DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN!

[Valentine]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to see if I could jump onto this thread? Is it too last to disappear??? LOL!!! I have been reading up on everyone's journey... and am quite impressed! This is a thread full of celebrities! I have read many of your trip reports.. and have to say.. I bow to your greatness! I sort of feel like the nerdy girl asking to sit at the cool girls' table at lunch!

So.. Can I???

Kathy

 

[LBelle]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to see if I could jump onto this thread? Is it too last to disappear??? LOL!!! I have been reading up on everyone's journey... and am quite impressed! This is a thread full of celebrities! I have read many of your trip reports.. and have to say.. I bow to your greatness! I sort of feel like the nerdy girl asking to sit at the cool girls' table at lunch!

So.. Can I???

Kathy

Hmmmmm...... ......ummmm... ..... ........YES!!!

Anyone is welcome to jump in at anytime!!!! Glad you're here!!!! Weigh in/measurement day is Friday!!!

 

[UtahMama]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to see if I could jump onto this thread? Is it too last to disappear??? LOL!!! I have been reading up on everyone's journey... and am quite impressed! This is a thread full of celebrities! I have read many of your trip reports.. and have to say.. I bow to your greatness! I sort of feel like the nerdy girl asking to sit at the cool girls' table at lunch!

So.. Can I???

Kathy

This IS the nerdy table! You can come after you pass our initiation! Which is sticking with it for a while. We've had quite a few drop outs. Maybe they'll rejoin???

Here's the jist of US:

1. Pick a diet you like and will stick to
2. excercise, whenever. I do 3x a week because I hate it but do whatever you can.
3. celebrate every little minor detail that contributes to a new habit!
4. Water (or Crystal Lite) drink alot. I hate water so I drink about a gallon and a half of C. L.
5. the above 4 "rules" are not written in stone. They are not even mandatory. At all.
6. share any diet-ish recipes you may like.
7. We weigh in on Fridays. Last week we lost over 40 pounds! Just post your weight and take a picture in a bikini and post it too (just kidding!)
8. Minnie Mouse is our mascot because her name rhymes with skinny and she's technically a protein! THAT cracks me up!

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff. The other skinnie-minnies will tell you anything I missed!

 

[aries1980]

aries - ie cameras My mom went thru 2 Kodak easy share cameras. I bought my ds an Olympus that takes AA batteries (and has recharger) he loves it... its 3 years old right now.

I bought dh a Nikon he likes it - he takes "photographs"

ME?? I LOVE MY CANON!! I wouldnt trade it for another brand!! The "a" series in canon means it takes aa bateries the SD series has the charger and like a cell phone battery so the camera is slender er - it fits in the pocket!! I got mine years ago, when the 2mg FIRST came out!! AND dh thinks I take better pictures - the powershot has a "stabilzer" and it helps with the 'point and shoot' that I do!! Mine also has a film feature, I can record 30 seconds of action and sound - but when I upload it to photobucket - its teeny tiny - but mind you its the 2mg!!

Hey, I'll post the link!!!

I just retiring my canon sd400 I love it but its 4 years old and its had its fill at least 3000 photos taken when i looke today at everything..

So I too think I am staying with Canon

 

[aries1980]

I sorta fell off the wagon today ladies!!!


I was baking all day so I will take 500 in calories just for licking things.... I know I know WWPD!!!!!

Also I have to go food shopping tomorrow so lunch was only asparagus and an apple and heres the wagon falling......... i had 2 slices of Pizza for dinner!!! ok ok very bad I know I feel like **** because of it too!!

But in some rational defense I did sit there and pressed each slice with 5 paper towels till it got every bit of grease off it that I could.... it sorta looked like wrinkles skin by time it was ready to eat.

Im sorry Ladies..... I need to get back up and keep moving....

Im sucking in and Im sickin In....... WWPD... WWPD!!

 

[eeyore45]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to see if I could jump onto this thread? Is it too last to disappear??? LOL!!! I have been reading up on everyone's journey... and am quite impressed! This is a thread full of celebrities! I have read many of your trip reports.. and have to say.. I bow to your greatness! I sort of feel like the nerdy girl asking to sit at the cool girls' table at lunch!

So.. Can I???

Kathy

Hi Kathy!! (I was going to call you Val - but since you put your name in quotes!! *G)

I just have to say.. I know what you mean - I read so many trip reports, and wanted to join the maelstromers - I just didnt fit in... not from their side mind you... from my image of me!! I'm working on me, so I'm going to gather you in, and say... the more you post, the more you fit in!! (and I have a trip report, but am afraid of the competiton!!) oh... like I have never been cool, and have never been at the "cool" table, so having you post that made me think... huh? ya takin to me?? no way to me - others her :yes:

I like how UTM posted the theme of the thread - and I think we're all on our own journeys, helping each other as we can - so I hope I give as much support as I take - and I know I can be really needy!!

and um yeah, aries... it sounds like we're like minded - today... I just came home from a 'date' with dh!! Panera Bread. Soup, sandwich, Dr. Pepper...
and I'm not regretting it... its only Tuesday...

I hope I'm not undoing all the brainwork I've been accomplishing... I'll get back to you on that!!

 

[eeyore45]

I just retiring my canon sd400 I love it but its 4 years old and its had its fill at least 3000 photos taken when i looke today at everything..

So I too think I am staying with Canon

hmmm I'm confused.

you have an SD400? Why are you looking for a new one? Cant you just get another memory card? I have the powershoot S200 - 2mgpixel - I wish I had a bigger meg - but - I am so happy with my pictures!! but let me know...

 

[Valentine]

thanks ladies for the welcome.... I have to pick my diet of choice.... I have tried WW and SB... Both with great success... but... unfortunately.. I always muck myself up eventually.. USUALLY with a Disney trip! LOL!!! So.. true to form.. here I am gearing up for my next trip.. which includes walking in the 1/2 marathon.... and I have done diddly squat!!! No.....no squats.. if i had then I would be in better shape!! OY!! that was really bad humor! LOL!! Well.. my plans are to get up and get my walking shoes on tomorrow and get a long walk in! I only have a half day at work tomorrow... so.. I have plenty of time.. No excuses!! I think I am going to delve back into the SB world. I really enjoyed that. I didn't have too difficult a time with Phase one.... I did better than I thought... I loved the way I felt... how all the cravings disappeared. I actually did Phase 1 for 3 weeks instead. It was Phase 2 I had problems with... I started to include too may carbs I think.... and then Disney happened... and then it was all over... Beaches and Cream called my name (I was staying at the Beach club after all) and so did their Black and White Milkshakes... MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm !! Great going down... but man o man did I feel sick for hours afterwards! But did that stop me??? NOOOOOOOOOO!!! It was crash and burn from then on! I never recovered!

So.... 2 months later.. here I am 20 lbs regained... (I had lost 40 lbs total over the past 2 years) And I don't want to head back Down that road... Sooooo... water, water, water, water...... and I have to relearn the SB rules.... get my shopping done.. and restock my cabinets with the right stuff!

So.. that is my story and I am stickin' to it!

I look forward to getting to know all of you better!! Anyone else heading down to do the Marathon?

Kathy.... Oh and Sandy.. My friends call me Val also

 

[monymony3471]

How is one suppose to eat/diet with a fridge that is bare? (and I am not restocking it until we get back from vacation) It's amazing what you can make with a little bit of everything. I call that gulosh time.

The last of the Chicken, celery, onion, garlic, parsely all sauted with olive oil. Little soy sauce and it was good. That was dinner.

Lunch was............chicken and the rest of the asperagus.

Breakfast was the rest of the eggs, rest of the ff cheese, and the rest of the peppers.

I have no clue what we are eating tomorrow. I have a bag of carrots left. There's frozen chicken breast, some small frozen steaks, 1 bag of stir fry veggies. There's more for the kids, but that's SB safe.

I did the TM today. 45 minutes. 3 miles. Water check. I'm proud too, cause of those 45 minutes I ran for 15. I run for a minute and then walk for 2 and I keep that up basically. Sometimes I run for 2 minutes.

I played high school sports and spent mornings and afternoons practicing. It really bites that I got sooooo out of shape. The conditioning I did back then....and to see me now, is just crazy to me. I see my other team mates and how great they still look and I just kick myself each time.

I played varstiy basketball and volleyball back to back each year starting in 8th grade. AHHHHHHHHHHH. Blink. What happened?

Ok, sometimes I forget this is an open forum and not just a journal. But I keep what I feel here, cause that's what this is for.

Valentine! Glad you come aboard!!!!

 

[UtahMama]

I am trying a SB-ish recipe for peanut butter cookies I found on the WISH recipe index (valuable treasure trove of recipes) I'll post the recipe if they are ok. It's just peanut butter , I chose the low sugar jif since I'm not counting "fats" in SB. Plus some Splenda (dont like too much in baking) and some vanilla, and I added a smidge sugar free chocolate pudding because I had omitted some of the Splenda the dough was too moist. This will ideally give a little chocolate "whisper" and gave the dought the firmness it needed. The dough tasted fabulous (I'm not picky at this point) and they smell delicious. Hopefully my minor modification will be a good one.

Sandy! I didnt feel like I fit in too in the beginning at the Maelstrom. The people really are sweet. You are a worth while, beautiful, funny, lady! I hope you'll believe that too. Remember Stuart Smalley on Saturday Night Live in the early 90's? He'd say you were "Stinkin Thinkin" (which cracks me up) He'd also say, "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and dog-gone-it, people like you!"

Aries!!!! It's probably not as bad as it seems. Do really good tomarrow so you can have a nice Thanksgiving meal, OK?

Valentine! Just check in with us! That's all you have to do. I'm you feel yourself giving up, we'll lift you up. You can fail alone but not with us!!!! Do you see how Aries had a bad day and posted about it? What if she felt ashamed and didnt check in for days or weeks? I'm guessing she'd have to start all over again (maybe or maybe not, but for ME, I need the support of people in the same boat!)


The cookies are fine. Not spectacular! Kinda crumbly. Satisfied my sweets craving! Not good enough to post. I'll follow the recipe and try again.

 

[UtahMama]

Progress NOT Perfection!!!

 

[Bee]

To any new people lurking.....

I have not even committed to when I am going to start my diet and the people on this board have been nothing but supportive of me.

Am I a little intimidated yes... I am in the "friendship" now of greatness.

If I could laugh the calories off, I would be in great shape after reading so many trip reports.

I am not .. now I am

I feel like Utahmama and Twink are rooting for me as well as several other wonderful dissers.

Come in an join.. I promise soon I will be playing with all y'all as well!!

 

[LBelle]

Well....I was a TOTAL SLACKER today!!! Drank waaaaay too much tea and not nearly enough water!!! Didn't even look at the stupid treadmill either!!! Don't know why??? Maybe because I had the house to myself....spent the day reading and DISing!!!


Tomorrow is another day!!!

Progress...not perfection!!!! Well said, UM!!!!

 

[lexmelinda]

Good morning, peeps!

Hope all sickies are better today!! UM & Twinkie....hang in there. Twinkie I read your post on another thread...puking and comforting the babies while they puke, too. Nothing is worse....been there. P & PD for a healthy Thanksgiving.

Kathy.....WELCOME!!!! I'm with UM...this is the nerdy table....pull up a seat! Sounds like you've dieted with success in the past and I'm sure you can do it again. This thread is all about accountability for me....a place to register progress, struggles, and successes with people who care. Glad you're here. Love the Tough Guy...what a cutie!!

Aries.....I don't know what I'd do if I had your job....I love pie, pastry, etc. So every time you go to lick your fingers....just think....WWPD??? As Scalet says....tomorra is anutha day.

Bee.....we are sucking you in....you must be assimilated....

Monica....way to go, baby....I'm so proud of you for persevering on the treadmill. Your frig clean out sounds yummy....my frig clean out would be an episode of Fear Factor. 2 MORE DAYS!!!!!

Lisa....It's so easy to do nothing when you are home alone....it is for me anyway. Start again today!

My day....I actually didn't go to work (exercise) yesterday because when we got ready to walk out the door DS6 was doubled over with the stomach cramps. Called in "sick kid" and stayed home to care for him since DH had the vomiting virus night before last and DD17 started last night....right after we got home from her birthday dinner. Now that it has burned like a wildfire through our entire household, we can all be well and thankful for it on Thursday! Right? Calorie count yesterday.....1460!

I'm not too worried about this week since I got a nice 5 lb. boost from the evil virus on Sunday but I must add that even though I only want to lose a few pounds this whole thing is about new habits for me....habits that I can live with....being aware of the calories I consume and getting my body moving. And accountability...up til now I haven't shared my concerns about my slug-like habits with anyone. Progress not perfection is what I'm looking for!! Thanks for listening, Minnies....

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

 

[eeyore45]

Today I feel like smiling!!

GOOD MOOOOORNIN PEEPS!!!
(that's a good shout out - to EVERYONE!)

Utahmom, aries, monymony, Val, Lbelle, Melinda,Twinkie, Minnie, Spongie , pixie dust, AlaskaMom,aries, hisnok - HALEY, honey, Kat, MinnieMoo, Pumba, dismom, Poohbear, nsalz, BackstageGal, crazy4, bonitatime, DisneylandMama, Kay, Celery.... and all you other PEEPS! What a losing group we are!! EVERYBODY -

UTM - Thanks for the timely reminder!!

Melinda - I totally agree - and like with exercise.. its easier said than done... so many cliche s work there way in, but they're true, and I have to change my destructive way of thinking!!

Pumba, Hope you're making time for YOU!

Spongie (hope your back is better!!),

Lisa - whatcha readin?? Because someone reminded me of the library - I went to see if any of the newer diet books (Biggest Loser) were there - I came home with a STACK of books!! I'm going to learn to knit an afghan - that'll keep my hands busy!!

aries - as long as your conscious of the swipe and bites, I think you may have to add those to your calorie count - can you be a chef and not taste the food?

Bee - I think you're just a step away - since you're here anyway, I think you are workin it with us!!! I know what you mean about having to prepare yourself to go it the right way!! I know the major obstacle in my way is my blasted mind!!

monymony - YOU ROCK! Thanks for being an inspiration!!

UTM - thanks for being such a consistent, dear cheerleader, and friend!

Kathy - I had a friend, in childhood who's name was Val - your screen name brought up some great memories!! You've got a great start!!

As those of you who read the thread know - I like to talk, I get lonely sometimes... so I just sit here and ramble. Yet, somehow, its making a difference. I am stunned. Quite possibly I couldnt be consistent in a food diary, or a diary of any kind, but this medium is working - because -

When you post, you inspire - when you inspire - youre a part of the "peeps" and an important part of... WWPD

 

[dismom9761]

Good Morning Everyone!!I didn't get to read anything last night because my internet was not working.Welcome Valentine. I would like to say more to individuals but I have a CRANKY two year old and it is hard t cocentrate.
I did want to say I had a very successful day yesterday. I had grilled shrimp and yogurt for dinner and a WW sundae cone for dessert.Those are soo good.

Everyone have a GOOD day....

 

[Minnie]

UMA - Here are two cookie recipies that are SBD friendly. On the site I got them from they just warn that they are high in calories but not bad when you need a little something

Slicks oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

1 Cup of Land-o-Lakes Soft Baking Butter
1 and 1/2 cups Splenda
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Cup oat flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole grain oats
1 cup semi-sweet mini morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Beat together butter and splenda until creamy
Add eggs and vanilla - beat well - set aside

Combine oat flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together - add to butter/sugar/egg mixture - mix well

Stir in whole grain oats and mini chocolate chips - mix well

Drop by rounded teaspoon onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet, flatten slightly and bake for 10 minutes.

Cool on paper towels



Slicks Phase 2 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 Cup of Land-o-Lakes Soft Baking Butter
1-Cup Natural Peanut Butter
1-Cup Splenda
1 Egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 Cups oat flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet mini morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Beat together butter, peanut butter, splenda, egg & vanilla well & set aside.
Combine oat flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt together - add to butter/peanut butter/splenda/egg/vanilla mixture - mix well
Stir in mini chocolate chips - mix well
Take a = ball of dough in hands and flatten to a round flat disc and place disc on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
Cool on paper towels makes 2 dozen

 

[Minnie]

Finally happy days are here again - PH1 is in the books

 

[UtahMama]

Good Morning!!!

Listen! Tomarrow is Thanksgiving!!!! DONT cheat today! DONT!

(I'm telling MYSELF this)....Tomarrow you deserve a nice meal (still make good choices!!!) Dont sabotage your Thanksgiving meal today!

We can still have "good numbers" tomarrow but we need to be mindful of everything we eat today.

Today is Exercise Day! (for me) I'm a little queezy so I'll go and just walk laps. I have an hour to feel better. I have some "Little Tummies" anti nausea medicine. I just think it's because of the vomit smell I keep smelling every time I go near the laundry room. I'll go just BECAUSE I dont want to! That would be "progress".

 

[Bee]

Today I feel like smiling!!

Bee - I think you're just a step away - since you're here anyway, I think you are workin it with us!!! I know what you mean about having to prepare yourself to go it the right way!! I know the major obstacle in my way is my blasted mind!!

Yes, it is most lkely my mind... or lack there of

I will be with you soon.. I already am in spirit!