations

12/1 59.7kg
12/9-11 (First reports due)
12/16-18 (Second reports due)
12/23-25 (Third reports due)
12/30-31 (FINAL REPORTS)

Starting numbers & goals. Current weight as of yesterday 59.7. Goal to finish the month in the 58.7 to 59.7 range. So if little weight loss happens, ok but I would be happy to maintain and this is my primary goal

I intend to do this by remaining in balance but on weekly, instead of daily basis. There are so many meals out, I plan to enjoy them and in order to remain in balance I plan to up my cardio

I also plan to be little more regular with my strength training, at least twice weekly 30 minutes each session

As soon as I hit maintenance I went to Orlando for two weeks, and returned to cold weather in Ireland. The additional calories (compared to weight loss) I mostly use for extra snacking which I feel long term is not great habit. This month I will up the size of my main meals, in hope to get extra fuel for my workouts. I was also so concerned about getting back to normal, I didn’t focus on happy as much. Meaning I didn’t put much in my cooking, and I feel more flavor and attention to cooking not only healthy but tasty is important. Food should be fun. So more healthy but fun meals seems suitable goal for December!

Bonus question - No we haven't been to the party! But we were lucky to see the Christmas decorations on our last day this year. The castle was breathtaking, I felt teary looking at it! And we could fake it? Here is photo form 4th of November this year, me wearing my Disney uniform dress and with fake Mickey's party boarder added

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Here is a funny one!

We were really disappointed in the quality of Universal photos and they took forever to add the special effects. In the end half of our pictures, which were not that many were us pointing at nothing! So I took matters of my own hands and the result is... Mickey made appearance!

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Congratulations on reaching maintenance! Your pictures are wonderful!! I love how well you approach all of this.

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piglet1979 said:
I am in this month. It has been a rough week for me. I am still sick. I am headed to the doctor this morning. This cough is not getting any better. It has been getting worse. My chest is hurting now so I think this has turned into more then just a cold. My Facebook friends seem to think I am having asthma issues because my chest itches really bad when ever I get into a coughing fit. I guess that is a symptom of it. I don't have asthma though. We will see what the doc says.

ok on to a little bit about me. I am 37 and have been married for 12 years. I have 2 kids. DS is 10 and DD is 9. I work for a scholarship place where we give scholarship to college students. Up until a year ago I managed about 1000 students getting scholarships on my own. We have grown and I just couldn't keep up so I now have someone that helps me. Her and I do not get along great but it is finally getting better and I can tolerate her.

I have never been to the party. I really want to go though. I have a friend that is doing a short spontaneous trip to Disney is going to one of the parties. I am so jealous. One year I will go. it will have to been the kids get older though. We are at the point that we will not take them out of school anymore.

Sorry to hear that you are still so sick. Sending you healthy pixie dust.

MommaoffherRocker said:
I'm here! My name is Melanie, I am 32 (33 next Wednesday!) and a mom to 5 kids. A fun fact about me is 2.5 weeks before our wedding DH and I elouped in Las Vegas. So we celebrate 2 wedding Anniversaries each year Dec. 19th and Dec. 31st. This year we will be celebrating 12 years.

Bonus question: I have been to MVMCP many times. We use to go every year but I haven't been since 2014 when I was pregnant with #5. My favorite time was in 2009, DS9 was 2 and our only child. We went to the party on a whim before Thanksgiving. It was virtually empty. We got to walk on every ride and have a front row spot in the parade without waiting for hours. At the end of the night DS asked to see Santa which was surprising because he had always been afraid. I don't have any pictures because I didn't have my camera and it was before camera phones were worth anything but I will never forget that night.

That's a great elopement story! Does your family know or do you have a secret anniversary?

ski_mom said:
I'm in again. I've found this group in February when I first got serious about losing some of the weight that I HAD to lose. From February through June I lost 30 pounds and was very happy with my progress (even though I still have a lot to lose). In June, we went on a 2 week vacation and I just haven't been able to rededicate myself. I'm not sure what my problem is because I literally think about it all the time, but I'm just not doing it. I decided that I'm going to go see a nutritionist that helps people plan out healthy eating plans and see if that can get me motivated again. Part of my problem is that I truly don't know lots of good healthy recipes, so I'm hoping that I can get my act together.

As far as myself - I'll be turning 46 this month (gasp) and I've been married for 24 years. DH and I have 3 kids. DD19 is a sophomore at Truman State University in Missouri, DD18 is a freshman at Ole Miss and DS14 is a freshman in high school this year. It's been an adjustment with both girls out of the house. They were both home for a week over Thanksgiving and it was great having everyone together again. They will be home for 4 and 6 weeks respectively at Christmas, so hopefully that goes well too.

DH and I are taking a cruise this January and I'm hoping to lose at least 10 pounds before we go. Normally I would shoot for more than 10 in a month and a half, but with the Christmas season, I don't want to just set myself up for failure.

I have never attended MVMCP. We've only been to Disney in the summer time. I'd love to see it all decorated! Maybe someday!

I know you can get your mojo back!

dsnyfn1022 said:
I feel like I've skipped introductions the past few times so my name is Paige. I am 24 and a cat mom to a very spoiled cat child named Nancy. Seriously spoiled, I bought a bunch of stocking stuffers for her the other day because I didn't want her to not have presents on Christmas lol. I lost about 57 pounds back in May but then went through a divorce and gained about 18 pounds back. My divorce is officially finalized so now I'm really starting to focus on myself again so that I can get back on my weight loss journey and hopefully even lower than I was before! FUN FACT: I was just enlightened to Rocky Horror Picture Show last weekend and OMG I'm obsessed. My mom was an 80s teen that went to the showings so she doesn't love it on its own because it's "boring" once you've been a part of the audience. But I'm fresh to it and it's amazing.

BONUS QOTD: I have been to 2 MVMCP I believe? 2 or 3. I've lost track! I looove them. I'm not a big character meet and greet fan but I love the parade, the cocoa, and the short lines on rides! And of course the Christmas decorations.

All cats should get presents! Hanukkah Harry certainly visits mine. He might even leave something for the dog this year.

Also, I now officially feel old because I saw Rocky Horror in the 80s as a teen.

. I'm also hoping my mom never finds this because I was only 15 and she had absolutely forbidden me to go.

Oneanne said:
I'm in for another month - thanks PJLLA for picking this up and starting us off with such happy and festive pictures!

I'm Lizanne, a singleton living in Seattle WA. I've been to WDW possibly 40 times now, starting with my first trip back in the late 80's. Last year I had an AP and did 3 2015 and 1 2016 trips on it, including one in October 2015 and then right back again in December 2015. As a matter of fact FB posted a one year memory yesterday of a picture I took at the airport when I was departing for the December trip, and for one brief moment I thought "should I throw something together really fast..."? I've been to MVMCP once and have to say I didn't love it. I'm really not a parade person so spending a fair amount of time sitting waiting for a parade I wasn't really interested in wasn't, shall we say, satisfying. I have done CP twice and do love it, once I saw Neil Patrick Harris and then last year it was Whoopie Goldberg... both were wonderful.

I started 2016 off with a bang, dropping 30 pounds in the first 3 months, then throughout the remainder of the year put the weight back on, so now I am sitting back at the starting gate. I'm using the "what is your minimum" guideline to set my December goals, and since I'll be off-line again over the weekend I'll post them here:

10,000 steps per day... minimum is 6 days a week
Reduce my intake of dairy and gluten... minimum is by 50%
Stay away from fast food joints... minimum is to allow it twice during the month.

I got in my 10,000 steps yesterday for the first time in about a month, and I didn't eat any junk/fast food, so December is off in good stead. I've already chatted about other intentions for the month... developing rituals and practices. And also doing things differently, instead of just work/home/work/home. My SIS was able to get a caretaker in for several hours tomorrow, so I'm taking her out to my yarn store where they are having a Makers Market and we're going to have lunch at a diner along the way... so something totally different for her, and again something that takes me out of the 'hood, where I spend most of my time. Two gals from my trailer club have already mailed cards, and I mailed two yesterday and one this morning, so the flow will start here soon. Thanks again to all who are participating.

I got my hair colored yesterday , going from white with tinges of unintentional blue to all over light brunette. I am very, very happy with it: I look like I have twice as much hair, fuller and longer because you can actually see it, and I do feel younger. The plan is to do all-over color for a couple months till it grows back more, then start adding highlights. It's helping me get inspired to buckle down and start getting the weight off again.

One of the new things I'm doing this month is a knit-along called the Peace Project, where a gal has offered up a cowl pattern for free, that we'll all knit during the month (with "all" being the 16,000 people who signed up... edited to say the count is now up to 19,000!), and she is doing daily postings on peace which include questions to ponder... very similar to what we do here actually. Yesterday one of the questions was what is one thing that would make you very happy if it happened in the next week: my answer was I'd love for it to snow (lightly at a time where it doesn't cause people major transportation anguish) and low and behold, there's a chance of low land snow in the forecast for Sunday evening!

Closing with a little bit of peaceful inspiration:

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

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That photo is beautiful. I feel peaceful just looking at it!

piglet1979 said:
I went to the doctor this morning and I have an upper respiratory infection. I am now on 3 different meds. I can't take the 2 good ones (the one to stop the cough and the congestion one) until I get home though. They both make you drowsy. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't think i have felt this sick in a long time. I can handle the being sick to your stomach but a cough kills me every time. I am going to take it easy for the next few days before I jump back into working out. I think by mid next week I should be back to normal.

On top of being sick this week I have been very worried about my mom. She has been sick too. She is home alone this week since my step dad is in Myrtle Beach golfing with friends. She was diagnosised last Friday with shingles. At the clinic that she went to they gave her anti viral meds and a steroid. She started to have some major side affects and talked to her friend that was a nurse. She stopped the steroid right away but was still having problems. I talked her into seeing her primary doctor today and she does have the shingles (the clinic wasn't sure) and all the issues she is having is from the steroid. She is a teacher and has only worked 2 hours this week. She found out today that shingles is highly contagious to someone with a weakened immune system. Thankfully she was only at work for 2 hours because they have kids with cancer and other issues with a weak immune system. This was news to me. I had shingles when I was about 30 and I was not told this either. Hopefully she will start to feel better soon too.

Also, we have been having some issues with my daughter and the bus to and from school. She came home yesterday crying and it took my husband about 30 minutes to calm her down. She was refusing to get on the bus ever again. This is not like her. It seems like the bus driver has singles her out and she is getting in trouble for what other kids are doing. Now I don't think she is completely innocent but something is going on for her to be this upset. i talked to the bus garage and the school already and I am just waiting to hear back.

It has been one rough week around here. I am ready for vacation. 2 more weeks and I am off for 2.5 weeks. Yay!!!!! Sorry for such a downer post. I promise I will not be like this all month.

I'm so sorry you are going through all of this. Upping the pixie dust to send you big internet hugs!

4Mickeys said:
Ok - deep breath - I am going to try again....

Hello all,

I am back again - I am Sam, 43, single mum to 3. I found these threads back in January and joined up thinking it was just what I needed to help me get accountable and shed the weight - and well here we are in December and I can't lie I am disappointed I haven't dropped weight - it has been a long busy, emotional year with work, kids, an aunty passing away and my Dad having radiation treatment. Plus it has taken me years of bad feelings, experiences and overeating to get me in this situation so I need to accept that it is going to take some time to lose the weight, adopt those new habits so that they stick and heal my heart and mind. The last 2 are I think pretty big factors in my poor choices. The year chatting with you all though has been really good at helping me in how I think about food and health - you have really helped me at times when I needed it badly - so whilst I haven't lost what I wanted to, I am happy that I have found you all.

Fun Fact: Now last night this took a ridiculously long time for me to think of something! But here it is I suck at gaming lol - I mean PS4 games - I played with my twins last night Star Wars Battlefront and Overwatch and I spent 3/4 of the time flying way too high in the sky or crashing into the ground! Or when walking during the other combat games I am either looking at the ground, looking at the tree tops or stuck in a random place away from everything - I get killed a lot! My kids think it is hilarious how bad I am - lol - I do it every so often because they really like it when I join in and I think it is good to connect with them doing something they really like.

Also not good to be around pregnant ladies - but if it is covered with a bandaid or bigger adhesive bandage if it is a larger patch that helps contain it - I think they have to come into contact with the fluid from the blister ... I had a mild dose in February this year and then a friend of mine who is a sonographer had it last month she was working still she just covered it and was choosy about the patients she saw e.g. no pregnant ladies. I hope you and your mum feel better soon.

@HappyGrape - my boys would love that star wars t-shirt your son is wearing in the first pic - great family shot of you.

@pjlla - love the photos on the thread intro!

Ok - it is Saturday morning here and I am off to do my meal planning so I can shop accordingly - also I really want to get started on Christmas shopping this weekend.

I am also going to think about my goals for the month.

It sounds like you gained a lot of wisdom this year! I hope the month is a success!

HappyGrape · Dec 3, 2016

courtneybeth said:
Hi Everyone - I'm back and going to participate this month with dedication. I'm pleased to announce that I'm starting a NEW JOB with a HIGHER SALARY after i get back from my disney trip in a couple of weeks. WOAH! I've been spending a lot of time submitting resumes and the like and something finally stuck. So this is my woohoo wednesday, a bit late.

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Well done! They are lucky to get someone as capable and determent on their team, you will do great -as you do in anything you put your mind on!

HappyGrape · Dec 3, 2016

piglet1979 said:
I am in this month. It has been a rough week for me. I am still sick. I am headed to the doctor this morning. This cough is not getting any better. It has been getting worse. My chest is hurting now so I think this has turned into more then just a cold. My Facebook friends seem to think I am having asthma issues because my chest itches really bad when ever I get into a coughing fit. I guess that is a symptom of it. I don't have asthma though. We will see what the doc says.

ok on to a little bit about me. I am 37 and have been married for 12 years. I have 2 kids. DS is 10 and DD is 9. I work for a scholarship place where we give scholarship to college students. Up until a year ago I managed about 1000 students getting scholarships on my own. We have grown and I just couldn't keep up so I now have someone that helps me. Her and I do not get along great but it is finally getting better and I can tolerate her.

I have never been to the party. I really want to go though. I have a friend that is doing a short spontaneous trip to Disney is going to one of the parties. I am so jealous. One year I will go. it will have to been the kids get older though. We are at the point that we will not take them out of school anymore.

You are really having some hard time lately, hope everything goes back to normal on time for your trip!

pjlla · Dec 3, 2016

Good morning all!! Welcome to our "Question of the weekend" (well.... more of a statement than a question... but you understand!).

The holidays are, in part, about WISHES! At Walt Disney World there is the holiday version of the Wishes fireworks display.....

But we know that LOTS and LOTS of planning and action goes into those magical fireworks!!

And of course, there are CHRISTMAS wishes for peace, love, and GIFTS! But anyone here who has ever been the "Santa" and/or host for holiday celebrations knows that Christmas WISHES don't come true without lots of work and planning ahead!

Share you goal(s) for December and your PLAN for achieving that/those goal(s). How are you going to make that GOAL more than just a WISH? Remember....

piglet1979 · Dec 3, 2016

HappyGrape said:
You are really having some hard time lately, hope everything goes back to normal on time for your trip!

Thank you. we will all get back on track. unfortunately no trip though. I keep trying. we went to Disney September 2015 and June 2016. we do this every Christmas though. we take off the time the kids are off of school and spend time at home cleaning out old toys for the new ones and spending time with family.

pjlla said:
Good morning all!! Welcome to our "Question of the weekend" (well.... more of a statement than a question... but you understand!).

The holidays are, in part, about WISHES! At Walt Disney World there is the holiday version of the Wishes fireworks display.....

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But we know that LOTS and LOTS of planning and action goes into those magical fireworks!!

And of course, there are CHRISTMAS wishes for peace, love, and GIFTS! But anyone here who has ever been the "Santa" and/or host for holiday celebrations knows that Christmas WISHES don't come true without lots of work and planning ahead!

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Share you goal(s) for December and your PLAN for achieving that/those goal(s). How are you going to make that GOAL more than just a WISH? Remember....

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I think might keep the goal really small and go with losing a pound. with being sick and then the holidays I think it is going to be rough month.

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I think the meds have made things worse. last night was the worst night yet. my back, neck, chest and stomach all hurt from coughing all night. I am over this already. I have a party tonight with old friends that I worked with from the daycare years ago. I haven't seen them in a long time. I don't want to miss it but I think I might have too.

My daughter has been so sweet the last few days. Everything I start cough she asks me with a sad face if I am ok. I am not sure if she just being sweet or if it is because she did something wrong. the whole bus issue ended being being nothing because she did do what she told us she didn't. I haven't talked to her yet about it yet.

Thank you everyoneed for the well wishes. I hope you all have a great weekend.

4Mickeys · Dec 3, 2016

MinnieLovesTigger said:
Also, I now officially feel old because I saw Rocky Horror in the 80s as a teen. . I'm also hoping my mom never finds this because I was only 15 and she had absolutely forbidden me to go.

ha ha - I remember the first time I saw it but I can't actually remember how old I was - my cousin (who is 1 month younger than me) and I were sent to 'chaperone' her oldest sister on a date at the drive-in - us 2 younger ones got sent to the concession stand and we promptly got lost and couldn't find the car - the man from the shop had to take us around with a torch lol until my oldest cousin spotted us and called out! I didn't really know what the movie was about and was thrown by the 'horror' in the title and was freaking about it .. but it turned out ok after all lol - the 2 on their date took up residence on the back seat (wonder why

) while us 2 younger ones were in the front seats. After this eventful introduction to this movie it did become one of my favourites and there was never a party had in our family that did not include that iconic track "Time Warp" with everyone on the dance floor.

pjlla said:
Share you goal(s) for December and your PLAN for achieving that/those goal(s). How are you going to make that GOAL more than just a WISH? Remember....

I am going to go with eating home made meals for my goal. There are 27 days left so if I count breakfast, lunch and dinner that is 81 opportunities to have a home made meal - I am going to give myself 10 chances to opt out as we know that sometimes life just happens and that is ok - but if I don't use them all that will be a bonus.

Goal: 71 home made meals.
Plan: Meal plans, do a bulk shop for meat, shop weekly for the fresh produce, get the kids to help with food prep, remember that I have a follow up meeting with my dietician on the 22nd, visit the doctor to follow up on recent blood and other tests - just to make sure all is good and then I can freely focus on the plan (I have been stress eating a little for the past month or so).
Barriers: Last 7 busy days of work coming up - then on break for about 5 weeks - both of these have the ability to derail - the first if I am not organised in the morning with lunch options and the second making sure I have planned easy lunch options to have at home or able to take with me. I could say Christmas but really it will be home made and I don't have any Christmas parties to derail me - we had our team Christmas lunch and celebration on Friday as one of us was going on leave early - and there were healthy options to have there - which I did.

I got a start last night and today - the twins and I made a meal plan for dinners for the next 3 weeks and today we did a Costco trip to get some of the meat and stock up on snacks to keep the kids going while they are on vacation (I will need to have willpower to avoid some of it - I did not buy the 1kg bag of m&ms I usually buy when there) tomorrow I will get the last of the meat grab some lunch foods for me for the week and I should be good to go.

The other goal/s I have for my break are to be as active as possible most days - we aren't going away anywhere and I am planning to get us out of the house by playing tourist around the coast - there are so many amazing places that we really haven't explored in our own backyard - so that is what we plan to do - I won't count this as an official goal to report in on - but you may hear me talk about the things we have been doing... and if I snap any spectacular pics as we go I may post a few here and there to entice you all to visit sometime lol

Have a great weekend everyone.

HappyGrape · Dec 3, 2016

I will keep at my minimums. Track daily, every day even if i go over. I will aim for at least 10 000 steps every single day. Of course I want to be in balance, and I want to do more than just 10 00 steps but I would keep at this a a minimum. Yes, even on Christmas day!

I would like to remain in my balance range, and plan to up my cardio little.

pjlla · Dec 4, 2016

Good morning all! I see some GOOD REASONABLE goals set for this busy holiday month... and some great PLANS to get us to those goals!

I left the house at 9 am yesterday to go run errands and do some Christmas shopping and didn't return home until 7pm (keeping in mind that I live in a very rural area so at least 3 hours of that time was spent driving). I got a lot of shopping done (but definitely not all of it) and was feeling accomplished, but hungry (I never ended up eating lunch.... jut 2 apples and a banana as the day went along).... but my sore throat (which I had been trying to ignore) got worse and worse and I came home ready to collapse into bed! I suggested that my men bring home a pizza or eat dinner on their way home (they were at a robotics competition) and made myself a bowl of chicken soup, hid the gifts, and climbed into bed.

DS texted and asked if his girlfriend could come home with them, so I got out of bed, picked up and dusted the living room, gave the guest bathroom a swipe with some cleaner, and emptied the dish drainer. Then I re-collapsed into bed! I did get up and said hello to them when they got home, but went right back to bed after that.

Throat was painful this morning, but some cold water and hot coffee have definitely helped. They are predicting snow here tomorrow, so I'm going to toss my snow tires into my car and plan to be at the tire shop when they open at 9 am so that I can be first in line! There are a few stores within walking distance of the tire store, so I will do a bit of shopping while the tires are being put on and then I'll head home to rest! I CANNOT afford to REALLY get sick right now! I am hoarse right now and that doesn't work well with teaching or with being a WW leader! DS will need to be driven back to school later today and I will take him if I am feeling up to it...otherwise I'll ask DH to take him. Wish we could figure out a way to live with one car for the next two weeks so that DS could take one of our cars with him. But since DH works for UPS, this is a busy and unpredictable time of year for him... I'd hate to be down to one car and have him get called out of state unexpectedly!

Anyhooo.... enough rambling from me! Hope you all are enjoying a great weekend! I'll pop on later today to see what's up with the chatter!.........P

HappyGrape · Dec 4, 2016

my weekend was definitely one of minimums. End up 300 calories over budget (burn) yesterday. Putting decorations up today and home it's sooo cozy and warm! Also packed with treats. I could spend December on the couch. And stepping from the couch to the kitchen and back...

But I won't! I am making plans for lighter treats as salmon & cream cheese & crackers, grapes, I bought myself watermelon while the guys are munching chocolate covered almonds and German cookies!

Sounds like you badly need rest pjlla, and warm drinks. Hope you feel better soon.

pjlla · Dec 4, 2016

HappyGrape said:
my weekend was definitely one of minimums. End up 300 calories over budget (burn) yesterday. Putting decorations up today and home it's sooo cozy and warm! Also packed with treats. I could spend December on the couch. And stepping from the couch to the kitchen and back...

But I won't! I am making plans for lighter treats as salmon & cream cheese & crackers, grapes, I bought myself watermelon while the guys are munching chocolate covered almonds and German cookies!

Sounds like you badly need rest pjlla, and warm drinks. Hope you feel better soon.

Great job making the lighter choice of watermelon! I love it but don't buy it this time of year.... too expensive and not as good as real summer melon. My lighter choice tonight was roasted butternut squash while my DH was eating (leftover) pizza. I'm not terribly hungry as I have a personal stresser impacting my appetite right now, but the squash tasted nice.

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Working early a.m. online shift, so I'll be heading to bed early tonight. But I'll post the QOTD tomorrow before I head out to school!...........P

HappyGrape · Dec 5, 2016

The cost was the same, and not at all as good but I felt I need something I really love. I love cherries too and they will be out in the shops at obscene prices soon, but you need to let yourself splash out on good for you food too.

I am not big on butternut squash, never made it myself but we have lovely spicy butternut squash soup in our gym cafe during the winter and we often get it after a swim with my son.

Had a look at my calories for last week. End up 550 calorie deficit for the week. If you add the little misses as tiny bit milk in the coffee few times weekly and some estimations, fitbit miscalculations it's probably 0. Which is good result for December.

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here. So Christmas meals is what Thanksgiving meal is in US. Or at least similar. I am having our meal in my mother in law, and I wish I am cooking my own. Tempted to do my own Turkey anyway and have it home

4Mickeys · Dec 5, 2016

Luckily at the moment it is summer here - so the watermelon is pretty good, I haven't seen many cherries in the shops yet but it always thought of as a Christmas fruit here - so hopefully I will see more them around soon and at reasonable prices - I do like a good sweet dark red cherry.

I have done pretty well today foodwise - all homemade - plus an apple and almonds for snacks. Dinner was baked salmon with homemade citrus herb marinade - baked sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon and steamed asparagus - yummy.

I have noticed some spaghetti squash starting to show up at my local fruit shop - its not something that has been typically sold here a lot - after hearing so much about it on US shows over the years - tell me - what do you think of it? Is it a good option - is it yummy? How do you eat it if you have done so?

pjlla · Dec 5, 2016

Good Monday morning! Here is your QOTD for December 5, 2016:

While it may not be a true "holiday", today is a day that Disney lovers hold near and dear to their hearts! Today we celebrate the birthday of the man who started it all..... Walter Elias Disney!

Happy Birthday Walt!!

Speaking of birthdays..... how do you handle "celebratory" eating events like birthday parties? Is it an excuse to go all out? Or do you choose one treat and move on? Or pass by all of the goodies all together? Or perhaps you haven't encountered one of these events yet along your weight loss journey?? THINK AHEAD.... how will you handle it? Do you have a PLAN for dealing with these kind of things??

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I'll be back later tonight. I've gotta dash quick because it snowed last night so I need to leave a bit more time for my commute!........P

piglet1979 · Dec 5, 2016

pjlla said:
Good Monday morning! Here is your QOTD for December 5, 2016:

While it may not be a true "holiday", today is a day that Disney lovers hold near and dear to their hearts! Today we celebrate the birthday of the man who started it all..... Walter Elias Disney!

Happy Birthday Walt!!

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Speaking of birthdays..... how do you handle "celebratory" eating events like birthday parties? Is it an excuse to go all out? Or do you choose one treat and move on? Or pass by all of the goodies all together? Or perhaps you haven't encountered one of these events yet along your weight loss journey?? THINK AHEAD.... how will you handle it? Do you have a PLAN for dealing with these kind of things??

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I'll be back later tonight. I've gotta dash quick because it snowed last night so I need to leave a bit more time for my commute!........P

I am usually good with just eating a piece of cake and some ice cream at a birthday party. However my sister is nice enough to always have chocolate cake which I do not like so I only eat a little bit of ice cream. At holidays we always have a chocolate cream pie. I am good with one piece but my mom always has candy laying around so I am bad at that. This year for Thanksgiving she did not buy the candy. Yay!!!!! I was good and only had 1 cupcake. It was gluten free so wasn't great but good enough to eat one. I did not make the pie this time because I always end up eating most of it. so Thanksgiving was really good. Now hopefully my mom will do the same for Christmas. She was just on a steroid for the shingles and gained 8 pounds in like 3 days. EEK!!!! She is very concerned with this so I am guessing treats will be at a minimum again.

I know I will be bad at my grandmas though. She makes the best sugar cookies and I tend to have a lot of them. This year I think I will just avoid the table after eating 1. I will try at least. The biggest problem will be baking cookies with the kids. I love raw cookie dough and tend to eat more dough then I cook. This is why I avoid making cookies as much as possible during the year.

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I am feeling a little bit better. Still coughing quite a bit and today I am congested. I won't take the one med (Zrytec D) when i am not at home. I get light headed and sleep a lot when I take it. I will take it when I get home. I am still going to take it easy this week and make sure this goes away. I am on day 8 and the doctor said it could take like 10 days. Hopefully soon I will feel like myself.

I did weigh myself this morning and I have gained .8 pounds. I am going to watch my eating more this week since I am going to be working out. I do not want to gain anymore.

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