HappyGrape
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2013
actually MFP is great I agree.
Hope y'all had a fabulous vacation!I'm back from vacation! Count me in for another month!
I'm Cristin, a kindergarten teacher, wife to a UPS driver, mother of 15 year-old twins and a 10 year-old black lab, and all-around Disney-lover! My goals for this month are to lose my recently gained vacation weight (about 6 pounds). I plan to do this by weekly food planning/prep and daily exercise. I will try to stay within 1200-1600 calories per day, exercise 30 minutes per day, and track steps/miles using my AppleWatch for a daily average of 5 miles per day. I am also in the Walk to Disney forum with a goal to "walk to Disney's Vero Beach" (approximately 1092 miles) by February.
Welcome!Hi all. I am an occasional poster to the Disboards and am looking for motivation to loose weight and get in shape. I am 6 months out from my next Disney Cruise and put on a lot of weight over the winter that didn't miraculously come off once the summer hit.
I am a 48 year old mother of two teens and I am determined to look and feel great for our January Cruise.
My goals for August:
Start my diet in earnest -- I have been good about cutting out sweets, but this month I will focus on eating whole foods and cutting out other sugars and carbs (goodbye hazel nut flavoring in my coffee and goodbye glass of wine with dinner ☹).
Time to start exercising and since we are in the middle of a heat wave I plan to swim every day, even if it's only a few laps. It's the exercise I actually love, so I thought that would be a good motivator to get me started.
I look forward to "meeting" all of you as we help each other along with this process. Here's to the dog days of summer!
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The thing I consistently use is my FitBit, altho I have to confess I haven't been paying much attention to it lately even tho I wear it every day and sign up for weekly challenges with friends.
I had my initial appointment with the new doctor this morning and I think I'm going to get exactly what I'm looking for working with her. This morning was an hour and a half interview with health history, then next appointment will be an exam. It is going to mean completely re-tooling my life and changing just about everything I do (and don't do), so good thing I've been practicing developing new habits with making my bed and washing the dishes every day!
Hi all. I am an occasional poster to the Disboards and am looking for motivation to loose weight and get in shape. I am 6 months out from my next Disney Cruise and put on a lot of weight over the winter that didn't miraculously come off once the summer hit.
I am a 48 year old mother of two teens and I am determined to look and feel great for our January Cruise.
My goals for August:
Start my diet in earnest -- I have been good about cutting out sweets, but this month I will focus on eating whole foods and cutting out other sugars and carbs (goodbye hazel nut flavoring in my coffee and goodbye glass of wine with dinner ☹).
Time to start exercising and since we are in the middle of a heat wave I plan to swim every day, even if it's only a few laps. It's the exercise I actually love, so I thought that would be a good motivator to get me started.
I look forward to "meeting" all of you as we help each other along with this process. Here's to the dog days of summer!
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Just found this group and I lovethe idea.
What tool has helped or is helping you in your journey?
I'm back from vacation!
Hi all. I am an occasional poster to the Disboards and am looking for motivation to loose weight and get in shape
Doesn’t it feel wonderful to get rid of or get organized all that paper?? I still have a shelf of file boxes to get rid of-luckily it isn’t confidential information so doesn’t have to be shredded, just bagged up.WhooHoo Wednesday... I sorted out a lot of documents today. Not related but had piles of documents - from car insurance, school related things, bills. It was a total mess! Years of it. Feel great it's all organised in folders or shredded.
WhooHoo Wednesday... I sorted out a lot of documents today. Not related but had piles of documents - from car insurance, school related things, bills. It was a total mess! Years of it. Feel great it's all organised in folders or shredded.
Wow - great month!Woohoo it's the end of July and I lost 10lbs this month! I'm excited to be through my stall and seeing the scale slowly move down again.
Also woohoo I went to the gym last night. I'm really going to make a concentrated effort to add this back in.
Final woohoo, only 50 days until I leave for WDW!!!!
It's amazing how little changes can add to the step count!Keeping it positive for Woohoo Wednesday! First off I found this Forum and am happy to be joining you as we work toward a great August. And, while I didn't make it to the pool before work this morning my suit is packed and in the car for the end of the day.
I have also been working on my steps at work. Whenever I get up from my desk I take a few extra steps beyond where I need to go. Only at 2800 so far, but I am here for 6 more hours. I think I'll go for a little walk right now.