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

[mom2faith]

Well, today was weigh in and for the first time since I started, I did not hit my 2 lbs per week goal

I lost 1.6 lbs for a total loss of 17 lbs in 5 weeks. I know that I am still on target, but I do have to question whether or not that one piece of cheesecake played a role in missing my goal by 0.4 lbs.

I know, I am hard on myself, but I am really taking this seriously this time. I am so afraid that as soon as I start to see my efforts not paying off that I will give up. Again. This is the longest I have ever stuck to a plan without cheating. It is the longest I have ever gone meeting my weightloss goals. It is just so frustrating that the one time I "cheated" I did not meet my goal.

OK. I have to get over it!!

Alright, back to the daily grind. It is almost time for my lo-cal lunch. Thank goodness for caffeine free flavored tea!! I swear that is the only thing getting me through!!

Hope everyone is having a good week!!

Amy

 

[mom2faith]

Hello ladies!!

I feel like that scene from Titanic where the rescue ship has life boats and the one guy is yelling "HELLLOOOO IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE?? HELLLLLOOOO!!"

I hope my castaway friends have not jumped ship or sunk with the Titanic!?!? Where is everyone!!

Well, I will just keep checking in.

Hope you are all having a great week!! (I am, I lost another 1lb! Total = 18lbs in 5 weeks and 1 day!! WOO HOO!!)

 

[stayhomemom77]

I'm here Amy!

I'm half dead on the couch with this miserable cold but I'm here.


I summoned up enough happy to post because...













I bought new shoes!!!



So, I haven't purchased any shoes in nearly a year (gulp, a year...can that be right??)...yep, definitely nearly a year and when my favourite store had a half price sale...I just HAD to look. (Thank heavens for online shopping!)

I restrained myself admirably...only bought one pair of super hot silver sandals for $35. They should come in a few days and then I'll post pics. They have these gorgeous chiffon flowers on the front T strap and I've been eying (sp?) them for months so I couldn't resist paying half price for them, could I?

At first, I had a pair of sand coloured heels in my shopping cart (I've been salivating over them for nearly as long as the others) but in the end I took them out. Since I have nothing to wear with my chocolate brown boots (why can I not find ANYTHING to go with those babies??) buying these shoes would be a tad silly...I haven't anything to go with them either.

I'm going to sleep on it and take another look online at my favourite clothing stores. If I can find ANYTHING that could go with those shoes, I'm going to buy the skirt or dress (one size too small) and immediately order the shoes.

Wish me luck on the skirt/dress hunt!!

Oh, and Amy.....



for being down another pound already!!

 

[ski_mom]

I'm still here too, just not doing anything worth posting about I haven't gained, but I haven't lost either. I keep telling myself I'm going to start tomorrow, but then go out and buy the wrong foods. I bought Zumba for our Wii, but haven't done it. I've just been terrible.

The only positive thing I've done is keep up with this thread. I'll try to do better, I promise - and I'll try to post more, just to check in. Hopefully that will motivate me to actually have something positive to post!

Have a great week everyone!!

 

[stitchfan23]

I'm here as well. Just busy with work. I got my eliptical all set up and wow that thing is kicking my you know what! I can't do anymore than 5 minutes at a time on it (YET!) so I am doing what I can on the eliptical and then another 30min on the bike. Have been having a hard go of it lately. I know what I am doing wrong but I just can't okay don't stop myself.

I have had 2 bad falls this winter (a month apart with the last one being the day we left for Disney, slipped on ice at the inlaws) and have really buggered up my right knee. Hubby thinks I have strainned some ligaments as it is in the back of the knee and luckily it doesn't hurt to walk but bending my knee is still uncomfortable and it has been almost a month.

OMG! THE DOG JUST PASSED GAS!!!!!!! Sorry about that but it is just nasty and he keeps on sleeping like nothing happened! I am going to promise to all of you that I am going to post on here at least once every day (i do check in more than once a day but don't always post). Is anyone up for a challenge? I was thinking I would run one if you were interested. Lets say...

THE PERSON WHO LOOSES THE MOST % OF BODY WEIGHT BETWEEN FEB 11TH AND MARCH 11TH (ONE MONTH) WILL GET A SPECIAL GIFT SENT TO THEM FROM ME! Who's in? All you need to do is send me your current weight and I will add you to the list. Sound good?

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I'm still here as well. I'm just really struggling. I am still going through a phase where I simply feel like I can't eat enough. I'm hungry ALL the time. I don't know if it is an excuse to eat, if I'm in hibernation mode because it is so cold here, or if, as my therapist suggested this morning, I'm feeling a psychological hunger for something that is manifesting itself as a physical hunger right now. Pretty deep, huh? Yeah, I'm still trying to digest it.

Anyway, I'm up for the challange. I'll PM you my weight right now. And not to be self-defeating, I should be pretty easy to beat because I have a disney trip right in the middle of it and I WILL be eating some bad for me foods while there.

Completely off-topic, but if any of you are musical theatre goers and get a chance, go see 9 to 5 while it is on tour. If you remember the movie, it is pretty faithful to it with some great music. I saw it last night and really enjoyed myself.

 

[stitchfan23]

Okay so it sounds like we are all struggling a little bit. I have had 4 people sign up for the challenge within 30mins of me posting and hopefully more will join in. So far...

Heather
Julie
Stacy
Amy
Becky
Michele

I am going to PM the others that I have on my list of people who were tracking and see if they would like to join as wel.

 

[ski_mom]

Hi Heather,

I just sent you a PM too!

Thanks for doing this!
Becky

 

[stitchfan23]

Gottcha added Becky! You can disregard the PM that I just sent you

 

[stayhomemom77]

Okay ladies...

I found a green sundress at Old Navy that should arrive by the 24th.

Hooray!! Something to go with my brown boots in the winter (with a sand coloured sweater shrug-bolero-type-thingy). So, I went back and bought the other beige heels since I have at least one dress I can wear them with at this point.

Of course, the hunt is far from over!! I've still got my $50 gift card from my in-laws to spend so I'll be scoping out other options to go with those beautiful shoes in the weeks to come.

I'll post pics as these babies arrive. I'm taking a bit of a risk with the dress...I've actually never shopped at Old Navy before so I had to guess on the size to some degree. What concerns me most is how it fits across the bust but I won't know for sure until it's delivered.

I'm so excited, I've almost forgotten that I'm still . Almost!!

Good luck to all the participants on the upcoming challenge. I'm going to bring it...I hope you all do too!!

 

[stitchfan23]

Can't wait to see the dress Julie and the shoes.

I am ready to BRING IT ON!! I was telling hubby about the challenge and he says well since you started it, what do you get if you win? I had never thought about it. Well ladies you have even more competition now cause hubby says if I win the challenge he will take care of giving me a prize.

Send me your weighins either today or Monday and I will start tracking.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Hey Stitch - thanks for the PM kick in the rear! I'm still treading water here. Happy to say I've maintained my 10 pounds, but ready to move on. I want to be in the challenge, and PM'd you back

Good timing - I'm back on the weight loss program through my work too. I'll take any support I can get!!

Not a lot to report, just work, home, work, grocery store, home, etc.....with a lot of snow days sprinkled in. Supposed to be in the 50s in the next day or so - can't WAIT!

 

[Duchie]

Hey everyone!

We're back from our trip out West. We got back Wednesday night but the flight was delayed and we got home SOOOOOO much later than planned. Yesterday was spent trying to get everyone going (including me) and all of the post-vacation "stuff" that has to go on. Including looking at all of our PhotoPass pictures, I might add.

Naturally, we had a blast! We truly enjoyed our "bonus day" there but I'd have to say that 5 days is more than enough time to see and do everything at Disneyland. I loved being at GCV and being able to walk to everything! I'm hoping that all of the walking we did will help counteract some of the goodies I enjoyed while out there. (If you ever go to Knott's Famous Chicken Restaurant, I can personally recommend the chicken & dumplings. DD ordered it but decided she really wanted the fried chicken so I switched with her. I think I got the better end of that deal. ) Also, on the days where we ate big meals I skipped a meal after that. So hopefully it won't be too terribly bad.

I haven't weighed myself since we got back, but I'll do that on Sunday. Since I'm not trying to lose right now, I'll sit out of this challenge but will be a happy cheerleader for those of you competing.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I'm back! I've been trying to keep up on the goings on over here from the emails that I've gotten, but I'll try and go back to my last post and read up and see what I've missed.

I've been in a really bad funk lately. Maybe its the cold (although being in CA I shouldn't complain about it being in the 50's), more likely its work (REALLY Sucks and I'm trying to ignore the sense of dread that I feel about my career path), maybe its worrying about my Mom (she has spinal stenosis and we're waiting for her appt at the spine clinic to see if there is anything they can do for her pain).

I've been trying to eat healthy, but I haven't tracked or weighed myself for a while. I'll try and remember to send in my weight on Monday. Jim and I have decided we are going to train for a half marathon. I wish it were a Disney one, but flying out to FL isn't in the cards right now. There is a women's event (men can enter, they just can't win anything) nearby in June, its called "I run for Chocolate and Champagne". Personally i don't do champagne, but the chocolate is calling my name. We started training last week using the Jeff Galloway training method. We did 6 miles on the weekend and have been walking every day since. Today we were supposed to walk 0 - 2 miles so the 0 miles that I walked falls right on target. Hopefully with the extra walking I'll finally get to see the number drop on the scale.

Part of my funky mood came from the lack of a vacation in the future. Well we solved that problem this week. We signed up to do the ABD - Backstage Magic tour in August and then go to the D23 Expo. So now the planning has begun! I just joined D23 so we can get discounted tickets. Booked a hotel in case we can't use our DVC points (I'm waiting till after Mom's appt to check for availablity since I wouldn't be able to cancel that reservation easily). Now if they would just post some sort of schedule so I can figure out how timing I'd be happy.

Ok, I'll try and be better about checking in here. But if I slip, someone on FB slap me around and get be back here. I really need to get back to onederland again (and STAY there this time).

Jane

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Hello again ladies ~

I'm back again tonight for some pixie-dust, support, hugs, prayers, good vibes, whatever you believe in. In the big sceme of things nothing major has happened yet, but I really need some good ju-ju.

I was humming along tonight, starting to get out of my funk when the phone rings and it's my brother. I'm pretty sure it was on this thread that someone was talking about relatives and how some people just ooze drama. My brother is one of those people. He's 58 years old, still lives at home with my mom, has never held a job and thinks that EVERYTHING is someone else's fault (according to him, he's never the one to cause any issues - yeah right) he's got some slipped discs in his back and other health issues so he is on disabilty so he's pretty much stuck at home all the time and must just spend the days thinking about the past.

Anyway, he and my mom must have had a fight and he was complaining about something that happened in JULY and saying that she doesn't want him to be there and he doesn't want her to be there (in HER house). Among other stuff - just too much to type up.

Now my stomach is in knots worrying about the drama that he is causing my mom to go through. She's 85 and has been the enabler all her life but honestly, she doesn't need this drama. Of course I'm the one that is around to help her with everything and so I'm the "good" child according to my brother.

I talked to my mom and she said she doesn't want me to come over, but I'll be a nervous wreck till I can call her tomorrow morning to make sure she is ok. I'm supposed to be in a class for work all morning long and I'm going to have a really hard time consentrating and not bursting out into tears. DH is supportive, but just gets frustrated listening to what is going on over there and how it affects me. I wish I were one of those people that can just let things roll off my back, but I just sit here thinking about everthing that might happen and how I'll deal with it.

I guess I better get my stuff ready for class tomorrow so I won't have to worry about that. I'll try and check in and let you know how things are in the morning. Hopefully the sleep aid that I took will kick in soon and I'll be able to get some sleep tonight.

Everything will look better in the morning, right?

J

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

2 Eagle - did things look better this morning? I like that strategy...give things some time. Hope things work out!




Duchie - welcome back! Interesting to hear 5 days in enough for DL...we've never been, but hope to get there someday!

Have a good weekend everyone

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I talked to Mom this morning and she didn't want to talk about what happened yet. She didn't know if he would be listening and then have more fodder for argument. She seemed upset but ok.

Thank goodness the sleep aid did its work and I was able to sleep most of the night.

Jane

 

[stayhomemom77]

Oh Jane!!

I'm so sorry you've got so much on your plate. And here I've been feeling sorry for myself because I've had a bad cold.

With all the stresses you are going through...no wonder you're in a funk!

We're here for you, we love you and we're rooting for you. (And, if it means anything to you, I'll be praying for you too!!)

It always sucks when you feel like you bear the burden of worry alone regarding family matters. My husband does the same kind of thing when I tell him of my worries/fears/hurts as a result of family drama. I learned about a year ago to relay any and all information to him as dispassionately as possible, confess my feelings about the situation (cause he can tell when something is wrong) and then do my best to ignore the whole thing!! It's hard work but over time it's gotten easier and now this stuff just can't touch me the same way.

I think it's great that you've got the marathon to focus on as well as all the fun D23 things to look forward to...keep trying to focus on the positive so you don't drown in the negative (or in a vat of liquid chocolate!!)

I suggest you call up your son's girlfriend and go get a pedicure or something (retail therapy, perhaps?? ) as soon as you are free to do so. Find something to lift your spirits and call it medicine...anything that will help preserve your sanity!

Hope things get better this coming week. Keep us posted!!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Michelle!!

Good to have you back! I rode the HM on our trip and thought about you!! That was the first time I'd ever been on it and I thought it was great!! DD rode with me and had her eyes closed and her ears plugged the entire time. "This is NOT my favourite ride," she said. LOL I bought her something afterwards to help ease the pain!!

Way to go on maintaining your loss! Aren't you lucky to be expecting the 50's soon. We're supposed to finally get into the 30's this week...does that count?? Seriously, I'm rejoicing because we'll be above zero (celcius) for the first time in six weeks and it's supposed to last for a whole week.

Barb!!

So glad you had a great trip!! Are you going to be doing a TR?? Posting pics??

I have an uncle who lives in San Diego (well in a suburb there) and he's forever trying to get us to come out for a visit. Last time we went was five years ago this summer so we're due for a visit.

I'd like to fly out to Vegas...spend a day or two there checking things out then rent a car and drive to DL so we can do those two parks and then head on to San Diego to spend some time there before heading back to Vegas and flying home. If I can get this organized for this summer or fall, I'll be picking your brains for suggestions on where to eat and what kind of touring plans to put together and that sort of thing. Just warning you now so you have time to get your powerpoint presentation put together.




My beige heels are schedule to arrive on Tuesday so I should have some pics up by the end of next week! My cold is also finally gone (na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey...goodbye!!) so I think I can get a grip on the face stuffing behaviour and start losing once again!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Oh Jane!!

I'm so sorry you've got so much on your plate. And here I've been feeling sorry for myself because I've had a bad cold.

With all the stresses you are going through...no wonder you're in a funk!

We're here for you, we love you and we're rooting for you. (And, if it means anything to you, I'll be praying for you too!!)

It always sucks when you feel like you bear the burden of worry alone regarding family matters. My husband does the same kind of thing when I tell him of my worries/fears/hurts as a result of family drama. I learned about a year ago to relay any and all information to him as dispassionately as possible, confess my feelings about the situation (cause he can tell when something is wrong) and then do my best to ignore the whole thing!! It's hard work but over time it's gotten easier and now this stuff just can't touch me the same way.

I think it's great that you've got the marathon to focus on as well as all the fun D23 things to look forward to...keep trying to focus on the positive so you don't drown in the negative (or in a vat of liquid chocolate!!)

I suggest you call up your son's girlfriend and go get a pedicure or something (retail therapy, perhaps?? ) as soon as you are free to do so. Find something to lift your spirits and call it medicine...anything that will help preserve your sanity!

Hope things get better this coming week. Keep us posted!!

Julie - thank you so much for the kind words and prayers. I've talked to my Mom a couple times today and apparently he is still ranting and raving (and apparently breaking things - hopefully his stuff). It sounds like he's a two year old with a temper. She doesn't want me to come over and make the situation worse so I just have to sit over here and hope for the best.

Jim is really trying to be supportive. He knows there really isn't anything that we can do but live with the decisions that the two of them make, it doesn't make my stomach hurt any less, but that's how its gotta be.

Went to class this morning and even though I had to get up hecca early, it kept my mind off of the situation for a little while. Trying to keep converstion casual with my boss and co-worker was a little challenging at times. I just didn't want to get into the whole story and have them want to delve into it. Tonight Jim and I will be going out to dinner and then we have tickets to go see Bill Cosby. Hopefully I'll be able to detach and enjoy the night.

Retail or spa therapy sounds good too. I've already taken the 18th and 21st off from work. We were going to paint the living room, but I might just want to do nothing instead.


Michelle - I'd love to read a trip report as well. How was all the construction at DCA? Did you get to see World of Color? More importantly, where did you eat?