ThursdaysChild

Um. There were a couple of posts that were deleted ( for just cause) and i believe both Just For You and Yellowbird 23 have both left this thread.

 

Sorry to say.

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What??? What happened in 6 days? How do you know this?

Agathasmum, thank you for the informative review. I'm sorry your Blu experience wasn't as good as mine this past April/May on my Rome to NJ TA. Do you know who the Maitre d' was for Blu on your cruise?

I have one reservation for one at $99 for the day. :)

That must be for a Port Day. Current prices as per X are $200 for use on a Sea Day, $99 on a Port Day. The survey asked if lowering the price to $150 for a Sea Day would change my mind about booking them. Guess my answer!:rolleyes:

I'm curious if people that are getting the survey have rented the Alcoves in the past or if it's just a random survey that pops up on the website.

I've not rented the Alcoves, but I have sailed Silhouette...maybe that's the connection?

I think I'm in the minority on this one but I booked one for our upcoming 7-day on the Reflection. We have never been on a ship with them so have yet to experience one so with that said, I booked one anyway.

 

However, like others have said, I have NO idea why they would build them facing away from the ocean. Honestly, I'm at a loss why they would do this. It just makes no sense to me. But...I booked one anyway. :)

Oh no, they're putting them on Reflection as well? Ugh!:mad:

I'd be interested in your reaction to them once you've tried them out.

Hi Liesa;

Celebrity didn't send me a survey(yet), but if they did, I would reply like you did. The alcoves are an interesting idea, but they aren't turned towards the ocean, afford no privacy, and are too expensive. They definitely need to rethink the concept, because it's good in theory, but poor in execution.

 

geri

Geri, have you been on one of the S-class yet with the Lawn? Lovely to hang out up there on a warm day...for free. The Alcoves cut back opn available space for that as well. You're right, good theory, poor execution.

I have no interest in booking them regardless of price. We book nice large cabins with large balconies for the privacy and use of the balcony. For the survey to go out, they must not be selling well.

I've sailed on Silhouette twice, and never saw a single person in the Alcoves. And nearly every post and/or review I have read here re Silhouette and the Alcoves says the same thing: empty, expensive, facing the wrong way, waste of space. Celebrity reads this board, and they know that the Alcoves are empty every sailing, so Yes, I think they're getting the picture.

I have no idea what the Alcoves are but I really would love to adopt your adorable, beautiful dachsy! ;)

Thank you; my baby's name is Heidi, she is a dapple smooth, and she is a diva and totally loveable. I work with dachshund rescue at times..plenty of loving dachsie boys and girls who need a home (hint, hint!). I fostered one poor 10 yr old boy who's owner died or went into a nursing home & relatives just turned that dog out onto the streets of the Bronx late November. Fortunately, Animal Control picked him up after some time on the mean streets and one of the Dachshund Rescue groups called me to foster him. He is now in his fur-ever home :)

The Alcoves: let's just call them a waste of space on the Lawn on Silhouette.

I just got an email from Celebrity's market research company asking me to comment on The Alcoves on Silhouette. I took the survey (took 4 minutes) and gave them my feedback as to why I was unlikely to book The Alcoves, even at a reduced price for sea days. Anyone else get this?

I've been on Atkins since Nov of this year. I found out I was pregnant, had morning sickness and packed on 8 lbs in four weeks. I had a horrible gain with my first pregnancy (46 lbs) while also being terribly sick.

 

This time I kept my carbs between 40-100 grams and had a much better Pregnancy. I Only gained 22 lbs and at less than six weeks postpartum have taken most of that off... Now to lose the next 35 from prior pregnancy and honeymoon weight!!!

Congratulations, LostShaker! That's a tremendous accomplishment, and I bet you feel great. You've got momentum; I bet you'll knock that next 35 off.

One week back on my LC journey and I am down 5.2 lbs.

May 22nd, 2012 12:32 AM

cocobakerchica

I'm sailing on Celebrity 9/2/12 on Summit. I'm not solo(sailing w/family members), but I'm single! Anyone else sailing solo/single on this cruise?

Geri, that'd be me! Let's plan on raising some hell! See you on our Roll Call

Hi all!! I have lost about 65 lbs. over the last year and a half or so... mainly just eating better, etc. Recently I have been stalled and I cannot seem to put the sweets down.... I have down low-carb in the past and I think that's really the only thing to get my cravings in check. I plan to start back with low carbing.... I cruise for the first time in October and would LOVE to lose 20-30 lbs by then. I think it's doable.....

It's doable unless it's your last 30 lbs. But 20 lbs, yep! Just stay focused on protein and produce, step away fom all the prepared LC snacks and candies, and try to avoid alcohol. (The body will burn alcohol for fuel before fat.) Limit heavy cream, cheeses, and any other dairy to 3-4 oz a day max. Drink plenty of water...preferably 80+ oz a day. And never, ever try to do low-fat low-carb.

Someone here earlier recommended Gary Taubes wonderful books, esp "Why We Get Fat...and What to Do About It". I read his ground-breaking article in the New York Times Magazine in 2001, "What if it's All Been A Big Fat Lie?" about the fallacy and failures of low-fat dieting, and he wrote about the incidence of and explanation for what I experienced once I went low-fat and high-carb: weight gain and increase in cholesterol.

Good Luck!

I did post on the AOL low-carb boards at this time, but never had a mentor or anyone who took me under their wing at any point. It was much like the LowCarbFriends forum: all the posting members there doing their best to help each other - sometimes even via e-mail, too. If we aren't acquainted, it's very nice to meet you, Liesa!

 

SFS, if you were around then, I bet you remember JepRoostr, Bethpen, and Brightwind. They were some of the most active posters on the Atkins and LC boards. There was also Caroline, of the famous "Caroline's Low-carb shake".

Hi all,

I hope it's okay for me to jump in here. When I saw there was a thread for Atkins dieters and other low-carbers, I felt it would offer great support for me as I get my eating back under control.

Brief History: In 1976 at age 24 I lost 60+ lbs on Atkins in less than 8 months (ahh, youth!). I went from 181 down to 118-121, and basically maintained that for years, up until 1992, by living lowcarb. I had deliberately bumped my weight up to a 129-134 range once I was in my thirties, as I just looked better as a size 6 or 8 rather than size 4. In 1992, heeding the incessant warnings by the low-fat/high carb groups that I was headed toward heart disease (despite total cholesterol under 150 and perfect health), I started the Pritikin diet. Gained 20 lbs in 4 months! Then I tried the Susan Powter insanity...gained another 12 lbs before stopping that. Horrified, I joined weightwatchers to drop that 32 extra lbs, and starved for months going through a constant lose 10 lbs/gain 16 lb cycle. Five years of craziness, until I finally went back to Atkins in late 97 just before my 46th birthday. I was 176 lbs :-( By New Year's 1999 I was down to 148. I kept until 150 but never again got under 146. Still, I was good at that weight.

Life happened. Failed romance, losing friends on 9/11, job stresses, business travel, all the highs and lows and I found myself back up at 189 by summer of 2003. Then, I quit smoking and hit menopause. Boom! added 60 lbs.

Since then, I have had small efforts, but only now, facing health issues and the prospect of losing my independence and ability to travel, am I buckling down. I have gotten down to 226.8 through intermittent low-carbing, and began again on 6/20 with a first small goal of being at 209 by my September 2 cruise.

Just 2 days in, I am down to 223.8. I'm an old hand at this, and years ago actually mentored several Atkins Newbies, including Sheila aka Sugar-free Sheila. (In 1999-2001 we were on the same AOL LC message board...that girl was so young and green then!:). ) I need to be active on this board, so feel free to ask questions or pass along info and advice to me.

Pat, I am so, so very sorry to hear about Lita going to the Rainbow Bridge. My sincerest condolences!

Pat, thank you so much for continuing to post Egon's updates. This is the most wonderful saga! What a courageous and interesting man he is.

Then why do you have to select your dining time on Celebrity's web site?

I suspect it has more to do with the parent company's bad IT/web dept. But I also think it gives the restaurant manager an idea of whether their dinner business will skew early or late. I always go around the selected time first night, and after that, when I feel like it. Although, when I feel like it always tends to be around late-seating time.

Warum, warum sind sie nicht on the Silhouette NJ to Rome TA the following week instead? We have a great active roll call, but I believe I am the sole single solo traveler in our Roll Call. Still it's going to be a great cruise, with a few days in Rome after. Just two months to go!

Five words.

 

Travel lite, travel carry-on. :D

 

 

LOL! Four words: "Must Be A Man!":D;)