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

[gellybean]

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.

Thanks Julie. It's something we all go through in this journey, in one form or another. I've been dealing with the fallout for years, just didn't realize the full magnitude of the issues in their entirety until last night.

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.

Kinda the way I'm leaning too. His support is important and likewise my support of him should be important. It's not like he's leading me to the darkside of anything.

(funny side note-my ring tone for my ex husband is Darth Vadar's theme song. Ba ba baaaaa ba ba bum ba ba bum. )



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.


Good advice. And I agree. I am not quiting the Body Bugg, not that I ever intended to, just clarifying. I will do it for the entire 6 months I have a free subscription for their software. I am only using it for the calorie burns as of right now. But I am tracking cals so I know what my deficits/surpluses are. I'm just not tracking my cals in the Body Bugg program. If we start WW, I will continue to track cals, afterall it's all kinda the same thing. WW just puts it into a formula of cals/fat/fiber.

When my free subscription is up, in about 5 mths, I'll assess then if there's a need for me to pay for Bugg software to check my burns as well as WW online.


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

Awww... thanks. Sometimes it's easier to look at other's problems and offer advice than it is to see our own problems and hear our own voice of advice.

Tracking update:
Breakfast - 2 cheese pb crackers 65 cals (reposting it to show cals)

Lunch - Went back and made more of those little cracker/cheese/turkey bites.
I'm loving these little cornbread mini crackers I can get at HEB. 16 crackers are 110 cals, 3 g fat, and only 19 carbs. I had 10 crackers total including the 2 I stole off of DS2.
2 slices of Turkey
1 slice muenster cheese

215 cals

Afternoon snack-
1 cup Dryer Peanut Butter Cup ice cream 260 cals

It was yummy and filling and I ate slowly and savored every bite. And the fat in it tied me over til dinner, which I'm about to eat at 10pm!


Dinner -DH brought home food from work. Lean proteins and a baked potato and veggies.

Added a WW candy bar ice cream thing and 1 kelloggs fiber plus dark chocolate almond bar

Finished the day at 1555 cals

Friday, June 11 DONE

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Kind of a busy day and I didn't write any food down, so here's what I remember:
B: English muffin w/peanut butter
coffee/creamer/sugar
L: greek yogurt and strawberries, string cheese
S: 3 hershey's mini special darks
1/2 yellow pepper
cashews
about 8 or 10 grapes
Some of the Snack was supposed to be my lunch, but didn't get to eat it until later due to work.
D: 1 1/2 cups ceasar salad (lite dressing)
2 pieces pizza with chicken, bacon, artichoke and spinach from Papa Murphy's (regular crust)
1 rocky road brownie (OY!)
2 glasses red wine
I had company for dinner tonight. I really don't want to know the calories. On the other hand, I did eat a lot of veggies and fruit.

Veggies done.
June 11 done.

Stacy - I'm so sorry you're struggling. I hope you find what you need to make a change. We are here for you.

Aimee - hang in there! I hope your emotional breakthrough helps you along the journey, but I'm sorry that it has to be so hard. I hope that whichever way you go whether WW or something else, you and your DH can work together and make it work for you!

Lizzy - way to go on the rolling! But definitely protect your hands!!

I'm tired. Just want to sit and watch a movie, but not much on and now it's too late to start something. Big weekend of dance recitals for the girls, so I'll have to bring some healthy snacks along.
Have a good weekend all!!

 

[Zela]

Please excuse me while I rant, briefly:

Okay, we got the a/c fixed, but then Suzy got sick. A couple of days ago she vomited 7 times. Yesterday she started drooling and had diarrhea and then vomited three more times. We thought about going to the emergency vet, but it would have been too expensive. We decided to wait until morning and check on her periodically through the night. I called in to work and left a voicemail for my boss that I would be using my paid time off for today (per her instructions when she hired me). Best we could tell from talking to others, she had eaten a poisonous mushroom. I am one of those people that loves their dogs like they are human children.

This morning, we were going to take her to the vet right at 8 o'clock. My boss called me and told me she "really" needed me to come and do the census at the hospital and to run(23 mile round trip) some orders to a dr to sign because there was no one else to do it..................She did the census before me and she could have easily done it in about 20 minutes so it frustrated me(turns out she did end up doing it later on that day)..............and the running with the paper work is not even supposed to be my job. When I got hired on, I was only supposed to be a secretary. They wanted me to do the running just until they could hire somebody else to do it, but that has been 3 and a half months now. But I digress. Anyway, every other day this week I met the dr at 845 at his hospital to sign orders. I figured I could drop Suzy and Michael(my hubby) off at the vet at 8; run to the hospital and get the dr to sign the orders; return the orders to work, pick them up from the vet and then take my husband to work by 930. I hurried on to work and started to engage in this plan......I got the orders and was on my way to the hospital when I called the dr to let him know.....he said he was going to be an hour late to work and that he wouldn't be at the hospital until at least 930. So I called my boss and just told her that it wasn't going to work because I couldn't wait that long. She told me to bring the orders back and "we would talk on Monday". What does that even mean? Hello! I was using my paid time off that I earned. I think she may have been irritated because I told her that I took off to take care of my dog. I have worked for the same company for almost 5 years now and I have only been asked to come in on a day that I called in twice. Both times I was staying out to take care of the dog and bring her to the vet. Some people just don't get it when you care about your pets.

The good news is, they gave Suzy some medicine and some shots and she is eating and keeping it down. I am so irritated about this situation it makes me want to quit my job and go work as a waitress somewhere.

My eating was a little off today:

Breakfast :
None
Lunch:
None
Lupper:
3 scrambled eggs with cheese
Snack:
4 squirts of redi whip right into the mouth:
Supper:
A nice little salad from Publix that contained about:
2c lettuce
5-6 grape tomatoes
2 tblsp hidden valley ranch
Snack:
2 tblsp cheese whiz

June 11th Done

Veggies Done

I almost didn't get my veggies today. I went grocery shopping at Publix and saw their salads. They were reasonably priced and looked really fresh so I got one. It was good.

Also, yesterday I didn't eat anything for supper. Me and my hubby just had some homemade pina coladas(so good). They were not low carb at all.

 

[mstinson14]

Breakfast
2 ham and cheese sandwiches I KNOW IT'S BADD
Lunch
2 weight watchers fettucini alfredo tv dinners ONCE AGAINN BADD
Supper (this is when it gets good)
grilled chicken
baked potato
house salad



exercise:1 hour at the gym

Megan

 

[tiresmokindad]

Nice photo in Disney. Specially in the Skinny Island. I really love to go to that place.

 

[pwmitch237]

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

Glad you like it!

Food Journal Time:

Breakfast: Cheerios & Yogurt (240)
Lunch: Sandwich, Baked Doritos (1 Serving), & Snapple (485)
Dinner: Sandwich, Lean Cuisine Pizza, and Snapple (705)
Snacks: NONE
Exercise: Some dancing..... I like to crank up the music...

June 11 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"One should EAT TO LIVE, not live to eat." - Molière

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

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.

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

the "Process of processing" I like that. This really is a journey, isn't it!!


You know, I watch Biggest Loser or weight loss shows that take 1 hour on TV and everyone's losing tons of weight and feeling amazing and confident. I stand by that it's taken me 25 years to get in this position, and I need to stop flogging myself for not turning it all around in a month or 2. I do need a replacement behavior for eating though...need to work on that a little more...


XL bowl of cereal/skim
6 point ww lunch
2 servings of ritz crackers (did anyone ever notice the word "crack" is in cracker? I wonder if that's why they're so addicting) and 1 slice swiss cheese and 1 spoon peanut butter
salad, 1 serving light sausage
1 35 cal fudge bar
June 11 done

 

[njcarita]

Morning all...
we'll I have to eating ocassions this weekend.... Bunco and a Graduation party..

Last night was BUnco.... and I am amazed at my self control.... sat as far away from the food as possible.... and75% of what I ate was fruit and veggies.... and tasted just a little junk....

I am hoping to focus on "conversation" at the graduation party.... really getting to know and talk to people I don't know as well and catching up with my good friends ... and not shoving food down my throat.... I offered to bring a veggie platter .. so I know there will be something healthy that I can run to if need be...

tracking for yesterday 6/11/10

exercise: went on 2 walks( morning , afternoon and evening) for a total of 2 miles


Breakfast
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T fat free half and half
1/2 serving of oatmeal 1/2t fat free half and half and 1t brown sugar
bottle of water

snack
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T fat free half and half

lunch
greek salad ( diced cucumbers ,diced tomatoes and low fat greek yogart) and sprinkling of feta wrapped in a flour tortilla
Bottle of water

snack
Mango Italian Ice ( fat free and 100 calories)

Dinner
Corn Soup with avacado wedges
greek salad ( diced cucumbers ,diced tomatoes and low fat great yogart) and sprinkling of feta

BUnco snacking as close as I can remeber..
raspberrys,strawberries and blueberries
2 diet cokes
3 wheat thins with dip
1 snicker doodle cookie
1/4 chocolate peanut bar
1 oz cheddar cheese
plain carrots
1 triscuit with a cheezy thing on it??
small sliver of a stromboli ( wow) really good

 

[Zela]

I took ya'lls advice and joined sparkpeople. Here is today's tracking:

Breakfast:
1 small pork chop(3oz or so)
1 egg
1/2 apple

Lunch:
8oz almond breeze unsweetened chocolate milk
several cups of sweet tea (sweetened with splenda only)
1/2 apple
1 Tblsp Cheese Whiz


Supper:
3 Baked ribs with splenda brown sugar blend rub
1 Tblsp BBQ sauce for dipping
2 c lettuce
3 olives
2 Tblsp Blue Cheese Dressing



My Totals are as follows:

Calories: 977 out of 1200-1550
Carbs: 39 out of 30-50 (spark people recommended I have 100+ carbs but since I am doing the low carb thing I adjusted it and am going to work my way back up)
Fat: 62 out of 27-60
Protein: 64 out of 60-136

June 12th Done

Veggies Done

I went a little over on my fat and was under on my calories. I reckon this means I need to eat more lean meats so I have more calories and less fat. I know your body will slow down the metabolism if it doesn't get enough calories.....so how much under the allotted amount can I be and still be safe from going into starvation mode? Also, If I know that I am going to eat a big meal tomorrow is it okay to bank those extra calories for tomorrow's use?

 

[gellybean]

Aimee - hang in there! I hope your emotional breakthrough helps you along the journey, but I'm sorry that it has to be so hard. I hope that whichever way you go whether WW or something else, you and your DH can work together and make it work for you!

Sheree! Thanks!


I'm tired. Just want to sit and watch a movie, but not much on and now it's too late to start something. Big weekend of dance recitals for the girls, so I'll have to bring some healthy snacks along.
Have a good weekend all!!

Know how you feel. Sometimes I have to stay up later than everyone else to just get some time to veg.

Let us know how your healthy snack plan worked out!

Please excuse me while I rant, briefly:

I'd rant too.

Your totally right about how some people don't get the love for a pet. Though I've known some bosses that wouldn't care if it was a human kid either.

Let us know how the talk goes on Monday.

the "Process of processing" I like that. This really is a journey, isn't it!!

Thanks!
I don't think I've ever realized as fully the meaning of JOURNEY as I did the other night.

You know, I watch Biggest Loser or weight loss shows that take 1 hour on TV and everyone's losing tons of weight and feeling amazing and confident. I stand by that it's taken me 25 years to get in this position, and I need to stop flogging myself for not turning it all around in a month or 2. I do need a replacement behavior for eating though...need to work on that a little more...

Exactly. I had to really work through not feeling guilty and throwing my hands up and quitting at every little slip up. Yes I've spun my wheels and haven't really lost anything in the last month. But I haven't gained anything either. And this is a PROCESS!

I need to do the same things... replacement behaviour! I've done some but there is more that needs to be worked on.

Last night was BUnco.... and I am amazed at my self control.... sat as far away from the food as possible.... and75% of what I ate was fruit and veggies.... and tasted just a little junk....

I took ya'lls advice and joined sparkpeople.

How do you like it??


I went a little over on my fat and was under on my calories. I reckon this means I need to eat more lean meats so I have more calories and less fat. I know your body will slow down the metabolism if it doesn't get enough calories.....so how much under the allotted amount can I be and still be safe from going into starvation mode? Also, If I know that I am going to eat a big meal tomorrow is it okay to bank those extra calories for tomorrow's use?

You're gonna hear a lot of diffrent theories on this. Some diets say you have to space out your calories throughout the day others say it's simply calories in v. calories out period and it doesn't matter when you eat what.

As far as banking cals for the day to the next day, WW won't let you bank points. You're supposed to eat all your points that day and can't carry them over. BUT WW gives you 35 flex points to eat throughout the week.

Body Bugg, the program I've been doing and the thing that Biggest Losers wear on their arms, says it's math pure and simple. You need to burn 3500 more cals than you consume to lose a lb. If your goal is to lose 2 lbs a week, you need to deficit a total of 7000 cals a week to achieve that goal. So the goal is to eat less and exercise more to obtain a total of 1000 cal per day difference in what you burn and what you consume. BUT there are more ways to hit 7000 cals in a week than 1000 a day.

Body Bugg says if you only have a 500 deficit one day and a 1500 cal deficit another day, etc, as long as you hit your total deficit of 7000 cals a week, you'll lose the 2 lbs.



Bottom line is try hit a balance and observe what your body does when you do it different ways. What works for you may not work for me, and vice versa.

There are even articles out there that say the starvation mode thing is a bunch of bologna. Like Julie said, if we listen to ever diet, we'll drive ourselves mad with the whole grass is always greener thing.

Try to eat as close to your calorie goal as you can for a while. And then if you don't like the weight your loseing, then experiment and see what your body does with less cals. Or more cals one day and less another.

Don't forget that you can always increase your deficit by burning cals through exercise as well as eating less. Exercise more, you can eat more or eat the same and lose faster. Etc. That's how Biggest Losers do it. They said this past season that the highest cals allowed was 1800 cals a day, most were at 1200 and 1400. And they work out so much they're hitting 4-5k cals a day burned at least.

There are a ton of calculators out there to figure out how many cals you burn a day based on your weight, age, gender, and activity level. Always figure these at a sedentary level first and then add in your activity. This will give you an idea of what you can eat and still lose.


GEESH didn't mean for that to turn into a novel! SORRY!

HTH!



Personal update:

Just finished my TR! The link is in my sig. Glad it's over, excited to work on my PTR. But it does make me go WOW we've been back 5 mths already?! This thread has been going for 4+ mths. WTG skinny islanders!!


Tracking for today:

Breakfast- 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 tbsp butter, 2 slices bacon, 1 mini croissant 380 cals (did not eat the bacon off DS2's plate he didn't finish! )

Lunch - 1/5 of a DiGiorno Thin Crust Cheese Pizza and 8 ozs orange soda
460 cals (Cut 9 pieces, I ate 2 smaller ones, gave DS2 and put the rest in the fridge for tonight)

Dinner - 1 cup of Italian Blend Salad, 1 cup cauliflower, 1/2 cup baby carrots, 1/4 reduced fat shredded cheese, 4 slices Butterball Honey Roasted turkey chopped up, 1/4 ranch dressing, 16 mini cornbread crackers, 1 Yoplait Delights Lemon parfait

I finished the day at 1330 cals

Saturday, June 12 DONE


Sidenote:

Anybody a True Blood fan?? I'm getting excited for the season premiere tomorrow!! Anyone read the books?


Anyway.

Gonna go putter s'more. DS7 will be home tomorrow. Summer will be in full swing with YMCA (good thing for me too) trips to take him swimming and reading with him daily and working on cleaning out his room, boxing up clothes that don't fit, starting to shop around for good deals for back to school clothes. OY VEY!


Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Woo Hoo our internet is working!!! They replaced the connections and a splitter. Now hopefully we won't get bumpted off the internet nightly.

Sheree and Amy – Congratulations!!!! Way to go!!!

Stacy – I’m so sorry you are having a hard time. Have you been to see the doctor for a physical, maybe there is a reason that you aren’t sleeping. If it is just stress and depression, then maybe your doctor can suggest some temporary sleep medication, if you can get a couple of good nights sleep it might be just the thing to get you feeling better and back to eating well and working out. Don’t give up. If you can’t handle the thought of weighing in this week, skip it. Just don’t give up all together. Even if you don’t exercise, but you are careful about your food you will be further along than you would be if you throw in the towel. When ever I get to the point of just tossing it all in I think about how much I don’t want to go backwards. Holding steady is fine for times like that.

Aimee – I hope to get to GA this weekend. We finally don’t have any plans (other than normal weekend stuff – laundry, shopping, cleaning) so I’m hoping to blow through some shows on the DVR.

I’m glad you’ve been able to discover some of your demons. Scary, but it can only help you on your path. I think its great that you were able to talk things through with your hubby and if he wants to do WW that is fantastic. It will be much easier if you are both on the same program and can support each other as well. I think keeping the bodybugg to know exactly how many calories you are burning will be a great help. Tracking the tossed meals would be hard. I’d say guestimate how many ounces you may have eaten and then divide the total calories. Or heck just assume that if the total dish had 300 calories you probably ate 1/10th of the dish. Most of those meals can’t have more than 10 bites in it. I’ll bet if you talk to your WW leader they could give you an estimate of how many calories are in the range of your points. Just to give you an idea. OR not to make things complicated but you could keep tracking your calories in, in addition to tracking your WW points. I mean you use the calories to figure out the points anyway so you could have a better idea of your deficit. On second thought that just might be too much trouble.

That was fantastic news about your son’s hearing tests. I know how scary it is to worry about being lower on the progress scale. After meds and time and now everything being back in the range is just fantastic!!!

Megan – it’s great that you were motivated to go to the gym after going out to eat. One day at a time.

Sheree – I hope the dance recitals went well. I have a friend that is still tapping (she’s in her 40s) she started when she was 4 and we still go and watch her shows. The little kids are the cutest to watch.

Zela – I’m so sorry you had such a bad day at work and have a difficult boss. I don’t quiet understand why it is difficult for managers to understand that stuff happens at the last minute and you will need to take off time without notice. You even tried to accomplish some of the things on her to do list. I mean would she have asked you to come in if you had called in sick yourself, if your car had broken down, if your plumbing had backed up? I do it myself (explain why you can’t come in) but really do you need to? “I’m sorry there is an emergency at home and I will be taking one of my PTO days” is really all you should need to say. I wonder if they can legally ask why you are taking the day off? I’d try to think of a back-up plan of how else they could have gotten all the critical items done while you were out (a contingency plan if you will) and when she wants to talk on Monday tell her you were thinking about it and this is how you recommend dealing with emergencies and how you will be covered, because everyone should have an emergency plan already in place for just such instances. A little pre-emptive strike on her going off on how things need to be done on time.

BTW, I’m so happy Suzie is feeling better. I have both kids and animals and I would have done exactly the same thing you did in taking the day to take her to the vet.

Welcome to the SparkPeople group. I really like it. I don’t know how many calories under your goal will put you in starvation mode, but I’m pretty sure you can’t “bank” calories to use on another day. WW used to do that but my personal opinion on why they stopped that is because too many people were “banking” all their points and then blowing it out on one or two days (weekend). Your body needs a certain number of calories each day to sustain itself. I’d try and hit the low end of the calorie range on most days. Of course I’m just giving my opinion, I have no idea about any of this, just trying to plug along myself but it does sound reasonable right?


Yesterday turned out pretty good food wise. I really stretched out my lunch since I knew we were going to be eating late. We also stopped at Jamba Juice on the way to the graduation and I got a Strawberry Nirvana (16oz only 170 calories). Then for dinner (at 10pm) only a couple of bites of "fatty foods"

Breakfast - Raisin Bran w/ff milk
Lunch - Subway 6" turkey sandwich w/BBQ baked lays
Snack - Jamba Juice
Dinner - hamburger, one spoon of potato salad, one spoon of baked beans 1x2" piece of cake with chocolate pudding frosting.

June 11 DONE Veggies NOT done (only about 1 cup total)

Today after the cable guy left we decided to take the dog for a walk before it got too hot. We have a map with all the trails listed on them and we figured we'd go for about a 4 mile total walk. We'll we missed the turn around spot and after I just mapped the trail on SparkPeople we discovered we had walked a total of 6.45 miles We even stopped at a McD's for lunch. I got a hamburger and apple dippers (but didn't eat the dip). Lilly (the dog) was really tired and has been napping pretty much since we got home. The best part is I haven't cruised the kitchen at all this afternoon.


Jim wants to go to the Chinese buffet for dinner tonight. It's going to be tough to track if we end up going.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Aimee - we were both working on our posts at the same time. I don't see your TR link in your signature, can you post it here?

Probably some sort of user error on this end.

 

[gellybean]

Aimee - we were both working on our posts at the same time. I don't see your TR link in your signature, can you post it here?

Probably some sort of user error on this end.

No worries!! Here it is: Gellybean's TR

Thank you for your kind words in your first post!! I agree about WW being a good thing since I'd have more of DH's support and I actually think I will double track as long as I've still got the Body Bugg subscription!

I'm really relieved about DS2's hearing test too. He still has a ways to go to catch up speech wise but we aren't worried about any other underlying causes or medical reasons for his speech delay anymore. The only thing that may be a contributing factor that we haven't looked into is his facial muscles in his cheeks. He's a food stuffer and I've been told that can be a sign that he has less muscle control in his cheeks than 'normal'. Who knows. It's like dieting. Everyone you ask you get a different answer. The solution for that problem though is blowing bubbles and sucking on a straw etc, so things we are already working on.

Glad you have your comp back up and running !!! When you get around to GA, let me know what you think!!

 

[mstinson14]

Today

Breakfast
PB sandwich
Lunch
2 pieces cheese pizza
Supper
Went to Ryans(buffet)

 

[Zela]

Thanks for the encouragement Gellybean and 2 Eagle Mom. What are your names by the way?

In regards to tracking, my husband and I made a trip to lowes this evening and he offered to get me a treat. We went to Fresh Market and I got the no sugar added cheesecake. It was only 2.49 so I decided to give it a try. It was surprisingly really good. I asked for the nutrition facts and he was able to show me a folder with the information in it. It had 340 calories....or somewhere around there.....27 grams of fat, and only 3 carbs. I had the calories available for it. I know it put me over my fat limit for today but I think it was a good option for those watching carbs.

 

[pipersmom]

Stacy- I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. I agree with Jane, you should see your Dr and find out what help he/she could offer if you haven't done that yet. There's no reason for you to have to suffer if you don't have to.

Aimee- I'm so glad you have your hub for support. Hopefully now that you know what the underlying issues are, you can work on resolving them..you'll feel soooo much better! So glad to hear your son's hearing issues resolved themselves. :hooray:

Zela- Ai yi yi! I'll be thinking about you Monday! Bosses like that drive me craaaazy. I hope you'll like SparkPeople, I loooove it! I try to hit the bottom of my range some days, and higher on others..I don't know how true it is, but have heard people say yo-yo'ing where you hit in range can help get the weight off more- I would assume because your body doesn't get used to it?

Jane- I'm going to have to look up the mapping thing on SparkPeople- I didn't realize they had that!

My day was okay, pretty quiet. Mom & I made a trip to Kroger in the next town over, where I was able to find more yummy stuff! Fat free feta w/ tomato and basil and Pringles Light. She's really been supportive thus far..I arrived to her house to find she'd modified one of our fave recipes to be lower fat/calorie. She had also planned dinner that I could eat. What I could not find at Kroger was canned pumpkin..I cannot find it anywhere!! If I can find a regular FF cheesecake recipe, I'll let you guys know, but the pumpkin cheesecake is on hold.

Now to vent for a moment..lol. I spoke with Piper on the phone tonight since today was her actual birthday. For her birthday she got a laptop computer and a cell phone. Call me old fashioned, but I don't think a 9 yr old needs a cell phone, her Dad and I had talked about it before and said when she was 12 or so it was something we'd think about. As for the laptop, well..we could have used the $400 when we were doing back to school shopping..or buying new clothes (we're frequent fliers at Goodwill and yard sales)..or shoes. I admit, I'm somewhat ticked that we struggle & budget out the butt so I can stay home with her, and then he spends that kind of money on something superfluous. Okay, vent done. She'll love having the laptop when she's in the hospital, and she was over the moon excited, so I guess that's what counts.

Tracking-
Friday-
Breakfast- Jimmy Dean D'Lites turkey sausage, egg & cheese muffin.
Lunch- 2 McD's Grilled Chicken Ranch Wrap- no ranch, no cheese...lol.
Dinner- Salad w/ reduced fat 3 Cheese Ranch, saltines, FF yogurt.
Snacks- FF Cheesecake pudding w/ blueberries, WW Giant Latte ice cream bar... the ice cream bars will not be bought again..they're okay, but nowhere near great..the choccy cookie ones are MUCH better!

Cals- 1094 (1230-1580)

Friday June 11- Done!









Saturday-
Breakfast- Blueberry Cream Cheese pound cake (only 9 grams of fat!)
Lunch- Light String Cheese
Dinner- Garlic marinated kabob w/ sirloin tip, mushrooms, and green peppers; pineapple, tossed salad w/ FF Ranch & FF feta, sourdough bread.
Snacks- FF Pringles, another slice of pound cake, rice krispies w/ skim and strawberries.

Calories- 1266 (1230-1580)

Saturday June 12- Done!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Aimee - thanks for the link. I'm going to jump over and read tonight!

Zela – My name is Jane. I have to use a cheat sheet that I open up on my computer whenever I’m on the boards to remember everyone’s name. I even copied the pictures that people posted so I could picture exactly who I’m “talking” to. It is making it much easier for me and actually remember some peoples names.

Amanda – The map tracker feature is really cool. I’ve had a little bit of trouble with using the saved routes (it doesn’t automatically add them into the tracker page). But I just manually log the time/mileage. I love how it tracks your weekly totals and yearly total. So far this year I’ve tracked 41 miles.

Men can be so clueless at times. From what I understand about Ex’s and fathers that don’t live with their kids they give them items that are over the top so they can get all the accolades. At least they are items that she can use (is he going to pay for the cell phone or will that be left to you?).

Where did you get Blueberry Cream Cheese pound cake? That sounds so yummy!!

Food log:
Breakfast – Cheerios w/1% milk
Lunch – McD hamburger with apple slices
Dinner - We did end up going to the Chinese buffet place for dinner. I started out with a plateful of salad with only a little dressing then ate ½ cup chow mein, 1 pot sticker, 2 sui mai, 1 fried won ton, about 3oz of meat (chicken/beef/pork) then ½ cup frozen yogurt with 1 Tbls chocolate syrup. Not even going to try and track that on SP.

June 12 DONE – Veggies DONE (salad

 

[pipersmom]

Hey Jane! He bought a trackfone and says he'll buy the minutes, I'm not holding my breath, so we'll see..lol. The pound cake is a recipe my mom clipped from a Parade years ago, and she modified it for me. It calls for fresh blueberries, but I don't know why you couldn't use frozen. Also, she used regular eggs, which is where a lot of the fat comes from..next time I make it I'm going to use eggbeaters, I think. I had to enter it into SparkPeople, so I've just copied it from there...

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients
1 (8 oz ) Fat Free Cream Cheese
1/2 c. Vegetable oil
1 Pkg Pillsbury Yellow Butter Cake Mix
1 Pkg Jello Fat Free Sugar Free Vanilla Instant Pudding
4 Whole eggs
2 tsp Vanilla
2 c. fresh blueberries


Nutritional Info
Fat: 9.2g
Carbohydrates: 6.7g
Calories:123.2
Protein: 3.8g

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly spray 9 in tube or bundt pan with nonstick spray and lightly coat with flour.

2. Combine cream cheese and oil in medium bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until blended. Fold in berries. Spoon into prepared pan. (Batter will be thick.)

3. Bake 60 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake on rack for 30 min. Remove from pan and cool completely.

Serves 16.

It is sooooo yummy. The crust will be crunchy when it first comes out, but she made it this morning, and by the time I had my 2nd piece tonight, it was much softer, more like it should be.

 

[Zela]

OOOOOOooooo.....I am also in for trying the Blueberry Cream Cheese Poundcake. It sounds awesome!

Thanks for the tip about the names Jane!

 

[pwmitch237]

Wow... I feel like I have no clue what's going on...... Will try to catch up later. I hate being out-of-the-loop.

Anyway: Food Journal (Question: Do you actually write it down throughout the day, or just remember it here?)

Breakfast: Cheerios & Yogurt (240)
Lunch: Sandwich, Baked Doritos & Snapple (485)
Snack: Baked Doritos (120)
Dinner: 2 Crabcakes, Shrimp Alfredo, & A piece of Cheesecake. (1055)

Exercise: The Biggest Loser: Last Chance Workout (Twice.....must work off cheesecake)......

Totals: 1900 Calories, 90.15g of Fat crazy2, 79g of Sugar, 194.44g of Carbs crazy2, Protien: 80.13g

June 12 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"Instead of giving myself reasons why 'I can't' I give myself reasons why I CAN." - Anonymous