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

[gellybean]

Okie Dokie Folks!

I'm gonna take over the tracking of food logging and veggies for Dawn for a while since things are so nutso on her end. Bare with me as this is my first time and I'm not a pro like Dawn is!

I can tell y'all the big green DAY, DATE DONE or VEGGIE DONE really does make it much easier to keep tabs on everyone's tracking. I know some of you have joined since we originally started tracking and probably aren't aware of that request. It would definitely help out a lot!! Thank y'all!!

Please please let me know if these numbers don't look right to any of you!!

Week 5 June 9-15

Food Journal Trackers -
HanutedMansionMomma 7
Patrick 7
Jane 7
Lizzyb 7
Sheree 7
Gellybean 6
Cary 7
Tricia 5
Zela 7
Amanda 7
CrabbyAmy 6
Julie 7

Runners Up-
PixiePlanner 1
Stichfan 2
Zoegirl 4


Veggie Trackers -
Patrick 7
Zela 7

Runners up -
Jane 4
Sheree 2
Tricia 1
CrabbyAmy 3


WOO HOO!!!

I'm working on counting for Week 6 so if anyone hasn't posted yet that wants to, you still have time!!


Congrats to all the trackers!!!

 

[pipersmom]

Aimee- Thank you for taking over the tracking. : ) Hopefully things will get easier for Dawn soon.

No walking for me tomorrow, my left foot is way too blistered. I've drained them all, but the one on the ball of my foot is still waaay tender. I guess the good thing is my mileage is done for the week. I may try to do some Wii Fit aerobic stuff tomorrow instead. I realize a day or two off isn't a horrible thing, I'm just trying hard to get the habit formed so it becomes automatic, and not so easy to put off. And to make the day that much brighter, my favorite visitor popped in today, so I'll be lucky if I lose this week at all.

Okay, enough whining. On the upside, have had 96 oz of water today, a new record for me. I bought a liter bottle of water while I was out and about, and it seems easier to drink more with it for some reason than with the 16 oz bottles. I've also only had about 3 cups of coffee this week..down from 4-5 cups A DAY!

Tracking for the day-
Breakfast- Rice Chex w/ blueberries & skim.
Lunch- Lean Cuisine Beef tips w/ broccoli.
Dinner- Salad w/ FF Ranch, 4 in Subway turkey w/ lettuce, tom, and light mayo, carrots.
Snacks- Nestle Tollhouse cookie, peach, string cheese, lowfat eggroll.

Cals- 1269 (1310-1660) June 24th- Done!

 

[pwmitch237]

Hello All,

Glad y'all like the quotes! I agree that they give me that little push.

pipersmom - that's one kind of monster I'll happily be called. (GO EXERCISE!)

Speaking (or I guess typing....) of Exercise, today's food journal:

Breakfast: Honey Nut Cheerios, Yogurt (365)
Lunch: Sandwich, Pasta Salad, and 1/2 a cookie (my mom would only eat it split, I happily ate the other half) (830)
Dinner: Healthy Choice Sesame Chicken Meal (the veggies were good, the sesame chicken was good, the dessert, nasty.) & A Snapple (510)
Snacks: NONE!

EXERCISE (I guess this is where the "exercise monster" comes from: Treadmill: 19:49, 1 mile @ 15% work (-222), StairMaster: 1 hour 189 floors (-584), and then the granddaddy of them all: the treadmill, 15% incline, 57:07, a 5K

June 24 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"Don't dig your grave with your OWN KNIFE & FORK!" - English Proverb

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I guess the best thing that I can say about today was that I tracked all day. We had a celebration at work and ate a red velvet cupcake. At least I tracked it.

Food Log:
Raisin Bran w/ff milk

Lunch
Sandwich thin, LF peanut butter, banana

Snack
Good & Plenty
Red Velvet Cupcake

Dinner
Amy’s Organic LF Minestrone Soup
Sourdough bread
Orange

Dessert
Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich

Total 1492 (goal 1200 – 1550) over on carbs and fats and WAY low on protein and not enough water.

June 24 DONE

I can't who started the "what I'm proud of" and "what I could have done without" comments (was it you Cary?) but I think its a great idea to help review the day and maybe it will help me think before making a bad judgement

What I'm proud of: Getting back to tracking (even if it wasn't pretty)
What I could have done without: the Good & Plenty I just kept munching on them and I wasn't even hungry.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Okie Dokie Folks!

I'm gonna take over the tracking of food logging and veggies for Dawn for a while since things are so nutso on her end. Bare with me as this is my first time and I'm not a pro like Dawn is!

Thank you!!


jazzercise
cereal/skim
1/2 PB&J sandwich, tortilla chips
noodles with ground sausage, diced tomatoes (1.5 cups)
WW banana bread piece, a few peanuts
June 24 done

I am a daily weigher too - just can't let it get away from me! I have a pretty skewed vision of how I look and how much I've eaten. The scale keeps me straight It is depressing that I haven't lost anything in forEVER. I will keep it up though. Again, clothes feel so much better. I will take that.

Getting ready to go on a family vacation soon - stressed about it on several levels; temptation to overeat, no jazzercise for a week+, seeing relatives who have lost weight when I haven't. ACK!

TGIF!!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Haven't been tracking completely the last couple days so I'm not going to post it. Been so busy at work and home I've not been DISing much!!

But I have been doing pretty well, eating good foods - right up until last night at the city's summerfest! Oh those cheese curds and mini-donuts!!

So today is a new day. We are going camping tomorrow and I'll be gone for a couple more days. We were supposed to go today, but we're trying to avoid some severe weather expected tonight. So today I can load up on my veggies.

Today:
B: coffee w/creamer
Mini bagel w/ PB
Part of DD's waffle

Plus, now I'm taking a steroid for my whacked out shoulder, so that will I'm sure mess up my weight! Apparently I have some acute tendonitis and it's all inflamed etc. Hurts like heck!

 

[gellybean]

Aimee- I do love the Panera website..the closest ones are 30 min away though, and I won't drive that far just to eat. Glad to see you back..I hear you on being busy! I love the new blanket..awesome reminder!

I love love love Panera but have the same problem. There isn't one on my side of town. I don't get it as often as I wish I did. Which is probably a good thing for my budget! lol

My Zumba DVDs came in yesterday and I tried it for the first time this morning. Um, yeah.... this is gonna take some practice. I think I'll be on the beginner disc for a while.

How hard is it!?! I may look into ordering it. They teach it at the Y but I don't wanna jump in if it's gonna kill me.

LOVE the idea of something tangible as a reminder of reaching a goal! I was thinking tattoo at some point, but a blanket sounds much less painful

Blanket is definitely less painful!

I'm already down 3.6 from Monday's weigh in!! Talk about a shock when I stepped on the scale this morning. I hopped off and then on again at LEAST three more times to be sure it was working properly. That's a lot to lose in one week.

TOLD you so! I do the EXACT same thing after my cycle. It's nice to have a few months worth of data to learn the patterns of my body. Makes it easier when I don't see a great number some weeks.

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself, but I can't help but think that I only need to lose 2.6 more pounds and I'll be at 20 lost total!

That's awesome!!
I gotta be honest, I've done the crash dieting thing more than I care to admit. Since I was doing it right this time around, I thought it would take a lot longer to make "serious" progress but on the contrary it's been easy, fun (that's right, I said FUN!!) and quick!! Too bad it can't be like this for the entire journey. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts though!!

I know what you mean. I was shocked the first time I did WW how fast it was coming off. But your body may adjust like mine has. Glad you're prepared for it!! Very wise!

I think both shoes are HOT! I can never have enough pairs of flip flops. My feet are my favorite part of my body. I like that you have shirts waiting in rotation. I kinda do, but it's more stuff I used to wear that is too tight now. Nothing new with tags.

Aimee – I hope your sister recovers quickly and will be home soon. I know clots are a possibility after surgery, but they can be scary to deal with and except for the medication there isn’t anything that anyone can do except hope for a quick dissolve.
Congrats on not eating the pizza. Anger can be a good thing when it keeps you from diving into something that you didn’t want and/or don’t need.


Thanks Jane! She's not in a lot of pain, just having to hang out in the hospital til they get her blood levels where they want them and her meds to the right level. So you're totally right. All they can do is wait.

I guess I need to get mad at food more often!

I hope your car issue is just a quick/cheap fix (yeah right, it never is for me).


That was actually me that had the car issue.
It was nothing. Something weird that made the light turn on. They reset the light and all's well.

I don't know if I'm having a delayed reaction to the food that I ate earlier in the week or what but my stomach is kind of bleh. I think I'll see if I can find a diet 7up or something to settle it down a bit.

Hope you're feeling better!!

What I could have done without:
The coke.....but I was having a really bad headache and I know it works when I take a Darvocet and a Coke together.

I know cokes aren't great for diets, but sounds like you did what you had to do for your overall health and that's not a bad thing, ever!

Aimee- Thank you for taking over the tracking. : ) Hopefully things will get easier for Dawn soon.


You're welcome!


No walking for me tomorrow, my left foot is way too blistered.

Sending fast healing vibes your way!

Hello All,

Glad y'all like the quotes! I agree that they give me that little push.

I agree with everyone! Love the quotes. Look forward to reading them every day!

Thank you!!

Sure thing!!

Again, clothes feel so much better. I will take that.

Great attitude!! Inches are a definitely consolation to that scale not budging!

Getting ready to go on a family vacation soon - stressed about it on several levels; temptation to overeat, no jazzercise for a week+, seeing relatives who have lost weight when I haven't. ACK!

Good luck!! I know I'm rethinking going out of town for Fourth of July. Scared I'll gain back before the wedding in July. UGH!

Plus, now I'm taking a steroid for my whacked out shoulder, so that will I'm sure mess up my weight! Apparently I have some acute tendonitis and it's all inflamed etc. Hurts like heck!

Hope your shoulder gets better soon!!!!


Tracking for yesterday:

1 cup froot loops w 1/2 cup 2% milk (estimate-finished DS2's)

Sonic Med Cherry Limeade, 1 corndog, 1 small tater tot (snack before being stuck at dealership for 2 hours. One of those unforseen things that are hard to plan food around)

Individual Dryer's PB cup ice cream
2 flour tortillas w 2 slices muenster cheese
1 nutragrain blueberry bar

healthy choice pineapple chicken
fiber one oats and chocolate
dryer's mocha almond fudge individual size

Total cals = 2265

Thursday, June 24 DONE

There was some definite emotion eating yesterday, worried about my sister and our summer plans being affected by her condition etc.

I guess the part I'm proud of is my emotional eating, while bad and over cals for the day wasn't near the train wreck it would have been 6 months ago. I still didn't eat more than I burned. So that's good.

And Sonic really threw my day. Not that the rest of it was great, but the Sonic snack/lunch really skewed my cals higher for the day much earlier than normal.

We're chilling at home today. I have most of last week's tracking compiled. Gonna double check and I'll post it sometime tonight.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

gellybean - love that blanket!!! It looks like it would go just perfectly in my family room. I always cover up too because it's cool down there. I hope your sis is doing better - I'll send up a prayer anyway!

stayhomemom - LOVE the shoes and tops!!

Oh, I love Panera too. There is one just about every 10 miles around here or less. Right across from work - it's nice in the winter for some soup and I love their salads. I wish I did better avoiding the bread though.

I had a great wrap for lunch today - made it myself! It had turkey, lowfat pepperjack cheese, avocado and red pepper slices! I had nectarine slices on the side. I thought it was yummy and healthy. Trouble is I was still hungry all afternoon and have been nibbling on stuff. We were at the parade last night and the kids have bags of candy! So I've had a few tootsie rolls and a couple cookies (bad mommy bought them for the kids today - I hate taking them to the grocery store!). Part of it might be PMS or the steroids, but jeez...

I have decided that the next time I have a chance, I have to go shopping for some work pants. I have about three pair that fit well or I can make fit with a belt. The other ones are just too loose!! Yesterday I looked ridiculous - the legs were so baggy!

 

[gellybean]

Just ordered the Zumba program! I'm so excited. Maybe if I try it at home for a while I'll be brave enough to try it at the Y! I really love the Y but am a little scared of jumping into a class yet.

I figure this will be a good way to get my feet wet. And if the yoga experiment with the boys, the other night, was any indication the kids will try to do it with me! I may have to video us and win 100,000 to pay for my Disney habit.

It's all your fault, Barb!

 

[pwmitch237]

First let me say, thank you to all of you for your support on a daily basis, you have no clue how much that I look forward to checking these boards for the daily push, y'all say that my quotes inspire you and give me a push, but just seeing the stuff y'all are conquering in your lives are really giving me motivation, because I have wanted to give up, and have several times in the past. A loss is a loss, and today I got to celebrate a big one. I previously told y'all that I hit the 200 barrier, and today, I weighed in (Friday has been my weigh-in day since the beginning, and I added Monday since joining here) and I broke it. By 1.6 lbs. My current weight is 198.6 and I can't be happier. Thank y'all for offering all the support and the positive comments. While I still have 18 more pounds to go to hit my goal, (and a whole bunch more of inches) I hope that y'all will let me stick around after I hit Skinny Island as a "maintainer."

Now another thing about today: I purchased several good things today, first, I purchased a skillet pan, that is a grill! So I can now grill on the stove! WOOHOO! Also, I purchased 2 of Jillian Michaels books today as well, and I can't start reading them to learn even more!

On to the food journal:

Breakfast: Cheerios
Lunch: Shrimp Roll
Dinner: Salmon, Grilled Vegetables, Tilapia stuffed with Lobster/Shrimp (SO GOOD! If you have a Fresh Market near you, I highly suggest this, low in fat, low in calories, high in protein) A pile of imitation crab, and snapple (all the fish I grilled too, which means it was healthier than normal. I added up all the nutrition info: only 646 Calories).

Snacks: NONE!

EXERCISE (my new favorite hobby): Treadmill, 15% incline, 5K, 52:58 (-825 calories)

On a side note, for the weigh in on Monday, do we send our weights too Dawn, or are we sending them to you Aimee (sorry if I messed up on the name, takes me forever gellybean).

Totals: 1300 cals, 23g of fat, 65g of Sugar, 163g of Carbs, 111g of protein

June 25, SEE YA!
VEGGIES DONE!

"The past doesn't define you, THE PRESENT DOES!" - Jillian Michaels

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Patrick - that is AWESOME!!! Way to go!
Your dinner sounds great!

I will sort of track for today:
B: mini bagel w/ PB
3/4 of Cinnamon toast waffle
coffee w/creamer and sugar
L: wrap w/ turkey, LF pepper jack cheese, avocado and red pepper slices
Snacks: lots! 3 mini tootsie rolls, a couple of toffee type candies, pita chips, banana bread (Dawn's fabulous recipe!!)
D: ww pasta w/ tomato sauce, broccoli and portobello mushroom and one meatball. good, but didn't finish it.
glass of wine
iced tea

I think that's it. OY!

June 25 DONE
Veggies DONE

 

[gellybean]

First let me say, thank you to all of you for your support on a daily basis, you have no clue how much that I look forward to checking these boards for the daily push, y'all say that my quotes inspire you and give me a push, but just seeing the stuff y'all are conquering in your lives are really giving me motivation, because I have wanted to give up, and have several times in the past. A loss is a loss, and today I got to celebrate a big one. I previously told y'all that I hit the 200 barrier, and today, I weighed in (Friday has been my weigh-in day since the beginning, and I added Monday since joining here) and I broke it. By 1.6 lbs. My current weight is 198.6 and I can't be happier. Thank y'all for offering all the support and the positive comments. While I still have 18 more pounds to go to hit my goal, (and a whole bunch more of inches) I hope that y'all will let me stick around after I hit Skinny Island as a "maintainer."

Just try to leave.



I seriously hope we all stay as maintainers!!! Like we've said, this is a journey and even after we get to Skinny Island, we're still gonna need support and I, for one, definitely hope we're all still here to support each other!!

That's FREAKIN AWESOME that you crushed your way into ONEderland!!! Congratulations!!!!


Now another thing about today: I purchased several good things today, first, I purchased a skillet pan, that is a grill! So I can now grill on the stove! WOOHOO! Also, I purchased 2 of Jillian Michaels books today as well, and I can't start reading them to learn even more!


Excited for even more quotes from Jillian!!
On a side note, for the weigh in on Monday, do we send our weights too Dawn, or are we sending them to you Aimee (sorry if I messed up on the name, takes me forever gellybean).

You got it right!! It's Aimee

Please continue to send weights to Dawn. It's not a personal info thing for me to take over the tracking, but the weights only Dawn knows (except for those that publish it on here too). Dawn is going to continue to do the weights and may take back over the tracking once she's back on the boards more often. She's just really got her hands full right now and I volunteered to help while she's away on vacation, etc. I may keep doing it just to take some of it off her hands, though.

But the weigh in numbers still need to be PM'd to Dawn on Mondays. She may not be able to post our total losses as soon as she normally does but she'll get to it as soon as she can.

gellybean - love that blanket!!! It looks like it would go just perfectly in my family room. I always cover up too because it's cool down there. I hope your sis is doing better - I'll send up a prayer anyway!


I love it too!!! It's actually more pink/melon colored than the pic made it look me thinks. But it's uber soft and really feminine. And with 3 boys in this house, I need all the girly I can get some days!



Oh, I love Panera too. There is one just about every 10 miles around here or less. Right across from work - it's nice in the winter for some soup and I love their salads. I wish I did better avoiding the bread though.

The side size baguette isn't horrible cal wise. My problem is the scones and muffins. YUM! I'm really glad they don't have them every 10 miles around here yet. They are fairly new to Texas. Within the last 4 years or so. We just got our first one about two years ago.


I have decided that the next time I have a chance, I have to go shopping for some work pants. I have about three pair that fit well or I can make fit with a belt. The other ones are just too loose!! Yesterday I looked ridiculous - the legs were so baggy!

Your wrap sounded yummy!! YAY for baggy pants!!



Tracking for today:

Breakfast-
2 eggs scrambled, 1/4 tbsp butter, 2 mini croissants, 2 slices of bacon, 1 swallow of OJ

Lunch -
2 tortillas w muenster cheese, 1 Dryers peach frozen yogurt individual size

Dinner -
1 serving Entertain crackers bite size, 4 tbsp Spinach Artichoke Alouette cheese, 1 individual Mint Chocolate chip Dryers Slow Churned Ice Cream



Total cals = 1497 cals

Friday, June 25 DONE



No news on my sister really. She's still in the hospital. They are trying to get her blood levels where they want them on the blood thinners so they can send her home with the medication and monitor her via blood work once or twice a week. Thank you all for your thoughts, vibes, hugs, prayers! It means a lot!!

Things have been pretty normal around here. No swim lessons, DS7 went with his dad for the weekend so it's been, dare I say it, QUIET around here. Enjoying some solitude since DH is working late tonight. Feeling good about things for the most part. I figured out how we can still keep our August trip to Disney if Mom can't go. She may decide that it's not a good time to be out of state with my sister's health being kinda fragile. Totally her decision and I totally understand. But the room is booked with her AP discount. So I worked in some fuzzy math and figured out how my family of 4 can still go. Assuming my sister is better and out of the woods, of course.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Sheree – I hope your shoulder feels better soon. Have a fantastic time camping. Its fantastic that you are ready to go shopping for some new clothes. It is so great that you are going down in size.

Aimee – I’m so glad that I don’t have a Sonic near us. I just had it for the first time in April and it could be a bad habit. I hate it when something happens to just throw a wrench in the works for a perfectly planned food day. I hope your sister’s medical issues resolve themselves soon. Worrying about things that I have NO control over is one of my BIG issues and one that I continually have to work on.

Let us know how you like the Zumba. I’d have to wait till there was NO ONE in the house before I would be willing to try it for fear of someone walking in on me and think that I was having a seizure (I really have no rhythm).

Patrick – WOO HOO congratulations on getting under 200!!! I’m just absolutely amazed at the amount of exercise you are able to do each day. Do you do it all at once or do you spread it out over the day? I wish I had the stamina. You’ll be reaching your goal weight in no time and then you can be waiting for all of us on Skinny Island and cheering (and giving us quotes) till we all join you.


Food Log
Breakfast - cup of tea with splash of ff milk (stomach still yucky)
Lunch - sandwich thin, LF Peanut Butter, Banana
Snack - 100 cal choc covered pretzels
Dinner - Panera 1/2 strawberry poppyseed salad, 1/2 tuna salad sandwich, pumpkin muffie, slice of baquette

Dessert - Orange
Total 1319 (goal 1200 - 1550)

June 25 DONE

 

[pwmitch237]

Patrick - that is AWESOME!!! Way to go!
Your dinner sounds great!

Thanks! And believe me, it was.

You got it right!! It's Aimee

Woo! Thanks as well! Hope things get better with your sister! And yes, more Jillian QUOTES!

Patrick – WOO HOO congratulations on getting under 200!!! I’m just absolutely amazed at the amount of exercise you are able to do each day. Do you do it all at once or do you spread it out over the day? I wish I had the stamina. You’ll be reaching your goal weight in no time and then you can be waiting for all of us on Skinny Island and cheering (and giving us quotes) till we all join you.

I usually do it all at once! There are times when I just want to quit, but I keep getting a thought stuck in my head like, you've already been on this machine for over half of your goal, are you going to be the one who quits or are you going to FINISH STRONG! (WHO DAT? - Saints thing). I'm trying to get to my goal weight soon, but I kinda want to shatter through it, and not just hit it. (My goal will be my birthday present to myself, being able to put '180' on my license! And yes, I'll be cheering all of you on once I get there!

 

[ancestry]

Hi Ladies!

I need to come back and get back on track. When we came back from our Disney trip at the end of May our lives sort of blew up on many different levels. The stress of it all caused me to leave the boards and unfortunately threw me back into my old eating habits. I need to get a grasp on things before I start gaining tons of the weight I lost back. In fact I don't even know what I weigh right now. I'm afraid to step on the scale.

Anyways, I wanted to say hi and let you all know that I am trying to get back on track. I really need a lot of help and support. When everything around me is falling apart (unfortunately I can't get into to many details here on the boards) I turn to food and let me tell you I have been shoving my face full. It has to stop. I need to find comfort and peace from somewhere other than through eating and food.

I'm going to try to post regularly just as an accountability thing for myself. I'll try to catch up on the posts to see how everyone has been doing.

 

[njcarita]

Great Job Patrick


Julie ..love the sandles and clothes...
I finally got rid of my 90's exercise clothes... you know the pants with the stripes down the sides.. its made a real difference in how i feel about exercise...



Aimee.. thanks for taking over tracking....

I have been MIA for a few days... tooth extraction was worst than Dr had expected( infected ,large roots).. sent home with vicadon... so I was little out of it... still can't eat solids... but has been great for diet ... snuck in a weigh in and have lost 3 lbs already this week...

I also haven't journelled the last few days...so I'm committed to starting again today....
hope everyone has a great weekend...........

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Hi Ladies!

I need to come back and get back on track. When we came back from our Disney trip at the end of May our lives sort of blew up on many different levels. The stress of it all caused me to leave the boards and unfortunately threw me back into my old eating habits. I need to get a grasp on things before I start gaining tons of the weight I lost back. In fact I don't even know what I weigh right now. I'm afraid to step on the scale.

Anyways, I wanted to say hi and let you all know that I am trying to get back on track. I really need a lot of help and support. When everything around me is falling apart (unfortunately I can't get into to many details here on the boards) I turn to food and let me tell you I have been shoving my face full. It has to stop. I need to find comfort and peace from somewhere other than through eating and food.

I'm going to try to post regularly just as an accountability thing for myself. I'll try to catch up on the posts to see how everyone has been doing.

We're here for you!


xl bowl of cereal/skim
tuna sandwich on english muffin, tortilla chips
popcorn, 1 graham cracker, a few peanuts, 3/4 cup macaroni salad (afternoon carb binge again...need to get away from these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
grilled chix pieces, peas
June 25 done

I truly think I have a carb addiction. Must go google that. I know there's a book, it probably says to not eat carbs as the cure. LOL.

 

[pipersmom]

Allison- Welcome back!

Patrick- So awesome to be in the ones!! Glad you're planning to stick around, wouldn't be the same without you!

Michelle- I hear you on the carb addiction! I'm the same way..I had never realized how many things have carbs..it bites! LOL. Last night I had the calories and fat so I came this close to buying a frappucino..then I saw the 37 carbs! Drats- foiled again!

Aimee- Hopefully they'll get your sister's levels straight sooner rather than later.

Tracking for me yesterday-
Breakfast- Rice chex w/ blueberries & skim.
Lunch- 2 RF hot dogs w/ 1 flat bun.
Dinner- Salad w/ turkey breast & RF 3 Cheese Ranch, oyster crackers.
Snacks- 100 cal pack Lorna Doones, WW Latte Bar, peach.

Cals- 1005 (1310-1660) My cals were way low, but I was done. Will try to do better today.

June 25- Done!

 

[lizzyb5280]

Hi gang,

Just a quick fly-by post; I'll try to come back when DD is napping so I can really catch up.

First of all, it's been another busy week of not keeping up with you all, and not tracking. Realistically I know I've got a lot going on today and tomorrow, so I'm just going to try to do the best I can, and start tracking again on Monday.

I actually have a rare weight to report, and sadly it's not a good thing. Not a lot of places have wheelchair scales, but one of my favorites to use is the one at the big neurology clinic I go to. Had an appointment Thursday morning, and went up to use the scale when I got done. After subtracting for the chair, I weighed in at 227. 227!! HOW?!? The last time I weighed myself back in February I was 219! Have I really gained 8 pounds in four months, after only gaining five the last two years?? The only thing I can think is that maybe back in February I didn't weigh my chair, just estimated it, as it weighed 5lbs less than I expected it to this week. That would only put me up 3 pounds since February, which while still not good at least makes more sense. But no matter how I got there, 227 is my current weight, and the only good thing about it is it might make it easier for me to qualify to be on The Biggest Loser. (They're currently casting Season 11, and DH and I are considering sending in a video.) I think I may pick up a food scale this weekend, and when I get started again on Monday make a bigger effort to eat at the lower end of my calorie range.

One good thing this week: we finally got to the social security office this week, to apply for my daughter to receive benefits due to my disability. I've known all along she qualified for them, but didn't want to take them until I really needed it. Anyway, the agent said they could back-pay us for 12 months, and we should have the money direct deposited in 7-14 days. So imagine my surprise yesterday, only two days later, when I saw the money in our account! Now we're certainly not going to just blow it all, but we talked it over yesterday evening and last night we went out and bought a Wii! We've been talking about it for at least six months now, but never had the money, so while we weren't necessarily planning to get it last night I don't really consider it an impulse purchase.

Here's how I'm justifying the expense: If I were driving, I'd be asking DH about picking up our Y membership again. However, with me unable to go on my own, and DH's busy work schedule, coupled with the fact that it's about 25 minutes away, I know that we wouldn't really get over there often enough to make it worth the expense at this time. After all, that's why we dropped the membership in the first place. However, I know I need to do more exercise than just my occasional trips around the neighborhood, which between the heat, my carpal tunnel, and a 2yo, just aren't happening often enough. So while I'm sure we'll use the Wii for fun stuff too, the primary purpose of getting it is for exercise, and I'm going to try to commit to getting up before DD and getting in a workout, and another one during her naptime. Right now we just have the Wii Sports and Sports resort, but I figure the canoeing, cycling, boxing, and tennis can help me get started until we can get one of the actual fitness games. (And some of the fun games are a workout too; I remember while we were living with my sister breaking a sweat playing some of the stuff on Carnival Games!)

Speaking of which, do any of you have any Wii exercise games that you really like? I need ones that don't require the use of the balance board, of course. It's my understanding the the BL game doesn't require it (just for certain exercises) so I think that'll be our first purchase. (Was going to get it last night, but Game Stop didn't have it.) Any others that you suggest?

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

We just got "Just Dance" for the Wii. It's great fun and it's all using your arms!

Just got back from grocery store - really made a huge effort to buy foods with protein and less white flour. I'm roasting some chickpeas as we speak...will let you know how they taste! I also got some sesame and almond crackers....mmmmm