kollerbear
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 25, 2011
Disclaimer: I haven't lost 47 pounds YET. But stick with me. I will. Hopefully, in a year's time, the title will describe the contents of this thread.
New to DIS
I'm new to DIS last week, but it didn't take me long to get totally inspired. It's not *cool* to be a WDW geek in NYC, my line of work, or among my friends, but I've come to realize that is what I am, planning and celebrating trips is what makes me happy, and I need to embrace it!
From 183 to 136... but I love food so much!!!
There's something else I need to embrace, too, and that is losing weight. I've been told I like food too much. Well, that's not gonna change! And it's good to love food! It's one of my main interests. I love all kinds of food. I'm vegetarian because of ethical reasons, so I'm also one of those whistful vegetarians who talks about all those delicious meals they used to love. I try to make my weekly recipes at home as diverse as they can be. I actually make relatively healthy food--it's just so delicious that I eat way too much of it!
It's taken me a long time to feel like I'm "ready" to lose weight, and I feel like I'm there now. I tried last August, and I actually trained for a 1/2 marathon, from square one, in 2 months! I was really proud, but I had no free time. I was aiming for the WDW marathon, but I realized that running was just making me unhappy. I was really running to lose weight, and although working out is good, the goal should be around the weight, not the running.
So what's really pushed me over the edge now? Knowing that my best friend is getting married next June, followed by two other close friends in the fall. I've always thought of the creeping weight gain as temporary--and then I realized that wedding photos, even if they're someone else's wedding photos--are not temporary. I suddenly realized, hey, wait, my life is happening *NOW*, not some distant point in the future. Seems obvious, but do any of you guys know what I mean? It was a wake-up call.
The most magical deal in the World!!
The last time I went to WDW was last August. It was my boyfriend's first time going, and although he liked it more than he thought he would, he isn't sold on it the way that I have been since the age of 7. That's what happens when you deprive your children of the Disney experience--they turn into total skeptics who are afraid of a little commercialism!!
So this year we're going biking in Quebec, instead, which will be fun! And as long as I don't let the Canadian pastries and cheeses take over, it will help keep me on the right path towards losing weight.
But today I made a deal with the boy. I bargained--if I lose the weight, can we go to Disney? He said yes! He knows how happy Disney makes me, and he knows how I want to be as healthy and beautiful as I can be for the happy days we have ahead of us. I am so lucky to have him.
Logistically, I've figured that if we wait that long to go on our trip, we might as well wait for the complete new Fantasyland, and the best time of the year. So I'm thinking early September 2013. One year to lose the weight before my friend's wedding, and one year to maintain it. Plus, we're going to have to save up. We met doing Americorps. Americorps wiped out all my savings and suckered me hook-line-and-sinker into a low paying industry in one of the most expensive cities in the country. And we adopted two wonderful little cats--one came with allergies that have led to some really expensive vet bills.
So we're going to wait, and we're going to do it right. Signature restaurants every night, Animal Kingdom safari, time for Universal Studios, too... I can't wait.
Until then, I'm going to try and get involved with the Big Give and get excited about other, profoundly deserving families going to the happiest place on Earth, and maybe learn to sew in the process?
So happy to meet you all!
It would make me so, so happy to meet some friends here, who I could share ups and downs with. Getting healthy really isn't easy--mentally or physically--and I think it would just be so powerful to share that with others.
Please leave thoughts, comments, questions, greetings!!!
New to DIS
I'm new to DIS last week, but it didn't take me long to get totally inspired. It's not *cool* to be a WDW geek in NYC, my line of work, or among my friends, but I've come to realize that is what I am, planning and celebrating trips is what makes me happy, and I need to embrace it!
From 183 to 136... but I love food so much!!!
There's something else I need to embrace, too, and that is losing weight. I've been told I like food too much. Well, that's not gonna change! And it's good to love food! It's one of my main interests. I love all kinds of food. I'm vegetarian because of ethical reasons, so I'm also one of those whistful vegetarians who talks about all those delicious meals they used to love. I try to make my weekly recipes at home as diverse as they can be. I actually make relatively healthy food--it's just so delicious that I eat way too much of it!
It's taken me a long time to feel like I'm "ready" to lose weight, and I feel like I'm there now. I tried last August, and I actually trained for a 1/2 marathon, from square one, in 2 months! I was really proud, but I had no free time. I was aiming for the WDW marathon, but I realized that running was just making me unhappy. I was really running to lose weight, and although working out is good, the goal should be around the weight, not the running.
So what's really pushed me over the edge now? Knowing that my best friend is getting married next June, followed by two other close friends in the fall. I've always thought of the creeping weight gain as temporary--and then I realized that wedding photos, even if they're someone else's wedding photos--are not temporary. I suddenly realized, hey, wait, my life is happening *NOW*, not some distant point in the future. Seems obvious, but do any of you guys know what I mean? It was a wake-up call.
The most magical deal in the World!!
The last time I went to WDW was last August. It was my boyfriend's first time going, and although he liked it more than he thought he would, he isn't sold on it the way that I have been since the age of 7. That's what happens when you deprive your children of the Disney experience--they turn into total skeptics who are afraid of a little commercialism!!
So this year we're going biking in Quebec, instead, which will be fun! And as long as I don't let the Canadian pastries and cheeses take over, it will help keep me on the right path towards losing weight.
But today I made a deal with the boy. I bargained--if I lose the weight, can we go to Disney? He said yes! He knows how happy Disney makes me, and he knows how I want to be as healthy and beautiful as I can be for the happy days we have ahead of us. I am so lucky to have him.
Logistically, I've figured that if we wait that long to go on our trip, we might as well wait for the complete new Fantasyland, and the best time of the year. So I'm thinking early September 2013. One year to lose the weight before my friend's wedding, and one year to maintain it. Plus, we're going to have to save up. We met doing Americorps. Americorps wiped out all my savings and suckered me hook-line-and-sinker into a low paying industry in one of the most expensive cities in the country. And we adopted two wonderful little cats--one came with allergies that have led to some really expensive vet bills.
So we're going to wait, and we're going to do it right. Signature restaurants every night, Animal Kingdom safari, time for Universal Studios, too... I can't wait.
Until then, I'm going to try and get involved with the Big Give and get excited about other, profoundly deserving families going to the happiest place on Earth, and maybe learn to sew in the process?
So happy to meet you all!
It would make me so, so happy to meet some friends here, who I could share ups and downs with. Getting healthy really isn't easy--mentally or physically--and I think it would just be so powerful to share that with others.
Please leave thoughts, comments, questions, greetings!!!