In search of my body...not the one I ate!

[3DisneyKids]

Happy Tuesday! I am trying hard to be positive today even though I am upset about yesterday. I had my first cheat since starting my program! While it was not awful and likely may not even have an impact on loss (I ate two chocolate chip cookies....dumb!), I am still upset with myself.

I am trying to analyze why I ate them in the first place. I wasn't upset or stressed. In fact, I was in a great mood. I spent the morning trying on clothes that actually FIT! Why the heck did I sabotage myself?

So today I will head to the gym for my pennance. I have decided to do the "Couch to 5K" program. I read through it (coolrunnings.com) and it seems very doable for just about anyone. It gets you running a 5K (about 3 miles) in 8 weeks...even if you are currently a couch potato! And it is only 30 min. three times a week. You start out mostly walking with a few minutes of running, and so on. I read it and printed out the schedule and it seems very very manageable. So I am going to give it a shot.

How is everyone else doing today? Be good today--we owe it to ourselves. We DESERVE to be thinner, healthier, and happier!

 

[MunkyMe13]

I was exercising last night! And it paid off! I lost a pound!!! well it was one I gained over the weekend but its gone now! Anywho gotta get to work! Have a great day everyone!

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Hi everyone. I hope someone's packin' some funny today. I'm in the mood for a good laugh.

Me? My life? Yesterday. Well...it all started out good, I had slimfast for breakfast, Subway for lunch, have I mentioned I LOVE SUBWAY. A Hershey bar, which I know is bad for me, but I'm counting the calories so it's all good. For dinner we had ham steak, au gratin potatoes and green beans.

OK, the Hershey bar put me over the top, but there are just times I need some of that sweet, smooth chocolate. Unadultered. No nuts, no caramel. Just chocolate, melting down my throat. Can I get an amen?

Last night, I found myself in one of those retrospective moods. Like, I love food so very much. It has been a loyal friend all these years. It makes me happy. And it is going to take, like, so much work to lose 50lbs. Why don't I just give in now. You know those thoughts are never good.

I don't know why this came on. I've been doing pretty good. Working out, watching what I eat. Even my 12 year old has jumped on the "lets eat healthy" bandwagon. So, where did that come from?

And then I had to make a white cake for my cake decorating class tonight. Yummo. It started to go downhill when I had to level my cake. Wilton makes this handy knife/sawing gadget for 2.99 and you run it across the cake and it will seperate a cake or just level it and get rid of the mound that formed in the oven. That mound SHOULD have gone straight to the trash. Who want's to guess where the mound of white, fluffy, moist goodness went?

This morning, on the other hand. I feel great. Got up and got going like nobody's business. Who can figure.

I craved hot wings while pregnant with the 4yr old.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

This morning I tore out some of the pics from the "Half Their Size" People Magazine and posted them on the fridge door and inside the food pantry doors. That is some motivation. You see the woman who weight 250lbs down to under 150.

IT IS DOABLE PEOPLE!

One woman was 296 and now weighs 130! ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS. That's even less than my dream weight. If she can do it, I can do it.

 

[MunkyMe13]

Hi everyone. I hope someone's packin' some funny today. I'm in the mood for a good laugh.

Me? My life? Yesterday. Well...it all started out good, I had slimfast for breakfast, Subway for lunch, have I mentioned I LOVE SUBWAY. A Hershey bar, which I know is bad for me, but I'm counting the calories so it's all good. For dinner we had ham steak, au gratin potatoes and green beans.

OK, the Hershey bar put me over the top, but there are just times I need some of that sweet, smooth chocolate. Unadultered. No nuts, no caramel. Just chocolate, melting down my throat. Can I get an amen?

Last night, I found myself in one of those retrospective moods. Like, I love food so very much. It has been a loyal friend all these years. It makes me happy. And it is going to take, like, so much work to lose 50lbs. Why don't I just give in now. You know those thoughts are never good.

I don't know why this came on. I've been doing pretty good. Working out, watching what I eat. Even my 12 year old has jumped on the "lets eat healthy" bandwagon. So, where did that come from?

And then I had to make a white cake for my cake decorating class tonight. Yummo. It started to go downhill when I had to level my cake. Wilton makes this handy knife/sawing gadget for 2.99 and you run it across the cake and it will seperate a cake or just level it and get rid of the mound that formed in the oven. That mound SHOULD have gone straight to the trash. Who want's to guess where the mound of white, fluffy, moist goodness went?

This morning, on the other hand. I feel great. Got up and got going like nobody's business. Who can figure.

I craved hot wings while pregnant with the 4yr old.

OMG!!! DH and I looooove Subway! We eat there like 3 times a week. haha! I always eat a turkey sub with deli mustard. When you slip a little just get back up. Don't beat yourself up because whats done is done and you can't change it now other than to work it off. Live and learn. Happy Tuesday!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Hi everyone. I hope someone's packin' some funny today. I'm in the mood for a good laugh.

Last night, I found myself in one of those retrospective moods. Like, I love food so very much. It has been a loyal friend all these years. It makes me happy. And it is going to take, like, so much work to lose 50lbs. Why don't I just give in now. You know those thoughts are never good.

I don't know why this came on. I've been doing pretty good. Working out, watching what I eat. Even my 12 year old has jumped on the "lets eat healthy" bandwagon. So, where did that come from?

I hear ya, Liz...who's got the funny with 'em today? Who was supposed to bring it? Hmmmm.

Same story here...I don't know where it came from yesterday...I have been doing great, feeling great, and then BOOM! I seem to be back on it today, thank goodness. The first thing I did once I got the kiddos off to school was jump on this thread to get my head in the game (get the reference? Yeah, I have tweens! We live in a HSM-obsessed house!)

 

[3DisneyKids]

Ok, so here's some insight into my dimentia when it comes to weight...

I just got off the phone with my close girlfriend. She has been home with the flu for about a week. She threw-up for 6 days straight, was utterly miserable, and lost 12 pounds. AND I AM JEALOUS! Seriously, I was thinking....hmmmm....when I go over to her house later (bringing some supplies she asked me to pick up), maybe I can pick up some of those germs...

I NEVER get the kind of sickness where you lose tons of weight on a short period of time. No, I only get the kind that make me feel just bad enough that I have to lie on the couch and the only thing that will make me feel better is ice cream.

Seriously....I am warped....

 

[goofyfan-12]

She threw-up for 6 days straight, was utterly miserable, and lost 12 pounds. AND I AM JEALOUS! Seriously, I was thinking....hmmmm....when I go over to her house later (bringing some supplies she asked me to pick up), maybe I can pick up some of those germs...
Seriously....I am warped....

That is some serious warped going on there.....

Did you ever notice that people only tell you about the weight they lost while sick, they never tell you about the mad binging that happens once you have the ability to eat again and the weight gain from that..... just a thought..

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

Dan, I am kinda on a financial diet too. Next year we'll be hot AND rich!

We are already HOT now we just need the rich part

 

[3DisneyKids]

That is some serious warped going on there.....

Did you ever notice that people only tell you about the weight they lost while sick, they never tell you about the mad binging that happens once you have the ability to eat again and the weight gain from that..... just a thought..

Fortunately, I am aware of that part....so I know I don't *truly* want the flu...I just love the idea of weight loss....

 

[Dizneydawn]

I have been slacking a bit on my journal . I think I need someone to reach out and give me a "cyber-slap" every now and then! When I keep my journal faithfully (and truthfully... ) I do SO much better. I'm tracking again today, but I hadn't written anything since last Thursday. 3 days on, 3 days off is NOT going to get me where I want to go!!!

This weeks goal: write my journal every day, 7 days straight. The good, the bad, the ugly. "I solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God"

I am feeling a seperated at birth moment...ditto to flailing for the past week! I just am seriously under tons of stressors right now and not feeling like watching my intake.
I have decided that pizza is a no for a while...heartburn is not fun...and I am going to say no to fried foods for at least 1 month as well. Eat and like a little....not enoiugh to love though.

Isn't it strange that you can eat something you do not love but not love yourself not to eat it??? (Please God let that make sense)

I am doing a protein flush for 2 days...I need to kick the carb craving and this will help I know. It seems once I am past the carb craving rage...I can control it better...but I need to go cold turkey. I also have not been watering myself like I need. Vern RDH said I shoulld be drinking 1/2 my weight in water...thinking about pulling an astronaut and getting diapers...
well maybe just a bulkier pad And I am journaling in Fit Day for 1 week strait starting today or I will do something bad to myself like...flogging or pins under finger nails or red ants and honey...or how bout some Godiva Chocolate??? That's bad right??? Ohh I have been so naughty!!!! (See there that food junkie comes out again!)

Congrats!!! This weekend for me was not cheat free I need to work on that but at least I didn't fluxuate too much... Congrats again!!!

Hi!!! Welcome and I hope you share a little bit about your story with us!!! I have cheated so much this week...I am a Cliff Note!

No posts last night... Hope we were all out exercising and not eating....

I had my weigh in last night at Jenny Craig and was kind of bummed that I only lost .7 pounds. I stayed on my eating plan and worked out three times so I was kind of hoping for a 1.5 or 2 pound loss... Oh well, I guess my body is doing its thing and it is up to me to stay on track... On the plus side, I didn't come home last night and eat a bag a chips to commisserate so that is good... Instead, I came home, ate dinner and worked out...

How is everyone doing?

Paula

Congrats Baby Girl..I need to post at least 2 times a day to be accountabile...if I am not posting...know I am cheating and send out the s.w.a.t. team to shoot me!! There...I told my secret...I hide like a little kid going to get grounded for sneaking cookies!!

Happy Tuesday! I am trying hard to be positive today even though I am upset about yesterday. I had my first cheat since starting my program! While it was not awful and likely may not even have an impact on loss (I ate two chocolate chip cookies....dumb!), I am still upset with myself.

I am trying to analyze why I ate them in the first place. I wasn't upset or stressed. In fact, I was in a great mood. I spent the morning trying on clothes that actually FIT! Why the heck did I sabotage myself?

So today I will head to the gym for my pennance. I have decided to do the "Couch to 5K" program. I read through it (coolrunnings.com) and it seems very doable for just about anyone. It gets you running a 5K (about 3 miles) in 8 weeks...even if you are currently a couch potato! And it is only 30 min. three times a week. You start out mostly walking with a few minutes of running, and so on. I read it and printed out the schedule and it seems very very manageable. So I am going to give it a shot.

How is everyone else doing today? Be good today--we owe it to ourselves. We DESERVE to be thinner, healthier, and happier!

Thanks for the info...do they have bathtub to 5K??? I tend to hide out here too.

Hi everyone. I hope someone's packin' some funny today. I'm in the mood for a good laugh.


And then I had to make a white cake for my cake decorating class tonight. Yummo. It started to go downhill when I had to level my cake. Wilton makes this handy knife/sawing gadget for 2.99 and you run it across the cake and it will seperate a cake or just level it and get rid of the mound that formed in the oven. That mound SHOULD have gone straight to the trash. Who want's to guess where the mound of white, fluffy, moist goodness went?

See...you were just feeling sorry for the little mound...you did not want to make him feel unwanted so you were giving him a nice soft tummy to make a home with!

What should of happened is you could have screamed..."die you sicko white goodness..my tummy banquishes you to the trash..." although there is the possibility you would of caved, sleptwalked and eaten out of the trash in the middle of the night so...try the toilet next time and FLUSH IT!!!

Ok, so here's some insight into my dimentia when it comes to weight...

I just got off the phone with my close girlfriend. She has been home with the flu for about a week. She threw-up for 6 days straight, was utterly miserable, and lost 12 pounds. AND I AM JEALOUS! Seriously, I was thinking....hmmmm....when I go over to her house later (bringing some supplies she asked me to pick up), maybe I can pick up some of those germs...

I NEVER get the kind of sickness where you lose tons of weight on a short period of time. No, I only get the kind that make me feel just bad enough that I have to lie on the couch and the only thing that will make me feel better is ice cream.

Seriously....I am warped....

I know...I know...I go to the hospital and gain 20 pounds in 2 days due to kidneys shutting down...and my room mates are always some meth heads who are there on food drips to gain weight...not that I condone Meth or want anything to do with it...I like my face clear and my toofers in my mouth!

OKAY...home stretch...we weigh in Friday so let's all do good this week still!!! I am speaking LOUDEST to myself.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Ok, so here's some insight into my dimentia when it comes to weight...

I just got off the phone with my close girlfriend. She has been home with the flu for about a week. She threw-up for 6 days straight, was utterly miserable, and lost 12 pounds. AND I AM JEALOUS! Seriously, I was thinking....hmmmm....when I go over to her house later (bringing some supplies she asked me to pick up), maybe I can pick up some of those germs...

I NEVER get the kind of sickness where you lose tons of weight on a short period of time. No, I only get the kind that make me feel just bad enough that I have to lie on the couch and the only thing that will make me feel better is ice cream.

Seriously....I am warped....

OMG! I'm right there with you!!! I actually asked my friend, "where's a little e. coli when you need it????" A little bitty Tapeworm anyone???

I think the men in the white coats are going to take me away one of these days

Eating healthy isn't always easy. It's a battle I fight every single day of my life. And this warrior gets weary sometimes! I really struggle for that balance in my life. But hey, at least I'm fighting, right?

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

does anyone use

www*fitday*com?

 

[chbc]

OK, the Hershey bar put me over the top, but there are just times I need some of that sweet, smooth chocolate. Unadultered. No nuts, no caramel. Just chocolate, melting down my throat. Can I get an amen?
Yes.Yes. Yes! My favorite! I have made the switch to the dark side. Even the ones with the nuts and berries. I do however always go back to my original love, The Hershey Bar! I could go on with the kisses. I'll stop. I will go back to the dark side and have a few squares a couple times a week, but I must say no sugar for now. My true dark side is dark choc. peanut M & M's. They do not count as dark choc. really. I was not good with food this past weekend, but today is a new day.

Grumps- I think Dawn does fitday and someone else told her about it, not sure who.

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

OK, the Hershey bar put me over the top, but there are just times I need some of that sweet, smooth chocolate. Unadultered. No nuts, no caramel. Just chocolate, melting down my throat. Can I get an amen?.

Yes.Yes. Yes! My favorite! I have made the switch to the dark side. Even the ones with the nuts and berries. I do however always go back to my original love, The Hershey Bar! I could go on with the kisses. I'll stop. I will go back to the dark side and have a few squares a couple times a week, but I must say no sugar for now. My true dark side is dark choc. peanut M & M's. They do not count as dark choc. really. I was not good with food this past weekend, but today is a new day.

Grumps- I think Dawn does fitday and someone else told her about it, not sure who.

Thanks....I really like it because it holds me accountable. Have a good day Heather

 

[Dizneydawn]

Okay babes of the board...I have been noticing there have been many hiding...withdrawing lately...I should know because I started that trend...and maybe we all need to just get up and do a happy dance...or at least tell a funny moment...I hear we need a chuckle bump! How bout a giggle at ourselves instead of an OMG I am horrible...it's all a matter of perspective...

SOOOO....What is the funniest thing about your undergarments ???

Seriously...be honest...be creative...be funny...be self-loving...we are all here in this fight and we all share the same fear factor of a 3 way mirror and nekedness plus bras/underoos...soo I will start...

I have gotten in the habit of wearing comfortable underwear that may not be exactly sexy. It is not that I do not know they are less than HOT...but more of an issue of right fit. I have some thongs too...but here is the deal with thongs...if they are not the right size...they tend to give you a tight fit. Kind of like flossing your teeth with a cardboard box. Just because it can get inbetween (ya know what I mean) does not mean it will feel good and not cause some bleeding...er I mean rash...ahemm...maybe blisters...could it be boils perhaps...

Ya see if you try to get cable access to your room but the cable provided can only reach the bathroom..which is next door to the living room where the cable starts...you get a hel* of a reception in the bathroom but you will be hanging yourself trying to get the TV to stretch into your Lullaby Pad.

That is what a wrong pair of thong panties feels like...hanging yourself in reverse!!!

Then there is the issue of the Aunt Flo. Have you seen pads for thongs...they are scam artists those Tampax people! They stole bandaids form Curel and said they are Thong Pads! Who are they going to protect?? I don't see too many mice wearing pads??? But I have seen the size of my ex MIL patukkus and I do not feel confident that the THONG PAD will help her or my white furniture! (Did I say my oldest calls her Grandma Beast? No...yeah... probably not going to heaven for allowing that one either but it is #8 on the list I am keeping for all the reason's God will strike me down so I feel a little better )

Okay back to things...I mean thongs...I do like them...need to get shopping for Bra and underwear on my Valentines list for myself. They just do not look very sexy I think when the stomach they go over...yeah... is my size.

Picture a pizza now picture a round pizza with one pie wedge gone from the bottom....That is me. The pie wedge missing...that is how much a thong covers of my stomach... or at least I think it does...wait....oh cr@p...seriously...not my day...how silly do I feel...this is so embarrasing...I just had a ahaa moment...more of an oh noo actually.......I think there is the possibility...maybe even a probablility...let's face it a darn good chance...I have it on backwards!!

To Be Continued...when we will all find out if Dawn fought the good fight and won her thong back from her @ss...

Which leads me to a very funny story....
My great friend Heidi and her husband went with me and my ex to Salt Lake City for Tupperware. We drove...the guys were on their leg of driving and Heidi and I were sleeping in the back of my van. We stoped to get out and stretch and Heidi was refusing to get out of the van. She was still covered up and looked perplexed.

I said..."what's wrong?"

She said..."something happened to my shorts"...

I said "what?"

She said..."they have partially dissapeared." (this was destressing since I had just been under said blanket with her and I knew I was sleeping by myself Thank You! )

I said "What the heck are you talking about?"

She lifts up the blanket to expose her 1 neked @ss cheek to God, Country and myself. Now I am on the ground and peeing myself yellow because the missing shorts...yeah...they were not missing.

The one whole section of gray, cotton, running shorts...had wedged itself in her sleep...up her Grand Canyon!
The fact she did not know that that much material was there is a testament to her crack width because for the love of all that's holy...I think I would know where 2 feet of material went to on my body. Or at that point is it in not on????

My exact words to her was...
"I want a reward because I found the thief...your @ss ate them!!!

Waiting for your stories...w/out munching on !!!

 

[goofyfan-12]

OK - Dawn, your story was just too funny that I burst out into hysterical, laughing so hard I was crying....

As a result, the folks in my office think I am just plain nuts...

Thanks - I think - for brightening my day with that visual...

I'm not sure if I have a story that can top that...

Goof

 

[MaMabearJo]

Reading & posting back has got me about ready to shot my computer can I be the only person out there so computer illiterate. This is all new and trying to remember what everyone say's or who is who is hard, so thinking I would be smart until I get Dawn over to help with these quotes I thought I would print each days page out and read and post as I go. Good Idea I thought Until I look and my printer is out of control printing like crazy I am not only printing todays post but every post that has been made. Quess how many pages that is? If you say 182 your correct and Dawn will send you a piece of Tupperware Thats because I can't afford to buy any things since I will be buying paper and ink if I keep doing it this way. I tried to stop the madness by pushing the cancel button which I thought would cancel the printing job, NOT, it only seem to p--- my printer off more and it started all over So I am warning any new thread posters do not try this at home, work, or anyplace. IT does not work....

I do love reading all of your messages and I am defintly burning calories by laughing Dawn like always you crack me up Everyone hang in there and remember we are human and we do make misstakes. Just feel the love and understanding from everyone on this board, we will get through this.

Undergarment Story: How come they can not make a bra that looks sexy, feels good, doen't not have so much padding that it could sound proof a room, but able to keep the girls up and not show which way your they are pointing.

I live in MN where it is very cold in the winter and the pour girls are always "let's say", pointing in different direction or in the summer the air conditioners are on high everywhere you go, and walking into a room can be a bit unnerving. How many of you fold your arms over your chest to hide them? COME BE HONEST OK maybe I just confessed to much But this is a serious problem with bra's they are either so Big they could be used as a watermellon launcher or ugly as all get up.

 

[MaMabearJo]

I just wanted to put out there I tried something new today for lunch it was a BOCA meatless lasagna. Very tasty, filling and not bad for points which are 5 for WW and only 290 c. for those who are counting them.

Enjoy

 

[MunkyMe13]

Reading & posting back has got me about ready to shot my computer can I be the only person out there so computer illiterate. This is all new and trying to remember what everyone say's or who is who is hard, so thinking I would be smart until I get Dawn over to help with these quotes I thought I would print each days page out and read and post as I go. Good Idea I thought Until I look and my printer is out of control printing like crazy I am not only printing todays post but every post that has been made. Quess how many pages that is? If you say 182 your correct and Dawn will send you a piece of Tupperware Thats because I can't afford to buy any things since I will be buying paper and ink if I keep doing it this way. I tried to stop the madness by pushing the cancel button which I thought would cancel the printing job, NOT, it only seem to p--- my printer off more and it started all over So I am warning any new thread posters do not try this at home, work, or anyplace. IT does not work....

I do love reading all of your messages and I am defintly burning calories by laughing Dawn like always you crack me up Everyone hang in there and remember we are human and we do make misstakes. Just feel the love and understanding from everyone on this board, we will get through this.

Undergarment Story: How come they can not make a bra that looks sexy, feels good, doen't not have so much padding that it could sound proof a room, but able to keep the girls up and not show which way your they are pointing.

I live in MN where it is very cold in the winter and the pour girls are always "let's say", pointing in different direction or in the summer the air conditioners are on high everywhere you go, and walking into a room can be a bit unnerving. How many of you fold your arms over your chest to hide them? COME BE HONEST OK maybe I just confessed to much But this is a serious problem with bra's they are either so Big they could be used as a watermellon launcher or ugly as all get up.

I second that. I hate all bras my size. I am 23 and want to be sexy for my DH and all I find are lacey nightmares or plain old boring. I did find a decent t-shirt bra tho, the kind with slight padding at Walmart for like 10 bucks. Its a pretty decent bra.