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

[gellybean]

Today's gonna be a challenge. All I can think of is going to get Golden Chick. You know the kinda place where you get back with all YELLOW foods. Fried okra, fried corn nuggets, fried chicken strips, mac n cheese, institutionalized gravy and sweet sweet tea!

*DROOL*



*Falls over having a heart attack*


I mean that's what's gonna happen if I keep eating that way right?

But today is the first day I'm 'jonesing' for bad for me foods. I wish I could figure out why somedays I want bad foods and want to 'cheat' and other days it's easy to stay on track!



I'm gonna have to dig down and find whatever will power I have left! Thankfully the fridge is stocked with all kinds of other healthy choices. And if it wasn't, you can nearly guarantee I'd be calling for Golden Chick delivery. So there's another lesson learned on this journey. Keep my fridge stocked with options to avoid the easy cop out of oh I don't have any food and I don't wanna drag the boys to the store so I'll just order Golden Chick or pizza or chinese delivery!

Yesterday I did well until my DH brought home chocolate eclairs from our local grocery store. Along with flowers... He tried. He said he figured the eclairs were better than a whole bag/box of chocolates and he was right. We've looked up the calories/fat/fiber on eclairs and they are like 4 pts a piece. Much better than 20 pts for a whole box of chocolates!

So I had 2 eclairs last night. 10 pts into my flex. I have maybe 10 flex pts left for the week and my week begins again tomorrow so I should make it without going over flex pts. I wish I didn't feel guilty for using flex points when that's what they are there for!

I'll be glad when I start working out on Tuesday, no matter how much I dread it. I know when I get started and get done with the first work out, I'll feel so much better about myself and have so much more energy and feel like I'm really taking a step in this weight loss process! Weight watchers is a great diet and I know it's the most realistic for real life loss and maintenance and not the quick fix that goes away as soon as you look at a bad for you food item again, BUT I guess I feel like if I'm not eating rice cakes and veggies with no oil and bland tasteless food I'm not really dieting. To me deprivation and starvation = dieting. I mean I know that's not true, somewhere in my brain, but I feel like that sometimes. That if I'm enjoying my food I must not be losing weight!


On a more cheeful note,

Happy Valentine's Everyone!!!!


I'm looking forward to our weigh in tomorrow to see how we all did!!!!

 

[TB'sWidow]

If you are not tracking calories, are there just certain foods you are trying to avoid? Or do you look at the calories eaten at a meal?--I know I once just tried to make sure each meal was under 350 calories and each snack under 100. If I went out to eat, it always had to be somewhere I knew I had options and I picked what was the lowest cal/fat count.

I am trying to stick to ww meals,lean cusines, 100 cal pks for snacks,I aslo have no sugar fruit bowls like applesauce,peaches etc that are like 60 cal plus the sugar free jello puddings that are 60 cal and if you like jello the sugar free ones are on 10 cal I only like certain flavors in that. I 'm not big on eating out so when I do occasionaly go out I try and stick to middle of the road foods. Mary

 

[Dizneydawn]

They used to put a hard plastic 1inch baby cooked in the cake. It is now in the middle of the cakes due to lawsuits from people choaking on them. Cajuns take very big bites. If your piece of king cake had the baby, then you were responsible for bringing the king cake for the next gathering.

Ohhh! I know of this tradition but did not know the name of the cake! Darn those choking hazards!!!

I guess I'm lucky there is no one special in my life so I won't be getting a big box of candy tomorrow! Ummmm...I am special in your life and I did not send you chocloate because I love you!

I had one of their loaves of bread... which was a vast improvement over my two or three loaves... typing that out now makes me wanna kick myself for eating that much bread before. I split 1 solo order of chicken Italian nachos with Mom, sister, and both boys. I shared a Spicy Chicken Romano with my mom and DS7, when I used to wolf down the whole order of nachos and the whole bowl of pasta. Then for dessert, I orderd 1 tiramisu in the mini espresso cup. By the time mom, DS7 and my sister each had a bite I think I got 3 bites. HUGE improvement over a big dessert all to myself!
Awesome job! Everything helps! Did your family notice you were eating different?

I've been busy tracking.

I really tried to plan my food for the week before I went grocery shopping. I have lots of good food in the fridge. I also made two pudding pies, a chocolate and banana, this morning. I had the pudding in the cabinet and I knew if I made them, the kids would eat them up. I haven't had a piece today and I really didn't care that I didn't. SO FANTASTIC!!! GREAT idea to get rid of the temptations and forme...if I make the food I am less likely to eat it!

I did something stupid today. Stupid would have been not bpthering to look it up after! You were smart and did anyway and know better for next time!! Don't beat yourself up!!

I was watching Celebrity Fit Club last night and was wondering about Dr. Ian's 4 Day Diet. Has anyone read the book or tried it? Sounds like you eat different types of foods every 4 days or something. He says it helps with the mental part of weight loss (which is my problem). I am thinking of looking for the book when we go out later this afternoon.
Ohhh! Interesting...let me know what his theory is!

Hi,everyone well I finally got back to the gym today after a week of being snowed in. Of course its like starting all over again I did 35min on the elliptical and it say I burned 410 cal not sure if you can trust those counts.
I think they run fairly accurate...
I also am not tracking the calories to much in what I eat. I find that tedious. I joined sparkpeople awhile back but it became a real chore to do.

I agree it is a chore but for me it is better than not being able to walk to the top of Summit Plummit without dying! I have zero math skills so running numbers in my head and gestamating is never going to work. I need the discipline and is the only way I see results! I hope your find a way that works for you!!

Do they actually make the popcorn at your theatre? At my theatre, I've seen them dump it from a bag so it IS airpopped.

All the theaters here make their own also...never seen one having bagged popcorn dumped? Interesting!!!

Just found this thread and loving it. I have to go back and read from the beginning though.
Glad you found us and hope you get on board and help us and we help you equally!!!

Yesterday I did well until my DH brought home chocolate eclairs from our local grocery store. Along with flowers... He tried. He said he figured the eclairs were better than a whole bag/box of chocolates and he was right. We've looked up the calories/fat/fiber on eclairs and they are like 4 pts a piece. Much better than 20 pts for a whole box of chocolates!
That was way thoughtful of him!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Treat yourself today in a non food way!

Take a bubble bath.
Start a new book and do not answer your bedroom door unless the house is ablaze!
Write a list of all the things you want to do when you feel good about yourslef and our in better shape.
Clean out your cupboards and take out all the junk food and donate it to a food shelf!
Find some outfits online you cannot wear now but want to and print them and put on the fridge for motivation.
Write yourself a love poem. Tell yourself all the amazing things about yourself that you know makes you so special!

In fact...post an amazing thing about yourself that might surprise us!
I am a really fabulous cook. If you hand me your bare pantry and half empty fridge with wilted veggies... I can concoct things from scratch that 99.9% of the time end up great and have a knack for just creating my own recipies.

 

[dislvr74]

Ugh, today hasn't been good - not food wise, I'm doing good there - just crazy life stuff. I was supposed to run 10 miles and just died at 7, so I decided to make this week a cut back week. I'll do 10 next week and then 11 and then it will be race weekend. I don't think I was properly fueled for my run. I started to get leg cramps, which typically means that I need some gaterade or sports beans and I had only brought one packet of sports beans. I think I waited too long to eat them and then I didn't have enough. So, lesson learned. It's amazing to me that I still make these rookie mistakes when I have been doing this for three years.

This morning I had two pieces of wheat toast with peanut butter (my traditional pre-run meal) and I had two chik patties (soy "chicken" patties) for lunch. DH wants me to make this sausage, onion, and potato skillet meal and even with turkey sausage it is pretty high in calories. I'm actually planning ahead and keeping my calories low so that I can enjoy dinner.

OT - I really wish the media would stop talking about Canada needing to win a gold medal. Let it go already!

 

[MaryAz]

I have been lurking and so I do not feel like a Dis Stalker I am saying Hi. I am getting some great ideas from the foods that everyone is posting. I am only about 6lb from my goal but finding it tough. This is an inspiring and funny thread!

 

[MulanUSAF]

Today's gonna be a challenge. All I can think of is going to get Golden Chick. You know the kinda place where you get back with all YELLOW foods. Fried okra, fried corn nuggets, fried chicken strips, mac n cheese, institutionalized gravy and sweet sweet tea!

I was confronted with the same dilemma last week when I drove by a Bojangle's with my stomach growling. It took every bit of self discipline to not pull in and order up a combo. I made a rule to only have fried chicken once a month, and I have already had my February ration during a Super Bowl party. So I'm pretty proud that I was able to go home without giving in.

Overall, this week is pretty good for me, because I packed my lunch instead of buying burgers or pizza. I also made a pot roast in the slow cooker that lasted for three days, it was full of veggies and I used a lean cut of roast. I've been going to the gym about three times in the past week, which was okay. I spend about half an hour jogging on the treadmill and spend the other half hour with jump roping, doing crunches and flutter kicks, and a circuit of weight stations.

I still haven't bought a scale yet, but I'm closing in on them. One cost $19.99 and is just a plain scale. The other one is $34.99 and does body fat calculation in addition to weight. I wonder if the extra $15 is worth it for the body fat composition measurement. Advice please?

 

[acejka]

Can I still join in on the fun??

 

[Stacybaeasm]

So, I'm very curious what the scale is going to say tomorrow. I wasn't really paying attention to my food during the day because I was absorbed in laundry and pre-packing for Disney, etc. I know that I spent most of the day snacking and not on good stuff. A few minutes ago, I decided to enter it all into sparkpeople to see how much damage I had done. Either I GREATLY underestimated my serving sizes or I didn't snack as much as I thought since I was still in range for everything. I guess the scale tomorrow will be the final word on that.

I hope everyone is feeling excited for the weigh in tomorrow. I look forward to seeing how much everyone lost this week!! Keep going everyone. No matter how we may feel we stumbled this week, we are at least aware of it now and working toward being better!! We can do this!!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I started to get leg cramps, which typically means that I need some gaterade or sports beans and I had only brought one packet of sports beans. I think I waited too long to eat them and then I didn't have enough. So, lesson learned. It's amazing to me that I still make these rookie mistakes when I have been doing this for three years.
The questions is how long would a rookie have gone on without figuring it out?

Tell me more about the majic beans of which you speak?
This morning I had two pieces of wheat toast with peanut butter (my traditional pre-run meal) and I had two chik patties (soy "chicken" patties) for lunch.
Is there a brand you buy and are they breaded? I really like the Boca ones but I need to find ones not breaded so looking for advice.

I have been lurking and so I do not feel like a Dis Stalker I am saying Hi. I am getting some great ideas from the foods that everyone is posting. I am only about 6lb from my goal but finding it tough. This is an inspiring and funny thread!

Thanks! Please let us know how much you lost and what was the key to your success! What advice can you give us? Love your accomplishment!!!! Love it!

I made a rule to only have fried chicken once a month, and I have already had my February ration during a Super Bowl party. So I'm pretty proud that I was able to go home without giving in.
That is such a huge step!!! Saying no to a craving is soooo hard!

I still haven't bought a scale yet, but I'm closing in on them. One cost $19.99 and is just a plain scale. The other one is $34.99 and does body fat calculation in addition to weight. I wonder if the extra $15 is worth it for the body fat composition measurement. Advice please?

I don't know the answer either. Not sure how accurate it is. If you are at a gym will they test it with those pincher dealios?

Can I still join in on the fun??

Yes! Send your weight to dizneydreamz@yahoo.com! Monday is our weigh in days!!!

So, I'm very curious what the scale is going to say tomorrow. I wasn't really paying attention to my food during the day because I was absorbed in laundry and pre-packing for Disney, etc. I know that I spent most of the day snacking and not on good stuff. A few minutes ago, I decided to enter it all into sparkpeople to see how much damage I had done. Either I GREATLY underestimated my serving sizes or I didn't snack as much as I thought since I was still in range for everything. I guess the scale tomorrow will be the final word on that.

My goal this week is to track each day at the start not at the end so I am not stressed only to find out I did have the room in my allotment or too stressed cause I went over! I am really proud of you Stacy!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Good Morning Castaways!!!!

This morning is our first weigh in day and no matter what the scale says...we are successful because we are taking steps towards acknowledging our need to change our live and our bodies! There will be weeks you did well and the scale will stay stuck. There will be weeks where you did okay and due to water retention or time of the month...the scale may not be kind.

There will also be weeks where you for any variety of reasons just fell off the wagon and need to jump back on with 2 feet and not let one foot drag you back to the road again!

This may be the week you did well! This may be the week that you soared past your expectations!

There is a variety of trials and errors we will all go through together. NOBODY is a failure. This is a total mind shift for many of us and it will take some time to get the right mentality to fight through cravings and force ourselves to eat food that is good for us when we just want to say screw it and binge on every piece of junk within our reach.

I was watching a show about addictions the other day and something pretty profound came up. Nothing new but again, hearing advice at the time you are willing to listen is everything.

That for some of us the switch to eating better and exercising consistently is a mental switch that is either on or off and fairly easy to change.

For others it is a daily fight.

An hourly challenge.

That some of us might need to just focus on the next hour not throwing progress to the wind.

Then the next.

That breaking it down to the hour or the day does not seem so overwhelming vs. saying..."I will eat well for the next week."

No different than some of us have broken down the amount of weight we need to lose in small increments vs. looking at the big number ahead only.

I know one thing that worked for me in the past is using a check in system.
Posting my food as well as checking in with my goals for the day.

So if you want to join me. Post daily. A quick little ditty about your day or include your food if you want.

My Example: 130 oz of water - check
water aerobics - check
posted food - check
Think about the things you said were your goal for the month. Some may have multiple things and others may have only one. Hold yourself accountable for following it daily and know there are days we will all fail but the likelihood of one day turning into a string of days is a lot less when you have to face your choices each day vs. the scale a week later when your head is lifted by force from the sand!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Please use a seperate post for your weight check in! Write a small recap of what went well or what might not have too for us to know how we can help if needed or cheer you on in the right areas also!!

Again...simply put a + 2 or - 1 or SAME in your posts!!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

+ 2 pounds Had a bad day yesterday. Great week and even made eggs with spinach for breakfast...then just did not track one bit after breakfast yesterday. Hence the fact I need to track ahead and post my daily check in!

It may just be water weight from TOM heading my way today...but still, I know I need to do better than my yesterday!

This week is over...on to the next one! Forgive myself and own it and then forget it!

I am proud I am acknowlidging this. I could have hid it or fibbed but the only way to make a difference is to be different.

Whew! That was not so bad!

 

[o2cre8]

Hi!

I found this site a few weeks ago and I really like this thread. thanks Dawn!

I haven't had a chance to read through everyones posts yet, but i love the idea. Really desperate to finally loose weight this time and I'm desperate for any kind of support. I've been nervous to get on a scale and take measurements- still have to do the measurement part.

Anyway, here it goes, I have 24 pounds to loose. I'm really short so every pound I gain shows. I really hope this helps- but at least it can't hurt!

A little about me- I'm in my mid 30's and have 3 kids. I want to fit into my old clothes, I want to feel sexy and pretty and I really want to make being healthy a habit before I decide that i'm too old to make any changes.

Looking forward to getting to know you guys. Good luck to you and me

 

[tiggerplus5]

Ok I'll go second

- .50 lb

I had a visitor this morning so I'm a little bloated. What are the chances of my first weigh in to start my time of the month? not an excuse but a fact of life. and the rest is all muscle building. I am still sore! My stomach has muscles. I found them yesterday when I woke up and could barely move

 

[gbanshee]

The weekend was my downfall. Was out and about with my sister on Saturday and we turned into 2 highschool girls, complete with a stop at the burger place. Then the famous Valentine chocolate from the man. Needless to say, I did not stay on program over the weekend and used my flex points for the next year! Did get my excersize in both days though, so I guess that is a plus.

Today is a new day. I shall start again.

-1.5

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi!

I found this site a few weeks ago and I really like this thread. thanks Dawn!

I haven't had a chance to read through everyones posts yet, but i love the idea. Really desperate to finally loose weight this time and I'm desperate for any kind of support. I've been nervous to get on a scale and take measurements- still have to do the measurement part.

Anyway, here it goes, I have 24 pounds to loose. I'm really short so every pound I gain shows. I really hope this helps- but at least it can't hurt!

A little about me- I'm in my mid 30's and have 3 kids. I want to fit into my old clothes, I want to feel sexy and pretty and I really want to make being healthy a habit before I decide that i'm too old to make any changes.

Looking forward to getting to know you guys. Good luck to you and me

Welocme and I am glad you are here!!!!

Ok I'll go second

- .50 lb
Great Job and I get the luck O' the Tom!
I had a visitor this morning so I'm a little bloated. What are the chances of my first weigh in to start my time of the month? not an excuse but a fact of life. and the rest is all muscle building. I am still sore! My stomach has muscles. I found them yesterday when I woke up and could barely move

I am off this morning to get a few suits since mine are see through now from the chlorine! So hopefully my muscles will be sore in a few days too!

Today is a new day. I shall start again.

-1.5

GREAT JOB!!! Don't beat yourself up! Let it go and take that anger and flip it towards dedication for a great upcomming week!

 

[dislvr74]

-1.5

Clearly all of my running paid off for me this week because I ate like I was never going to see food again!

I am such a diet perfectionist that I totally give up if I eat too much for breakfast. I don't track my food because I get too frustrated when I don't know the exact calorie/fat count. This week I am going to make an effort to track my food and drink my water because this is my danger point. I have gained and lost the same two pounds for two years. I will lose at least one pound this week in order to break that cycle!

Dawn, the beans I am talking about are called sports beans and they are made by jelly belly. I get mine at Meijer, but they are available almost anywhere. Some runners use Gu or Clif Shot Blocks, but I can't handle the texture of either of those. The beans provide electrolytes and sodium and I really need to eat a pack about every 45 minutes. Yesterday I waited until I was an hour into my run thinking that I could handle one pack at the halfway point. I would have been fine if I also had Gaterade, but I didn't. It's also probable that my body just needed a break. I've been adding a mile per week to my long runs since I dropped back to 5 miles after the Donald in January. I think I just needed a cut back week to refresh my legs. I'm really glad that I built in a cushion week of sorts into my training plan so now I still have two more long runs before the princess half.

Ok, I'm off to the daily plate to enter my calories for breakfast!

 

[tiggerplus5]

Yesterday, DH and I tried a walk outside...in the wind...in the bitter cold...and turned around halfway and said "forget this" I can't wait for winter to be over. I live in New England so there's a new storm headed our way for Tuesday. Ughhhh!

I took a nap in the afternoon yesterday. I really felt exhausted and I thought it was maybe the cold air but now I know it was TOM.

I have the day off today and DH and I are going out to eat for valentine's day. I can't stand crowds (except christmas week in wdw) so we didn't do anything yesterday. So I've decided to eat a big salad first. then eat what I want but in moderation. I remember reading somewhere (I think it was here) to ask for a doggie bag and take half of the meal and put it away before I start eating.

We are going to Patriot Place. For those that don't live in the area, it is a new shopping complex that surrounds Gillette Stadium. There's a Christmas Tree Shop and a Bass Pro Shop (for hubby). That's our main plan.

Maybe we will go see avatar afterward.

I haven't posted a pic of where I want to go on vacation. I want to spend a week wandering around Key West. Italy would be my second favorite. but I want to eat, eat, eat my way through Italy so I decided on Key West.

One fact about me that no one knows.

I love to quilt. I've made enough quilts in the past 10 years to give to every family member, newlyweds, babies, you name it. I have wall hangings, christmas ornaments, pillows.

I found someone new to make quilts for. I am making 3 handmade quilts for the GAD promo going on now for wdw. The agency is called Project Linus. They collect hand made blankets for sick children. They recently sent 10,000 blankets to the children of Haiti.

The whole family has been helping. I made my two teenaged sons wash and iron the fabric and even hand tie the quilts. They complain but they were having fun together working on the quilts last weekend.

 

[littlepeppers]

Well I haven't lost a single pound, but I didn't gain.

KING CAKES & visiting family are gone.

Got to get school started right now, but we are going try to run when it warms up later.

 

[Dizneydawn]

-1.5
I am such a diet perfectionist that I totally give up if I eat too much for breakfast.Isn't thats such a screwy mentality. I am the same way and a counselor told me I was a perfectionist! I said - my house is not perfect, my body is not perfect...how can I be a perfectionist?

She said - "If you cannot do something perfect, y0ou sabaoge yourself so you can say you did not try! Or in the case of my house that never quite got all the final touches done when I re-decorated...it wasn't complete yet so thus if it wasn't up to my standards it was not anything I needed to obsess over.

Huge momentus understanding for me about myself. I see it reigning in on many aspects of my life. Diet included.

Like I have a trip in 4 weeks and I know I will not have the perfect body for the beach so in the back of my head is a huge voice saying why bother because you won't look good anyway. What is 20 pounds going to do for you! Thanks for mentioning what you said because it brought some inner turmoils I am having to the surface and I need to accept that this weight is going to take a long time to get off and it never will if I am not thrilled with each 20 vs hating that it is not 100!

I don't track my food because I get too frustrated when I don't know the exact calorie/fat count. This week I am going to make an effort to track my food and drink my water because this is my danger point. I have gained and lost the same two pounds for two years. I will lose at least one pound this week in order to break that cycle!
Amen! You can doooo it!!!
Dawn, the beans I am talking about are called sports beans and they are made by jelly belly.

Thanks for the info!!!