When Did I Get Voted Off of Skinny Island & Why is This Fat Shadow Stalking Me?

[mstinson14]

gellybean-
Thats so cool!! Are you staying onsite??

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I could give you some ideas but I am not sure they are in your musical tastes. Some artists I have on my iPod for upbeat are...

Black Eyed Peas
Sean Kingston
Katy Perry
Metallica
Sammy Hagar
Ballroom Blitz (Sweet)
Areosmith
*Pretty much anything that fits into the Dance category. If you are looking for something different try some latin or merengiue as they just make you want to move. Hope this helps

Thanks for the suggestions! I've copied them down and I'll check on iTunes.

Oh, and for music I like 80s stuff and even 70s. The two that always get me going are "Come On Eileen" and "ABC." Which just goes to show you that I am a cheeseball! [/color][/size]

I LOVE 'come on eileen'. I'm a total 70s - 80s junkie. I just can never remember the songs when I'm looking for tunes.

On my ipod:
Jay-Z
Lady GaGa
Miley Cyrus
mary J blige
red jumpsuit apparatus
Boys like girls
kiss
plain white ts
glee
kelly clarkson

you get the drift. I like anything that makes me want to move, or run since that's usually when I wear it.

Thanks, I'll check these out too.

Today should be a good day also, I'm making a ratatouille au gratin WW recipe that my DH will actually accept as a meatless entree (I think it's good to go veggie once in a while) and it only has like 200 calories a serving.

I'd love the recipe too! Especially if we are going to try and get me to eat 2 cups of veggies a day. Lettuce I can do all day long, but I can't stand any other raw veggies.

Ha I totally forgot about the challenge. I guess thats what happens when life gets busy! Here was our challenge at work for our last week of our 6 week fitness program:

Eat 2 cups of veggies every day for seven days in a row!

At first I thought holy cow! Thats a lot of veggies, there's no way I could do that! But I totally surprised myself and did it. It wasn't that hard! I just made sure I had a salad once a day and then had some cut up veggies as a snack in the afternoon. Plus if I had a sandwich I'd have lettuce, cucumber, tomato, green pepper, etc...

Maybe we could do it the same as the food tracking pic for our sig? Put one photo down and then you can put x1, x2, x3 etc when you have completed it?

I'll try it, but I can't promise that I'll be very good at it.

Welcome Zela and Megan!!!

I didn't ge a chance to post my food log from yesterday:

Breakfast - Raisin Bran w/1% milk
Lunch - Banana, keebler crackers and allouette cheese, Activia yogurt
Snack - Popcorn and Fiber One Bar
Dinner - Panera 1/2 turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread & 1/2 strawberry poppyseed salad, Apple muffin (panera has a deal where you can buy a pastry item for $.99 with a lunch or dinner) they said it was a low fat muffin, but I couldn't find the nutritional info for a low fat muffin so I just logged the full fat version.

Total - 1691 (goal 1270 - 1640) Dang muffin put me over - I hope it was low fat and lower in calories.

June 1 DONE

Today
Breakfast - Raisin bran w/ff milk
Lunch - Lean cuisine Sun dried tomato pesto chicken, 2 apricots, yogurt, egg white
Snack - fiber one bar
Dinner - Chinese chicken salad, 2 ounces pork rib 2 apricots
Dessert - I think I'll have some sf/ff ice cream

Total should be around 1387 (goal 1270 - 1640)

I made a concentrated effort to drink all my water today and finally was able to make it. Went for a walk at lunch and then went to the Y after work so got in about an hour of cardio today. I'm hoping the rest of the week goes as well.

 

[gellybean]

gellybean-
Thats so cool!! Are you staying onsite??

Yep! We're booked at WL! We so have to set up a time to meet!!!! WOO HOO!!!!


2_Eagle_Mom-

I second Bree's Miley Cyrus recommendation. I can get down with Party in the USA and The Climb is so motivation I like using it for warm up or cool down. I have a lot of the same stuff the ladies have already listed. Glee, Kelly Clarkson, Lady GaGa etc.

I also have REM, U2, Bon Jovi, Matchbox 20, Dropkick Murphys, Moby, Natasha Beddingfield, Pink, Beyonce, Duffy, Black Eyed Peas and the list goes on and on. And the weird thing is, some days some songs work to get me moving, and other days different songs. I think the most important thing is that it's a song that you connect to.

 

[GaRain]

Ok, if we are setting goals....no way I could do 2 cups of veggies a day, I hardly get any (anti-vegetarian, so sue me!).
I am going to try, starting next monday, to track my food like y'all do. And pack my breakfast and lunch each day.

Going to the gym tonight. Trying to decide if I am going to do any upper body work, just focus on cardio or see if they have a class I am interested in....

 

[Duchie]

Welcome Megan! I love having new people join. We're getting quite a big group here.

Jane, I was going to let my iPod play this morning and then send you a list of what I listened to. Except my iPod did not cooperate - it would not play anything today. I had to completely remove all songs and video, then reload them. I think it's working again. Anyway, I've got all kinds of stuff on there - 70s classic rock, Broadway musicals, kids music, modern pop stuff. It really is a very odd mix. Here's what played yesterday:

Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
.38 Special - What if I'd Been the One
Belle - Beauty and the Beast
Jimmy Buffett (can't remember the song - there are a lot of them on there )
Open Your Heart - Madonna
Real Wild Child - Everlife
Down by the Lazy River - the Osmonds (laugh if you will, but this song will get you MOVING!)
Right Round - Flo Rida

There were more but I don't remember them. I guess most of my stuff is older, so I should probably look for some newer artists that I like.

 

[stayhomemom77]

I totally didn't eat my snacks from last night. I didn't think I would. Everyone else in my party was snacking away and I had them in my purse but never ended up pulling them out. Hubby still tells me he thinks I'm crazy not to have a few low point snacks when the mood strikes me. The thing is, the mood hasn't struck me lately.

I would have been under my points even with the snacks so without them my daily total was WAAAAY low and I haven't decided whether that's good or bad. I'm entitled to 31 points but I find that too many so I usually eat around 28 points. Yesterday I was at 20.5. I just wasn't very hungry...until 10 pm when we got home from the ball game. But it was too late to eat so I didn't bother.

I'm not sure how much progress I'm going to make this week for weight loss. I was up yesterday due to the sodium enriched meal at East Side Mario's Tuesday night. I'm back down again now but I only worked out once so far this week and the days are slipping by. I haven't been sleeping well since the car accident (stress) and I'm not using my usual escape of stuffing my face to deal with it so it's just making me exhausted and irritable.

I'm hoping things will settle down tomorrow once we have the new car and we can begin adjusting to the change. I'll also be glad once school is out for the summer. I'm ready for a break from the constant headache of harassing DD through the morning routine so she won't miss the bus for school.

Alright, I'm done complaining. I'll be back later to track for today. I guess I should eat something so I actually have something to write down.

Welcome to the newbies and I hope everyone has a healthy, productive day!!

 

[lizzyb5280]

Good morning all, and welcome to our new members! Just a quick check in to log yesterday's food, before my mad dash to finish cleaning the house (it's almost 9am, company coming at 3pm)

Breakfast - Waffle with butter and cinnamon sugar, strawberries, milk - 416 calories

Lunch - Ham and cheese on wheat bread with deli mustard and miracle whip light, grapes, diet soda - 320 calories

Snacks - Yogurt, blackberries, wheat thins, RF cheese stick and pepperoni (I was trying to curb a craving for the LO pizza in my fridge) - 375 calories

Dinner - Whole wheat thin spaghetti with shrimp in a pesto sauce, cucumbers and grape tomatoes - 299+ calories

The calories for dinner are just the pasta, shrimp, and veggies; I have no clue how to figure up this sauce. The pesto was made from a mix using water and 1/4 cup olive oil, we threw in a handful of italian shredded cheese, plus there was still the butter/olive oil in the pan from sauteeing the shrimp. W/o the sauce I'm sitting at 1380 on the day (300 below my upper limit) so hopefully if I did go over it wasn't by too much.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

raisin bran/skim

pb and honey sandwich on 100 cal flat thingy, 1/2 c yogurt w/ a few strawberries and honey

roast beef sandwich from the pub in our neighborhood (I can't keep away from there!!), 5 fries from DH's plate, a little cottage cheese from my plate - on a positive spin, I didn't get a "beverage" or order the pub chips and cheese.

peanuts, tortilla chips, wheat thins and a piece of cheese for snacks.

june 2 done
GOTTA get these snack foods off my list! They do me in every day!!

Give me some suggestions for your favorite snack that's not in the cracker family (but creates the illusion of crunchy salty, perhaps???)please!!!!!:

 

[stitchfan23]

Give me some suggestions for your favorite snack that's not in the cracker family (but creates the illusion of crunchy salty, perhaps???)please!!!!!:

Sorry I can't help you too much except to say try the 100 calorie packs of Doritos or Ritz crackers or the like. That way you know exactly how many calories you are eating and can control it or maybe whole grain goldfish crackers. My cravings are in the cake, pastry, candy line so I have the opposite to you. I eat yogurt and ff pudding, raisins and frozen yogurt or sherbert to calm my cravings.

As for the veggie challenge, I am in. If you aren't worried about your sodium intake, 1c of V8 juice is 2 servings of veggies. I don't drink it everyday but just on the days that I am low on veggies. They do have a reduced sodium one but I thought it was just awful and if I am only having 1c every few days I wasn't too concerned. Hey I just realized that I forgot to add that to my tracking for the past week or so

Welcome to the new joinners this week.

Well I had better go and get some work done. Sometimes working from home can be a distraction. I think I am going to go into my workroom and before I start making gift baskets I may just put on my ipod and dance around like a nut for a while. That should work off a few calories

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

First, I have not been on the boards a lot lately. Dawn and I want to accomplish this journey together to give each other support. So, I will be posting more.

Second: to the new faces....WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, (mostly because I am normally long winded and I wanted to save you all) to Patrick and Megan:

I was an overweight teenager and I understand the pain you must feel in the teasing, and discomfort from just being in your current body. I will say that your body is NOT who you are. The trouble is as an adult, I wish I had the same support system you have available to you today with the internet and food knowledge. Maybe I would not be struggling still.

Take the advice offered here and weigh it for your use. YOU have to make the choice to change. The fact that you are on this thread tells me a lot about you. You are looking for change and help and that is half of the battle. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Next, you need to be consistent. Track everything you eat. No matter how small. You will be surprised what the totals are at the end of the day. That will help you understand the intake. In addition, get rid of empty calories. Fast food is for the most part, the devil. The more of it you eat the more you will want because your body doesn't know by eating that food that you are full.

For me, Mountain Dew is like my drug. I can't have just one sip. It leads to a whole can and then a week worth of can's.

Finally, move quickly but take the changes at a moderate pace. Add one item every couple of days or week to get into a routine and then maintain that routine. Start exercise of any kind. Join more groups in your community. The busier you are the less likely you will be to sabotage yourself. If you slip backwards in your progress, do not give up. YOU ARE WORTH THE EFFORT.

I was at my heaviest 586 pounds in 2001. Today I am at 336 pounds (6'6" tall). It is a constant journey. I still have 61 pounds to lose to be at goal. A ways to go but much better than where I was at 586 pounds.

And the few thoughts for today (next time I will be funnier---I hope):
#1 A DIET is TEMPORARY but a CHANGE OF LIFE is PERMANENT.

#2 One my favorite quote regarding weight loss: "Nothing tastes as good as I feel when I am able to physically do anything I want."

Good luck to all and I will be back shortly....

 

[Dizneydawn]

I just finished yesterday's (edited above Dawn) so once I do today's I should be 7 for 7 this week! woo-hoo!
Got it!!!
So when I am watching tv instead of DVRing it and fast forwarding the commercials I get up and do laps during the commercials! It really helps!
I want to know what your neighbors think?

Eat 2 cups of veggies every day for seven days in a row!
Sounds like a good one to implement - Lets start it today so the tracking is all on the same day.

If you want to try the 2 cups of veggies a day challenge - put Veggies done with what you ate in your tracking. If you are not tracking all your food and want to just do veggies - just write the Veggies done part with what veggies you ate.

Maybe we could do it the same as the food tracking pic for our sig? Put one photo down and then you can put x1, x2, x3 etc when you have completed it?

Yup - already have an idea for one - if you like lettuce - 2 cups will be a cinch!!!

*I will probably have a snack this evening - either rainbow sherbert or popcorn

OKAY SO I HAD BOTH SHERBERT AND POPCORN!

June 2nd Done

First Name and Screen name:Zela
Family:It's just me, my husband(who doesn't even have to try and stays skinny) and our two doggies

Hi and welcome to our thread!!!! If you want me to track you weight as well - can you send me a PM?

Tracking is a great great weight loss tool!!! And it does often surprise me too, that as I go through the day I don't realize how much I'm snacking here or there, but when I write it all down, WOW! So I feel ya there!! Owning it is so important though so good on ya!
Preach on Sistah!!!

Welcome Zela!
Didn't do so well today. I've actually not been tracking my WW points for over a week. I've had so much going on & I lost interest. I'm definitely going to start tracking again next week. I'd be stupid not to, I'm within 7 lbs of my goal, 12 from my ultimate goal.

You are soooo close to achieving it!!!! You can do it!!!

I am going to join in!! I am Megan I am also the daughter of the main poster(we share the account. Sharon is my mom)

Megan! I am so excited for you!

Do you have an action plan for what you want to do to start on this journey? Do you plan on cutting calories or exercising each day? I know that for teenagers you have different nutritional needs than adults do. I know we all want you to be successful but in order for us to support you the best we can, if you can let us know what you want to do to lose weight and get healthy, we can make sure to encourage the right behaviors and help you get past some that might only hurt your success.

Good day for us today! Piper had a Dr's appt and it went awesome! Yeah for good days at the doctor!!!

I am going to try, starting next monday, to track my food like y'all do. And pack my breakfast and lunch each day.
Make it work for you!!! I am glad you will start tracking - keep me accountable will ya!!

I haven't been sleeping well since the car accident (stress) and I'm not using my usual escape of stuffing my face to deal with it so it's just making me exhausted and irritable.
I hope you get some peace in the next few days. When I am stressed, my lower eyelid area on the right side twitches. Drives me batty!

The calories for dinner are just the pasta, shrimp, and veggies; I have no clue how to figure up this sauce. The pesto was made from a mix using water and 1/4 cup olive oil, we threw in a handful of italian shredded cheese, plus there was still the butter/olive oil in the pan from sauteeing the shrimp. W/o the sauce I'm sitting at 1380 on the day (300 below my upper limit) so hopefully if I did go over it wasn't by too much.

In sparkpeople you have a recipe area you can add in homemade food to get the amounts of nutritional info per serving. Takes maybe 5 minutes per recipie - which is exactly why it is Baloney I am not doing it!!

Give me some suggestions for your favorite snack that's not in the cracker family (but creates the illusion of crunchy salty, perhaps???)please!!!!!:

CARR Water Table Crackers are low in carbs and a good choice so is WASA rye crackers. I eat them with light Laughing Cow cheese wedges and get that chip and dip craving under control.

Well I had better go and get some work done. Sometimes working from home can be a distraction. I think I am going to go into my workroom and before I start making gift baskets I may just put on my ipod and dance around like a nut for a while. That should work off a few calories

What do you do? The basket phrase intrigues me!!!

TMI:

I am seriously needing to go see an OBGYN about being menopausal. Aunt Flo arrived yesterday and there is no way I can leave the house to walk, work out, anything. It is horrid and the cramps are about to kill me. Hopefully tonight it will let up. My mom went through it in her early 40's and I am 38 so maybe not a shock but I am not ready for this. My reg doc and I have talked for over a year now that the signs were there but hopefully I can get some relief from the symptoms.

It actually scares me for my sister as well who is 34 and has no children yet. She might want to start making some plans if she is going to have some before the choice is not hers.



Anyway - WEEK 4 Tracking starts today!!! Who is going to be a perfect 7 in veggies and tracking???

 

[eliz991]

Dawn you nut I keep the blinds closed when I am doing laps around my house. Now what they thought when I was yelling and crying at the neighbor cat for leaving another dead squirrel on my patio I have no idea.

Sorry everyone for not getting the ratatouille recipe up yesterday, I have to find the time to type it in. I will try to do it today, if not tonight then soon I promise! I am still feeling like crud-o-rama and thinking of missing rehearsal again today because I really, really want to feel better by this weekend. We have Avenue Q tickets for Sunday afternoon and I can't wait!

So far today:

B: 1 egg fried in pam, 1 packet of instant grits = 174 cal (yes I know no southerner in their right mind would ever use instant grits but that guy from that movie can kiss my grits because who has time to make real grits before work?) Bonus for anyone who knows what movie I am talking about!

L: small caesar with fat free dressing; bowl of french onion soup = 380 calories

S: 2 chocolate covered almonds, 1/2 C applesauce, 100 cal pack of cheese, 3 triscuits, 1 slice sourdough bread (from lunch) = 333 calories

D: leftover ratatouille, about 4 oz of salmon, 2 chocolate chip cookies = 566 calories

Total = 1453 calories

Burn (still have cold so not exercising or running around the house like a manic nut job): 2377.

Thursday, June 3 DONE!
Veggies DONE!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn you nut I keep the blinds closed when I am doing laps around my house. Now what they thought when I was yelling and crying at the neighbor cat for leaving another dead squirrel on my patio I have no idea.I like my idea of the neighbors seeing you as a manic nut job much better!

So far today:

B: 1 egg fried in pam, 1 packet of instant grits = 174 cal (yes I know no southerner in their right mind would ever use instant grits but that guy from that movie can kiss my grits because who has time to make real grits before work?) Bonus for anyone who knows what movie I am talking about!

“No Self respecting southerner eats instant grits.” My Cousin Vinnie

I found this out, but BTW - it is one of Dan's all time favorite movies which he delivers quotes from all the time and drives me INSANE! He has never quoted this beauty though.

When it came out I saw it with 3 or 4 people and never got what all the fuss was about.

What's my prize?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Good morning all!
I am fighting a sinus headache for the second day in a row, but I did go for a walk last night and am going walking a lunch today!
I am starting to feel like my eating is going okay - still need more veggies, I might have to do the challenge!- but need to exercise more.
Now that the kids' evening activities are tapering some, I think I'll have more opportunity to exercise in the evenings.
For music - I LOVE Bon Jovi! I'm a product of the 70s and 80s too and like music like Journey, and Springsteen. I have some Christina Aguilera, Daughtry, Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty and lots of Broadway too.

I'm on the fence about tracking my food. Does it help to do it if you are not including calories? If I just list the food is that better than nothing? Maybe I will start with that and then work into the calorie counting. Some things are obviously easier to figure.

So for yesterday June 2:
B: Bowl of Life cereal, skim milk, blueberries
L: one fried chicken breast, 1/2 C. pasta salad, 1/2 white bread roll
D: one bratwurst with white bun, 5 tator tots
snacks: two licks frosting from cake, two hershey mini special dark bars, one Panera Cinnamon crunch bagel with honey walnut cream cheese
Ooh, not too many veggies in there! The good thing is I didn't snack after dinner!

I know the tracking week starts today, but I wanted to "practice"! hee hee

 

[eliz991]

“No Self respecting southerner eats instant grits.” My Cousin Vinnie

I found this out, but BTW - it is one of Dan's all time favorite movies which he delivers quotes from all the time and drives me INSANE! He has never quoted this beauty though.

When it came out I saw it with 3 or 4 people and never got what all the fuss was about.

What's my prize?

Correct!

"It's just that, well, I don't think I've ever seen an actual grit before." One of our favorite movies too! Maybe you have to have lived in the south, or in NY, or be a lawyer. Of course I have all 3 so it helps.

Prize...hmmm....my undying affection? Or how about I mail you some grits?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Oh I forgot to comment on My Cousin Vinny! I LOVE that movie! I'm not from the south or NY, but I am a lawyer. I love the accents and we always joke about how that just doesn't happen to us in court ever!! So funny!

 

[stitchfan23]

What do you do? The basket phrase intrigues me!!!

I have my own gift basket business. I have been doing it for just over 7 years now and I love it. It keeps me busy but still gives me a bit of freedom to take some time and do things for me. The only downside is that I don't have regular worktimes or a regular paycheck but that is okay. If you would like to see what I do I have a website www.woodencratecreations.com. Sorry though, I only ship within Canada

TMI:

I am seriously needing to go see an OBGYN about being menopausal. Aunt Flo arrived yesterday and there is no way I can leave the house to walk, work out, anything. It is horrid and the cramps are about to kill me. Hopefully tonight it will let up. My mom went through it in her early 40's and I am 38 so maybe not a shock but I am not ready for this. My reg doc and I have talked for over a year now that the signs were there but hopefully I can get some relief from the symptoms.

I am in the opposite boat as you. I am 36 and can't wait for menopause (we can't have any kids so that is not an issue with us) My cycle is terrible. I can have it for 3 months straight, I can have it so heavy that I can't go outside, I get no warning of when it is coming and they can't find anything wrong. There is a medical term that I have called Menometrofagia. I have had this since I hit puberty and believe me I would love menopause to come early. I know there are symptoms with menopause as well but they will be way better than what I suffer through now. I know TMI!

 

[Zela]

Thanks for the welcomes

I just wanted to share that there was baked ziti and chocolate cake in the cafeteria today........but I got the chicken salad instead. I did get the regular packet of ranch dressing to go with it instead of the fat free but I think I will come out ahead in the end (calories wise).

 

[Dizneydawn]

No breakfast today.

Lunch - started at 11:30 and ended at 12:30 - ate slow:

Ortega Original Medium Taco Sauce, 2 serving
Schwans Breaded Chicken Breast Pattie, 2 serving
Sour Cream, 1 tbsp
Baked Potato (baked potatoes), 1 potato (2-1/3" x 4-3/4")
Lunch TOTALS: Calories 551 Carbs 62 Fat 21 Protein 27

 

[Dizneydawn]

Prize...hmmm....my undying affection? Or how about I mail you some grits?

Grits can get weevils so no go to mailing! I will take your undying affection for $200 Alec!

Oh I forgot to comment on My Cousin Vinny! I LOVE that movie!

Ok - now I will have to rent the darn thing and watch it. Maybe that was the month I was in a bad mood and I did not find humor in it.

Dan will love it I am sure!

I have my own gift basket business.
Very cool! I am thinking of doing my own business here with sweets of all sorts...good to know someone has done something crazy and done well!



I can have it so heavy that I can't go outside.

That is me right now. The menopause would be fine. It is the getting to it that sucks!

Thanks for the welcomes

I just wanted to share that there was baked ziti and chocolate cake in the cafeteria today........but I got the chicken salad instead. I did get the regular packet of ranch dressing to go with it instead of the fat free but I think I will come out ahead in the end (calories wise).

Great job saying no to the extras and I can't wait to see how you did for the day. What are you trying to stay within for calories?