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

[Duchie]

Good morning Castaways!

This week I'm +0.8. I'm sad and disappointed by that number because I'm not sure why. I was 2 to 3 points below my allowed points every day last week except for Monday, where I used all of my points. I only worked out 4 days instead of 5 (I let myself sleep in and enjoy the holiday on Monday) - could that be why?

Amanda, I made the pie last night. I could only find the cook and serve in chocolate, and only in the big boxes. I could also only find the big boxes of the Jell-O. But it was YUMMY! I guess if I have to I'll share with the family tonight.

Aimee your weekend sounds PERFECT! It's so much fun to do spontaneous stuff like that. This isn't nearly the same thing, but when I was growing up we had a pool in our back yard. On Summer weekends, especially when we were in college, my siblings and I would usually have some friends over to hang out and before you knew it, we'd have a bonafied party on our hands. My mom would somehow whip up food for all of us (I never quite figured out how she went from nothing to full mean in 10 seconds flat) and there'd be a beer run and we'd swim and play around until late into the evening. Good times!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Have to go back and read later, but here is yesterday's food.

Lunch-1 PB&J on wheat

Dinner-3 taco stuffed shells w/sour cream and lettuce, corn and applesauce

Dessert-1/2 the fat Vanilla Ice Cream with Hershey Syrup and 2 Thanks-A-Lot girl scout cookies crunched up on top

June 6 DONE
Veggies DONE

 

[tlenzendorf]

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

Can I just send Brent there instead of the stress? That would take the stress away and be easier I hope you all feel better soon.

It sounds like everybody had a pretty good weekend! I completed week 2 of Couch to 5k. I am horrible with names and can't remember who asked, but I am going to run the 5k. And I only have til July 4th to get ready!

For those who had gains, take a deep breath, its a new week! Sometimes you have to take a step back to be able to see what you're working for. For those that have losses, congratulations! Way to go!

Have a great week everyone!

 

[Dizneydawn]

-2.4

Was another .4 down as of yesterday but I will take it!

 

[stitchfan23]

Hi all,
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. As I mentioned I was going to my parent's last night for dinner and guess what? What, you ask. Well both of the outfits that I was going to wear were too big. My capris were loose but the shirts were way too big! I ended up wearing one of them anyways but that is it into the donate pile it goes and I just bought it in January before we went to Mexico. I think I have worn it 3 or 4 times only and I really like it but oh well I am happy that it is too big.

Anyways, I am -2lbs this week. I missed falling into the next 10's by .8lb but I will hit that next week. Only 5.8lbs to go until I am at the weight I was when I tried Herbal Magic 7 or 8 years ago.

Have a great day everyone and I will be back later to see how everyone is doing this week.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

DOWN 2!!!! I guess skipping the ice cream helped!

This is my lowest weight since I don't know when! Pre-kids for sure!
I have to go through the closet now. The pants I put on this a.m. had something on them, so I changed. These are fallling down and have NO belt loops! I know I have one other pair of black pants that were always tight around the waist, so hopefully those will work better.

Dawn - hope you and your fam feel better soon. Bummer about the knee. I have very little cartilige from years of ice skating, so I feel your pain.
Oh - and Stillwater? My favorite town! DH works there and we spend lots of time over there. It's 10 min from me. I will have to check out the Olive Co.!
Megan- hang in there - like Dawn said, baby steps to start. It will work.
Aimee - fun fun fun! I love it when things like that just come up and happen!
Duchie - Don't feel too bad. It's not a full pound. I don't know much about WW, but are you actually supposed to use all your points? Maybe it's a metabolism thing.
Hope everyone has a great week! Happy Monday!

 

[shellabell]

Hi all,

Down .6 this week. Was hoping for at least a pound, but I guess every little bit counts! Worked out 4 times this week. My ultimate goal is to work out at least 5 days. Overall I had a pretty good week. I am trying to make it through this week without any diet soda. It kills my stomach but I am so addicted I drink it anyway!!

Have a great week!

 

[officereg]

Wow what a week! I work for a not for profit senior community and every year we have our annual rummage sale. I am glad to say it is finally over! Now when I say rummage sale let me put it into prospective. We start taking donation in April, and collect right up until the rummage sale, which started last Tuesday and lasted thru Saturday. I just did a rough tally and came up with just over $11,000. It takes a lot of work and running around.

I at –1 for the week. I really thought I would do better, but I am still happy. I have a mini goal this week of –2 to get me into a new tens spot! Well now I really need to go and catch up on everyone’s posts from last week.

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Hi All! This week, I am -1. I'll take it. I really thought I would have gained weight this past week. I didn't eat as well as I could have, I realized that I wasn't tracking my food (yikes!), was stressed out at work so I wasn't sleeping, ugh. This stress influenced my eating. One night, I ate 3 sugar-free pudding cups. 3!! Holy cow. I was trying to curb my craving for the bag of m&ms that I knew I had stashed away. I did stay way from them, barely.

This week, I'm back on track. Went shopping over the weekend and got some great food. Also, I brought the Wii and Wii Fit home from my parents house, so I'm hoping to get my apartment cleaned up a little and then use it this week.

Ok, I'll do my best to reply to people, but I've been MIA for a few days, lots of pages to catch up on...

I just checked my lab results online and the A1C results has been posted! I'm down to 6.5% (was 8% in February)!!! Yippeeee!!! Of course, I'm not out of the woods yet, since A1C for non-diabetics is about 4.5-5.5%. But at least this shows what I have been doing is working! I will be talking to my doctor next week and we'll see what he has to say about it. Previously, he said this was my trial period, and if my A1C doesn't drop with just diet and exercise alone, he had planned to put me on medication. I guess this means no pills for me!

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My fellow castaways, I just can't thank you guys enough for all the support, encouragement, help and just simply being there when I need to vent. I can't say that my own parents have been half as supportive as you guys. Even though I have not met any of you in person or even talked with on the phone, I feel like I know you better than many people I see daily at work or school. I look forward to keeping up with all of you on this thread for a long time. Even though it's great to see small victories for myself, it's even better when we share the joys of our triumphs together. So I just want to give you all a big for being the wonderful people you guys are. I'm lucky to have you in my life.

CONGRATS!!! Great to hear that everything is working for you!!
Also, I fully agree with you on the thread. I actually need to rely on the thread more to help me through my journey.

So thanks to you guys, I'm totally addicted to Lost now. I studiously avoided it for YEARS but hubby and I never actually watch tv...our computer is hooked up to the big screen television so we just download stuff and watch them commercial free at our leisure.

Well we just finished Star Trek TNG and were going to begin Voyager but it's taking forever to download so hubby suggested Lost and I hesitantly agreed. I mean if my posse says it's great, then it must be great, right?? Now I can't get enough. We haven't quite finished the first season but we've been watching it for a week now and I'm totally hooked.

Yay! Another Lostie!! Season 2 is a little slow and hard to get through, but it picks back up in Season 3. If you have any questions about what is happening, or want to talk theories, feel free to pm me! I promise not to give away any spoilers!

I'm in the "need to be chased" group of runners!

Agreed!

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.
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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.

The Strawberry pie sounds delish! Will be going shopping today for ingredients. And pumpkin cheesecake?? Be sure to post the recipe if its any good! (PS: the Target by me has canned pumpkin on clearance)

Hi honeys! I'm home!

I'm exhausted, but had a great weekend.

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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!

Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! Kinda jealous actually! LOL! Good to hear about SATC, can't wait to see it!

 

[Octoberbeauty]

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been around this week. Looks like I've missed a Lot! I've been super busy working on some mini albums and getting ready to go out of town for a couple of weeks. We were supposed to leave today, but still weren't ready, so we are leaving tomorrow. Headed to Arkansas to see my family and then hubby is flying in next week to join us and we are going to his 20th class reunion. Can't believe how old we are!

I'm down -1.5 this week. Wish I was losing faster, but any loss is a good loss.

Okay, back to packing!

 

[albertamommyof4]

Good morning everyone
Sorry haven't been on just super busy and then some bad news along the way so not eating proper so far this week but my weigh in was friday and i am down -3.5 lbs.

 

[pwmitch237]

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!

GOOD JOB!! Keep up the good work!

Good morning Castaways!

This week I'm +0.8. I'm sad and disappointed by that number because I'm not sure why. I was 2 to 3 points below my allowed points every day last week except for Monday, where I used all of my points. I only worked out 4 days instead of 5 (I let myself sleep in and enjoy the holiday on Monday) - could that be why?

I'm sure you'll do great next week! Don't give up hope!

-2.4

Was another .4 down as of yesterday but I will take it!

CONGRATULATIONS! Keep it up!!!

Anyways, I am -2lbs this week. I missed falling into the next 10's by .8lb but I will hit that next week.

GOOD JOB!!!! All these numbers keep motivating me to do better!

DOWN 2!!!!

WOOHOO!

Down .6 this week.

Yep, every little bit counts! You're still getting closer to that all coveted island!

I at –1 for the week.

Woohoo! Keep it up!

I'm down -1.5 this week. Wish I was losing faster, but any loss is a good loss. Okay, back to packing!

I like that "any loss is a good loss." What a true statement! Keep it up (or down I guess...haha).

-3.5 lbs.

WOW!!! GOOD JOB!!! - KEEP IT UP!

As for me, I'm at -1.4 lbs this week. I've had bigger numbers, but for being out of town without the healthiest food, I'm glad. Like Octoberbeauty said (sorry, It's going to take me forever to learn names.....) "any loss is a good loss." Most decidedly going to use the phrase/philosophy in the future.

Hope everyone has a good Monday!

"Today's your day, I feel it, you've paved the way, BELIEVE IT" - Shakira

(I use this quote to realize that I have paved the way that I've gone on in this journey, and that I have gotten success!)

-Patrick

 

[PixiePlanner]

Great news on all the successes this week. I am down 1 lb. I will take it.

I like this veggie challenge. I have thought all weekend, "How am I going to get in my 2 cups?"

June 4
1.5 c salad
.75 c peas

June 5
1.5 c green beans
1.5 c salad

June 6

.5 c (est) on BLT YUMMO!
1 c green beans
.75 c (est) corn on the cob.

June 7
2.5 c salad for lunch

June 4, 5, 6 & 7: Veggies Done

 

[PixiePlanner]

Saturday night at 10:05p.m. my phone rang. My parents are in their 80s, DH was out at a ballgame & DS11 was camping with Boy Scouts. I didn't want to answer.
"Mom?" My heart sank.
"What's up Buddy?"
"I'm calling to tell you that I got knocked out tonight."
"Are you alright?" Racing through my mind: He's 3 hours away.
"Yep."
"What happened?"
"Bradley's chin hit my nose when we were running around. I guess I was out for a minute or two."
"A a minute or two?"
"Yep."
"Do you need to see a doctor?"
"I don't think so."
"Is Bradley OK?"
"Yep."
At this point I was a little in shock shall we say. I finally asked to speak to an adult and he said he thought DS was fine and that he was never truely "out." Did he get knocked to the ground? Yes. Was he actually unconscious? He didn't think so. DS wasn't complaining of a headache or anything so we decided to wait and see. DS has been known to self diagnos in the past. I have told him until has has the initials "MD" after his name, no more self-diagnosing.

He was fine, aside from the gazillion bites! When he arrived home yesterday DH said, "Why don't you help him unpack and put away...." Fine.
"Buddy, are those the same socks you had on Friday?"
"Yep"
As I watch him put clothes in his dresser, "Are there any dirty clothes in your bag?"
"Just a t-shirt. I changed it this morning because I must have rolled in some mulberries."
"So, you pretty much stayed in the same clothes since Friday?"
"Yep."
"That's what I smell. Get in the shower NOW!"
BOYS ARE DISGUSTING!

Anyway, I comforted myself Saturday night with some carbs. Hopefully my racing heart burned a few of the calories off.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Good Monday everyone! Sounds like you all had good weekends. We were out of town all weekend, so I've been catching up on everyone's posts.

And to...ugh, I'm sorry, I'm AWFUL with names - anyway, you were asking about the bugg and being a paraplegic and I don't think gelly or I answered you. Truthfully I don't know but I think it would work fine - it works off heart rate and body heat and a bunch of other things in addition to movement. I would email them and ask, although I'm sure since they are trying to sell the things they would be inclined to say it would work - but who knows, maybe they've actually done studies or something.

Thanks for the info; I may call the company and see. And if they haven't tested it out, I'd be more than happy to test it for them if they want to give me one!

Ratatouille recipe for those who asked along with my changes noted:

Ratatouille au gratin, makes 4 servings (BIG servings, sometimes WW has teeny servings). Per 1 Cup serving 191 cal, 8 grams fat, 2 g sat fat, 5 mg chol, 708 mg sodium, 27 g carb, 6 fiber, 7 g protein, 170 mg calcium. 4 points.

I find WW recipes pretty bland so I would say season to your taste.

Ingredients for shopping list: olive oil, 1 large onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 yellow pepper, 1green bell pepper, 1 medium eggplant, 1 medium zucchini, 1 14 oz can diced tomatoes, 1 c tomato juice, basil, oregano, thyme, grated parmesan cheese, plain breadcrumbs.

Ohhh, I've got eggplant, zucchini, and all the herbs growing in my container garden, I'll have to try this one out!

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.

Hope your knee is feeling better soon. Water aerobics will probably atually help with healing whatever the issue is, since being in the water reduces your weight bearing, yet also offers resistance to help in strengthening. I've done a lot of aquatic PT over the last few years, it's amazing how much different it is being in the water.

As for me, we had a busy but fun weekend. My cousin's daughter graduated high school on Saturday, so we drove out for the graduation party. It's only about 5 hours from Baton Rouge, so we left around 7:45 Sat. morning, got to Houston around 12:30 (usually stop at the TX welcome center, but went straight through this time) and ate lunch. Went to a place we saw on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on Food Network. OMG! Def. not diet food, but sooo good. I had what they called a "Red White & Blue Burger" - roasted red peppers, red onions, ranch dressing, and bleu cheese - and we split an order of onion rings. About the only redeeming things from that meal were that I didn't push myself to finish the burger, ate probably 2/3 - 3/4 of it, and used Splenda instead of sugar in my tea.

After that we went to the hotel and swam. I actually did take about 15 minutes of our hour to swim laps, but even the rest of the time it takes me more work to keep myself upright since I can't just stand, esp. when I've got DD climbing on me or I'm throwing her pool balls to the other side of the pool. Lots of fun, and I could feel that I'd gotten at least a little workout.

Saturday night was the party, and I mostly behaved myself there. Didn't keep track of everything I ate, but did my best to only fix small tastings of things, and put extra veggies on my plate. Also shared my cake w/ DD as neither of us needed a full slice.

Sunday morning we had breakfast at my cousin's house - eggs, sausage, and a pancake - stopped at Ikea, then on the road. I wish I could say we made positive snack choices for our driving time, but that's only partially true. Drink-wise, I had diet soda and water w/ Crystal Light packets. And we did have grapes and wheat thins. But we also stopped on the way out at a specialty meat place and DH got a bag of cracklins (like pork rinds, but they also have some fat and meat on them instead of just being the skins). And while we THOUGHT we had made a smart choice with some trail mix from Target, we picked up the wrong container, and instead of one that was fruit based, we got one that was mostly candy. 200 calories and 11 grams of fat per 1/4 cup - OUCH! Stopped at McD's to get a small late lunch midway, then once we got back into town ate at a mediterranean restaurant w/ my parents.

Probably the most sobering thing though happened in the hotel. Here at home none of my mirrors show me from below my shoulders, but they had a full-length mirror mounted on the wall, right across from the bathroom so I saw myself in it after I took my shower. Oh. My. Goodness. I didn't realize I had gotten so big. I mean, it's one thing to see 219 on a scale, but another to see what it looks like on you. And I know being in the chair makes it worse, but since that's how everyone sees me, that's the look that matters. Thank God no one but me and my husband see me naked! That moment will certainly provide me motivation when I'm tempted to stray off course.

So there's my weekend in all it's food filled glory and misery. Congrats to all who are posting losses today, now on to bigger and better things this week!

 

[lizzyb5280]

Food tracking:

Friday
Breakfast - Popeye's biscuit (plain)
Snack - FF yogurt
Lunch - homemade nachos
(954 calories before dinner)
Dinner - 3 slices homemade pizza

JUNE 4 DONE

Saturday
Breakfast - Muffins (made at home and brought in car)
Snacks - trail mix, grapes, cracklins, wheat thins
Lunch - Red White & Blue Hamburger, onion rings, iced tea
Dinner - Party Foods - Meatballs, pasta salad, spinach dip w/ crackers, roast beef & cheese on small croissant, tomatoes, celery, carrots, cake

JUNE 5 DONE

Sunday
Breakfast - scrambled eggs, sausage, one pancake, tea, orange juice
Lunch - McDouble burger, few fries (we split one order three ways)
Snacks - grapes, wheat thins, trail mix
Dinner - Mediterranean sampler - hummus, baba ganoush, pita bread, stuffed grape leaves (1), kibbee, gyro meat, shawarma chicken

JUNE 6 DONE

 

[lizzyb5280]

delete - double post

 

[Duchie]

Saturday night at 10:05p.m. my phone rang. My parents are in their 80s, DH was out at a ballgame & DS11 was camping with Boy Scouts. I didn't want to answer.
"Mom?" My heart sank.
"What's up Buddy?"
"I'm calling to tell you that I got knocked out tonight."
"Are you alright?" Racing through my mind: He's 3 hours away.
"Yep."
"What happened?"
"Bradley's chin hit my nose when we were running around. I guess I was out for a minute or two."
"A a minute or two?"
"Yep."
"Do you need to see a doctor?"
"I don't think so."
"Is Bradley OK?"
"Yep."
At this point I was a little in shock shall we say. I finally asked to speak to an adult and he said he thought DS was fine and that he was never truely "out." Did he get knocked to the ground? Yes. Was he actually unconscious? He didn't think so. DS wasn't complaining of a headache or anything so we decided to wait and see. DS has been known to self diagnos in the past. I have told him until has has the initials "MD" after his name, no more self-diagnosing.

He was fine, aside from the gazillion bites! When he arrived home yesterday DH said, "Why don't you help him unpack and put away...." Fine.
"Buddy, are those the same socks you had on Friday?"
"Yep"
As I watch him put clothes in his dresser, "Are there any dirty clothes in your bag?"
"Just a t-shirt. I changed it this morning because I must have rolled in some mulberries."
"So, you pretty much stayed in the same clothes since Friday?"
"Yep."
"That's what I smell. Get in the shower NOW!"
BOYS ARE DISGUSTING!

Anyway, I comforted myself Saturday night with some carbs. Hopefully my racing heart burned a few of the calories off.

At the first part I was So glad he's OK. That is some scary stuff there. And I know what you mean - as soon as the phone rings, you start calculating in your head how long it will take you to get there, how you're going to get there, what clothes you need to change before getting in the car, etc.

At the second part I was This is so something my DS would do. DH took all of the kids camping with the Cub Scouts a few years ago. When they go home, there were no dirty clothes. DH said they all "forgot" to change.

 

[PixiePlanner]

At the first part I was So glad he's OK. That is some scary stuff there. And I know what you mean - as soon as the phone rings, you start calculating in your head how long it will take you to get there, how you're going to get there, what clothes you need to change before getting in the car, etc.

Exactly!

At the second part I was This is so something my DS would do. DH took all of the kids camping with the Cub Scouts a few years ago. When they go home, there were no dirty clothes. DH said they all "forgot" to change.

When I asked if I could have all of his dirty clothes, he brought me THE t-shirt. I asked if I could have the pants and socks... he wanted to keep those out because he has a meeting tonight! That is just plain gross.

At bedtime I asked him to brush his teeth. He of course said he did. DH nailed him, "We all know you haven't brushed your teeth since Friday morning. Go do it and do a good job." I fell in love all over again. DH is my hero.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

HI everyone. Wow, I feel so out of it. I just can't get here every day because of my schedule and I feel like I am so far behind on what everyone is doing, etc. I'm also struggling with feeling like I deserve to come here. I can't be around to be supportive of others and I'm not doing so great myself.

I was up 3 pounds this morning, which upsets me. I'm working out when I can (which isn't every day) and watching what I eat, but I can't get all my water in and I know I am eating really late at night. I feel like I am stuck in neutral and can't get off the ground. I'm going to push myself this week and see what happens. I'm tired of being stuck. I haven't really moved since the season started 5 weeks ago and it's annoying!

It looks like many of you had very successful weeks. I am so proud. Someday, I will be able to get back with all of you but my life is only going to get busier before it gets better.