When Did I get Voted Off of Skinny Island #2: Castaway's Land Ho!!!!

[mom2faith]

Stop it! You are NO ONE'S fat blob!!! Are you kidding me - you look freakin' AMAZING!!!! Seriously, every time I see more pictures of you, I think you look better and better!

Honey, I know how you're feeling right now. My sis did the lap band thing and went through a drastic weight loss. Everyone was RAVING about how great she was doing, and me (doing it the hard, slow way) was getting overlooked. I've heard bad things about HCG, much of which is that she may be losing fast now but she'll most likely gain it all back just as quickly. My sis sure did and ended up having it removed.

See, it's like the tortoise and the hare story all over again. (You're the tortoise, by the way. ) In the end, you will be the one who comes out ahead. Just don't give up now because you are doing SO WELL! And I am very proud of you.



That's no good that it got delayed I don't blame you for not pushing it with the exercise. I sure hope this all gets resolved soon!!!!

Barb - thank you!! That actually brought tears to my eyes and was just what i needed right now!!

Yes, the tortoise and the hare - i have to remember that story!! What a great analogy!! Thank you!!

On a high note - i move in a hole on my belt today!! YIPPEE!! It was completely unnoticed this morning and i went to the washroom and went - Hey, that's not where that is suppoed to be!! YEAH!!

Funny how a small hole in a belt can make your day - LOL!!

(Note - ignore my bad grammer today - my keyboard is on the fritz and needs replacing. I know what i am shopping for this afternnon!!)

Amy

 

[Dizneydawn]

Stop it! You are NO ONE'S fat blob!!! Are you kidding me - you look freakin' AMAZING!!!! Seriously, every time I see more pictures of you, I think you look better and better!
Could not agree more!!!!

That's no good that it got delayed I don't blame you for not pushing it with the exercise. I sure hope this all gets resolved soon!!!!

From your lip s to God's ears my dear!!

On a high note - i move in a hole on my belt today!! YIPPEE!! It was completely unnoticed this morning and i went to the washroom and went - Hey, that's not where that is suppoed to be!! YEAH!!
I am jumping up and down excited for you!!!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I'll admit - I've been staying off the thread this week. I'm up about 1 pound, but I've been super busy at work and not a lot of time for DISing anyway.
I am tired of trying to eat so healthy. I am having issues because my family eats like crap. I try to push the veggies, but my DDs are pretty picky. DH has been preparing most of the meals, since he's home first. I need to make a list of things to make, things to put in the crock and plan meals.
I have a scrapbooking weekend coming up in 2 weeks and am nervous. I always eat a lot (there's so much good food) and we usually have cocktails. I have to plan to bring some extra healthy things.
Plus, now I have a cold (thanks DD7!) Trying to up the Vitamin C and drinking tea too.

On a good note, I made a nice salad today for my lunch and have fruit and string cheese.

Must find a way to exercise some. I hate it, and usually go for walks, but in MN, the weather isn't always conducive to that!

Okay, thanks, I'm done whining.

Mom2faith - you keep on going girl!!! Your loss will last! Kudos on the belt!! I hardly wear belts (when you have a large waist, there's not often a need).

Hang in there Dawn!! I wish I were able to help you with rides!!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hello friends...

I had the snacks last night!! (At our house means that expression means "I had junk food cravings"...I can't remember how that stupid saying came about and now feel like an idiot for having to explain it all, but anyway...)

I am pleased to report that I had 2 points worth of chocolate and then went to bed to read so as to avoid eating anything else. I had flex points but it was one of those cases where I felt like if I got started on anything, I wouldn't be able to stop.

Today was supposed to be a day off for exercise...yesterday I could only jog for 15 minutes because I had calf problems. It felt like they were on the verge of a charlie horse the entire run so I finally gave up. That's never happened to me before and I don't know what caused it.

So, I thought I'd take it easy today and do nothing. Then I went grocery shopping and then DS asked me to help him clean and organize his bedroom. So not much of a rest day after all.

Oh well! Maybe that will translate to a low number on the scale next week.

Hang in there Sheree! I always have a tough time focusing on eating right when I'm sick. And I feel your pain regarding the challenges of getting the family to eat better. DH's been great this last year but before that it was a nightmare...sometimes we'd have three different dinners...one for him, one for me and one for the kids. I know that organization you've got in mind will help you out! Good luck on your weekend away!

Amy...Hooray for going down a notch on your belt.

Dawn...Hooray for being down 3 to 4 pounds!! Sorry to hear the appointment was moved. Feel better soon, okay?

Barb....thanks for the compliments about my TR pics. And the best part is...it's not hard work at all!! It's been easy actually...the hard part has been being patient. And those before and after pics shocked even me!

 

[Duchie]

Hey everyone!

Busy weekend here. Yesterday we had 3 kids who needed to be in 3 different places all at the same time. Yep, just a typical Saturday for us.

We had my youngest DS's last Pinewood Derby. And on top of that I was in charge of the concession stand. I was running around all last week getting stuff ready for that, then had to be there the entire time. That left DH to run the other 2 where they needed to be. Plus there was a GS cookie booth on Friday night and another one today. All this AND I still have to start getting stuff ready for our trip - we leave FRIDAY!

I don't know if it was all of the activity, or the cold weather, but for whatever reason I stopped tracking what I was eating. I was kind of keeping a mental list, but I just never took the time to write it down. It was mostly Friday night (I was fine up until dinnertime) and all day yesterday. And yesterday I decided I just didn't care about the d*!m diet any more. I had to sit and sell that darn food and didn't think to bring something for me to eat, so I almost said the he!! with it. I ate two small pieces of pepperoni pizza (the pizza was sliced in smaller slices so we'd have more to sell, so two pieces equaled one normal piece). I could just as easily have had cheese pizza but NOOOOOOO. Then I decided I wanted a 3 Musketeers bar because I hadn't had one in AGES.

I got lucky though because at my weigh-in today I was the same. It must have been all the running around I did yesterday that saved me. All I know is that today I'm back on track. I have to be - I plan to enjoy my trip, including the fried chicken dinner we're going to have at the Knott's Berry Farm restaurant one night.

I tell ya ladies.... sometimes I think keeping this weight off is harder that losing it ever was!

 

[stitchfan23]

Hi everyone, I'm back but I missed you all Had a great time and was wishing it would last forever. Since I started loosing weight, I have lost it in strange places, my wedding rings are too big and I don't want to get them sized until I am at goal. Hubby bought me a new silver ring with crystals in it when we were on the cruise to wear in the meantime. It was not expensive but I really like it and like feeling like I am married again.

I have quickly read through the posts for the past couple of weeks and am so sorry that everyone has been feeling under the weather. Both hubby and I had the sniffles when we were away as well but nothing terrible. Hope everyone is feeling better now.

A BABY GIRL!!!!!!! Can we help name her or is Magnolia sticking?

Dawn - Hope you are feeling better soon.

Okay drum roll... I have weighed in and after a week in Disney and a week on a cruise I am +4.9lbs. You know what, it is a gain but I expected it but it is better than I thought it would be. I know I was hoping to come home even and I think I may have if the trip was only Disney. It was the cruise that killed me. There weren't a lot of healthy options (and even if you thought you were making a healthy option I am sure it wasn't) as most people on a cruise are not looking for healthy. We did have wine almost everynight with dinner and I drank a lot of lemonade. I though I was making a healthier choice with the lemonade as I thought it was fresh made lemonade (they also had strawberry/kiwi water that I assumed was water infused with strawberries and kiwi like a spa does it) Yeah well I walked by the beverage station near the end of the cruise and saw them making it. It was lemonade or straw/kiwi prepared juice from a carton like we buy in the grocery store that they added water to and some fresh lemon juice for the lemonade. Yeah okay how many calories is in that! Oh well, it is only once a year. Back into the grind today.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Hi everyone. Sorry I was MIA most of last week. We had local auditions here and I was swamped. It also meant I was eating out for every meal so I had a gain this week. Not happy but not surprised either. Plus, I was out early and home late so no gym.

Now, I'm buckling down for the bad weather headed this way. We are supposed to get up to an inch of ice and then between 3 and 18 inches of snow on top of it. Yippee!!! Oh disney trip - I need you now!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Welcome home Heather!!

Glad you had a great time and five pounds isn't much at all!!

I weighed in at 217.0 on Friday but my will power fell apart this weekend and I didn't track Saturday or Sunday.

I'm sure I'm up with some water weight (snacking on salty foods does that I hear ) but hopefully things will be back to normal again for this coming Friday's weigh in.

So, I don't think I'll say what I was down this week (since it's no longer relevant) but I'm not terribly concerned about it. I'm switching back to Monday weigh in's anyway...this Friday thing sucks pretty hard because I'm basically giving myself permission to cheat the weekend away. Gotta get back to the old system IN FULL and keep myself accountable for the weekends.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

 

[gellybean]

Magnolia would definitely be in the running!



We've actually had the girls name picked out since we were pregnant with Jack Jack. Already ordered the bedding with her name embroidered on the quilt so I think she's stuck with it.

Addison Lea


She'll either get called Addie or Addilea.

I'm in with it!


Doc put me on insulin at night only as of yesterday. My fasting numbers have gradually been crawling. So far my one hour tolerance numbers are staying in range though so that's good news! One shot a day is way better than four shots a day but of course four shots a day is totally worth a healthy baby girl so I'll do whatever the docs decide I need to do as the pregnancy progresses. Hormones typically get really crazy between 26-28 wks and that's when they normally see the gestational diabetes start. Since I had a pre-existing pre-diabetes they've been monitoring me since day 1. Better to be overly cautious! Most diabetics would kill for the numbers I'm running (92 fasting in the morning as of last week) but since they want me in the mid 80s, nightly insulin it is.

The good news about all of this is I get to have more ultrasounds now. Gotta look on the bright side, right?

Normally I would only have the one sonogram at 20 wks, but now I'll have growth scans (cking babies size and growth rate) every 3-4 wks and then Bio-physical profiles (cking babies frequency of movement, practice breathing movements, etc) weekly after 32 wks of pregnancy. We're looking at doing a scheduled repeat c-section on June 3rd (38wks 6 days pregnant) barring any unforseen complications or me going in natural labor earlier than that.

I'm starting on anitbiotics for this stupid cough I've had for over a month. And DS8 has double pneumonia and strep! Fun times around here!

Hope everyone is doing well and staying warm!! Wind chills in the single digits here in Texas. That's for us!!!!

Stay warm everyone!!

Best wishes to all of you on your weight loss endeavors! Can't wait to start counting calories again!! I get so motivated watching Bigest Loser and am so ready to get started!

Take care everyone!

 

[Duchie]

Phew! Can't believe it took me until Wednesday to get back here!

Heather's home! Yay! Can't wait to hear more about the trip. Will you (pretty please) be sharing any pictures?

I'm the same boat as you with the wedding rings. I got mine sized 2 years ago and now they are just WAAAAY too big. I need to get them resized but I think it would be better to wait until summer (my fingers shrink more in the winter). I've tried those little sizer things but that bugged the crap out of me. So for now I'm only wearing my wedding band, but some days it winds up on my middle finger instead.

Stacy, how are you holding up with the weather. Did you get a lot of snow and/or ice? We got the bitter cold temperatures, but not until after the rain had moved out. I don't care where you live, 17 degrees is just plain COLD. There's forecasting some snow for Friday, but it better not stick around because that's when we're supposed to be leaving for our trip!

Aimee, I'm sorry to hear about the insulin. I was hoping that becasue you were doing so well you'd be able to avoid it. But you're on top of it and that's good. Can we call her Addison Magnolia? Or Magnolia Addison?

Dawn, any news on the rescheduled appointment? For some reason I thought it was scheduled for yesterday and I was thinking about you hoping things were going OK. When you get a moment, check in with us OK?

 

[stitchfan23]

Just a quick posting. Just trying to catch up after being off for 2 weeks plus I am trying to rush through my work today as I tried Epic Mickey when we were in Disney and I thought it was so cool that I bought it last night for the Wii so I am dying to try it out. Oh and my eliptical got set up last night so I should go and get some batteries (once all this snow stops) so that I can get a work out in as well

I will post some pictures once I actually put them on the computer. I had one taken in the exact same place as the one on the first page of this journey so that I can see the difference. I will post them beside each other soon.

 

[stayhomemom77]

A stranger hit on me via facebook the other day. He wasn't inappropriate or dirty or anything but I was pretty skeeved out!! I showed the message to my hubby and then deleted it.

I sure hope that doesn't happen again!

Struggling to stay on plan this week...I was over my points last night but it was all diet stuff so I'm still hanging in there with exercise and flex points but it prolly means there won't be a loss this week.

Is it almost spring yet??

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Hi everyone. I hope you are all surviving blizzardpocalypse! Here in STL, we just got a lot of hype. Yes, I got about 2 inches of sleet and an inch of snow, but that's really nothing. As long as you are super careful when driving, it's all good. I did get a snow day from work yesterday though. The whole world closed down in anticipation, including all the malls! I just snuggled under my blanket in my pjs, read a book, and watched TV. Oh, and ate a lot of snacks. I'm going through a week right now where I just can't put enough food into my body. I'm constantly starving. Not fun. I'm trying to make smart choices and drink a lot of water but I fear the scale this week!

I love the name for the baby! Addielea is a great name to be called - unusual but not so much that people are like . Hang in there with your diabetes. I hate shots so I understand where you are coming from, but you seem to have a good attitude about the whole thing.

Ok, I guess I best do some work. Hope you all have a good 2nd half of the week. In my mind, today is MOnday again because I was off yesterday. Gotta find my Wednesday frame of mind!

 

[Duchie]

You guys are never going to believe where I am right now. Heck, I don't believe it myself.

We're already at DLR!!!

We were supposed to be leaving tonight after school. But then they started predicting snow and ice for Thursday night/Friday morning. I really started to worry about our flight being canceled, because they had already started canceling some. So I took a chance and called JetBlue about flying standby. She told me that we had a good chance of getting on the flight, but we'd have to leave pretty much immediately. We decided to go for it. Thank goodness I already had us packed!

Once we got word we were on the flight, we had to rush and find a place to stay before we got on the airplane. Can I just say I love my iPad? the room isOK, but I don't care. We'll be at GCV in a few hours. We get an entire extra day here!

Oh and I just checked - they closed school for today, so the kids aren't missing any time

I'll check in when we get home. Y'all have a good weed end!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Duchie - you are so lucky you beat the storm out!!! Have a great time at DLR. I can't wait to hear stories when you get back.

 

[stayhomemom77]

I'm going to whine on here a little bit about something only vaguely related to weight loss. You guys don't mind, do you?

If you've been following Gelly's TR you may have read my recent post about trying to make it back to Disney at the end of August using the Kids Stay/Play Free deal.

Two problems...DH's contract is up as of September 1st. He can't renew. At all. And, as there is only one university in the vicinity, there are no other job opportunities here. So, it's very likely that we will have to relocate this summer. It could be a couple of hours drive from here or it could be across the country. That's a lot of up in the air-ness going on, at least for the moment. Makes it tough to make any definitive plans.

Problem number two...DH doesn't really want to go. He wants absolutely no money diverted from our cruise savings for ANY kind of travel or vacation plans until we have every dime we need for our "at least 18 months from now" NEXT vacation.

Yeah, I'm not cool with that. No vacations for 18 (or more ) months?? At all?? Are you on crack??

Now, I get where he's coming from. He thinks if we don't save hard core, we'll never actually HAVE enough money to go.

He also thinks I'M on crack because I want to go back AGAIN to the place we've been to three times since April 2009. I get that too...


BUT............


This deal is friggin' cheap! AND, I can do things the way I want to do them.

I saved up all of my pocket money for last month's trip in order to help pay for it. So, I had no cash from August until this month. Well, I've sort of gotten used to being perennially broke so doing the same thing for another trip at the end of the summer seems easy.

The kids have already begun saving some of their spending money ( I am a TERRIBLE influence) and I've got $100 at present in the pot (this month's spending money) AND we still have about $30 USD left over in cash from the last trip. But, I need more...lots more.

I have come up with a few ways to get the dough I need without dipping into the specified cruise savings (what we already have saved as well as what we've budgeted to save would be safe) but DH has no faith in our ability to stick to the proposed budget.

I can't start a proper PTR until I book something and I can't book something until I am fairly certain I can make something work. But, if I make my weight loss goals I can take the "rewards" out in cash and toss them in the pot. Adding in my monthly "allowance" I'll only be short about $300 for the package price. Then I have to add in about $100 in Misc money, $100 for hotels there and back (have to drive again this time) and some gas money ($200 should cover gas and tolls).

This would give us 4 nights at ASMo with 2 park tickets and the QSDP and then a room only stay for one night at POFQ. If I could, I'd do the entire stay there but it's just too much money.

I've spent the last 3 days crunching numbers and running the math over and over and over again and I think this option works best for me. DH has protested that I can't pay for the whole thing alone (which is true, I can't) so money would be diverted that otherwise would be saved for the cruise. I suggested going without him (my money would go a lot farther if I didn't have to pay for his food and park tickets but he didn't like that idea at all!)

The kicker...is that he's got nothing to spend his spending money on so he's just leaving it in the account until something occurs to him but he's not willing to kick in to pay for this trip ON PRINCIPLE ALONE!! How lame is that??

DS, bless him has generously offered up some of his savings to help pay for the trip...what a sweetie!! DD plans to horde all her cash for spending money. She told me in no uncertain terms that his offer was off the table as far as she was concerned.

Anyway, just needed to vent...hopefully we have some kind of idea about where we are going to be before the booking date closes (Mar 27th) but I am pretty tempted to book anyway in a couple of weeks and then cancel it later if necessary.

And the vague relation to weight loss in all of this...I'm really going to have to whack away at these pounds between now and then to justify the "reward" money I'm planning on dedicating to the package balance.

Wish me luck...

 

[stitchfan23]

Hey Julie - that is quite a predicament. I think what I am going to say is probably not what you want to hear but I agree with your hubby. You just enjoyed a fabulous holiday to Disney and when things are so up in the air with you hubby's job I would wait and see how that all shakes up before planning another trip. I love Disney to so I know how hard it is to wait but honestly I would never consider driving for 2 days or (24 hours) to get to Disney for 4 days, it's just not worth it in my opinion. I would save the money and go maybe next year and keep saving and maybe be able to go for 8 days then. Keep saving for your cruise, we all love Disney but there are so many more fantastic places to see and do out there in the world.

Is anyone else out there. It has been a quiet week. If people would like to send me their weighins I will compile it all. It has not been a good week for me. I am struggling to get back into the swing of things since coming back from vaccation. New resolve this week but I am expecting a bit of a gain when I step on the scale in a bit. Will be back in a bit to post.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I'm really, really struggling lately. I spent the last week putting anything that wasn't moving into my mouth. for some reason, I was starving ALL the time. I don't mean "I could eat something" I mean, my stomach was growling even after I had just had a meal. I didn't even try to keep up with calorie tracking after a while. It just seemed pointless. Needless to say, the scale has not been kind and I'm back to a number I promised I had seen the last of almost a year ago.

So, new week, new beginnings (yet again). I measured out my food today and I'm going to stick to it. I've already almost finished 4 glasses of water so I'm going to really push the water intake this week. The only thing I don't see in my future this week is the gym. I want to go, but my time seems to not be my own yet. I really need to push though. As of right now, I am not getting ANY of the charms for the goals I set. Yikes, Yikes Yikes!!!!

Come on gang. We can do this. I've been slowly allowing myself to float further from the island but I have to get back. It starts today. Who's in?

 

[stayhomemom77]

Whew!! It's been quite a week and man, am I glad it's over!!

First off...Heather, I agree with you. It's a long way to drive for only five nights and six days (it's 18 hours from here but it's still a long way). It doesn't mean I wouldn't do it but I don't think that at the present time it's a good idea to entertain due to the uncertainty with DH's job.

My real gripe was that I was going to be using MY spending money exclusively and he was still against the idea. I mean, the job uncertainty was never his problem it was just the fact that it might be the next vacation. Ummm, if we can't afford the cruise but I'm willing to pay for us to go on vacation to say New York or Vegas or even San Diego he's fine with it but if it's Orlando again he says, no joy!! I don't think that's fair!!

Anyway, I'm saving away and when I can afford to go again, we're off!! If he wants to be a grouch about it, he can stay home and I'll invite my mom to come with us!!

In the meantime, we're putting a LOT on our credit card debt and a little away each month for savings (for the cruise). Once the cc debt is taken care of (still a few months to go on that yet) then we'll REALLY be cookin' with gas cause all the debt reduction money can go right into the travel account. Who hoo!!

Thanks for the perspective, Heather!!


Now, as far as skinny island is concerned...


I am down 0.3 this week. And considering I cheated half the week away, I am...




I'm hoping to report a much bigger loss next Monday.

Today I used up the last page in my journal and that particular book was begun on October 4th. I've taken to writing my weights under the date of the front cover and I was kinda disappointed to learn that with the Christmas gain that I've haven't fully lost yet it means that in four months I've only lost exactly 6 pounds.

Still, you know me...I'm always looking for that silver lining so, I guess this means that I'm pretty good at maintaining my current weight...well, more or less. It gives me hope for when I'm at goal, KWIM??

Have a good week all...I'll be checking in periodically!!

 

[mom2faith]

Hello all!!

I missed last week as I was just busy. I am happy to report that last week I weighed in with a 3.2lb loss! And this week I am hoping to add a lb to that (or more). I actually weigh in on Tuesdays (do not ask me why as I do not know, but since I started Tuesday, I just stick with it). So, I will report my weekly loss tomorrow.

Overall, I am down 15.4lbs not including anything that may have come off in the last week.

My goal is to be a 20lbs lost by Feb 18. So, if I lost 2lbs last week and another 2 next week, I will only need a 0.4 the week after. Big goals, but it is important to me. We are heading to Edmonton and I really want to reward myself with some new jeans. I promised I would not buy anything until I did the 1st 20 lbs, so I have to make it.

Last night was also a big night for me. For the first time since I started on Janurary 4th, I had a treat!! The very first one!! It was hard to do, but it tasted so good. I was at my parents house and they bought cheesecake just for me and DD becuase they know we both love cheescake. I struggled with the decision, but I decided that in the 33 days since I started, that I earned one treat. So I ate it.

My tummy hurts today!! No treats for 33 days makes your body not know what hit it when you do give it a little something!! It is good though, because I am not inclined to eat any other treats anytime soon!! WHEW!

Gelly - good luck with the insulin. Take care of yourself and your little princess!!

Julie - I do not have any advice. I am actually in your husbands boat right now (well sort of). DH and DD want to go back in October and I just do not see the budget allowing that. DH says he is willing to make sacrifices, but I would rather get some things done around the house that have been neglected. SInce our last trip we have bought new tires for both cars and a new bed for us. (We needed it, it gets deliver Friday. If you do not hear from me after Friday it is becuase I am finally sleeping!! You will have to send a Prince to wake me!!). Anyways, I am trying to explain to him that between the new tires and new bed we have spent 1/2 of our usual Disney budget. We just cannot squeeze our budget anymore to allow for another trip!! I tried to compromise with a Vegas trip, but since we do not take DD to vages (she is only 6) we feel that defeats the purpose of a "famly" vacation. Anyway, just letting you now that Iunderstand your want/need to go, but maybe it isn't the right time?? Sorry, maybe not what you wanted to hear

Heather - where are those photos!! I would love to know how the weather and crowds were. If we do go back anytime soon, it will be January 2012.

Barb - have fun at DLR!! Can't wait to see photos and hear all about it!!

Stacy - you will get back into the swing of things in no time. You should try increasing your protein. It really is helping me curb the hunger this time around. You are doing a great job just by coming on here and writing about it. You are admiting it and ready to move on! You can do this!!!

Well, back to work I guess for me. Talk to you all soon!!

Amy