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

[Dizneydawn]

We went to Niagara Falls

I have never been there!!

I bought corn tortillas and will brush them with olive oil and sprinkle salt and then back till crisp; and doing the same thing with sweet potato sliced thin. DD is enjoying helping me find all this stuff and I think, looking forward to the new meals we will be having.
I was memory jogged of this last night as I sprayed a few tortillas with Pam and then sprinkled with garlic salt...thanks for the reminder and I am glad you two are in cahoots together!!!

I'm freaking out a bit because I have been eating junk and I have to get a long run in today because I am only two weeks away from the princess half.

I hope you can recover quick!!

First Name and Screen name: Sunny SunnyB1066

Hey You!!! You are not late to the party...you were just hanging out observing vs dancing!!!! Send me your stats girl!!

terrible, terrible this weekend. Afraid to get on scale tomorrow. I guess I can start over-again.......

You never start over, you move forward because if you started over you would loose all the knowledge you gained so far. That includes knowing what the cause and effect is from your choices that you want to change now!

FLICK IT AND FORGET IT!!!

Put that bad feelings between your thumb and forefinger and really visualize that it is there.

Now squish it like it was the nastiest thing you have ever seen, then place that squished up goo on your shoulder and flick it off!

It's gone and you now do not have that on your shoulder to carry anymore. This is a new week! You can make it whatever you want!!!

My elliptical broke this weekend. A bolt made its way free. I can't figure out how to fix it. Is this a sign???

Yes...that you need a handyman!!

Made it through a birthday party without eating cake!!

Then promptly went and got Golden Chick for lunch!

We are the exact opposite!!! I would say screw the chicken!

Hey everyone,well count me in with those who have blown it this week-end.I totally ate bad. I had to take a course at the community college on saturday for all day with other co-workers.We went to subway on the lunch break no I didn't chose one of their healthy meals I chose the meatball but at least I got just a 6 inch.When I got home older Dd had gotten pizza and you guessed it I at 4 slices. Now on to today before church I always go check on my mother-in-law she lives near a Mcdonalds,do you think I drove by like I have done in the past nooooI turned in and ordered 2 egg,bacon,cheese on a biscuit plus 3 hash browns.I feel like a drug addict on a total bender.Why can't I break this compulsive habitAbsolutley no exercise in 3 days. I'm still gonna weigh myself tomorrow no matter what the dreaded thing says. Back to starting over again. Mary

Mary - my life could be a history of posts that duplicate your day. That devil on your shoulder can be pretty powerful when fed carbs...it is truly an addiction at some levels.

I will never understand the power alcohol or drugs have over some who suffer it's cravings but I get the food piece totally. Those processed carbs are like a drug to your body.

It doesn't give you what you need and then it makes you want more and more. Sells you lies because it tastes good but you are hungry 20 minutes later like you never ate yet your body technically still has not gotten rid of what it ate. There was just not anything in it nutritous to get so it wants more.

You feed it more of the same and the cycle keeps going.

When I cut out those type of carbs for 2 days..I do not crave them any longer. Like my body detoxes out the bad crap and then the cravings are gone.

It's the first few days that you fight through to make it through and then with one bite of Pizza or junk food...you are back at square one..a full blown addict again.

Hey everyone.

I lost -3.6 pounds this week.

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HELLLLLOOOOOOO!!!!! This makes you the first recipient for the tag for your siggie!!! You have lost 6.6 pounds total!!!

At 5 pounds lost, you get a tag and for every 5 after a new tag!!!

I lost 6.2 this week but since I gained weight last week...really only 4.2 total so I do not get it yet!!!!

I want one next week! HUGE MOTIVATOR!!!!

Way to go!!! - I sent you a pm with it in it!!!

+ 1.2
Ugh! I know why.... though what's aggrevating is I was down by 4 lbs Saturday morning, so I gained 5 lbs Sat and Sunday?

So much for weekends not being temptations for me.

Alright! So now come up with a game plan on how to prevent this weekend to repeat itself!!! You can do it!!!

I'm down .5 pounds, which is a miracle considering I was in bed all weekend. I'm starting to feel human again and I'm back at work. I can still make my goal of 155 by the princess half and I'm going to focus on that.

Very proud of you!! Way to rise above the crud and still do something!!! I am learning from you!!

-1.5 AGAIN!!

Make it 2 pounds this week and you get the new tag in your siggie!!!

all in the name of work stress.
+ 1.6

Ok Gina! How bout posting here as vaguely as you can your stressors. Maybe that will be a better outlet. Our lives are 100% in connection to our weight and so that is a huge piece of it here.

I can also get you a VooDoo doll. Maybe 2. You get the needles.

Just weighed and I have stayed the same. So, not good; but not bad either.
Great Job!!! This week should be good with you and your DD being chefs together!!!

I was at Sunday School yesterday and we started a new lesson. One of the questions was as follows... "What kinds of things do you trust in, especially when life gets stormy, that help you feel comfortable and secure rather than fearful? Be honest!" People started saying the Bible, prayer, family and friends... FOOD was my first answer. Food doesn't judge or even talk. It is just there to comfort me. It actually is a tool to comfort yourself. I thought a lot about your answer and I would have written the same. Then I thought about it and I give it the power when I say it comforts me.

I use it to comfort myself. I control it 100%. So just like a binkie, bottle, stuffed toy or blanket that a child has for comfort, we choose food.

Now we need to wean ourselves. Ripping it away 100% will cause trauma. We need to learn new comfort strategies. Build them in.

Just a Woo from here. I only lost 1 lb. Just glad it wasn't a +1 after all I've eaten lately.

Yeah for you!!! It all adds up!!

Watch it! I resemble that remark!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hey I do not have time to catch up since I am just now back at work after my week at WDW... but I did weigh in today.
Can't wait to hear about it!! Did I get your strating weight? It seems that i think I di but I do not have you listed...hmmmm...

I need to find something to snack on during the weekend that tastes good but isn't totally horrible for me. Fruits don't cut it, I need chocolate I should buy some kind of dark chocolate. It gives me a chocolate fix but I don't love it so much that I will binge on it.

Hope everybody has a great Monday!

Look for those frozen all fruit bars. Aldi's has some here that are 100 calories. They are really big too! Being cold you have to eat it slow and that helps I think.

 

[Leash]

I should get an * next to this since it had nothing to do with diet or exercise but here it is reguardless: -1.5 pounds. I didn't eat (successfuly ) for about 3.5 days so that tends to make you shed some weight, I just wish I could figure out a way to do that when I'm not sick and not pass out.

This may be to geeky for words but I was watching Doctor Who this weekend and one episode centered on a new diet pill with the tag line "The pounds just walk away" and they really did. At night a pound of fat would remove itself from your body and turn into this cute little blob with arms, legs and a face and just walk out of the house. So when I got on the scale this morning and saw that I lost about a pound I just pictured one of those little blobs walking out of my bedroom and going out the doggie door.

Anyway, congrats to everyone wether you gained or lost because you are not giving up!

 

[o2cre8]

well, I lost 1 pound this week. I know something is better than nothing, but my weight can fluctuate by a pound in a day. So it's not much for me. I did measure both times in the morning. How do people loose like 3 pounds or more in a week?? what do i need to do? eat less? eat more? uch, patience, patience, patience...................

any ideas on how to jump start my weight loss?????

 

[MulanUSAF]

I'm still in shock... but at least I am here and posting about it, so I guess it's a first step in my acceptance of the fact that I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes today.

I am 29 years old, with a BMI of 27.4, I don't smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs. I know I could lose a few pounds to be healthier, but I never even thought about the possibility that I could have diabetes, especially at this age! My grandfather has it, but he was well into his sixties when he was diagnosed. No one else in my family has diabetes, so I didn't think it's a hereditary issue for me.

About a week and a half ago, I took a blood test for an insurance policy thing. I didn't give a second thought about it until the insurance agent called me and said I need to see a doctor because some of the numbers aren't in the normal range. I made an appointment and saw a doctor the next day, had blood drawn and the glucose number came back 273. Normal is below 100. More importantly, the A1c percentage showed 8.1%, where normal is around 4-6%. It didn't sound like much, but my doctor said that indicates my hemoglobins have been in contact with too much glucose in my blood for some time already. He told me I probably have diabetes and had me come back for another blood test to confirm. Well, I just got the second lab results back and it just confirmed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

I am going through all sorts of emotions right now. Everything from being mad at myself for being overweight and not exercising enough, to being scared that this will develop complications like kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage and all sorts of unpleasant consequences later on in life. I am also angry at myself for not getting check ups sooner since I haven't seen a doctor for probably 5 years. I am also sad that I have to give up a lot of my favorite foods. I haven't even told my mom yet, I am scared about what she will say to me because she's been telling me to lose weight and now it's going to be a total "I told you so". I've cried in my car for a good half hour after leaving the doctor's office and as I'm typing right now, my eyes are welling up again.

My doctor said I can control this with diet and exercise. But right now, I'm just so messed up that I can barely think straight. I haven't eaten anything since this morning and it's like every food in the pantry has a lot of carbs. I'm suppose to have an appointment with a nutritionist next week, but right now I'm afraid to eat anything. Just a week ago, I was blissfully ignorant and thought everything in my life is just right. Now my life has been turned upside down and I don't know if I can put it right side up again. I guess in the long run, I'll be losing weight and eating better and this could be the silver lining. But I just don't want this thunderstorm at all, with or without lining.

Thanks for letting me vent and I could really use some advice and encouragement.

 

[gellybean]

I'm still in shock... but at least I am here and posting about it, so I guess it's a first step in my acceptance of the fact that I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes today.

I am 29 years old, with a BMI of 27.4, I don't smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs. I know I could lose a few pounds to be healthier, but I never even thought about the possibility that I could have diabetes, especially at this age! My grandfather has it, but he was well into his sixties when he was diagnosed. No one else in my family has diabetes, so I didn't think it's a hereditary issue for me.

About a week and a half ago, I took a blood test for an insurance policy thing. I didn't give a second thought about it until the insurance agent called me and said I need to see a doctor because some of the numbers aren't in the normal range. I made an appointment and saw a doctor the next day, had blood drawn and the glucose number came back 273. Normal is below 100. More importantly, the A1c percentage showed 8.1%, where normal is around 4-6%. It didn't sound like much, but my doctor said that indicates my hemoglobins have been in contact with too much glucose in my blood for some time already. He told me I probably have diabetes and had me come back for another blood test to confirm. Well, I just got the second lab results back and it just confirmed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

I am going through all sorts of emotions right now. Everything from being mad at myself for being overweight and not exercising enough, to being scared that this will develop complications like kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage and all sorts of unpleasant consequences later on in life. I am also angry at myself for not getting check ups sooner since I haven't seen a doctor for probably 5 years. I am also sad that I have to give up a lot of my favorite foods. I haven't even told my mom yet, I am scared about what she will say to me because she's been telling me to lose weight and now it's going to be a total "I told you so". I've cried in my car for a good half hour after leaving the doctor's office and as I'm typing right now, my eyes are welling up again.

My doctor said I can control this with diet and exercise. But right now, I'm just so messed up that I can barely think straight. I haven't eaten anything since this morning and it's like every food in the pantry has a lot of carbs. I'm suppose to have an appointment with a nutritionist next week, but right now I'm afraid to eat anything. Just a week ago, I was blissfully ignorant and thought everything in my life is just right. Now my life has been turned upside down and I don't know if I can put it right side up again. I guess in the long run, I'll be losing weight and eating better and this could be the silver lining. But I just don't want this thunderstorm at all, with or without lining.

Thanks for letting me vent and I could really use some advice and encouragement.

Hang in there!!!

I know this is scary and overwhelming right now but Type 2 is the type of diabetes that can go away. Focus on that!! You are not sentenced with this forever. You can beat it!

I know a lot of people thave have lost weight and are no longer diabetic. I also know many that control their diabetes so well that there are none of those icky side effects of diabetes.

I had gestational diabetes with both my pregnancies and it's amazing how much easier it is to follow a diet when you HAVE to.

Not eating is BAD!!! It makes your sugar jump and then bottom out.

Start out with low carb options. IF you have a sandwich, have half a sandwich with lots of low fat turkey or ham or whatever kind of lunch meat on one piece of bread instead of 2. Load up on toppings to fill you up so you won't miss the other piece of bread. You can have tuna fish or chicken salad as long as their aren't a lot of sweet pickles or fruit in them. Have veggies or dill pickles instead of chips.

Mash cauliflower instead of potatoes. Eat a burger with only one half of the bun or portabella mushrooms for the bun. Use spagetti squash instead of pasta. If you eat a lettuce wrap, make sure you watch out for hidden carbs, like water chesnuts or rice noodles. Have a healthy chinese stir fry with very little rice or noodles. Have soup! A veggie or chicken tortilla sans the tortilla strips.

Some snacks that are good are nuts, and cheese. You can have fruit just generally not in the morning and you have to count it as a carb. You can have chips and those kinds of snacks if you count them out and count them as a carb. Popcorn was my friend! Love that white cheddar Smart popcorn. I could have 3 cups of that for one carb serving.

I know my nutritionist highly recommnended eating every 2-3 hrs to help maintain my sugars! So I had breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, diner, and a snack before bed!

As far as how exercise helps, they explained it to me like this.... your glucose molecules have locks that insulin is supposed to be the key to and open and break down the sugar. With type 2 diabetes, or insulin resistance diabetes, the insulin can't get the lock to fit in the lock. Hence the high sugar. My p.a. told me that when you excercise it's like adding 10 more locks on one glucose molecule. It increases the chances the key (aka insulin) has of unlocking and breaking down that molecule. The extra oxygen is what gives you those extra locks to try to fit the insulin to!

I hope that made sense!!

You can do this!! You have us to talk to and vent to and information is your friend!

I actually had a A1C and fasting glucose ran today. Because I was gestationally diabetic I have a 50% higher chance of developing Type 2. I may be right here with you!

If you need to vent, we're so here for you!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I'm still in shock... but at least I am here and posting about it, so I guess it's a first step in my acceptance of the fact that I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes today.

Ok. This is horrible and I am so sorry but I want to help and me saying I am sorry will not change where we are right now so let's look at some good.

You have a ton of great news within this bad crud.

Your doctor is telling you that the course of this right now IS in your control so that is a huge yeah!

Be thankful you ARE young and can do something to change your future versus when you might be 60 and already have huge ramifications that are not reverseable.

Tell us what you need to do and we will be here for you 100%. What are you supposed to be doing? Exactly. Step by step instructions for us so we can help brainstorm new foods and ideas.

I think it is great you are seeing a nutritionalist. You will be teaching us as you learn and we can all use it!

It also is NOT a death sentence. It sucks. It totally does. But it is not as bad as it could be and keep that in the forefront of your thoughts.

I am not in your shoes but I always have to remind myself of worse case scenarios that the situtaion is NOT in order to look past where my head is stuck...whenever I get faced with something daunting.

There are people who have diabetes who do not need to loose a ton of weight. Just a little and that doesn't seem fair to those who are skating by without it right now that need to loose a ton.

Me for example.

I have a friend who I worked with as well as her sister. The sister was just diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. 32 with a 3 year old child. No family history at all.

When I talked with my friend and asked her what we can do, she said - change your own lives. Take self-checks seriously.

Well you by posting this today will be serving a whole lot of wake up calls for all of us. A whole ton of good will come out of this for all of us.

Including you.

Let us help make this place a safe haven for you to vent and work through all this crap. Let us know what we can do so you can kick this disease in it's rear.

YOU WILL BE ON SKINNY ISLAND.

Diabetes is just helping you get those oars through the water a bit faster than you expected.

If and when you tell your mom - lead with it as a positive.

Like, "Mom, you know I appreciate that you have been worried about my health and it seems you should be a doctor because at least you would have a title and get paid better than a Mom does. I have Type 2 diabetes and what I need from you now is all the positive encouragement and support you can give. I am not looking back and I do not want you to either so here is what I need.........list them here.....which one can you help me with?"

Asking her for help and acknowlidging she had some good points along the way (regardless if they were handled the best) will take away her instinct to protect you. Believe it or not, "I told you so's" from Mom's can be a form of reassurance for themselves that they did the best they could. They are going through a mental checklist to make sure they did not let you down or that they were there for you.

It's about her feeling insecure and protective, not about you.

Let her know that right off the bat. That you don't hold her guilty or accountable.

If she lives near you, have her go with to the nutritionist. Get as much support together as you can.

Let us know what we can do. Hope any of this made sense. My head is ADD zone central and it is always firing off all these thought rapidly!

 

[TB'sWidow]

Well I'm down -1lb don't know how after the week-end I had. So far today i have had special k for breakfast and a salad for lunch. I did get to the gym did 45min on the treadmill.Hopefully will make right choice for dinner. Mary

 

[gellybean]

Usually a gain of 5 pounds would be water weight. Did you have something that was supper salty this weekend? Because that would do it. But the great thing about water weight is it comes off supper fast. Have fun at the gym today and good luck with your blood test. I had that done last year and everything was fine for me... Not sure how that happened, but I took it.

Edited... I mean super not supper... lol I left it in because I found it amusing when I reread it.

LOL @ supper. Gotta love those unintentional puns.

I did have a lot of salt this weekend. Went a little crazy on 100 cal bags of popcorn and then the fried foods were heavily salted. I tried to push the water yesterday but obviously not enough. I also think I may be retaining fluids for girly reasons. So I'm hoping I can see some results next Monday. Still gonna work out tonight! Not letting this get me down!

Thanks for the good luck. I'll let y'all know what the results end up being!

I'm down .5 pounds, which is a miracle considering I was in bed all weekend. I'm starting to feel human again and I'm back at work. I can still make my goal of 155 by the princess half and I'm going to focus on that.

A loss is a loss!! Yay!!

Glad you are feelin better!!!

Okay not sure how without exercise or drinking all my water but I am

-1.5 AGAIN!!


I have been watching so maybe that is it, or maybe aunt flo took it with her when she FINALLY left town! At any rate it is good motivation and I am going back to the gym tonight - no excuses right!? Mostly the only thing I have been really working at is portion control - so far so good! Let's see what some exercise does for me!

Keep up the good work everyone and keep the faith!

for your loss!!! and for AF leaving town. Glad you are motivated!! Motivation is soooooooooooooooo crucial!! Good luck with the exercise!

Blew it! Have no one to blame but myself. Did not excersize and ate a weeks worth of junk, all in the name of work stress. You think I would know by now to work the stress off by excersizing, but nooooooooo- I go for the peanut M&M's and the sara lee carrot cake.

+ 1.6

Hang in there!! I'm in the same boat!!

need to read and catch up since last night!

Here is my news. My BL scale is either broke or needs a new battery because it has not worked since Sat. I will get a new battery and try to see if that does not work.

I did dig out the old reg. scale that is not digital. I had both of my two kids at home weigh on it and they said it was the same as the digital was.

I then wighed in front of Dan, (since I could not see the numbers without bending over and knew I could not be measuring accurately by that method,) and guess what.....

-6.2

Now I will re-weigh in to get the most accurate I can after the new battery arrives. Obvioulsy I could only list whole pounds so it may be off a tad.

I then proceeded to be almost in the buff and move the darn thing all over the house (wood flooring) to make sure this was not some freak of nature occurance.

I am sure the neighbors are contacting their eye doctors as we speak!

I even made Dan get on the ground to verify he was not missreading the lines since he is old now at 41 and his eyes may have gone bad.

Yet it was the same everywhere!!!!!

So for now I will take that as a win!!!

I am plugging all the numbers in as we speak....so exciting to see the pound total lost going up!!!!

That's AMAZING!!!!!!!! So proud of you Dawn!!




and at the neighbors going to the eye doctors!

Just weighed and I have stayed the same. So, not good; but not bad either.

Today I am feeling so much better and ready to get moving!

So far today I have had Special K for breakfast with a handful of craisins and a slice of toast (its a new kind of bread with added Omega-3 and another nutrient, its not really considered low-cal but I think 75 calories per slice. I got it for both dd and myself and figured I would eat no more than a slice each time anyway) and I had a banana and yogurt for snack.

I am still wanting to get the book by Ian Smith: The 4 Day Diet. I just haven't found it in town yet, thinking I will need to order it from Amazon. I may check with the library and see if they have it; that way I could see what I think before spending the money on the book.



to those who had a disappointing weigh in--Just don't give up. You know what happened, learn from it and move on. The hardest part of change is getting started. If you quit now, you just have to "get started" all over again!

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Amen to the hardest part is getting started! Although, I think it's the week after you get started that's a bit harder for me. It's like the initial motivation and excitement to do this are gone but there are no results yet to pick up the motivation again. Ya know?

Hey I do not have time to catch up since I am just now back at work after my week at WDW... but I did weigh in today.

I missed last week's as you know because I was in Disney - today I am up +3.6 . I am sure about half of that, at least, is water due to all the salty food and not drinking enough water. I did okay on eating, I felt like, but I did drink more alcohol than normal. Also I'm not sure if some of that may be from the week before when I was hobbling around with my broken toe and couldn't get my calorie burn.

I'm back at it today on eating and water - tomorrow for exercise! Back later to catch up with all of you beautiful ladies!

That's not a bad number considering you were on VAKAY! I gained like 9 lbs our week in Disney!

Sorry your toe kept you from getting you calorie burn. How's it doing? Better?

Glad you're back on the Dis, my other fellow Texan!

Down .7, still struggle on the weekend. I don't know why I feel like I have to have junk on the weekend. It didn't help that I didn't feel great so I did no exercising to balance out the eating. I need to find something to snack on during the weekend that tastes good but isn't totally horrible for me. Fruits don't cut it, I need chocolate I should buy some kind of dark chocolate. It gives me a chocolate fix but I don't love it so much that I will binge on it.

Hope everybody has a great Monday!

on losing! I've been eating Slim Fast bars for my chocolate fix! They have a butterfinger and snickers knock off that are pretty good. Only 100 cals and 3.5 or 5g of fat.

FLICK IT AND FORGET IT!!!


I like that one!! I'm gonna put it on my fridge!


Mary - my life could be a history of posts that duplicate your day. That devil on your shoulder can be pretty powerful when fed carbs...it is truly an addiction at some levels.

I will never understand the power alcohol or drugs have over some who suffer it's cravings but I get the food piece totally. Those processed carbs are like a drug to your body.

It doesn't give you what you need and then it makes you want more and more. Sells you lies because it tastes good but you are hungry 20 minutes later like you never ate yet your body technically still has not gotten rid of what it ate. There was just not anything in it nutritous to get so it wants more.

You feed it more of the same and the cycle keeps going.

When I cut out those type of carbs for 2 days..I do not crave them any longer. Like my body detoxes out the bad crap and then the cravings are gone.

It's the first few days that you fight through to make it through and then with one bite of Pizza or junk food...you are back at square one..a full blown addict again.

There's a book called Carb Addicts that I've been meaning to read! Have you read it?


HELLLLLOOOOOOO!!!!! This makes you the first recipient for the tag for your siggie!!! You have lost 6.6 pounds total!!!

At 5 pounds lost, you get a tag and for every 5 after a new tag!!!

I lost 6.2 this week but since I gained weight last week...really only 4.2 total so I do not get it yet!!!!

I want one next week! HUGE MOTIVATOR!!!!

Way to go!!! - I sent you a pm with it in it!!!



WTG!!!! Jasperann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I want one!! It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine!!!!

Come show it off, Jasperann! Me wants to see it!

Alright! So now come up with a game plan on how to prevent this weekend to repeat itself!!! You can do it!!!

Yes m'am! I was already thinking that. DS7 will be home next weekend so I am going to do menu planning for the whole weekend.


I have tracked EVERY Single bite today!

I should get an * next to this since it had nothing to do with diet or exercise but here it is reguardless: -1.5 pounds. I didn't eat (successfuly ) for about 3.5 days so that tends to make you shed some weight, I just wish I could figure out a way to do that when I'm not sick and not pass out.

This may be to geeky for words but I was watching Doctor Who this weekend and one episode centered on a new diet pill with the tag line "The pounds just walk away" and they really did. At night a pound of fat would remove itself from your body and turn into this cute little blob with arms, legs and a face and just walk out of the house. So when I got on the scale this morning and saw that I lost about a pound I just pictured one of those little blobs walking out of my bedroom and going out the doggie door.

Anyway, congrats to everyone wether you gained or lost because you are not giving up!

A loss is a loss, girl! Take it and enjoy it. You worked for it, one way or the other.

well, I lost 1 pound this week. I know something is better than nothing, but my weight can fluctuate by a pound in a day. So it's not much for me. I did measure both times in the morning. How do people loose like 3 pounds or more in a week?? what do i need to do? eat less? eat more? uch, patience, patience, patience...................

any ideas on how to jump start my weight loss?????

Patience is hard for me too! Instant gratification or nothing! But I have to remind myself that the need for instant gratification is what made me overweight in the first place!!

Have you figured your resting metabolic rate yet? Maybe you're not eating ENOUGH and your body thinks you're starving to death! That might be one place to start!

Hang in there!

 

[ancestry]

I haven't even told my mom yet, I am scared about what she will say to me because she's been telling me to lose weight and now it's going to be a total "I told you so".

Don't focus on what you should have done. You CAN NOT change the past. However you have full control over your future.

The best thing you can do for your future is it learn how to best manage your diabetes. Learn how to eat and set yourself up on an exercise plan.

Big virtual group hug to you. You can do this and you can be successful at it.

 

[ski_mom]

Well, I'm down 1 for the week. Not great, but I didn't start until the middle of the week and didn't really have my plan in place or anything. So, I was kind of thinking of today being my starting date. (Not a good plan I know). Anyway, today's been good so far - I had oatmeal for breakfast and a WW yogurt for a snack. Went out to eat with my mom and had a chef salad with dressing I brought from home. Tonight I've got a chicken and dumplings recipe in the crockpot. I haven't figured out the calories/points yet, but it shouldn't be too bad (I hope not anyway) because I used the 98% fat free cream of chicken soup in it. I know it's probably got a lot of sodium, but I've got to start somewhere!

And just a something that I've found that I really liked that has helped me in the past when I've been eating good - I found these salad dressing packets that I just love. You can get them at http://www.hendricksons.com/ When I first starting eating this dressing from the bottle I found it at my local grocery store. I checked their website and found that they had the individual packets, but I thought they were pretty expensive through the website, so I called their number to see if there was anywhere local that sold the packets. The only place that did is actually a food distributor, but they sell to the public also, so they sold me a box of 100 packets for $25. That's a lot of them to buy at one time, but I split the box with my sister and it's definitely much cheaper than their website. Just an idea for anyone interested. I love being able to carry these in my purse and know that I can order a salad and still have it be low fat / low calorie since I have my own dressing that I like.

 

[Jasperann]

Hey all! Thanks for all the congrats! I have my badge in my Siggie! Thanks Dawn!!!

So I wanted to share with you some links that I've acquired on different times of changing me. They have each taught me something about how to lose weight, but mostly it has taught me about me. So here they are:

http://www.calorieking.com/
http://www.thedailyplate.com/ (both great for figuring out calories in things that you have no clue about)

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/weight_loss_tools.htm (tons and tons of great information on here! I love all the calculators they have on here)

http://www.mapmywalk.com/ (if you walk outside you can track how far you actually walk. I use this tool in the spring and summer a lot. I don't like walking the same way a lot, so I change it up often.)

http://walking.about.com/od/weightloss/u/weightloss.htm (obviously walking is one of my big things to lose weight... so yet another walking one)

http://www.everydayhealth.com/ (this is the site I use to track my calories. I just prefer it over all the others I've tried... nothing special about it and the site can be glitchy... )

http://fatsecret.com/ (I really like this site for tracking my weight... when you enter your start weight it asks what your goal weight is and then for every weigh in after that it tells you if you continue to lose at that rate you will reach your goal on XX-XX-XX date. It is a great motivator and gives you a little visual to when you might get to goal if you stay on target. I it!!!)

I hope that some of those might help some of you. I figured if I got something out of them that you guys might like them too. It has taken me so long to finally understand that giving up on your goal is the only way of failing when you are trying to get healthy. I have given up so many times in the past, that I don't want to anymore. I felt this same way when I finally quit smoking, so I'm pretty optimistic about my odds of losing weight this time. I remember trying to quit so many times.... but it never worked, until I really and truly WANTED it to happen, it turned out I was the only one causing myself to continue smoking. When I changed my mind and decided that I didn't want to smoke, quitting became very easy. That is what this time of changing my life feels like. So with that being said... if I stop posting on here, I expect all of you to kick my butt back into gear! (except while I will be gone to Disney... That is March 8th until March 17th)

Gosh I hope that was understandable... sometimes I ramble and it just doesn't come across how I would like it to.

 

[eliz991]

Dawn, I did send you my starting weight - I will send it again!

Gellybean, my toe is much better, still a little sore but I changed shoes a lot and it helped down there. Unfortunately I managed to slip my knee out of joint getting off the bus one night... but that is an injury I have had before. It is better already and I think I can exercise without aggravating it. At least I didn't fall down the stairs and off the bus! (I slipped on the edge of the step because I wasn't looking where I was going but caught myself - but in doing so my knee slipped out sideways on itself.)

 

[luvsJack]

I was at Sunday School yesterday and we started a new lesson. One of the questions was as follows... "What kinds of things do you trust in, especially when life gets stormy, that help you feel comfortable and secure rather than fearful? Be honest!" People started saying the Bible, prayer, family and friends... FOOD was my first answer. Food doesn't judge or even talk. It is just there to comfort me. I would have liked to answer differently, but I was trying to be honest. My pastor smiled at me and said that oreos are on sale at Walmart! (Enabler!) She also admitted that food was 2nd on her list.
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I would have had the same answer! I turn to food without even thinking about it. I can get angry at someone and the next thing I know I am up in the kitchen looking for potato chips or digging for chocolate. And if I am depressed, oh my Comfort foods, comfort food, comfort food and extra of it all!

I need to learn to turn to prayer or the Bible. Hmmmm. I think I will put my Bilble next to that very cabinet and a note on the door that reminds me where to turn plus one on the fridge.

Thanks! I never really thought about it before, but its so easy to turn to food. You will have to tell your pastor that your lesson on Sunday taught a lot more people than just those in the class!

 

[gellybean]

Worth a read!

WW article about unrealistic expectations

 

[PixiePlanner]

I would have had the same answer! I turn to food without even thinking about it. I can get angry at someone and the next thing I know I am up in the kitchen looking for potato chips or digging for chocolate. And if I am depressed, oh my Comfort foods, comfort food, comfort food and extra of it all!

I need to learn to turn to prayer or the Bible. Hmmmm. I think I will put my Bilble next to that very cabinet and a note on the door that reminds me where to turn plus one on the fridge.

Thanks! I never really thought about it before, but its so easy to turn to food. You will have to tell your pastor that your lesson on Sunday taught a lot more people than just those in the class!

She(my pastor) has done WW for years. She totally understands the "turning to food" thing. She admits it. Maybe I should put my Bible in the pantry? or the fridge? Cabinet? I might have to buy more Bibles! Maybe I should just use your idea and place a note reminding not to turn to food...

 

[Mndisneygirl]

- .5 !!!

Sorry I'm so late today - busy at work!

 

[PixiePlanner]

I will never understand the power alcohol or drugs have over some who suffer it's cravings but I get the food piece totally. Those processed carbs are like a drug to your body.

This reminds me of an old Rosanne episode where Rosanne is fighting w/ Jackie about her drinking. Jackie turns to her and says, "Have another shot of pancake." What a statement. Never thought I would be quoting the Rosanne show!

 

[littlepeppers]

Lost 0lbs again this week.

I really thing DH is trying stop me from losing so we don't have to go to WDW again.

Let's see....Chineese buffet, Raising Canes, Popeyes, Sonic, and cake.......
I can't believe I didn't gain.

Did Power 90 (died 20min in) this morning. Starting over again, another Monday.

 

[Leash]

Unfortunately I managed to slip my knee out of joint getting off the bus one night... but that is an injury I have had before. It is better already and I think I can exercise without aggravating it. At least I didn't fall down the stairs and off the bus! (I slipped on the edge of the step because I wasn't looking where I was going but caught myself - but in doing so my knee slipped out sideways on itself.)

OMGosh! How are you actually thinking about exercising and not laid up in bed with pain pills after doing that????? I dislocated my knee Dec. 2008 and then had surgery on it last March and when it went out I was on major drugs and then in an imobilizer for a month and it still isn't all the way better even now. I am still afraid of it ever happening again but you are like "no big deal", I am in awe.