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

[officereg]

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.

Everyone deserves to be here, including you! I come one almost everyday but I usually only post on Mondays. This is the first group that I do not feel is clicky, kwim? Just remember we are here for you when things slow down or any chance you get.

 

[gellybean]

Hi ladies and gents!

I was down -1.8 this morning, which seems to be a magical number for me. I think this is the third time I've lost 1.8.

We're working on the house today, getting things put in order so I can focus more on projects this week instead of day to day cleaning.

DS7 is in Disneyland as I write this! I'm so jealous!! But his dad is doing a good job of facebooking and tweeting while they are there, so I get to see lots of pictures of the things they are doing!

I'm gonna start working on catching up on everything I missed over the weekend. I might have the reply posted in about 3 hrs or so.

Congrats to all the losses and a big to those that struggled this week!! I had a loss this week but it was only half of what I gained last week, so I know how you feel!! Gotta keep plugging away !!

Catch y'all in a bit!

 

[eliz991]

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.

Okay if anyone has noticed I STILL haven't lost any weight since we started this group - I definitely feel like I should tuck my tail between my legs and go away, but I'm not, because what good would that do?

I didn't track my food after lunch Saturday, but I did make pretty good choices up until yesterday after the show (we went to see Avenue Q with friends) when we had vietnamese food and instead of something light and healthy I had a yellow curry. I did only eat half of it though; had the rest at lunch today.

I am up +.4 today but I really think that is from eating popcorn late last night (the vietnamese was an early dinner so DH and I were hungry later).

Today:

B: can of coke (you know, I would tell you I don't drink coke that much but lately I have been - I drink it whenever my tummy doesn't feel right. Which probably implies I haven't been eating right.)
1 bagel thin with WW cream cheese and a slice of ham

S: half a banana

L: rest of yellow chicken curry w/ rice

936 calories already - hopefully that is a high estimate on the curry though.

I will have a yogurt before rehearsal and then try to hold out until I get home (around 8) - plan is to stop and pick up pre-prepared food from a local place, probably rotisserie chicken or roasted turkey breast and 2 veggies, although I may get a salad instead - it is hot as Hades here!

I have to go back and find the tracking success thingy to add to my siggy!

Okay had yogurt, then had a 90 calorie fiber bar and 70 cal pack of dried apricots at rehearsal. Dinner was 2 slices of turkey, 1 cup of broccoli and about 2/3 a cup of mashed taters. Then I had a 60 calorie dove miniature ice cream (have y'all had these? Yes they are small but they are SOOOO good! Especially when you are only used to skinny cows and weight watchers ice cream!

Can't get on fat secret right now but I know I was right around 1600 for the day. Still not wearing my bugg (heat and clothing choices) but I haven't been exercising still. Since I have rehearsal every night I need to figure out a way to get up in the morning and do it.

Monday, June 7 DONE! Veggies (in curry and broccoli) DONE!

 

[tlenzendorf]

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.

We are totally here for you, whether you are doing well or not. The best system is a support system and I'm glad we have each other. You deserve to come here just as much as I or anyone else does. A lot of times I just post my food and whats going on in my life and I don't have a lot of time to comment on others. Do I feel bad? Yes, sometimes. Do I understand that everyone else is busy, too, and so I let up on myself for feeling bad. Absolutely. Just post when you can. Doing something, anything, is better than doing nothing at all!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Well after last week's amazing weight loss, this week was anticlimactic. I lost nada, nothing, zip, zero...BUT...I didn't gain anything so I'm cool with it, mostly.

I'm going to take Bree's advice and make sure that I eat all of my points this week and commit to four workout days (I got kinda lazy towards the end of last week so it didn't happen the way I had hoped.) That should help me see a loss again this week.

Glad you had fun this past weekend Aimee. I'm not a SATC girl myself but I'm glad you had a good time. The spontaneous trip to the cabin sounded like fun, even if you did have to wear $1 shoes and men's trunks!!

Sorry to hear that disease and sickness is running rampant in Dawn's domain. Hope everyone feels better soon.

It's nice to see so many people reporting losses for this week. I'm happy for all of you...keep up the good work.

We got a call from our car salesman Saturday while we were out of town. It seems the financing rate was changed in our favour and since he hadn't sent in the paperwork yet he had us come back in and resign everything to reflect the 0% lending rate and saved us $2000. We went right after we got DS on the bus (he's a p.m. kindergartener).

We celebrated by going out for lunch at my favourite Lebanese restaurant. Hubby and I have never had a date in the middle of the day before. It was fun!!

Dinner will be light because although healthy, the lunch was still 16 points so I only have seven left before I have to use flex points. Hubby gets to eat my leftovers (I didn't touch my rice and ate only 3 ounces of my 8 ounce steak kebabs) and the kids'll be thrilled to have PB&J's so that means I'm off the hook for cooking tonight too! Who hoo!

I grocery shopped all the morning and bought tons of WW friendly snacks and then laughed at myself once I got home because I haven't been eating the ones I already have in the house. Randy (hubby) has been though so they'll get eaten one way or another.

It's A LOT easier eating right when I'm not doing it alone. Although Randy's approach is much more relaxed about dieting, just the fact that he is doing it has made it a stress free experience this time around. He's even told me on more than one occasion that my dedication and unwillingness to cheat has encouraged him to be strong too.

Thanks to all who have already made it over to my TR and left me some comments. I checked quickly and was delighted. Tomorrow when I have time I'll post another installment and answer your posts.

I guess I'll do my tracking then too...gotta get some dinner on the table!!

Cheerio fellows!!

 

[pwmitch237]

Trying to catch up, I hate being gone for a whole week, don't really know what's going on here....

Watching the news right now, kinda depressing.

anyway:

Breakfast: Cheerios (1C w/.5 cup of skim milk): 140
Lunch: Subway (310) & Baked Doritos (170)
Dinner: California Roll Sushi (383), Light & Fit Yogurt (80) and Celebrity Apprentice (Holly's) Compassionberry Tea [excellent by the way](180)
Exercise: The Biggest Loser's Last Chance Workout

Totals: 1263 Calories, 20.5g of Fat, 73g of Sugar

June 7 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE! (Subway, Sushi)

"In these moments when you can choose whether to say 'I can't' or 'I CAN.' It is a choice that will either make or break you for life." - Jillian Michaels.

- Patrick

 

[Dizneydawn]

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36918391&postcount=1017

Here is a link to some Rugby pics of Carsyn for those interested! There is one that just makes me go

I need to get caught up after dinner!

 

[gellybean]

Ahhh!! Don't you just love it when you are productive all day. I'm so busy I hardly have time to eat so my meals tend to be small.

Love this too!! I wish I could figure out a way to make everyday a productive and thus too busy to eat day!

The downside is that I haven't lost a thing yet so far this week which is disappointing but hubby thinks it might be because I've been quite low on points and my body doesn't know what to do about it. I hope he's right and in an effort to correct that, I'm aiming to eat all my daily points for the remainder of the weekend.

I had the same problem when I was on weight watchers. Hope eating your points helps solve the issue!

Picked up the new car a couple of hours ago and ran errands in it all afternoon. LOVE IT!! Will post pictures hopefully Monday.

Glad you love the car!

Why yes, Aimee...I WAS at that controversial Tigers game in fact. Here's a banana...please don't smoke it.

That umpire never made a correct call all night by the way. You should have heard the booing after that call though...it was terrible. I didn't boo, I think it's extremely rude myself but my dad next to me was going at it heartily. I felt really bad for the ump. I thought it was classy that he went to apologize in the locker room to the pitcher after the game.

I totally saw the end of the game at the gym. I immediately go OMG Julie's there! My sister's all who??

That's crazy about the ump apologizing. I'm quite sure the pitcher would have rather had the perfect game.

It sounds like you have a fun time with your BFF lined up. Have a great time. I'm glad you are planning your meals ahead of time. Good for you!!

It was a lot of fun!! Our meals didn't exactly go as planned. I'll post my food log in a bit.

Aimee- Thank you for the good wishes, I've been cutting back on the coffee, and I think it was the lack of caffeine!

I totally get caffeine withdrawl headaches. I try to have one diet drink every one or two days to stave them off. We don't buy soda to keep at home much anymore, so I try to order a diet coke when I'm out or go through McD's drive thru to get $1 larges down here. The challenge is avoiding ordering food when I go get the drink. I try to take cash and have just enough to get the drinks that way I can't order any snackage!

Piper!!!

How to balance life/school/diet – taking one day at a time. The thing that makes our life easier is when we plan out our weekly menu on the weekend and prep as much as possible when we have the time. Having all the ingredients on hand and not having to think “what am I going to make for lunch/dinner today” makes it so much simpler. Good luck with school – I’m always so impressed with anyone that can do the school/family at the same time.

Planning our weekly meals is a huge thing we have to do too! I always find that my 'failures' are when we eat on the fly!

Aimee – Congrats on joining the Y. Your’s sounds WAY nicer than mine. I’d take a cardio class if I could watch a movie at the same time. My goal this weekend is to take my measurements and then search the web for a swimsuit that will contain the girls. I tried some suits on last week and I fit into a size 16 but the cups they runnith over if you know what I mean. I have a couple of websites that I’ll check out and let you know if I’m successful. I agree, I’m tired of worrying about how I might look to the 90 year olds or the toddler moms that are in the pool.

Thanks for letting me know what you find swimsuit wise. My mom said Wal Mart has some plus size suits on sale for $14 dollars. Since I really don't want to be wearing the same suit next summer (better be in a smaller size) I'm thinking of just getting one from there and not investing so much in a Miracle suit or something. I bought mine on clearance at Old Navy and I love it but I actually have a hard time filling out the top. Which has never been one of my issues. I guess I've lost more in my bust than I thought. Gonna try to tack the sides of the bra portion of the suit to the halter strap to see if I can get some more containment.

Sorry I've been absent from around here folks! I've just been busy doing other things.

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 catching this Liz! I totally forgot to answer.

LizzyB5280- I would think the bugg would still work but I'd hate for you to invest in one and then not see the same results. Maybe customer service would have an answer for you. I'll try to see if I can do some research online and get back to you!


The recipe looks yummy!!

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.


Love love love Lost!! We started it in February and have caught up to Season 6. I much prefer watching it this way. I acutally watched the series premiere way back when, and didn't have it in me to watch another supernatural freaky show by JJ Abrams having just finished Alias. A 5 year break and now not only am I a total Lostie, I also enjoy Fringe, Abrams' other show on FOX. Glad you guys are enjoying it!!


I just realized that I've been back from the World for a month with no firm plans to return in the near future.

Doncha hate that? I always need a trip to plan, even if it means having to cancel it, which I have done several times. But it helps me to have a trip planned, to somewhere, at all times.

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'm soooooooooooooo sorry I haven't been over there more!!!! I will do my best to get over there. I have totally been neglecting all my TR peeps. I'm doing good to just get on WISH lately. This week should settle down some though and I'll do my best to get over there! Promise!

I see a lot of you eat the Greek or Oikos(sp?) yogurt. Whats so special about it? One of my coworkers was talking about it the other day. She rambles so much, though, that after a couple minutes I just tune her out so I totally missed what she said

The one thing about Greek yogurt that I know is it's got a lot more protein in it than regular yogurt. I tried to eat it and haven't found one I like yet. I may need to try it in savory applications instead of sweet ones.

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'll try to pop into your PTR too. I have one going as well, that I need to work on as soon as I finish my TR from January! EEK!

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!


I say salsa counts too!!!

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!

I love that routine. Do you remember the part about his wife in labor??

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.


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.

Hey Barb! I joined the Y in RR. It's the same county as your Y is and actually I can use yours and the one in Taylor all under the same membership! I wanna come over and use the Y in your neck of the woods, at some point. It has an outdoor pool and ours is only indoor with garage doors and a retractable roof. I say only like it's some bad thing. But it'll be nice to mix it up and use the other locations some since it's included in the membership. And if you join or are already a member or your Y, you could come work out at my Y!
I'll have to try Tru-Lemon at some point! Sounds like a nice alternative! I'm not a big Crystal Light fan.

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

I soooooooooooo want to go to a Trader Joe's!!! We don't have em down here and everytime someone mentions something from there it always sounds so yummy!!

Sorry about your Gorton's! LOL I don't do fish so i'm really eww-ing over here.

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

I know the dissatisfied feeling. Eating to live is so very different than living to eat. It's such a hard mental switch, isn't it??

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

It's amazing isn't it?? I have had the same thought too!

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?


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!

Hang in there Barb!!

Your body can totally flucuate that much in a day. Could be water retention, something weird your body is doing from being out in the sun. Your schedule is changing. Could be anything. You know you did what you needed to do last week so pat yourself on the back and keep on truckin!! Are you measuring inches?? My inches always make me feel better when I don't lose what I want to lose!

The weekend was GREAT! The whole idea came from us talking about how we always plan stuff and it kinda became a dare to do something spontaneous.

Your impromptu pool parties sound like a lot of fun !!!! (ok I totally just typed poop instead of pool. Glad I caught that! )

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.
On top of everyone being sick - something is wrong with my left knee.

Hope y'all feel better soon!!! And hoping your knee is nothing serious. Occasionally something gives way on my right knee. But it's never lasted long. Just one of those things I guess.

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.
Aimee - fun fun fun! I love it when things like that just come up and happen!

on your loss and your clothes not fitting!! That's awesome!!

I love it when things just happen. Wish it would happen more often. But it's hard to plan spontaneity isn't it??

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.

YAY for everything falling off of you!!!!

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!

Good luck with cutting out the soda!!!!

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.


3 sugar free pudding cups is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than sitting down with a 1/2 gallon of ice cream! Try to look it at that way!


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

You'll love the movie if you are a SATC fan for the love of the characters!

Sorry to make you jealous! I'll come kidnap you next time, kay??

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!

Have a fabulous trip!! 2 weeks! WOW. I wish! Hubby can only take one week at a time.

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.

Glad he's ok!! My heart always leaps out of my chest when I get a phone call late at night.

That last part is hysterical. My DS7 comes back from his Dad's every other weekend stinking to high heaven and wearing the same clothes and SOCKS he wore to school on FRIDAY. EW EW EW

BOYS are so gross!! Men aren't much better!!!

Sorry Patrick and Dan!

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.

Which restaurant did you go to?? I love Triple D! There's actually a website out there that will map all the places Guy's been too and show you for road trips etc. We're heading to Galveston next month and are gonna check out one of the Trip D places in Kemah.


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.

Totally can relate. I can look in the mirror sometimes and think it's not so bad... I look ok etc and other times I look in the mirror and just shake my head in wonder as to how that reflection looking back at me is really me.

You're on the right path!! And we're here for you!

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.

There's no such thing as deserving to me here!! You are one of us! And we want you here, rather it's 5 days a week or 5 mins a week! Don't you dare leave us!

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!

You can do it!!! We all have stuck times. All you need is a jump start and you'll be fine!!

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.

We understand!!! Life gets in the way. We're here for you when you can be here!

Well after last week's amazing weight loss, this week was anticlimactic. I lost nada, nothing, zip, zero...BUT...I didn't gain anything so I'm cool with it, mostly.

I've had this happen too!! It's better than a gain !! Glad you're cool with it!

I'm going to take Bree's advice and make sure that I eat all of my points this week and commit to four workout days (I got kinda lazy towards the end of last week so it didn't happen the way I had hoped.) That should help me see a loss again this week.


I think you'll be surprised. Anxious to see what your number is next week!!

Glad you had fun this past weekend Aimee. I'm not a SATC girl myself but I'm glad you had a good time. The spontaneous trip to the cabin sounded like fun, even if you did have to wear $1 shoes and men's trunks!!

Just out of curiousity, have you tried watching SATC? Not trying to force it on you by any means and I can totally see why it wouldn't be for everyone. I tried it once or twice and didn't get it, and then tried it again and watched it from season 1 and now I own all the seasons and the movie and hope to buy SATC2. Might be worth a second glance? But if it's not for you, no worries! You're still my girl!

The trip was fun and a total memory making day. Just wish DS7 was home for it. :>(

We got a call from our car salesman Saturday while we were out of town. It seems the financing rate was changed in our favour and since he hadn't sent in the paperwork yet he had us come back in and resign everything to reflect the 0% lending rate and saved us $2000. We went right after we got DS on the bus (he's a p.m. kindergartener).


WOOO HOOO for a lower interest rate and an impromtu lunch date (and I totally just rhymed. I'm such a dork. )

It's A LOT easier eating right when I'm not doing it alone. Although Randy's approach is much more relaxed about dieting, just the fact that he is doing it has made it a stress free experience this time around. He's even told me on more than one occasion that my dedication and unwillingness to cheat has encouraged him to be strong too.

Glad you have hubby's support !!

WHEW! All caught up. Except for all of you that have posted since I quoted.

Will be back later to try to track my eating from this weekend!

 

[zoegirl]

Man I wish I could figure out how to multiquote! Just a quick post tonight. Been a busy day & I've got some house stuff to do before bed.

1st - a big fat CONGRATULATIONS!! to everyone that has lost this week. Way to go.

To those of US that have gained...let's just hang in there and keep on keepin on.

What's that knocking you hear?? Oh that's me banging my head against the wall. I am +2. UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! It's really no one's fault but mine. I'm hoping some of it is water & I'll lose it quickly this week, but geeeez what a kick in kiester!

Disclaimer: do not judge me on what I have eaten today especially after I have just ranted.....it could have been so much worse.

Took Lucas to our local amusement park today. We packed a picnic lunch & had a complete blast. I'm glad we ditched our normal Monday grocery store trip & visit to the Y to do this. Needless to say I didn't eat as well as I could have, but since we have no food in the house I opted to get take out for supper.

brkfst: greek yogurt w/honey, coffee w/creamer
lunch: half egg salad sammie on whole grain bread, oranges, few goldfish
dinner: half a dinner order of chinese veggies w/tofu, half cup white rice, cup of egg drop soup.
snack: icee (wild cherry) haven't had one since high school. it was just "eh"

Anyway I did walk quite a bit pushing a stroller, & my lunch was pretty good, but I don't need to have another day like today this week.

June 7 done
Veggies done

Our visit to the amusement park has me longing for disney world . January can not come fast enough.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Does my new avatar make me look fat?

 

[tlenzendorf]

Todays food:

Breakfast: Raisin Bran Crunch w/skim

Lunch: BIG salad with tons of veggies, 6 breadsticks w/small amount cheese and marinara sauce. Diet Coke

Dinner: 1 cheeseburger with ketchup and lettuce only(no bun), green beans, a few fries

June 7 DONE
Veggies WAAAAY Done

 

[GaRain]

Today....fiber bar, yogurt, leftover spaghetti for lunch and a taco salad for dinner. I need to get some more fruits and veggies in - and more water.

I did do a 5K on the treadmill today, though - in just over an hour.
My next goal will be to get that in under an hour...

 

[gellybean]

Man I wish I could figure out how to multiquote!

Hey girl! The way to multiquote is to click the + sign picture to the right of the Quote button and it'll turn red. For every post you wish to quote, click the + button. Then when you are done + ing all the quotes you want, click the Post Reply button and all the quotes will be lined up waiting for you to re-read, delete through the parts you don't want etc. Just be sure to not delete the [ Quote ] and [/ Quote ] parts for each quote or you'll lose the quote effect.

HTH!

 

[gellybean]

Trying to catch up, I hate being gone for a whole week, don't really know what's going on here....

Being gone for a week is realllllly hard to catch up from! I've been there. Glad you're back posting though!!

Watching the news right now, kinda depressing.

I avoid the news for this very reason. Call me an oestrich I guess.

"In these moments when you can choose whether to say 'I can't' or 'I CAN.' It is a choice that will either make or break you for life." - Jillian Michaels
- Patrick

Great quote!!

Does my new avatar make me look fat?

I love it!!!!! And it looks fabulous on you!

Though I'll admit it's gonna take sometime to not miss your little birdie!

Man I wish I could figure out how to multiquote! Just a quick post tonight. Been a busy day & I've got some house stuff to do before bed.

1st - a big fat CONGRATULATIONS!! to everyone that has lost this week. Way to go.

To those of US that have gained...let's just hang in there and keep on keepin on.

What's that knocking you hear?? Oh that's me banging my head against the wall. I am +2. UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! It's really no one's fault but mine. I'm hoping some of it is water & I'll lose it quickly this week, but geeeez what a kick in kiester!


Sometimes we need that kick in the can eh?
I know I got one last week! It's gonna take me two weeks to lose what I gained in 4 days. Now that's some fuzzy weight loss math I tell ya. It's not fair at all but it's the way it is! Hope yours falls back off quickly!! Mine does sometimes as well. Wish I could figure out the difference!

Disclaimer: do not judge me on what I have eaten today especially after I have just ranted.....it could have been so much worse.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh honey! You have noticed some of the things that I have eaten right???? I'll NEVER JUDGE!!!

Took Lucas to our local amusement park today. We packed a picnic lunch & had a complete blast. I'm glad we ditched our normal Monday grocery store trip & visit to the Y to do this. Needless to say I didn't eat as well as I could have, but since we have no food in the house I opted to get take out for supper.

Glad y'all had fun and changed up your routine. That's always nice!! Does the body good!

Our visit to the amusement park has me longing for disney world . January can not come fast enough.

I know the feeling!!!! I can't wait to get back to my happy place!

As far as getting a work out from walking around and pushing the stroller, you'd be surprised. I know not everyone's cal burns are the same but I get as much of a cal burn from 2 hours walking around the outlet mall, pushing DS2 in his stroller as I do on the bike for 45 mins at the gym!

Today....fiber bar, yogurt, leftover spaghetti for lunch and a taco salad for dinner. I need to get some more fruits and veggies in - and more water.

I did do a 5K on the treadmill today, though - in just over an hour.
My next goal will be to get that in under an hour...

at doing a 5k and having a goal of doing it in under an hour!! You are inspiring me to get on the treadmill at the Y tomorrow!


Tracking:

Ok here goes... I'm gonna try to remember everything

Friday -

Breakfast- 480 cal shake I already posted about.
Lunch - 420 cal margherita frozen mini pizza
Dinner - chicken philly sandwich with fries

Friday, June 4 DONE

Saturday -
Breakfast-
1 scoop protein powder, 1 cup 2% milk, 1 jello mouse cup = 290 cals (much better cal wise and I didn't miss the pb too much)
Lunch - BK chicken fingers w 1 packet of honey mustard (never had these before- they were ok. I didn't want to eat a lot and tried to find protein and not just fries or funnel cake sticks. We ate on the road and I needed something to eat while driving.) = 340 cals
Snack @ theater- shared a medium popcorn w butter and a reese pieces box with BFF
Dinner - (Texas Roadhouse with fam)1 yeast roll, 1/2 dinner salad with Ranch dressing (did not pour the whole cup on my salad), 6 grilled shrimp, 1/2 baked potato, mashed potatoes and cream gravy (finished DS2's) and green beans. Drank water.




The day could have been better but could have been much much worse. Theater food before would have been the whole popcorn, the whole box of candy and a regular soda instead of a diet one. Texas Roadhouse for me used to be sweet tea, about 4 glasses of it, 4 yeast rolls, the whole salad with all the dressing, chicken friend steak and mashed potatoes all covered in gravy and then follow up with ice cream from Freddy's Frozen Custard afterwards. Just typing all that out makes me ill. Holy cow no wonder!

Saturday, June 5 DONE

Sunday -
Breakfast- 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of toast
Lunch - ham and turkey sandwich w 1 tbsp miracle whip, 2 slices of avocado and lettuce. 1 serving Sour Cream and Onion Lays Chips
Dinner - 1/2 chicken breast grilled, 5 oz grilled sirloin, 4 grilled shrimp, half a baked potato loaded, 1/2 an order of spinch dip and chips
Snack- 1 jello Caramel mousse cup

Sunday, June 6 DONE


Today -
Breakfast/Lunch - 2 scrambled eggs, 4 pieces Jennie O Turkey bacon, 2 pieces of toast, 1 tbsp peach preserves
Dinner - 1 baked potato w 2 tbsp canola light butter, 2 tbsp light sour cream, 2 tbsp shredded colby Jack Cheese, 1 cup broccoli

Not quite done, will probably have a slice of banana bread that hubby has baking in the oven right now. Yes I said Hubby. I don't bake much! But he wanted to use up our over ripened bananas, so I'm gonna do my best to limit the quantity!

Hope y'all had a great MONDAY! The week starts for me tomorrow. I'm gonna do my best to get to the Y for my first work out over there. Wish me luck! DS2 is gonna be in his own daycare, so DS7 not being there won't matter. I'm hoping DS2 does ok by himself and they don't have to call me in the middle of my workout! He's used to having his bubba there while I work out.
I'm gonna start with the Loft (women's only room) and check out the movie theater room! I'll let y'all know how it goes tomorrow!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Does my new avatar make me look fat?

Love it!!

Food today:
B: bowl of Multigrain Cheerios with skim and blueberries
L: 1 C. Greek yogurt, 1/4 c. strawberries, string cheese, 1/2 a can Diet Coke, 1/2 a red pepper
D: tuna salad and 1 slice american cheese sandwich on sandwich thin.
Fun size snickers bar
1 Hershey's miniature
Not enough veggies today! Need to get back to the store for more!


June 7 done!
Could I count spaghetti sauce as a veggie?

 

[pipersmom]

Wooohoo for all the losers!

For those that gained a bit- think of it this way..before you started trying to lose, how much were you gaining month after month? I was 180 in high school and college, and started here at 246..that's 66 pounds!

So speaking of gaining...lol..I stayed in my range today, but feel like I ate a LOT. I need to get back to eating breakfast so it's spread out over the day...

Breakfast- String cheese on the way to Piper's school
Lunch- Healthy Choice Country Herbed Chix
Dinner- 2 FF hot dogs w/ whitewheat buns, green beans.
Snacks- Chix breast, crustless strawberry pie, red velvet cake :

Cals- 1309- (1230-1580) I was under 50% carbs again, but I really need to get it spread out throughout the day instead of trying to catch up after 4pm or so.

June 7- Done!

 

[stitchfan23]

YAY for everything falling off of you!!!!

I'm sure my husband would be wishing for more to fall off!! (like my clothes)

 

[lizzyb5280]

Thanks for catching this Liz! I totally forgot to answer.

LizzyB5280- I would think the bugg would still work but I'd hate for you to invest in one and then not see the same results. Maybe customer service would have an answer for you. I'll try to see if I can do some research online and get back to you!


Thanks for the input. I found an email for their customer service and will try to get their opinion.


The one thing about Greek yogurt that I know is it's got a lot more protein in it than regular yogurt. I tried to eat it and haven't found one I like yet. I may need to try it in savory applications instead of sweet ones.

I have often used Greek yogurt in place of sour cream in savory dishes, particularly Mexican. I find that stirring taco seasoning into it helps the flavor as well.

Which restaurant did you go to?? I love Triple D! There's actually a website out there that will map all the places Guy's been too and show you for road trips etc. We're heading to Galveston next month and are gonna check out one of the Trip D places in Kemah.

It's called Lankford Grocery, and it's on Dennis St. in the Mid-town area of Houston. I had recalled the episode from a few months back, and was all prepared to go on the Food Network site and look up the information, but then the episode featuring them was just on Friday night before we left! I figured we were obviously meant to go. It used to be a neighborhood corner grocery, then started selling burgers in the mid-70s. Eventually the burger business took over the grocery business, and they just kept the name. Given that their episode was just on the night before, they had a bit of a bump in business that day, so we had to wait about 30 min for a table and another 30 min for our burgers, but it was sooo worth it.


Totally can relate. I can look in the mirror sometimes and think it's not so bad... I look ok etc and other times I look in the mirror and just shake my head in wonder as to how that reflection looking back at me is really me.

You're on the right path!! And we're here for you!

Thanks! For a long time I've tried to justify the fact that it's not all fat, a lot of it is lost muscle tone from the SCI, which is partially true as I went from a 16 to a 22 during my six weeks in the hospital w/o gaining any weight, plus now it's even more stretched from having a baby, but the bottom line is it a lot of it is fat, all of it needs to go, and if I can get to and maintain my goal weight then maybe I'll be able to medically justify having the extra skin removed and the muscle tightened. Plus my husband agrees that I can get a breast reduction once I'm at goal and we're done with kids.

Love the new avatar Dawn! Maybe that's what I need: a picture of a wheelchair, and a caption saying "Does this chair make my butt look big?" HAHA!

Had a lazy day at home with DD today as we recovered from the weekend whirlwind. Can't tell ya how many movies I put in the DVD player, though they were often just in the background. Gonna push her to get out tomorrow morning, then off to one of my doctors tomorrow afternoon.

As for my food today, I did give in to a little bit of the death by trail mix (AKA Archer Farms Monster Mix), but I had also skipped breakfast, so it all balanced out and I actually finished up pretty low for the day:

Breakfast - none
Lunch - Pepperoni Pizza Lean Pocket
Snacks - Trail mix, wheat thins, mini caramel corn rice snacks
Dinner - Baked chicken, mixed veggies, stove top (LOs from last Thursday)

Totals: 1267 calories, 122 carbs, 60 fat (d@mn trail mix!), 42 protein

Fruit & veg intake totally stunk, but that's largely b/c we're in need of groceries and I tried to save the little bit of fresh produce we did have for DD. I did recall late that we have some apple sauce in the fridge and mandarin fruit cups in the pantry, so I'll have to make use of some of that tomorrow. Thankfully we're grocery shopping tomorrow evening.

MONDAY JUNE 7 DONE

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Wow - busy thread last night and today.

Sheree – Way to go passing up ice cream. I don’t usually have that will power. Ice cream is my weakness. About the spaghetti sauce as a veggie. If salsa is a veggie (and I say it is) then I’d say yes to spaghetti sauce as well. Its just a couple of different items to make one dish from another.

Bree – where did you get fig Newton crisps? They sound yummy! A day at the amusement park with the kiddos sounds like a great day. If you look at my food log you’ll notice I have a problem with snacking. You’re log looks like a perfect day for me.

Amanda – Congrats on the 50% carbs! I know how hard that is to do.

Aimee – what a great weekend! Floating down a river sounds like a perfect weekend to me. Mmmm, banana bread that sounds fantastic. If your hubby can make it low fat/low cal please post the recipe. I have a bunch of bananas in the freezer just waiting to be baked into bread but I just can’t do it till I find a good lower cal option.

Zela – Congrats on 5lbs!!!

Dawn – I hope you all feel better soon. Sounds like staying away from water aerobics is a good idea till you get the go ahead from the Dr. If you already know you have bad knee genes it isn’t worth doing more damage. I love the new avatar!!

Sara – Wow!! $11,000 from a rummage sale that is fantastic. There used to be a big sale like that near us and I’d go every year. They haven’t had it in a while and I miss it. I got some great deals there.

CrabbyAmy – buy up all the canned pumpkin you can find if you use it in recipes. It was a bad year for pumpkin and lots of places can’t get any.

Stacey – Don’t get down about not posting every day. Life happens and we’ll still be here when life settles down and you can spend more time here. Just don’t stop dropping in all together. From someone who has been on the worlds longest plateau (3 year with only losing 5 lbs) as long as you don’t throw in the towel all together there is the possibility of getting the motivation back and start losing again. And if you’ve been able to stay in the same range you won’t have to start all over again. Oh, and I read a diet myths/truths and it doesn’t matter what time you eat your meals its all a total calories in/calories out thing, its just normally if you eat late at night you’ve eaten during the day so you have more calories in than out. I’ll see if I can find the article and post it for you.

Julie – I’m glad that Randy is being supportive. It makes it so much easier if your partner is not offering/suggesting high calorie food. I don’t remember the Bill Cosby labor routine. Might have been on a later record (yeah I have the old vinyl discs – but no player to play them on).

Lara – congrats on the 5K I’m impressed. I know you’ll be able to do it in under an hour soon.

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!

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.

Exactly my thoughts when the phone rang late at night. Oh no!! but glad he's ok. Both my boys were in scouts so I can totally relate. The first year Steven (our oldest who has Aspergers) when to his first week long camp without us. The parents promissed that they would watch out for him and make sure he had a good time. Jim went to pick him up at the end of the week and NO ONE had make him take a shower ALL WEEK!!! And it wasn't just men, there were a couple of moms there, but they just let him wallow in his own filth. Oh and they didn't make sure he went to any of the activities so we spent a boatload of money for him to sit in the dirt all week long. Way to take special care of a kid with disabilities (we had had multiple conversations before we let him go with the adult leaders and they assured us they would watch out for him and make sure he participated). We left that Troop shortly after that and found a fantastic Troop. It did take a couple more years before we let him go to camp by himself. Normally I went and I made it MANDITORY that everyone take a shower at least every other day. I mean who wants to sit next to someone who hasn't taken a shower in a week??

Now the call that had us jumping out of our skin was when Brendan went to the National Jamboree back east. We got a call from another parent telling us that they had finally found Brendan. He had exited the stadium when there was a storm brewing and had taken a wrong turn and ended up 2 miles from his campsite durning a thurnderstorm shelter in place. Glad they found him, didn't know he was missing!!! Ah, scouts - where boys grow up and parents get gray.

Anyway, yesterday and today was good food wise.

June 6

Breakfast
Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup (1 serving)
Milk, 1%, 0.25 cup
Raspberries, 0.25 cup

Lunch
Arnold Select Sandwich Thins Multi Grain 1 Sandwich thin, 1 serving
Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)
Peanut Butter, smooth style, 1 tbsp
Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded

Dinner
Egg white, 1 serving
Newman's Own Light Organic Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, 2 Tbsp, 0.5 serving
Oranges, 1 large (3-1/16" dia)
Pork, fresh, loin, center rib (chops), boneless, separable lean only, cooked, braised, 4 oz
Green Beans (snap), 1 cup

Snacks/Dessert
weight watcher Mint candy, 0.75 serving
Sweet 16s, 2 serving
Orville Redenbacher's Mini Bags Popcorn - 94% Fat Free (Popped), 1 serving
Skinny Cow No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich, 1 serving
Hershey's Sugar Free Special Dark Chocolate (5 pieces), 30 gram
Sweet Cherries, 2 cup, with pits, yields
Activia Dannon Light Peach 4oz., 1 serving


Total 1575 (goal 1270 – 1620)

June 6 DONE – Veggies DONE


Breakfast:


Milk, nonfat, 0.5 cup
Post Raisin Bran Cereal, 1 cup (1 serving)


Lunch:
Michelina's Lean Cheese Stuffed Rigatoni, 1 serving
Activia Dannon Light Peach 4oz., 1 serving


Dinner:
Chicken Thigh, 1 thigh, bone and skin removed
brown rice (1 cup cooked), 1 serving
Green Beans (snap), 2 cup
Sargento Light String Cheese, 1 serving

Snack:
Skinny Cow No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich, 1 serving
Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)
Fiber One Oats and Chocolate Chewy Bar, 1 bar 2

Total - 1330 (Goal 1270 - 1620)

June 7 DONE – Veggies DONE

I'm having a hard time with snacks. I'm falling within my calorie range, but I just can't seem to stop munching on things. I do fine from breakfast time to lunch, but then I really have to control myself to wait till 3 to have an afternoon snack. It doesn't help to have bigger lunches. It seems that I still need to munch throughout the afternoon. I hate raw veggies so it makes my options higher in calories than I want. Any suggestions?

Forgot to add - weight this week -.8 no matter what I do it just is taking FOREVER to lose the weight to get that 5lb picture. Hopefully next week.

 

[pwmitch237]

Great quote!!

Thanks! I'm starting to run out of them though, but thank goodness no one ever stops talking, so I get new ones!

And yes, I've been gone for a week, so forgive me to all, if I missed something really big!

Gellybean: And about what you said about avoiding the news, I wish I could, but I live so close to the Oil Spill that I just can't. I can even smell the oil in the air, so it's reality that I can't avoid. I've cried a few times watching the pictures, especially of the great Pelicans.

-Patrick