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

[stayhomemom77]

I fell off the wagon and it ran me over!!! My attempts to hold myself accountable and head off the pig out sessions failed miserably.



Should I be concerned that I don't really care that much?

Tuesday night I fell apart and I couldn't stop eating...yesterday was a chinese takeout nightmare and today wasn't much better what with polishing off leftovers and snacking on Christmas crackers (fat, fat, fat!!). However, I'm hoping for tomorrow to be a transition day (that's what I call a day where I eat properly but don't necessarily track properly) and then begin fresh again Saturday.

I'm fully expecting to see a gain of four or five pounds but it should come off fairly quickly once my healthy habits reassert themselves. I lucked out this time with a rather light, fast cold so hopefully those complications no longer have any effect on my eating habits.

Thanks for rooting for me Michelle. I hope to report that I had a good weekend!

So, days 1 through 13 were but days 14, 15 and 16 were . Here's hoping that the rest of December proves .

 

[Duchie]

Whew! It's been some kind of week here...

First of all, weight stayed the same so I'm pleased with that. I'm finding that with maintenance I'm not using all of my points every day. But it's evening out because I've been slacking on the exercising.

Last weekend my youngest DS had a camping trip with a Boy Scout Troop he's considering. DH went with him since I went to the last one. Well it was COLD that night - as in, below freezing cold. I was worried sick about them, but they came home saying what a great time they had. And DS got a Polar Bear Patch out of the deal so he's happy. Jane, when do you stop worrying about them when they're finally Boy Scouts?

This week is the last week of school before our Winter Break. That has meant band concerts, carroling with the Scouts, last-minute school projects (that SOMEONE procrastinated on ), DH's chorus concert, shopping for gift exchanges, etc. We've had so much stuff going on that we still have no ornaments on our tree. It's in the stand and DH has put some lights on it, but that's it. I really hope we can get it decorated soon!

But there has been one really big thing this week and it involves our cat. We have indoor cats but sometimes when I let the dog out in the morning the cats will go out with him. They usually just hang out in the back yard but every so often this cat will hop the fence (a big 7' tall one). When he does, he's usually back soon enough, so Tuesday when he didn't come back I knew something was wrong. In fact, I was so sure that I told all of the kids as they got home that they needed to be prepared for him not coming back. Yeah, that didn't go over well. Youngest DS went to the neighbors asking if they had seen him, and one neighbor came over and said he had found a cat in his back yard earlier that day that appears to have been hit by a car. He had taken the cat to his vet while he looked for the owner. He described him and we were sure it was ours, so I rushed up to the vet. His injuries aren't life-threatening - he had a scrape on his abdomen and his leg was badly broken. The leg could be repaired but it needed a specialist, and the estimate they gave us was astronomical. So we decided to have his leg amputated. I was proud of the kids, though. When I told them about this, oldest DS said, "Well, considering I thought I had no cat, I'm good with a 3-legged one!"

They did the surgery yesterday and it went well, but he was running a fever and they were worried. I called this morning and the fever is down so hopefully we can bring him home today. The vet said that he should do just fine with 3 legs. I asked if we needed to do anything to help him adjust and he said no, animals will figure it out on their own. He thinks it should take him a month or so to get back to full agility.

Julie, your new outfits look amazing! My favorite is the last one because that's normally how I dress every day. Hey, when you work froom home and it gets cold, comfort is Priority #1!

Michelle, I'm hanging in there with the one day at a time thing. This week it's been hard but those glasses of wine I had in the evenings were sure worth it!

So Aimee is in WDW right now. Lucky girl! But I hear it's been REALLY cold there, so Aimee stay warm!!!

OMG I almost forgot - in all the cat craziness I forgot that we finally booked our flights to California for next February! I was watching fare prices and they finally got low enough that our credit card reward points totally covered all 5 tickets. Now it seems REALLY real that we're going to Disneyland! I was talking to the dad of DD's friend (the guy who drives them to school each day) and they're leaving tomorrow and will spend 5 days there. They've been several times before so he's a great source of information. They're doing the WOC picnic meal and I'm anxious to see how that works out for him because we're thinking about doing that, too.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

P.S. Dawn, where are you?

 

[stayhomemom77]

I laughed out loud Barb about that comment of you liking what I call my slob outfit. I guess I must be too preppy because I HATE dressing like that. In fact, I can't wait to get rid of those ugly old sweats. I forget why I threw them on that day but I complained about it the whole time. I prefer to warm up in my NICE sweaters and I only buy comfy dress clothes so as far as I'm concerned I CAN do both!!

I finally feel back in control today. I had a good breakfast and I'm no longer thinking about junk food...I'm not thinking about food at all...so I'm fairly certain that I will be successful at dieting once again beginning today. I'm supposed to weigh in tomorrow but I'm going to wait until Monday.

I was still snacking last night so I'm going to need a couple of days to shed the water weight (and more) and besides that...I really think the actual truth of my weight would depress me and I don't need any further reasons to turn to food for comfort.

As soon as I finish this post I will be running to Walmart and the Dollar Store for (what I hope will be) the last time before the New Year. I have to get the kids a rolling carry on bag each for the trip (15 days people!!!! ) and a few other last minute items but as long as my list is thorough (and I've checked an rechecked several times) then I won't have to venture out into the retail craziness until after the holidays.

I'm glad to hear your cat is alive and well Barb. It's a shame about his leg though!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

hey girls! 12/20 already!! Only a few more days until New Years Resolution Day. Hope everyone's holding up!

Sorry about the cat! We're a cat family, and just had our 20 year old one put to sleep earlier this fall...so glad yours is on the mend! Hope everything goes well

Still plugging along and maintaining, even down 1/2 pound this week. One day at a time!!!

merry xmas is almost here!!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of weeks..... I'm a backslider!
I honestly got on the scale and thought that I would've gained all 12 of my pounds back. But I only gained 2! So I get to keep my 10 pound icon, as soon as I figure out how to put it up.

I have 4 weeks left until we leave, so it is BUCKLE DOWN time!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Well, we just added a three day cruise on the Dream to our Spring break trip!!! I'm so excited I can't stand it. But the good thing is, that DH wants to lose weight too for the trip (well before the trip at least!) So hopefully we can eat better together!

I really only have about 5 pounds to go. I'm generally hovering up and down with three pounds. I am about the same as last week.

Must get rid of all these cookies in the house!!!

More snow tonight here - so I'm not going anywhere. I should at least do some situps in front of the TV watching the Vikings snowy game, eh?

 

[stayhomemom77]

Emily: Hey!! How awesome that it was only a 2 pound gain...you can easily take that off and a couple more besides over a four week stretch! Wishing you luck on that!

Sheree!!

I'm so jealous...the cruise addition sounds fantastic!!

And how nice that DH wants to lose a few pounds between now and then too.

My DH always slacks in the winter...ALWAYS!! In fact, most of what he loses the rest of the year gets put back on in the winter.

This year, I guess my own good behaviour has shamed him into some half hearted attempts at keeping the exercise up and the food intake down but he has definitely put 10 or 15 pounds back on in the last month or so.

Can I confess that it doesn't bother me that much? For one thing, he's really not THAT big...it's really just a spare tire thing and it's never bothered me at all so there's that. But...there's also a greedy, selfish, shameful reason I don't care. In fact, I was half hoping this would happen again this year. And that's because I was hoping for a chance to catch up.

In the last 10 years, he's gained 30 pounds and I've gained 100. So, at one point I was 65 pounds heavier than he was. Not cool folks, not cool!

Now I'm only about 15 pounds heavier than he is and I'm hoping to get lower than him between now and the spring when he gets back on the wagon and starts losing again. I know that's selfish but I just want to be smaller than my husband for the first time in like 8 years.

Anyway...the binge eating from last week was even worse than I figured. I did get myself sorted out for Friday (I even tracked!!) and I stayed within my daily points and it's a good thing too because I had gained 10 pounds!!!!!

That was a nasty shock I can tell you. Of course, 48 hours of healthy eating did wonders and I was only up the four I predicted as of Monday morning.

I've been doing great since then though...I still have most of my flex points and I've earned myself a respectable amount of exercise points thus far this week (although jogging in the living room loses some of it's appeal when the kids chase you around giggling madly and smacking your "jiggly butt"!)

Anyway...MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those that celebrate and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all those that don't!

I'll be around...trying to stay strong and shed just a few more pounds before we leave for the World on Jan. 1st!!

Can't wait for the "less fat" photos. I'm actually looking forward to getting my pic taken!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

I know what you mean about DH losing weight...mine has lost a bunch since I started my journey. Seems to be so much easier for him!!

Didn't follow my plan the last few days. It's always an adjustment when I start a break from school and have access to a kitchen all day! I need a plan for these transition times.

Anyhoo, ready to get back on track today. Have a lot of eating opportunities in the next 2 days, so will try to be more aware of what I'm putting in my body. Just not worth a gain because there's a tree in my house. the tree will come down and I'll be bigger and miserable if I don't watch it.

so excited for you girls planning and going soon on trips! Need to focus on that in my house too...hopefully for June thinking about trying Universal too, not sure how that looks though. Will research on here rather than snack

Happy Happy to anyone who's checking in!! Stay the course!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hmmm...it's been kinda quiet around here lately. I wonder if that means I'm going to miss a whole heck of a lot of chatter that first week of January.

I will be in Disney...thinking of all of you and trying to remember all of the "rules" I've set out for myself to achieve a balance between healthy eating and having fun on my vacation.

I've been trying to recover from my Christmas derailment but it's slow going. The fact that I leave for vacation in 4 short days (and all the leftover treats) are proving too tempting and though I do well until dinner...in the evening things begin to fall apart.

However, on the plus side...most of my goodies are all gone and tonight I've got a hot date with DH! We're going to a Japanese restaurant for dinner (easy to stay on plan there) and then we are going to the movies. Ironically, I don't snack when I'm at the theater (at all) so tonight it should be really easy to stay on track.

I've been exercising properly and once I eat properly for one day, I usually find it quite easy to continue on in the vein...it's just that first day after going off plan that proves tricky!!

Anyway, things will go off track again as of Saturday but if I practice portion control it shouldn't be too bad.

Did you all have a great Christmas?? How did the "taking it one day at a time" work for you guys?? I didn't stay on plan for each day but the philosophy did keep me from feeling too guilty about my indulgences which counts as a success in my book!

I don't know how much I'll be checking in between now and Saturday. I've got quite a bit to do before we leave. Hope you all have an amazing New Year and I'll be back again on January 8th!

Good luck in the marathon Bree!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Julie- you are doing awesome!! You must be so excited for your trip!

I, on the other hand, am not doing so awesome! I had a long 4 day weekend of eating like there was no tomorrow! But as of today, I'm around (within 1/2 pound) of where I was before. I still have 6.5 pounds to get to my goal. But, I have a date Thursday at the Melting Pot, and plan to indulge in some yummy fondue. I should start saving some calories and maybe try some exercise.
Then NYE we are going to dinner with some friends at an Italian restaurant. Can you say - maybe eat a very light lunch of salad for a few days???

Oh, well, one day at a time. I'm planning ahead and will eat in moderation. There - I said it. Now I have to do it. Right?

 

[Duchie]

Hey everyone!

I hope everyone had a great holiday. Ours was blissfully uneventful, just the way I like them. Oh there was drama, but it was my family in another state. They tried to rope us in (my DB and DSIL came in from Houston) but we resisted and enjoyed ourselves.

As for eating, I let myself enjoy the holiday without watching too closely. The food was good, but I kinda felt a little sick after eating like that. I knew I'd gain, and I did gain 2.5 pounds. Not great, but it could have been so much worse. So this week I'm working hard to get back on the right-eating track. I've been totally lazy with the exercising, though. I know I'll be back to it next week and I'm enjoying the break while it lasts.

For New Years Eve this year, I really didn't want to do anything at all. And I was looking forward to that. But some of our friends had other ideas. They've invited themselves over for the evening and to spend the night here so they don't have to drive. I am just so NOT in the mood for this! I know I could say no, but I don't want to hurt her feelings so I've agreed to it (with a smile on my face). The thing is that this friend will be expecting me to drink a lot. That kind of doesn't go along with my resolve to get back to eating properly, now does it?

Our kitty has been home for 11 days now and is improving every day. We did have his leg amputated and it was rough going there for a while. The Sunday after we brought him home I was syringe-feeding him kitten formula and water because he wasn't eating and was getting dehydrated. It was awful! He did finally start eating on his own and is now hobbling around the house a bit. I'll take him in tomorrow to get what's left of the stitches removed (even with the Cone of Shame he got to most of them and took them out himself) and then he'll just be a cat with 3 legs.

Julie, hope you really enjoy your trip! Now that the holidays are over I'll start focusing on ours.

Michelle, I love what you said about a tree in the house not being an excuse. It is so true! It occurred to me this morning that it'll probably take me a month to lose the 2.5 pounds I gained in just a few short days. Doesn't really seem fair, does it?

Sheree, good luck with your upcoming dinner dates. Eating "light" at Italian restaurants is impossible for me I'm sure you'll do better than I would!

Have a safe and happy New Years everyone!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

have a great trip stayhomemom!!! ride the mansion for me please

fun disney xmas gift : DH got me the CD of the original HMansion album I had when I was a kid...so exciting!! Love listening to Mike and Karen go through the Haunted Mansion.

Only a few days of indulging and I'm up 3...imagine if I let myself go the whole month. yikes. Back on it the last couple days. So true Duchie, takes a couple days to put on, a month to take off. I still don't get that at all.

I am thankful we have this thread to help keep me honest. I think I can say I made it thru without guilt. Day by day seems to be working

 

[ChisJo]

I'm a new castaway....I just wanted to say hi!

I really need a good network of support. I work shift work and am finding it so difficult to get motivated. I am so disappointed in myself. 4 years ago, I literally worked my butt off to lost 40 lbs and then some, and was even running in a half marathon. Life, work, love all got in the way of my ambitions, and now, despite every good intention, I have gained back all that weight and then some. I look at myself with a little disgust right now. I hope that reading others stories will motivate me a bit. I want to be able to fit in my clothes again. I cannot find a group to join or a program to dedicate myself to - it seems that nothing fits into my schedule because I don't work 9-5 mon-fri. I just want to be proud of me....thanks for letting me in to your secret society!

 

[stitchfan23]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay this thread has been way too quiet over the past month. I know I haven't been here as much as I should have due to the business. The craziness is behind me for another year and I survived.

The weight loss not so good... I think I fell off the raft somewhere around Dec 10th and you guys kept paddling and I couldn't catch up. Weighed in this morning and it wasn't as bad as I was thinking. I was +3.5lbs but with the amount of food I have been shoveling in I was surprised. I finally caught up to you all this morning and climbed back on the raft. Here's to a great 2011.

Please ladies and gents don't let this thread die - I need you all to reach my goal

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I'm hanging in there too. I fell part way off the raft. (wagon) I ate way too much not good food for the last couple weeks, but until Christmas hadn't seen much change. Today - oh boy. I'm up three pounds!!!

I have a new goal (really the same overall goal). We are leaving on March 8th for our DCL/WDW trip. I need to lose just under 10 pounds from where I am this morning. So I will still need the help of this thread too.

I'm going to purge my house of the junk. I will throw away any leftover "cheesy" dips. I'm going to put some cookies out at the office for others to eat and some in the freezer. Then I'm going to exercise some self control!!! And I might even throw in some exercise!!!

It's a new year. I need a fresh start. Who's with me???

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

YAY! Made it to the new year

Getting ready to go to Jazzercise class in 20 minutes. What are you doing today to burn some holiday cookies? Or in my case, the New Year's lasagna I made...

Really looking forward to this year. I feel less stressed already. New goal is to lose 15 more by our summer WDW trip. I wish I could say WDW/Universal trip, but I just can't figure out how to swing both reasonably, and I refuse to give up WDW! Will continue to lurk over on the Univ pages, but would appreciate any tips if any of you have done both successfully.

Here's to a great week! Don't eat if you're not hungry

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to try and catch up to you all back on the raft to Skinny Island. I fell off the boat on vacation in October and even though I tried to swim back to you the waves of bad eating kept me away. I knew you all were here and that I should come back and get my motivation back. Remember all those cartoons with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other? Well the little horned devil won out for a long time. I've finally pushed her off and need to let goodness win for once.

I finally bit the bullet and weighed myself yesterday and I've gained 8.8 pounds since I last posted. I'm so mad at myself for losing my way and going above that nasty 2 number that I never wanted to see again. I could post a lot of excuses about why I was eating like the food would be running out tomorrow, but really it boils down to not being happy with myself, eating and then not being happy with myself even more. I've got to get off that rotating wheel of excuses. I ate, now I have to work it off.

Ok, enough whining about the past. Can't do anything to change what has happened. Just need to move forward. I really hate making new year resolutions because they generally do not work for me, but I guess I want to start the year off better than last year so here goes. I resolve to track my food and exercise at least three times a week. I now need to decide what program I'm going to follow. I've done WW in the past but the budget minded me just doesn't want to have to pay weekly for the meetings and now with a new program, I'm not sure if I want to go that route. If you are using the new program, how do you like it? I think I need to have a long conversation with Jim and see if he would like to do a program together. I know that I'll have better luck if we are both on the same page.

I'm really toying of trying to do a half marathon. I thought that if I had a goal to train for that I would be more motivated to get to the gym. I've started looking at sites to find the best training method for me. There is a Half Marathon at DL in September and one closer to home in June that could be my trail run. Bree, I know that you've done some marathons in the past, do you have any training advise for me? I really hate to run so I'll be doing more walking than anything, but since they sweep the course I'd hate to get picked up for not going fast enough.

Ok, I'm going to try and go back to October posts and catch up on everyone's life and meet any new members. I will try my best to check in daily.

Jane

Just finished reading all the posts I missed.

Julie - I hope you are having a great time in FL

Barb - I hate to tell you but you never really stop worrying about them in Scouts. I think as they get older you just learn to live with it a little better. When they are on camping or hiking trips for a week at a time and there isn't any communication, you either learn to ignore the worry or you get an ulcer. Of course I'm a natural born worrier so I'm probably not the best person to ask. There are other parents that seemed to handle it just fine. I'm glad he liked the Troop, making sure you find the right fit is the hardest part. Just realize that if he decided later that it isn't right, you can still switch - you aren't married to them, just dating.

 

[Duchie]

Happy New Year!!!

First and foremost let me start with welcoming our newest Castaway ChisJo!!! We're glad to have you aboard on our cruise. On the very first page of this thread is a little intro paragraph, why don't you start by filling that out and letting us know a little bit more about you.

Sadly, I fear we have lost our leader I think we all understand that everyone has to tackle their issues in their own time and in their own way, and maybe this just isn't the right time for you? I don't know but I do know I miss seeing you around here. While I understand the reason that you (and many others) may need to step away for a while, I miss you and hope you come back soon.

But we will continue on! Heather, we ARE still here for you! Heck, I need you ladies, too! Sounds like we all gained about 3 pounds over the holidays, myself included. Yeah, I put on another pound this week, even though I was very diligent with my food choices. It's the no-exercise that's doing me in. I'm so disappointed in myself, but this is a real test for me - can I get back on the wagon and not let this slip-up totally derail me. Tomorrow we start back on our normal schedule and that means back to exercising!

Jane, I'm using the new WW PointsPlus system and it's OK. It's hard because I'm having to recalculate points for everything, but at the same time I think it's a more complete nutritional view than it was in the past. I'm doing the online version, which is a monthly fee rather than a weekly one and I don't find that as costly. Maybe that could be an option for you?

I know one thing that contributed to my weight gain was stress. Between the issues with the cat (the recovery wasn't going as well as we had hoped, but now he seems to be doing much better) and my dad being in the hospital I caught myself wanting to graze. I resisted a bit but there were times I indulged. Not good!

So here's to a happy and healthy 2011 for all of us!!!!

 

[stitchfan23]

I don't want to step on Dawn's toes but since we haven't heard from her for a while I am willing to take over the weekly weigh ins if people are stilling wanting to do this. Just let me know if people are interested. Dawn if you are still out there and are wanting to continue tracking this for us just let me know as well.

Here is to a GREAT 2011 and seeing all of us reach Skinny Island. Started off great today - breakfast and water and yesterday we ordered an eliptical machine that will be here in a week or so.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Two days in a row -

I'm -.6 from yesterday (didn't weigh myself before that for a LONG time). Heather - I'll send you my weight today.

Yesterday I just needed to contain my grazing so I took my computer upstairs instead of sitting on the other side of the kitchen and it seemed to help. I can't say it was the most healthy eating day of all, but just stopping the constant eating is getting me on the right track.

Food Log for 1/3/11

Breakfast - Banana Bread, 4 slices of bacon
Lunch: PB&J sandwich & apple
Dinner: 2 small slices of frozen pizza
Snack: 6oz of M&Ms (got to get those out of the house)
Dessert: DeLight Yogurt

I didn't count calories yesterday - starting back on SP today. Also, I don't mean to be a traitor, but I also joined the Biggest Loser Challenge on the WISH board. I'm hoping that if I'm accountable to two threads that I'll be less likely to drop off the face of the earth.