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

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Going to give a go at tracking online...

Breakfast: USANA Vanilla shake blended with skim milk and mixed berries
Snack: Light string cheese
Lunch: USANA Chocolate shake blended with skim milk and SF Jello Mousse cup (stole this tip from whoever is drinking the protein shakes!)
Snack: Fiber Plus bar
Dinner: 2 La Tortilla Factory White Whole Wheat tortillas, tons of romaine, cheese, salsa, light sour cream
Snack: 2 SF Tropical Popsicles (Yummy!)

I typically track in a journal, but I thought this might allow me to be more "social" and I'll post to the group more instead of just reading every day.

June 10 Tracking DONE - Veggies Done

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Aimee – I’m so glad that your son did well at the Y. Just like a little trooper! I’m so jealous of your cardio media room. Our machines have a 30 minute limit on them so I’ve never tried staying on the machines for an hour. I still have yet to watch Grey’s finale. I have it on the recorder but just haven’t had time to watch.

Julie – I think its fantastic that your kids along so well. My sister is 5 years older than I am and we didn’t have much in common when I was little. I always wished that we were more buddies. My boys were close (just shy of 3 years) but with Steven’s disability it was a little different with playtime/sharing. How sweet that your DD wanted to make sure that her brother got his share. My sister would have taken the whole bar and never mentioned that she got it to my mother. You did a fantastic job of raising some wonderful kids!

Now diet food used to be totally off limits to anyone else. I mean I was the only one in the house that would be eating them and since I couldn’t have the other 90% of the food in the pantry then having them stay away from my one treat seemed fair to me. Plus they could plow through a box of sugar free/fat free cookies in one sitting, something that for me would have been a weeks worth of treats. Now I’m getting better at sharing. The only thing that is off limits is if I buy some WW Desserts. Luckily we can get a lot more things that are lower fat now and three of the four of us could stand to lose weight so sharing is more of a common occurrence.

Jessica – I love the carrot story – I can just imagine them walking around like bugs bunny munching on the carrot.

Amy – How exciting to be going on the cruise! And so soon too! Where do you stop? We had such a fantastic time on our two cruises. Have you been on one before? You are going to have a blast! You will get hooked! My advise, if you stop in Nassau, don't waste your time getting off the ship, stay onboard and enjoy the quiet.

Cary – Aww, sorry about your and DH’s teeth. Soft food will be your friend this weekend. I hope it doesn’t hurt.

Bree – can’t wait to hear what they tried to feed you at the wedding. Hope you can smuggle in a couple of snacks. I’ve never been to a Chic-a-Fil. We don’t have them out here.

Tricia – Congratulations on having a 6th grader. I love Mariah’s dress.

Zela – I hope your A/C is up and running by now.

Sara – I know what you mean, people give you this backhanded compliment. The “wow, you’re looking really nice today” does that mean that I looked like crap yesterday?? You’re boss sounds like a winner. So if you only an average looking face you wouldn’t want to lose weight? I’ll bet Dawn could come up with a fantastic come back, I too would just zone her out and ignore what she says.

Crabby Amy – You AVOIDED M&M’s? I’m in awe….Welcome to the food posting group. It really helps!

Lara – Way to go on the 3lbs! So sorry about your headache. Hope it goes away soon.

Amanda – If you don’t mind my asking (and please feel free to not answer if you don’t want to) what is involved in Piper being “homebound”? I first thought homeschooled, but then you talk about the stuff going on at school this week and then homebound. I assume it has something to do with the CF but not quite sure what is involved.

Sheree – I totally sympathize with not being able to find things to eat during meetings. Heck I plan the things and unless you have a really good caterer the choices all suck. Great fortunes!

Duchie – Good for you for speaking up to the skinny chick! She probably said she didn’t notice because she wanted the conversation to be about her again, but honestly if she didn’t notice and you had lost 40 lbs then she just was just not noticing anything around her. Good job on not eating at the bunko party even though you had already eaten. Before I would have just eaten again so as to not offend the host AND had dessert.

Food log (cont from June 9):
Dinner: Falafel balls/ak-mok crackers/laughing cow cheese

Dessert: Skinny cow ice cream sandwich, 2 WW mint candies

Total: SparkPeople isn’t talking to me right now
June 9 DONE – Veggies DONE


Breakfast: raisin bran w/ff milk
Lunch: Lean Cuisine turkey meal, cherries, fiber one bar
Snack: Orange (tried to have popcorn, but burned it BADLY)
Dinner: Falafel balls/ak-mok crackers/laughing cow cheese, taboule salad
Dessert: Strawberries with a drizzle of chocolate syrup

Total: SparkPeople isn’t talking to me right now
June 10 DONE – Veggies DONE

I had a hard time today at work after lunch. I really kept wanting to munch. Tried to make popcorn in the microwave at work. Well of course I selected the microwave that’s turntable doesn’t turn. Just a big pillow of smoke and black little bits of charcoal….

 

[Octoberbeauty]

Just popping in to say Hi! We are super busy, but enjoying our time with my family. Noah turned two today and he got to spend some time with his cousins. He loved that and the chocolate cake and the presents. He had a grand ol day! Pics just went up on FB for those that are over there.

WW is not going so well though! I haven't tracked in 3 days cause it's just so hard not being at home with my scales and being in control of what's served, etc. Plus there was homemade banana pudding last night and birthday cake today. Ugh! I'm just trying to portion control and not let myself get too far out of control.

Headed to my dad's tomorrow, but I'll try to check back in in a day or two. I am trying to pop in and read so I can keep up.

 

[pwmitch237]

Food Journal:

Breakfast: Cheerios & Yogurt
Lunch: Sandwich, Baked Doritos (1 Serving), Easy Mac - Triple Cheese
Dinner: 5 Small Onion Rings, Ceaser Salad, 2 Meatballs
Snack: None
Exercise: None (Rest Day)

June 10 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"Even if you're on the RIGHT TRACK, you'll get run over if you just SIT THERE!" - Will Rogers

 

[zoegirl]

Other question/reply: someone posted about looking to do one of the Disney Marathons/Runs as a motivator?? I can't find the post! I'm thinking of trying to do a half-marathon, I'd like to do the Princess Half-Marathon. But I need to get my behind off the couch first! I don't think I could walk an entire marathon if given all the time in the world! My friend who has been encouraging my weight loss journey has found out about the Marathon, and is trying to kick me into gear. I had a whole plan this week to get started on the Wii Fit, but then I got a nasty cold, and am so stuffed up. I think I would be setting myself up for failure to start this up now. Oh well, there's always another day!

PS: Small victory for me today. I was able to avoid M&M's at work!! YAY!!

Amy - it was me that posted about it. To do any disney race you have to be able to keep a 16 minute mile pace. Doesn't matter if you walk, run, or skip. I have done the full marathon 3 times and the goofy's race & a half challenge (half mary on saturday & full mary on sunday) 1 time. So much fun, yes it was tough, but if you train you'll be ready.

brkfst - greek yogurt w/honey, coffee w/creamer
lunch - turkey sammie on arnold thin, roasted asparagus
dinner - salad bar & cup of fire roasted tortilla soup @ Jason's deli.

June 10 done
veggies done

ok, off to the wedding festivities.

Hope ya'll have a FANTASTIC weekend!

~bree~!

 

[pipersmom]

Good morning all..have a little time this morning so thought I'd respond to a couple of posts!

Julie- It's only Piper and I, so she does have some of my "diet" food- she loves the FF Yoplait yogurt- I think because of the dessert flavors it comes in, lol. We also do 100 calorie packs, 100 calorie ice cream sandwiches, etc, and she's always welcome to those as well. I think the only thing I don't let her have is the WW ice cream bars- the price on them is ridiculous! She tends to be close to overweight (she's 82 lbs..9 yrs old), and with her lungs, it's better for her to be in the 70-80% range for weight, so I let her go for it. Once she's back here full-time in the fall, I'll be curious to see what happens, she usually gains 5-10 lbs at her Dad's because he does not limit what she eats at all *sure, honey..you can have 4 bowls of cereal * and buys lots of junk food.

Barb- The lady not "noticing" the weight you've lost has to be delusional! Sounds like a case of "well, that's not about me so let's talk about something else." Very cool your friends at Bunco did notice though!

Tricia- Mariah looked so pretty, you have to be so proud of her! Kids go to elementary here until 6th grade, so not something I have to worry about yet- the time passes way tooo quickly!

Jane- Piper is on homebound because of the CF. She was in the hospital for 3 weeks before school started, then back in two weeks after being in the classroom. Her Dr and I decided with so much stuff going around (swine flu, etc), the best idea would be for her not to be there. What happens is that a teacher from the county is assigned to her, and works with her for 5 hours a week. She also has maybe an hours worth of homework on a "heavy" day. The teacher uses the curriculum the classroom teacher provides, and Piper can attend things like field trips, be in the talent show, etc. She pulled straight A's all year and was the top Accelerated Reader in the primary grades (k-3), as well as receiving a couple of other awards. It definitely didn't hurt her academically, but I'm also very involved..ie, I ride her butt to get stuff done, and done right, not sloppily. Her Dr has already mentioned her doing homebound again next year, but we're going to wait and see how she does with the classroom first. I love Piper to death, but 24/7 of just the two of us made for a veeeeeeery long 7 months! I don't like to ask other people to watch her because of her medication routine.

Sherry- Noah! Enjoy the time with your family!

 

[njcarita]

tracking for yesterday 6/10/10

exercise: went on 3 walks( morning , afternoon and evening) for a total of 3 miles


Breakfast
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T fat free half and half
otmmeal 1t fat free half and half and 2t brown sugar
bottle of h20

snack
cream spinach

lunch
tricolor roasted peppers and beet salad w/drizzle of olive oil and feta cheese
bottle of water

snack
breyers choc chip natural yogart
15 tortilla chips with Mango salsa

dinner
1 slice of dominos plain cheese pizza
bottle of H20

snack
1/2 glass of Sangria

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

uh, oh....scale this am is not pretty. Which makes me do what? Eat a huge bowl of cereal instead of my little teeny one. I'm so bad. Like, fine! You say I'm heavier today?! I'll show you heavy! And then I'm overeating and feeling bad.

SOOOOOOOOOOO I am getting on here at 8 am to say I'm not going to overeat all day. I'm getting back on track right NOW!


cereal/skim
leftover turkey chili
cheese/crackers
6 chix nuggets, mac salad (too much...again with the things that aren't pre-portioned. I just keep talking at dinner and taking another scoop), couscous w/ veggies (only one small scoop of this one)
35 calorie fudge bar
also - 4th day of jazzercise this week
June 10 done

love the idea of a WDW trip at goal weight!!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Good morning lads and lasses!!
I'm going to be selfish for just a moment and announce that despite stuffing my face this week (or perhaps because of it) I weighed in this morning at 249.6, which means...















I'm down 0.6 of a pound already this week!!!

HOORAY!!!

Okay, sorry. And no, that wasn't really necessary but I had to show my excitement somehow.

Okay, on to you guys...

Jane: Awww. You're making me blush. Thanks for the compliments about my parenting skills. But I have to admit that I don't think I can take credit for it. Maybe it's a bit nurture but I think it's mostly nature...they just like to share with each other.

Bree: What the heck is duck mignon?
I tried to look up pics of this dish on google and all I could find was something that looked like puke on a plate. I hope they have salad and bread!! Culinary "delights" notwithstanding, I hope you have a great time at the wedding.

Sara and Barb: I'm very active in my church and I'm a leader in the Young Women's organization (girls 12 to 18). I have a couple of teeny tiny sweeties and one of them has shot up quite a bit in the last year but has also packed on about 35 pounds as well. Now it doesn't show because she got so much taller and just sort of filled out a bit more but she complains about her weight gain quite a bit. She is so funny because I'm pretty matter of fact about being fat. I refer to myself as fat all the time and she always cringes when I do. It's hilarious!!

My girls are young but have learned to be quite tactful with their compliments. It's a shame that grown women need further schooling on this one. (I'm about as sensitive as a rhino anyway so none of the things you told me would have hurt my feelings in the least but I can understand how they would hurt other people.)

As for the chick who claimed not to have noticed the forty pound weight loss. My fat fanny, she didn't notice!! She was so LYING!! I totally would have said, "oh, so I've always looked this good to you? How nice of you to say."

Sherry: Happy Birthday to Noah!! I hope the tracking goes better for you once you are home and back into a normal routine. Good job on trying to watch portion control!! You may be down this week anyhow and surprise yourself.

Now to track...

Wednesday
B-instant oatmeal, yogurt, apple
L-cheese and tomato on english muffin, chicken noodle soup, baby carrots, rice crackers, ww oatmeal raisin cookies (2)
D-veggie burger with cheese, pickles, 100 cal pack of doritos, salad with salsa and sour cream for dressing
S-4 point ice cream bar, pita chips and hummus
June 9 done

Thursday
B-egg and cheese on english muffin
L-rice crackers, chicken noodle soup, baby carrots, yogurt, salad with salsa and light ceasar dressing, whole grain crackers
D-chicken breast, baby carrots, 1/2 cup mac and cheese
S-ww lemon cake, light popcorn
June 10 done


Have a great weekend ladies and gents!! I know I will because....

I LOST WEIGHT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!:

Okay, I'm done now.

 

[mom2faith]

Hey Amy,

Congrats on the switch from Hawaii to ASMu and cruise!! I'm excited for you.

Aimee told me that she plans trips constantly, even if they end up getting canceled and I decided to be a copycat.

I'm taking the family back to Disney once I make my weight goal (like 18 to 20 months from now ) so I decided to begin checking into it and start pricing it out.

I'm thinking a three day Bahamian cruise and then four days with dining at Pop (or I might rent points and stay at a DVC resort, but the kids really want to check out pop so if they have a deal when the time comes, that's likely what we'll do).

Is it the Bahamas you are doing?

Yes. Nassau and Castaway Cay. I am the same, I have to have a trip being planned at all times. But the Hawaii what I was just not "feeling" - KWIM?? I never got that "This is going to be great!" feeling. And neither did DH. So I am glad it worked out.

On a side note - since I am telling our Friends and Family that we are going on a Cruise I have managed to avoid the "You are going to Disney AGAIN!!" statements. WHEW!! In reality, we are still spening 6 days at WDW!! (But don't tell them that...shhhhh!!!)

Her with her BFFs

You have a beautiful daughter!! She does look all grown up there!! I love the dress you chose!

We are doing a 7 day cruise but not until November 12, 2011. Super excited. I can't wait to hear about your experience.


On a personal note, I have lost 46 pounds total since I started my journey and I am seriously excited about it. BUT I get so angry when people compliment me. I seem to find the negative in each compliment. Someone said "you are starting to look nice now" Really? Starting? and I was so hideous before that I should have had a paper bag on my head? And today my boss (who I see maybe once a month) said the forbidden words to me "You have such a pretty face, I'm glad you decided to do something with your weight" I am sure she said some other things too but honestly I wanted to vomit on her skinny *** feet so I think I blocked the rest out.

Yeah, I would have punched her in the throat!!

You are doing a great job - forget about everyone else, this is for you!!

And I will let you know about our cruise. Funny that is it the same time of year, only a year apart!!

Amy – How exciting to be going on the cruise! And so soon too! Where do you stop? We had such a fantastic time on our two cruises. Have you been on one before? You are going to have a blast! You will get hooked! My advise, if you stop in Nassau, don't waste your time getting off the ship, stay onboard and enjoy the quiet.

funny you should say that, that is kind of what we were thinking. This trip we want to enjoy the "cruise" part of it. And it appears that the things to do in Nassau are quite pricey!! DD is the perfect age for us to just sit by the pool and enjoy the atmosphere. So as of right ow that is the plan. Thank youfor the tip

I'm down 0.6 of a pound already this week!!!

HOORAY!!!


I LOST WEIGHT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!:

Okay, I'm done now.

WOW! Great Job!! Keep it up and you will have a great weigh in on Monday!! What a great way to motivate you through the weekend!!



The last three days have bee kind of bleh for me. I have not eaten much, but I have not eaten well either. Let's jus tput it this way - Pamprin and Midol are my BFF's this week. Just do not feel like eating, healthy or otherwise.

But, next week I will be all better and raring to go!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Good morning all,

I'm posting this morning because Jim had to drop me off at work on his way (an hour earlier than normal). We're going to Charlotte's graduation tonight and didn't want to have two cars to deal with afterwards.

Amanda - thanks for the explanation. Thats what I first thought, but then I was confused about the school programs. I can see how Piper would be at the top of her class, she's getting one on one attention. But that can just be difficult for you as well. When Steven was in grade school I would work with him after school to "catch up" on the work that he couldn't finish during the day because he couldn't concentrate with all the noise in the classroom. We would be sitting there for 4-5 hours after the poor kid had been sitting in class for about the same amount of time. It was a stressfull time till we finally moved him to a private school for kids with disabilities that had really small class sizes.

Julie - don't sell yourself short, nature has something to do with it, but if it isn't nurtured then it doesn't show. Suck it up and admit you did a great job teaching those girls some fantastic manners. Oh, and congrats on the weight loss!!!

Michele - don't let one weigh in get you down. Have a light lunch and tomorrow will be better. You can do it!

Amy - I've been noodling over trying to get in shape for a half marathon. Kind of scares me to think of it actually, but the thought of actually accomplishing it would just blow my socks off. Hmmm, maybe if I work on it slowly. The thought of 13+ miles at a 16 minute mile is scary.

I'm going to try and be really good today. We won't be eating dinner till after the graduation (so not till at least 9pm). I'm going to subway to have lunch with my Ex-SIL so I'm going to have to ask them to PILE on the veggies so I can hopefully fill up and not munch my way through the afternoon.

We're supposed to be getting our internet connection at home worked on tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to get online over the weekend.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dis Name Name Total Loss
Dizneydawn Dawn -4.4
Grumpyyoungguy Dan -5.8
Stitchfan23 Heather -16.2
Stacybaeasm Stacy x
MulanUSAF Leen -19.2
gellybean Aimee -7
Leash Alicia -5
MNdisneygirl Sheree -10.5
luvsJack Sharon x
PixiePlanner Jessica -6
Shellabell Michelle -10.5
ski_mom Becky -7
eliz 991 Elizabeth -0.8
Hanutedmansionmommna Michele -7
Duchie Barb -25.5
Mom2Faith Amy -5.6
tlenzendorf Tricia -4.1
CrabbyyetLovable Amy x
albertamommyof4 Tammy -14
2 eagle mom Jane -4.4
njcarita Cary -4
zoegirl Bree -1.3
officereg Sara -16
Octoberbeauty Sherry -7.4
Scrappy_Tink Kelly x
pipersmom Amanda -8.2
stayhomemom77 Julie -10.8
adnilele Danielle x
anna114 Anna x
graciejane Grace x
pwmitch237 Patrick -2.4
mstinson14 Megan up 1
zela Zela -5.2
GaRain Lara -8

Here is the final tally after a few more posts. Let's all stay strong through this weekend and push that number through the roof on Monday!!!


-216.3 Total Loss!!!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

"Even if you're on the RIGHT TRACK, you'll get run over if you just SIT THERE!" - Will Rogers

I LOVE this!!! It's even funny!

Woo hoo - I broke the 10 lb. mark! Congrats to all!
Dawn - where do I find the new picture?

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Quick Post

Just had some of the Crustless Strawberry Pie that I think Pipersmom posted?? Sorry, I'm terrible with names online! Usually I just scroll through and notice the siggies! The pie is super good! I think I might go and get some SF or FF Redi Whip or Cool Whip though. Might up the ante just a touch!

Off to get my 10 pound reward pedicure! I didn't come up with a reward for 15 pounds... Might need to think of one for 25... I think I may have lost a few pounds this week, so I might be close to 20 pounds lost!

Also, I'm going to take some of that pie home to my family. I don't need to eat the whole thing!!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Oh friends, I am struggling so much I can hardly handle it. I have sunk back into my depression and it is making it very hard to be motivated at all. I can't sleep at night. I don't fall asleep until 4 am or later so I can't get up in the morning. I can't find any motivation to work out - I have only worked out once this week and it's Friday!!! I can't bring myself to eat right. I just can't do anything except sit and cry. It's time for a change in my life, I just don't know how to make it. I know the scale is NOT going to be friendly this week, and it shouldn't be. God knows, I've managed to do a lot of nothing this week.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Hello all! Just a quick catch-up post, I'll try to reply to everyone later.

It's a good thing I enjoyed my roll Wednesday evening, as I ended up with two spots on each of my ring fingers where the skin rubbed off. Guess I need to get some full-finger w/c gloves for when I'm rolling at higher speeds; currently all I have are half-finger gloves that wouldn't cover these spots (on the sides between the two knuckles).

My DH has me totally confused in his support for my weight loss. Wednesday he made the queso dip, and last night after dinner he had me & DD making chocolate chip cookies! But on the flip side, the last two days he's gotten to come home for lunch, and brought stuff home for me & DD. Yesterday he brought me the Orchard Chicken Salad from Subway he knew I wanted to try, and today when he went to Taco Bell he got my tacos "fresco style". Now if only I hadn't eaten half of DD's bean burrito that she didn't finish, along with a few cinnamon twists, I would have come out pretty well. Fortunate I guess that I didn't eat breakfast today, sitting at 860 calories so far.

Tracking for Thursday-
Breakfast - Banana - 109 calories
Lunch - 6" Orchard Chicken Salad on Honey Wheat bread, Wheat Thins - 590 calories
Snack - none
Dinner - Baked perch, Sauteed summer vegetables (squash, zucchini, tomato, onion), Pasta Roni Mushrooms in Cream Sauce, 2 glass of milk, 2 Chocolate chip cookies - 813 calories

Total - 1511 calories

THURSDAY JUNE 10 DONE

 

[gellybean]

On a personal note, I have lost 46 pounds total since I started my journey and I am seriously excited about it. BUT I get so angry when people compliment me. I seem to find the negative in each compliment. Someone said "you are starting to look nice now" Really? Starting? and I was so hideous before that I should have had a paper bag on my head? And today my boss (who I see maybe once a month) said the forbidden words to me "You have such a pretty face, I'm glad you decided to do something with your weight" I am sure she said some other things too but honestly I wanted to vomit on her skinny *** feet so I think I blocked the rest out.

I had a friend that lost a lot of weight and one of her co-workers gave her a congratulations card for being half the woman she used to be. My friend was not amused. I don't get how some people can be so insensitive! Or the ones that just don't get it. Really, is it that hard to put yourself in someone else's shoes for a minute to know what is gonna sound like an insult to them??

PS: Small victory for me today. I was able to avoid M&M's at work!! YAY!!

Way to go avoiding the M&Ms!!

Major headache today, but decided to at least get my heart rate up for 20-30 minutes.
Turns out I have lost 3 lbs since last week!!!

Awesome that you got your heart rate up even with a headache! That's dedication!!

Sorry to have been gone, this week has been nuts for us! Piper's had something going on each morning at school this week (M, T & W) were the last days, and then had homebound on top of that. Today I had to drive her to WVa to meet her Dad.

My hubby has family in WV! Where bouts?

Woohoo for Disney trip planning, I've determined I NEED to finish our TR, I got really off track a while back while she was sick, and have been completely procrastinating getting back on it!

I need to finish mine too. I've got one update left and it'll be finished. Need to get that done this weekend!

Busy day! Mariah's 5th grade promotion today. When did my baby get so big?

Time goes by tooooo fast!! Except when you want it to and then it won't go by fast enough.

Mariah is too cute and looks super happy to be graduating 5th grade! Is she excited about Jr. High/Middle School or nervous?

No exercise today. The air conditioner is out at the house and it is terrible. My hubby and the handyman guy are working on it right now. I hope it is easy to fix.

Hope it was easy to fix too!!

Really? That sounds like one of the back-handed compliments I'd get from my sister. I had my own little moment last week at the pool. I saw a friend there and we were chatting. She's one of those perpetually skinny people and she started complaining about being fat and needing to lose weight. I'm SO SICK of that! People who know they are skinny and just say this so you will tell them how skinny they are. I grew up with one of these (my aforementioned sister). Anyway I just wasn't in the mood so I blurted out that I had lost 40 pounds. I know I shouldn't have, but I just couldn't help it! Her response was that I just looked normal to her and she really couldn't tell.

But tonight I felt redeemed. I went to sub for a bunco group, and the girl I saw at the pool was there. I don't see these ladies often so it has been a while since we'd been together. I had at least 4 people ask how much weight I'd lost, and they all said that I looked like I had lost a bunch. It felt nice for someone to notice.

I actually forgot this bunco group serves dinner so I ate before I went. But I did have some fruit salad and a glass of wine, and skipped dessert. I'm feeling pretty good about it right now.

That chick at the pool sounds like she's got some vision issues. There's no way 40 lbs isn't noticeable!!
Glad the bunco ladies noticed!!

Aimee – I’m so glad that your son did well at the Y. Just like a little trooper! I’m so jealous of your cardio media room. Our machines have a 30 minute limit on them so I’ve never tried staying on the machines for an hour. I still have yet to watch Grey’s finale. I have it on the recorder but just haven’t had time to watch.

Let me know what you think when you get around to watching the Grey's finale!
That stinks that your gym has a 30 min limit but I guess I understand why some places have the need. An hour was a bit much. My tush was HURTING! I need to do an hour total and mix up the machines some!

I had a hard time today at work after lunch. I really kept wanting to munch. Tried to make popcorn in the microwave at work. Well of course I selected the microwave that’s turntable doesn’t turn. Just a big pillow of smoke and black little bits of charcoal….

I guess the microwave decided to help you out with the munching desire.

Noah turned two today and he got to spend some time with his cousins.
:bday

WW is not going so well though! I haven't tracked in 3 days cause it's just so hard not being at home with my scales and being in control of what's served, etc.

It is a lot harder to track when you are away from your tools and aren't in control of the cooking!! I feel your pain!

uh, oh....scale this am is not pretty. Which makes me do what? Eat a huge bowl of cereal instead of my little teeny one. I'm so bad. Like, fine! You say I'm heavier today?! I'll show you heavy! And then I'm overeating and feeling bad.

SOOOOOOOOOOO I am getting on here at 8 am to say I'm not going to overeat all day. I'm getting back on track right NOW!

Apparently I'm the opposite. If I have a loss in the morning I eat more that day. When I have a gain I panic and really watch it that day. Which is stupid because I should be really watching it on the days I'm down too to get down farther!!

Way to get on here and post to get yourself back on track!

Have a great weekend ladies and gents!! I know I will because....

I LOST WEIGHT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!:

Okay, I'm done now.

Congrats!! That's great!! Are you on facebook Julie?? I don't remember if you were already a member of Skinny Island when we set up each other on facebook. If you are and want to friend up, pm ur name or email.

We're supposed to be getting our internet connection at home worked on tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to get online over the weekend.

for getting your internet working at home so you can be on over the weekend!!

Oh friends, I am struggling so much I can hardly handle it. I have sunk back into my depression and it is making it very hard to be motivated at all. I can't sleep at night. I don't fall asleep until 4 am or later so I can't get up in the morning. I can't find any motivation to work out - I have only worked out once this week and it's Friday!!! I can't bring myself to eat right. I just can't do anything except sit and cry. It's time for a change in my life, I just don't know how to make it. I know the scale is NOT going to be friendly this week, and it shouldn't be. God knows, I've managed to do a lot of nothing this week.

I know how hard it is. I was in tears last night talking to hubby. Will explain later in my personal update. But I know how hard it is and how easy it is to get down and to quit trying. I know I know !!

All you have to do is make a U Turn. One day at a time. One baby step at a time. You can do this!! It's not just about the destination but the journey!

My DH has me totally confused in his support for my weight loss. Wednesday he made the queso dip, and last night after dinner he had me & DD making chocolate chip cookies! But on the flip side, the last two days he's gotten to come home for lunch, and brought stuff home for me & DD. Yesterday he brought me the Orchard Chicken Salad from Subway he knew I wanted to try, and today when he went to Taco Bell he got my tacos "fresco style".

Totally know what you mean. Hubby sends me mixed messages too. I try to celebrate the way he helps me and try to circumvent the ways he gets me off track. Sometimes I'm more successful than others!


Personal update:

Ok so yesterday started out really well and then went downhill quickly. Around 8pm. Seems to be my witching hour I guess because I started munching on everything I could find. I can't even finish tracking yesterday because I have no clue what I ate.

It was horrible.

And totally emotionally and hormonally driven.

DH and I had a long talk and I basically blabbered and bawled all over the place for about an hour. I guess I'm finally starting to uncover some of those demons I claimed I didn't know what were. In my first post on Skinny Island I said I didn't know what my issues were that caused me to become so overweight. I knew I liked food a lot and wasn't very active. I knew there were some things in my past that were less than stellar but not tragic. I knew I had some self worth issues.
Well, I guess last night I put a b and c together and saw the big picture of WTH???

It's a lot to process and a lot of it is pretty personal, things I'm not comfortable putting on here. Not for lack of trust in any of y'all. Just the format.

So I'm starting the process of processing. And there may be more I haven't put together that's still to come.

I may not have a great weigh in Monday. But emotionally this week will be a huge victory for me.

Hubby really really really wants to do Weight Watchers again. And I'm butting my head against the brick wall because I feel like a fickle pickle with all my diets I'm "gonna do".

We're still discussing. If we do WW again, I will continue with bodybugg at least for seeing what activities burn what.

I'm still puttering around the house today, working on cleaning out the office. Shredded a bunch of papers from old statements I've kept. It's kinda cathartic! Maybe I should shred a pound of paper for every pound I lose!!

Took DS2 to the ENT today. He's speech delayed by about 3 - 6 mths. Every other milestone is normal so they aren't worried about any underlying causes, just slow to talk. We took him to the ENT 2 mths ago and he had some negative pressure on his ears, fluid on his ear drums, and his hearing test wasn't in the normal range. The doctor explained it as the way we hear on an airplane when our ears are all plugged up. That's how DS2 was hearing things because of all the fluid and pressure.

So we tried two months of nasal sprary and allergy meds, daily, and then we had to re-assess to see if that was working or if he'd need his adenoids removed and possibly tubes put in.

He had his re-test today and everything was in the normal range!!!!! No surgery for him!

We're gonna continue the meds and then look into speech therapy in the fall if he hasn't caught up by then. I've definitely noticed an improvement in the # of words in his vocabulary since we started the meds. And he's starting to put 2 and 3 words together. So lots of progress!! So happy he won't need the surgery!!!!


Today's tracking has been weird because we're totally off schedule with his early morning appointment. The good news is I resisted going through a drive thru while we were out and about earlier!

Breakfast -
2 pb and cheese crackers

Snack - 2 crackers with 2 small pieces of cheese and 2 bites of deli turkey (stole off DS2's plate)

I nuked and tried two different Healthy Choice/Smart Ones and threw them both away after 1 bite each. NASTY! Most of the ones I've tried I liked but these two were gross.

How the heck do you track that?!



Be back tonight! Have a great weekend everyone!!

 

[mstinson14]

Thanks so much for the suggestions a few days back. I am going to use those tonight when the family goes out out to their anual friday night dinner!!

 

[mstinson14]

This thread has made me motivated once again. Tonight I am off to the gym after we eat supper!! It's a start right?

 

[stayhomemom77]

Aimee:

Well, I don't know how to feel about your emotional discovery. I guess I'm glad that you're starting to connect with the WHY of it but I hate that it's a painful process right now. to you while you process.

I wouldn't feel bad about going back and forth on which diet to pick. It's a harrowing experience and there's a lot to consider. Personally, I love WW but I'd be even more inclined to do it if I knew hubby was going to do it with me. Just something to consider.

In the end though, you need to do what works for you. So my advice is to just pick one and then commit to it!! Tell yourself that you are doing that plan for X amount of months and then you can reassess at the end of that time and see what the next step should be. Stay with it, switch it up...whatever. But during those X months, focus solely on that particular plan and ignore the rest. Otherwise you just drive yourself crazy. It's the whole "grass is always greener" conundrum.

You know all this, you give others on this board all kinds of great advice, now give some to yourself.

I know that I didn't find success until I acknowledged that this was going to be a long process for getting to my goal weight and that once there I'd have to implement life long eating and exercising changes to prevent it from getting put right back on again. We love you, we're here for you and we aren't going anywhere.

Hooray for no surgery!!

Hooray for not going through the drive thru!!

Have a great weekend!!