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

[pipersmom]

Welcome back, Patrick!

Bree- Way to go on the 5k..my finish would have involved me being carried across the finish on a stretcher!

Jane- Sounds like you had a fun day yesterday, even though it was busy!

Dawn- Awesome job hitting a new low!

Elizabeth- The ratatouille sounds interesting, but too many veggies I don't eat! I never think I'm a picky eater until I look at a recipe like that!

Long but good day here today! Took Piper putt-putt golfing with the extended family..we made about 11 holes before we all decided it was waaaaaay too hot! Piper doesn't do well with heat to begin with, and it was just horrible out today, I ended up with a wonderful farmer's sunburn from the chest up! Piper didn't get burnt because I kept making her go into the shade, each time it was her turn it was like a royal appearance....LOL. Afterwards we hit Mickey D's, and went back to my Mom's for cake & ice cream and presents. Drumroll please..I ate Mickey D's AND cake & ice cream and stayed in range today!

Breakfast- Ermm..we'll just say the cake and ice cream was breakfast since I skipped it so I could have cake!
Lunch- Mickey D's Grilled chix, bacon, ranch salad w/out ranch, with Newman's Own Reduced Fat Balsamic Vinagrette. Side note- I usually would not do a balsamic, not crazy about them, but it was all they had and I have to say it was actually pretty tasty. Diet Dr Pepper.
Dinner- 2 FF hot dogs, 1 bun, 1 serving Ore-Ida golden crinkles, baked, and crustless strawberry pie for dessert.

Cals- 1094 (1230-1580)

June 5- Done

 

[tlenzendorf]

By the way - did you sleep late today? It looked like breakfast for your lunch! JK! I'm just jealous if you did. I never get to sleep past 7 around here.

I did sleep late. I had/have a horrible headache. Darn stress is killing me!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Also, I need some love over at my TR...I don't think anyone is reading and if they are...they're just lurking cause no one's commenting. I'm feeling neglected...please come and comment if you have some free time. I need to feel special <sniff, sniff>

I'll head over there right after this post. Can you do the same for my PTR? I'm getting hits since my numbers of views is growing, just no one is posting anything. Link in my signature.

(if I can count salsa??? anyone??? Bueller??)

Lets look at whats in salsa, tomatoes (veggie/fruit depending on if you are a stickler for exact clasifications, but heck if the goverment can classify ketchup as a veggie I figure tomatoes are veggies), onion, maybe cilantro, garlic. I say count it as a veggie!

Breakfast- Ermm..we'll just say the cake and ice cream was breakfast since I skipped it so I could have cake!
Lunch- Mickey D's Grilled chix, bacon, ranch salad w/out ranch, with Newman's Own Reduced Fat Balsamic Vinagrette. Side note- I usually would not do a balsamic, not crazy about them, but it was all they had and I have to say it was actually pretty tasty. Diet Dr Pepper.
Dinner- 2 FF hot dogs, 1 bun, 1 serving Ore-Ida golden crinkles, baked, and crustless strawberry pie for dessert.

Cals- 1094 (1230-1580)

Your breakfast reminded me of a favorite bit that Bill Cosby used to do in his comedy routine about cake for breakfast. Flour, milk, eggs (ok and sugar) sounds like a breakfast to me!

You've mentioned crustless strawberry pie a couple of times. Did you make it yourself? If so, care to share the recipe??? I just bought some strawberries and I'd love to do something new with them.

Another busy day here. Took my mom out shoe shopping which took a couple of hours. We went out to lunch at Sweet Tomatoes so I EASILY got in my 2 cups of veggies. Then back home and went back out shopping to get a High School graduation present for Brendan's Girlfriend. Then shopping at Sam's. Finally done shopping and came home for another salad for dinner. Just too dang tired to cook anything. No gym or walk today, hoping to do that tomorrow.

Food Log:

Breakfast - Raisin Bran w/1% milk
Lunch - Sweet Tomatoes salad with lots of veggies, 1 piece of cornbread and LF frozen yogurt
Dinner - Chicken salad with raspberries
Dessert - Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Total: 1298 (goal 1270 - 1620) way low on fat and protein but within range on total calories & carbs. Will make sure to hit my protein range tomorrow.

JUNE 5 DONE - VEGGIES DONE

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I did sleep late. I had/have a horrible headache. Darn stress is killing me!

Aww, feel better!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

slice swirl bread toast, cottage cheese, applesauce
4 point WW thingy, tortilla chips, some popcorn
pork tenderloin slice, potato, mandarin oranges
cheese/crackers, peanuts

June 5 done

I am going to Jazzercise this morning for the first time in several weeks. Here's hoping I make it through the class

 

[pipersmom]

Your breakfast reminded me of a favorite bit that Bill Cosby used to do in his comedy routine about cake for breakfast. Flour, milk, eggs (ok and sugar) sounds like a breakfast to me!

You've mentioned crustless strawberry pie a couple of times. Did you make it yourself? If so, care to share the recipe??? I just bought some strawberries and I'd love to do something new with them.

I felt like a bad castaway for skipping breakfast, but I knew I'd be making up for it, LOL.

The strawberry pie is a recipe I found on SparkPeople. Just as a sidenote, I used chocolate pudding instead of vanilla, but I wouldn't do it again- it made it toooo sweet.

Crustless Strawberry Pie
1 pkg Fat Free Vanilla Cook & Serve pudding
1 pkg Strawberry SF Jello
4 c. Strawberries- Diced
2 c. water

Dice strawberries and put them in the bottom of a pie pan.

Combine water & vanilla pudding and microwave for 3 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir, and then microwave again until boiling. (the recipe says for about 3 more minutes, but it took less than two when I did it, I think it depends on how powerful your microwave is.)

Remove pudding from microwave and add strawberry jello, whisk until dissolved.

When cooled, pour the mixture over the strawberries and refrigerate until firm.

I stuck mine in the fridge for probably 4 hrs before I had a slice, and was surprised, it cuts just like a pie, with very little seepage once you take a piece out. It's very tasty, but next time I'll stick with the vanilla pudding. It calls for "sliced" strawberries, but a few people had commented they thought diced would hold together better, so that's what I did, and it holds together great.

Nutritional Info-
Serving Size- 1/6th of the pie!!!
Calories- 54
Fat- 0.4
Sodium- 262.4
Potassium- 171.4
Total Carb- 11.4
Fiber- 2.4
Sugars- 0.1
Protein- 1.6

I'm not going to add all the vitamins and minerals, but it does have 96% of daily Vitamin C and quite a few others. If any of you use SparkPeople it's in the Add A Food. I also saved a few other recipes, as I try them I'll let you guys know..one of them is a Pumpkin Cheesecake..that one will prob be next.

 

[stitchfan23]

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all having a great weekend. My weekend has been up and down. Some good meals and some not so good meals but this is life and I guess it will happen.

Fri June 4th
Breakfast - 1 Yoplait source yogurt (good thing I like it as I have eaten it every morning this past week)
Lunch - 2 pcs of Wonder+, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tsp margarine Becel
Snack - movie popcorn (1/2 small with cheese flavouring), 1 serving of whole grain goldfish crackers, 1/2 a lg coke zero
Dinner - 2 pcs chicken slovaki, roasted veggies, greek salad (no olives)

JUNE 4th DONE - JUNE 4th VEGGIES DONE

Sat June 5th
Breakfast - McD's fruit and yogurt parfait
Lunch - 1 oktoberfest type sausage, 1 c of cucumber
Dinner - 1 pc (rather large) roast beef with a little gravy and horseradish, 1 sm manicotti, cauliflower, potato & leek gratin
Snack - lemon cupcake, date square, brownie, pecan tart (wow bad on the snacks - actually they were dessert after dinner)

JUNE 5th DONE - JUNE 5th VEGGIES DONE

Sun June 6th
Breakfast - 1 Yoplait source yogurt (that was the last one, now what am I going to eat )
Lunch - tuna melt - (1 can tuna, 1tbsp mayo, seasoning on a Greek pita with tomatoes and cucumber and a skim thin cheese slice heated under the broiler)
Dinner - 2 pcs of pork roast, unsweetened apple sauce, carrots, turnip, potatoes, a little gravy, mixed salad with shrimp and 1tbsp honey dijon dressing
Dessert - 1 slice of homemade carrot cake with light cream cheese icing, 1 glass of gross wine

JUNE 6th DONE - JUNE 6th VEGGIES DONE

We will see how this day goes. My birthday is next weekend but since we will be in Philly we are going to my Mom's tonight for dinner so dinner should be ok but there more than likely will be cake.(already edited to finish the day)

 

[Duchie]

Good morning! Or is it afternoon already? It's been an "interesting" weekend and I think I'm losing track....

First to respond to a bunch of folks:

Stacy - the play sounds wonderful! Wish we lived closer so we could come see it. I'm proud of you for doing so well throughout it, too.

Amy - welcome back! It's so good to see you again. Please don't feel bad or embarassed about slipping - we all have our moments where we don't do so good.

Lara - your description of the gym class had me because it's something I would say myself. That's why I'm considering a Zumba DVD rather than a class - don't want to hurt anyone other than myself.

Dawn - I'm also very proud of you for being so low on the scale I'm really excited to see your results tomorrow.

Aimee - what Y did you join? The one by us is brand-spankin' new and really nice... but it doesn't have a fancy "theater" room or a ladies only section. I"m intrigued.

Julie - I totally understand how you feel about not losing when you're staying under points every day. I'm going to be in the same boat this week, in fact I'm showing a tiny gain. I keep trying to tell myself that it's a small blip, a tiny bump in the road. But I can't help being a tad disappointed.

Leen - congrats on the test results!!! All your hard work is paying off! I agree with you about this group, too. It is such a great place where everyone can share their triumphs (big or small) and their frustrations. And I want to add my thanks to everyone for just being here.

Bree - congrats on the 5K, even if it was a sweat-fest.

Elizabeth - the ratatouille recipe looks good, except for the peppers. I really hate peppers! I wonder how it would be without them..... probably blah. I should really learn to like them, though, because we've got a BUNCH of them growing in the garden!

Amanda, that strawberry pie looks amazingly good. I might have to go make one right now for today.


Phew! I was farther behind than I thought! I guess I've been going non-stop since Friday when school let out for the summer. We went to the pool where so many of our friends were. It was awesome to hang out with the moms and all agree that we were ready for a break from homework nagging, carpool, making lunches, and rushing eveyone out the door in the morning!

Saturday we were up super early for an 8:00 AM volleyball game. The next game wasn't until 11:00, so the family wanted to go to iHop for breakfast. They have this "for me" menu where they list the calories and fat on everything which was helpful. I was going to order oatmeal until I realized it had so many calories So maybe that nutritional information on restaurant menus business is a good thing.

Last night my youngest did..... something. I'm not really sure because I wasn't here, but it involved a water rocket coming down on his foot and causing a nasty bruise. I took him to the after-hours clinic for our doctor this morning and thankfully it isn't broken. This is my most active kid and I could not imagine 6 weeks of no pool, no skateboards, no pool, no kayaking with the Cub Scouts and did I mention no pool

I must tell you about this wonderful thing I discovered yesterday. It's called Tru-Lemon - have you guys heard of this? Or mentioned it before and I somehow missed it? It's these little packets of crystalized lemon that have zero calories and no sweetners in them at all. I tried one and it tasts just like I squeezed a lemon into my water. For those of us who are kind of tired of boring old water, this is such a refreshing twist! They also have orange and lime, too.

And with that I'm going to go check on DS. Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[Duchie]

Whoops - forgot to add that I'm in for the veggies challenge! One of the things I like about the WW tools is that there's a place where you can keep track of how many servings of fruits/veggies you've had. So when did this start, Thursday? I've gone back and checked and here are my results:

Thursday, June 3 I had 6 servings - Veggies done!

Friday, June 4 I had at least 8 servings (salads for both lunch and dinner helped) - Veggies Done!

Saturday, June 5 didn't do so well and I don't think potatoes count so I didn't have quite 2 cups on Saturday - Veggies done!

 

[mstinson14]

Yesterday.
Breakfast
chicken biscuit from mcdys
lunch
chicken and fries from chilis
dinner
kids chicken and fries from islands

San Diego is beautiful we are on our way to the beach
have a great day everyone. I am going to try to to better on my diet today.
Megan

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Amanda - thanks for the strawberry recipe. I wish I had seen it before we went shopping so I could get the pudding. I guess I'll have to wait to try it but it does sound yummy!!

Finally a non-busy day around here. Did some housework, went shopping and now some down time to check the boards. Then I'm going to try and find a swimsuit that I can order online and look for more music for the iPod using all your great suggestions.

I'll be back later to post my food log.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Food for today:
B: two pieces bacon, two pancakes w/marg and a bit of syrup
1 banana
L: one slice ww bread and tuna salad ~180 cal

Iced tea - sweetened

Lemon Ice (about 1/4 of DH's) 70 cal

D: salad: Romaine lettuce, red pepper, steak, blue cheese and light dressing

Since I didn't eat my popcorn last night, I will probably eat it tonight.

Kids had ice cream again and I passed!! YAY me!

June 6 done Veggies done

 

[zoegirl]

good job passing on the ice cream Sheree.

Today was a typical Sunday, church, lunch w/MIL and then naps all around. The other day when I stopped in trader joe's I eyed this really yummy looking spiced rubbed tilapia and today I had my mind set on going to get that for supper, but alas no fish for me! don't you hate that? So I settled for the gorton's frozen fish fillet....yum nothing says fresh from the sea like a piece of square fish

brkfst: pack of fig newton crisps
lunch: panera bread - half a cuban panini w/vegan black bean soup (YUM!)
dinner:salad w/blackend frozen fish filet w/vinegarette
snacks: handfull goldfish, sliced oranges

I'm feeling very dissatisfied, but I'm trying to remind myself that I've been in the "love to eat" mode instead of the "eat to live" mode so just deal with it. Keeping my fingers crossed I do

June 6 done
veggies done (my salad was huge)

 

[pwmitch237]

Aloha,

Food log time again! (Are we going to do this forever?)

Breakfast: Cheerios (140)
Lunch: Subway Sandwich (310) & Baked Doritos (170)
Snack: Venti Double Choclate Chip Cream Frappuccino (520))
Dinner: California Roll (383)
Exercise: (To be done shortly): The Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout....

Totals: 1523 Calories, 43.5g of Fat, 87g of Sugar

JUNE 6 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

Has anybody done a kickboxing class? I'm looking for one, but I can't seem to find one, and I've been trying to hear what other people say before I join. Let me know if you have!

As always, ending with a quote....
"Why are you gonna choose FAILURE, when SUCCESS is an option?" - Jillian Michaels

 

[pipersmom]

Jane- You're welcome I'll be curious to see what you and Barb think of it when you try it!

Barb- Busy weekend for you! I haven't seen the Tru-Lemon/Lime/Orange, but I'm in a very small town...definitely something I'll keep my eye out for.

Heather- I hope you had a good time at your Moms and that you enjoyed a piece of cake if it was there!

Easy day for us, we stuck to home most of the day and had a nap this afternoon. Going to be a busy week, Piper's school award ceremony is tomorrow morning, talent show Wed am, and Thurs I have to drive her to meet her Dad (4 hrs roundtrip.) I'm both dreading it more and looking forward to it more than usual- she's been on homebound all yr and we've been together 24/7 since Thanksgiving (her last visit). She'll be gone for 4 weeks, home for 3, then gone again until right before school starts. It will be nice not cooking two dinners, I have to admit.

Tracking-
Breakfast- D-Lites Turkey sausage, egg, and cheese on english muffin.
Lunch- Yoplait Lite Raspberry cheesecake, Light string cheese.
Dinner- Huge salad w/ FF cheddar, chix breast, hard boiled egg white, FF Catalina, FF saltines crumbled for "croutons".
Snacks- Toast w/ Brummel & Brown, 25 Reese's Pieces.

Calories- 1199 (1230-1580)...and for the first time, carbs were less than 50% of my intake...didn't plan it, but happy about it!

June 6- Done!

 

[gellybean]

Hi honeys! I'm home!

I'm exhausted, but had a great weekend. What was supposed to be a day trip turned into a last minute overnighter to my brother's cabin and the river. I was walking the local super grocery store at midnight last night looking for some swim trunks so I could get in the river today. I bought a $1 pair of flip flops, and a pair of men's Coors Light swim trunks and wore a tshirt of my brothers and we headed to his cabin at 1am last night.
My sister, DS2, my brother, his wife, and their two kids all went. We stayed up til 3 am playing poker, then DH brought our dog up this morning and we all hung out and floated down the river for a few hours. Was a crazy spontaneous weekend but we had so much fun. We nearly headed to the beach last night instead of my brother's cabin. Which the nearest beach would've been 3.5 hrs away.

The good news about all of this is, we were so crazy running around doing everything last minute and playing cards etc that I don't think I ate much.

Will try to track tomorrow and catch up with everyone's posts. But I'm nodding off at the computer.

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!!

Oh and for those that wanted to know about the movie, I loved it. It may not have been as plot-tastic as some people wanted it to be (what I've read online) but for a DIE HARD SATC fan like me, it was an awesome 2.5 hours of catching up with "old friends"! way up! Can't wait to buy it on DVD!

Night everyone!! See ya at weigh in tomorrow morning!

 

[Zela]

Tracking for Sunday:

Breakfast:
1 small porkchop with fat trimmed off
1 egg cooked in microwave

Lunch:
2 pcs frozen pizza with crust given to husband to eat
2 c lettuce

Snack:
2 3 inch pieces of turkey sausage
1 very thin slice of meunster cheese

Supper:
about 1/2c chicken salad

I stopped counting waters after I got to 8 but I still kept drinking so I know I got all of my water. No exercise yesterday.

June 6th Done

Veggies Done

Weighed myself today and I am down -5.4 pounds

 

[pipersmom]

Just a quickie "weigh-in" post since we're going to be out and about all day! And the magic number is... -2.2. I was hoping for more, but considering the amount I exercised this week : I am not complaining!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

-2 I guess tracking your food and exercising does equal weight loss. Could it be that simple????


cereal/skim
cottage cheese, tortilla chips, one slice cheese, some peanuts
mini cheeseburger, peach cobbler

COLOR="red"]June 6 done[/COLOR]

 

[Dizneydawn]

Also, I need some love over at my TR...I don't think anyone is reading and if they are...they're just lurking cause no one's commenting. I'm feeling neglected...please come and comment if you have some free time. I need to feel special <sniff, sniff>

I will get over there today sometime. I agree that many are reading but not many are posting as of late. I can have like 1,000 people read and get one page of posts if I am lucky. It is disheartening and I will also try and encourage some of my readers to hit yours!

OOOH, Dawn, you HAVE to tell me where that shop was. I have a guess because my boss mentioned one, but now you must confirm!
It is the "Olive Co." in Stillwater. We bought a Tuscan blend and a box of the original spice to mix for sipping but I have a huge list of must have's. They had some strawberry dark balsamic that would be fabulous on ice cream. Dan could not handle it - he needs his sweets to taste like sweets but I am a huge vinegar fan and it tasted like a dessert topping or on a kiwi-strawberry salad.

I did sleep late. I had/have a horrible headache. Darn stress is killing me!

Everyone is sick here. Sore throats, headaches, runny noses. I am not thinking we all have allergies all of a sudden or the same stress.

Anyway - send your stress here since we are already sick. No sense in you having to be sick too.

I'll head over there right after this post. Can you do the same for my PTR? I'm getting hits since my numbers of views is growing, just no one is posting anything. Link in my signature.
I will be at yours later as well!

Last night my youngest did..... something. I'm not really sure because I wasn't here, but it involved a water rocket coming down on his foot and causing a nasty bruise. I took him to the after-hours clinic for our doctor this morning and thankfully it isn't broken. This is my most active kid and I could not imagine 6 weeks of no pool, no skateboards, no pool, no kayaking with the Cub Scouts and did I mention no pool
Glad he is ok!!!
I must tell you about this wonderful thing I discovered yesterday. It's called Tru-Lemon - have you guys heard of this? Or mentioned it before and I somehow missed it? It's these little packets of crystalized lemon that have zero calories and no sweetners in them at all. I tried one and it tasts just like I squeezed a lemon into my water. For those of us who are kind of tired of boring old water, this is such a refreshing twist! They also have orange and lime, too.
I will have to go check these out!

Yesterday.
Breakfast
chicken biscuit from mcdys
lunch
chicken and fries from chilis
dinner
kids chicken and fries from islands

San Diego is beautiful we are on our way to the beach
have a great day everyone. I am going to try to to better on my diet today.
Megan

Megan - I have some suggestions for you. Maybe if you ask, they would let you substitute fries for fruit or steamed veggies or a salad at some of the places you are eating out at. I know it is hard when traveling or when your family is just one of those that eats out often, to follow a strict diet.

But I also know that usually, when I have not made the best choices, it is partly due to what I did not do.

I have a bad habit of ordering the same things at specific places, like at Mc D's - always gt a quarter pounder or Olive Garden always got the spaghetti or fettuccine. Then when I asked for the nutritional guides, I realized how bad my choices were, even when I thought they were ok.

McD's has some salad choices and a yummy fruit parfait that are ok nutritionally - the salads get high with fried chicken or a dressing with tons of fat, which usually was what I liked!

It all comes down to being ready to change your life and mentally, making the choices to eat better even when your heart and gut are saying otherwise.

I still fight every day to do what I KNOW I need to do. I have not lost a ton and I am not perfect in any of my habits. Believe me if I had all the answers, I would BE on Skinny Island.

I just know how much you want this change and my heart breaks for you and the pain you are going through at your age.

It is not fun being an adult and heavy and if I can encourage or help in anyway to give you some ideas of things to do when at 14, you don't control where you eat at as a family or what is being cooked for the family, I will try.

Maybe start slow and switch over to only having one fried food per meal. Then work up to one fried food per day. I don;t know if you drink Pop or not, but maybe start by limiting the amount to one pop a day and then down to none.

Small things to make big changes so it is not so overwhelming.

Wishing you all the best!!! Glad you are having a great time and I have never been to San Diego so I am jealous!!!

So I settled for the gorton's frozen fish fillet....yum nothing says fresh from the sea like a piece of square fish
I read this and had a visual of the yellow jacket old guy, standing alone, rejected, in a freezer section!
I'm trying to remind myself that I've been in the "love to eat" mode instead of the "eat to live" mode.

LOOOVE THAT!!!!

On top of everyone being sick - something is wrong with my left knee. In the past week I had been noticing if I moved in a new direction just in the kitchen or something dumb - my knee would feel like it would push out to the outside and almost buckle down. Not all the time but once in a while.

Not sure how to describe it but since I am a klutz, just assumed I stepped wrong or too quick or something dumb.

Yesterday, in the kitchen, it did it twice, back to back and it was more of a burn type of pain. If I move my leg forward/stairs or bend it up (like I was trying to hyper extend it up at the thigh and calf - through the moon fire.

Sitting with it bent hurts as well but not as bad.

Not sure what to do - need to call doctor and see if I did not just pull something.

So no water aerobics till I get the OK. I know weight causes knee issues and I know heredity does as well. My Mom had a knee replacement like 5 years ago at 55. My cartilage in my knee has been less than some for awhile and always had clicked or popped when I bent it.

The one thing it did do was make me know loosing weight is mandatory because either way - the more weight on it the worse for healing.

Need to write my food here for the past 2 days!

I will get in on the scale and weigh in!

Off to call the school. Baylor is not going in - fever and cough/sore throat.