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Eileen - I have never stayed at the lodge, we saw it on our boat ride to Magic Kingdom and it looks beautiful. I could just imagine how much it is per night. Fort Wilderness Campground also has cabins that are nice -- full bedroom / bath / kitchen / living room. Our family rented one for a weekend and it was nice and convenient. We still haven't made it toe Hoop-De-Doo Revue but I do want to go at some point, the hubs has been in the past. We opted to see Cirque Du Soleil at Downtown Disney this time around and it was amazing!

@Cynthia: sorry you had such a ****ty day. I hope you at least enjoyed the food that you over indulged on. And, as you said, today is a new day and I hope it is a better one. Nice that your mobility is getting better. Sucky Doctor-jerk and his dumb-*kitten* scuba comments. ****head should just mind his own business and sign the damn form. You know what you're doing and aren't going to do anything stupid.

@Eileen: I hopy you can convice hubby to go to the nature preserve for a nice fall walk. This time of year doesn't last long, so it's nice to take advantage when you can. Winter will be here soon enough ...blech.

@Bonnie: I'm sure that this time around you will be better able to enjoy your wedding/celebration. Sounds like you've got some great ideas/plans.

@Sara: sounds like a great vaca. Sucks that having fun and living life can so easily lead to a 2+ LB gain. It just ain't fair! So easy to put the pounds on and so dang hard to take them off again.

Not much new to report at my end. I went for a really lovely walk this morning. I almost didn't go b/c I woke up late, but I kicked myself out of bed and went for it. Fall is really starting to take hold here where I live (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and it was one of those cool, crisp mornings with a lovely blue sky and the trees were just gorgeous. Those that haven't turned yet provide a beautiful green back drop for the crimson red of those that have. I took a different/new route and found an area that is just breathtakingly beautiful (along the Rideau Canal). It was a bit further than my normal morning walk, but totally worth it. The Canada Geese are starting to get into formation for their trip south and I must have seen 300 of them. The mallard ducks were out in force, as well, with the sun glinting off their irridescent (sp?) green heads. And the canal itself was just perfection. I will def be taking that route again (maybe tonight. There was a great spot where the sunset would be amazing. Maybe I can convince the wife to go with me...although, it might be a bit too far for her).

Anyway, Sunday is Turkey Day here in Canada so we will be having friends over for the full-on feast. I will avoid dessert and appetizers, but I will def be getting in on the turkey, gravy, stuffing, pots and various adult beverages. I'll be good the rest of the weekend and hope to get in another 10K walk. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Just stopping by real quick before work.....eating not so good last couple of days, but have been burning a ton of calories. Not so happy with the weight, but will get back on track tomorrow. Not dealing well with my 40th b-day coming up in 2 weeks so I know that is why I am off track. But all I can do is get back to it tomorrow. Until then......

Idaho - love the photo! Remember you are in control and tomorrow is fresh and ready for you to make the most of!

Staci you are a beast!!!! I think we can safely say you've earned that piece of pie!! Hoping to geta crazy burn tomorrow as I'm not counting the calories I consume in tomorrow's thanksgiving dinner.

Greg- your walk sounds absolutely glorious! Happy Turkey weekend to you!!

Bonnie - you deserve your dream wedding, I'm planning mine for August :bigsmile:

Its been a good day! I chose to leave work bang on the bell with the kids to make sure I made it to the gym and not the pub. In honour of our challenge I did 3 super circuits instead of 2. Hubby met me and we headed out to do the shopping for Thanksgiving. I am ridiculously excited as I haven't had a proper Thanksgiving dinner in about 5 years. My BFF and her fiance are coming over to our for a dinner with all the trimmings. I am not logging food tomorrow but am going to try to get as much of a burn in as possible starting with zumba.

So I had a weird thing happen at the gym. I was looking in the mirror, and I was liking what I saw, there is something about the mirrors there I think. I don't see the big belly and the fat thighs. I still think most of the time I am seeing the body of old and I couldn't describe the new body. But I have a question for you all, what is your new favourite part of you? I always said, I like my hair or my eyes (still do) but now I really like my shoulders, chest area (not boobage, above that). It looks toned and skinny....oh and my ridiculously skinny ankles! :laugh:

I wish my ankle would slim down. They are getting there though. I think my new favorite body part would be my butt. I have always had a pretty flat one and with all the running and bike riding in the past two months it is starting to getsome shape. I would love to have a nice firm tush in my future.

It's 3am and I will never eat pizza again. I've been up most of the night. My stomach hates me. Today will be a liquid cleanse for this chic. I have enjoyed all of your post here as I read them laying in our camper in the Maine fall wilderness. It's supposed to be our Indian summer this weekend in the 70's! We saw Canadian geese fly overhead last night and the were squawking very loudly! Love them! The foliage is not as colorful this year but its still my favorite time of year.

8am field hockey game in the morning and then an all day FH round robin on Sunday. But they have a track there so I'll be wearing my sneaks.

Ps- I don't care how much weight I lose - this camper mattress doesn't get any more comfortable.

Keep the weekend skinny - says the girl who ate pizza.

@Bobbie: congrats on the underwear NSV! And it wasn't TMI. Heck, who'd have thought I would get a front row seat to hear hot chicks discussing their underwear! To be honest, I'm starting to feel like a bit of perv. LOL Actually, I'm having similar problems in that my XXXL Eddie Bauer boxers are literally falling off of me. Last weekend I went to Walmart and bought a pair of workout-type underwear that are the super stretchy nylon material. I wore them this morning for my epic walk (over 11KM) and they are insanely good! No chaffing (I know you all know what I mean) and they feel great.

Seriously, these are just great stories of success. I can't think of anything else I do in my daily life that involves so many examples of triumph and courage. What an awesome thing!

Omg.. Between Bobbies Thongies and JJ's McDongies I was almost snorting my diet soda. Shiiiiit...

I am going to have to put the beverages down when I read this stuff seriously..

And I can picture Renae sleeping tonight in Maine, lump, turn, lump, turn. lump. turn. Oh damn. I remember camping too. But I'd give it all up for waking up smelling like burnt wood and raunchy stinky mammal. The woods, what better place there is to make an excuse to not shave and shower for a week. And not give a damn you're wearing flannel and combat boots and your hair is sticking straight up and out (even if you don't have a mohawk). Streeeeetch *crack of bones and tendons* Oh yeah... lets go catch us some breakfast...

So have at it Renae.. I don't blame you one bit.

And Bobbie go you with the tiny girl panties, the next thing you know, I'm going to be hearing about the come **** me heels you've purchased on sale at Famous Footwear that you're vacuuming in. JJ I don't think Donna Reed is what we're going for here. I think more Pamela Anderson

JJ speaking of knitting. I have a wild Idea. I know. now.. I know that those damn sweaters have patterns and it's always across. But what if. lets just say. What if. Instead of knitting left to right you knit the sucker from bottom hem to neck starting in the middle back and then go OUT. Now I know... you'll have to tie a knot and add yarn to go the other way, but you'd have to do that anyway when you add in a new skein so no biggie. Because then you could make it bigger, or smaller on the 'wings' near the arms as you get nearer to the 'finish line' and size it as needed to your current size. Whatchoo think? (See this is why I don't knit or crochet anymore, I just do stuff, I can't follow one of those patterns to save my *kitten*.)

So me... today was a good day. Got up at the crack of noon and got dressed and then conned err... convinced...er... asked hubby to join me on a trip to the garden center(s) to get plants for the yard. Actually we had discussed it earlier in the week that we were going today, but of course when it arrived he wanted to sit in the chair and scratch himself for the day and I was of course adamant that no no, we were going out. Momma gotta get exercise And spend yo money. Heee. So we picked up lots of herbs and veggies. Chevril, celery, 3 kinds of sage, peppers, spinach, spearmint. Some grass.. the big acquisition was a brand new bay leaf bush. WOOT! I'll never have to buy fresh bay again just *pluck* and it's done. Trying to remember what else we got. It's hard to remember. It's always a frenzy this time of year to beat the **** out of people to get the best plants. Oh ! Erik did get the best looking dill in the batch *sniffs* My man! And we got a package of ladybugs...
So the ladybugs...
Erik put them in the fridge hydrator as we got them at the first nursery and we had to go out for the 2nd run to the further one. Which takes at least 2 hours. Plus you have to let 'the girls' go at dusk or dawn after freshly watering down the yard (because they're thirsty when you release them). So as he's pulling them out tonight to release them... YEP you ****ing guessed it. POP open the container goes, alllll over my hydrator and veggies. Well the girls are like FOOOD! (and yes I know there are male ladybugs in there too )...

So we are like *scramble* and I run outside with the container and most of the 1000 ladybugs and start releasing them into the wet yard, all over the plants and in the lemon & lime trees and everywhere!! and I come back in the house and erik has pulled the veg & I'm like DUDE just take it all OUTSIDE!! ****! And so he's like oh... he was shaking the veg off into the bin and putting the veg on the stove... bless his stupid male heart... (sorry Greg).... So he goes outside and I'm running around inside running the veg under the water sprayer in the sink to get any freeloaders off and OMG they are crawling all over the counter probably a dozen.. .So carefully scoop scoop scoop I go collecting all of them and then outdoors they go... Well...

I start making the clam chowder for dinner and needless to say I ended up collecting another half dozen while making it over the next 3 hours and taking 'em outside. There are probably a few still inside. But it's nice weather so the door will be open in the next weeks so they can get in/out

Still... ARGH!...I bet I find more of them all week. Jeeeez

Tomorrow I get to dig up the dead plants from the summer, till out the dirt, add more good compost, a couple handfuls of the good worm POO dirt we bought LOL God I love the crap you can get these days. But we have like 1 worm per 100 sqft of dirt here in Arizona. And we only have that worm because we had topsoil trucked in when we remodeled the backyard for the planting beds and have also brought in fresh compost and dirt over the years. Otherwise, we'd be planting in **** sandy clay soil. Caliche is it's official name, which you can look up in wikipedia to see the true nature of our natural soil And if that wasn't bad enough, below that, my house is built on an old granite mine. Some of the ledge is still in place. (I had to listen to my neighbors hammer for 3 days with the biggest backhoe I've ever seen to get their pool in the ground) Massive migraine. Up at the top of the mountain that my house is built on, well actually at the top and other backside is a gypsum mine that used to be active up until the housing recession a year ago. Now they are apparently using it to mine aggregate or otherwise known as rocks Hee hee. But I haven't heard them blast in I Think over a year. Who knows.

So tomorrow I'll be diggin and plantin' and hopefully figuring out where everything goes. *crosses fingers* Maybe I'll even get some help I probably will. Actually Erik has had to do it all himself in the past, he'll be happy to get help this time. Happy weekend everyone!

Stephanie - the machines give horribly inaccurate readings. If your reading there is low, and the MFP estimate is higher, I'd aim half way between.


Bobbie, nice to hear that you're starting to practice for your audition to reprise the role of Melanie Griffiths in Working Girl.

JJ - good choice on knitting something slightly small. I have a gorgeous half knitted aran that I started just before I started losing weight. I keep thinking I should unpick it and start again, because I'd swim in it if I finished it now! Congratulations on your new measurement!

Cynthia - I feel sorry for your solitary worm. That invertebrate needs company!

mrsduck - I'm a long term not quite divorcee too (not quite as long term as you) so I know the kind of feeling you're talking about. My ex and I are really close, he's friends with my new partner, but for various reasons, formalising our divorce has proven tricky. And while at one level it's just a bit of paper and it doesn't really matter, it would still be kind of nice to have that bit of paper *closed*.

Greg, that's an amazing NSV - I know what you mean about testing yourself by not going back, but to be honest it sounds like you've changed the way you feel about and relate to rich, creamy, sweet things. That's brilliant - testimony to your hard work, and a really good sign for the future.

Sara good luck with the new Insanity plan. I'm sure you'll be brilliant.

stacio - thirty miles on the bike? Could you walk after that? Amazingly good work, well done!

Becky your new(ish) picture is so pretty. You look relaxed and confident and happy, and your skin is so radiant. That colour really does suit you. (I know I've said this before, but it stands to be repeated!)


As for me, it's been a bit of a hectic week. Busy at work, lots of stuff going on with my mum. But I'm keeping my head above the water, and that's a good thing. I'm proud of myself for getting down to the free weights section of the gym a few times this week, and also because my running is really starting to pick up. I don't think it will be much longer before I'm running 5k outdoors.

Feeling a little grim today. Been on antibiotics all week for my ear infection - which *still* hasn't cleared. This has messed with my contraceptive pill (sorry if that's TMI) and I now have my second period in less than a month. My body is most displeased! And of course I've got that lovely waterweight gain to wrestle with too. Sigh.

Ah well, upwards and onwards!