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

[littlepeppers]

I just looked at LiveStrong, too. If I plug in "no activity" and 1.5 lbs to lose each week it gives me about the same calorie range as spark people but if I change it to 1 lb per week it ups about 200 calories per day.

It seems a bit easier to track than spark people. Like someone else said the foods are easier to find, I have had to manually put in a lot of the foods I eat using spark people.

I think that I'm going to like it. I need something go hold me accountable. It is too easy to lie to yourself.

I want to lose 20lbs before our late Sept WDW trip. At 1lb a week, I should reach goal way before I need to shop for new clothes for the trip.

I just don't feel like I'm dieting. I have like 1950 calories per day. I still have over 800 left for today.

I put that I don't exercise & then I'm just going to enter any exercise in the fitness calculator. That way I'm not cheating when I can't get any activity in.

 

[gellybean]

After reading how you all set up your Daily Plate, I was concerned I'd put my activity level at too high-I originally put moderate because it said childcare and housework, things I do daily. But I don't want to shoot my self in the foot by eating too many calories. So I went and played with it some to see what it said to do and what the difference would be in calories. It said for sedentary that it would be a dangerous low amount of calories to lose 2 lbs a week, so I bumped it back to lightly active and it gave me a daily goal of 868 cals a day.






I was like holy carp that's a big difference from 2300 cals at Moderately active. Til I read where it said I was 0'0 tall.

No wonder!!!


So I fixed that and am going to hit a happy medium and go with lightly active. That calorie goal falls in line with what Sparkpeople said too, and that way I won't have to add all the activity options it gives you. Least that's what it recommended you do!

Gonna go work out tonight, even though I've got some allergy thing going on. Thankfully tonight's just cardio.

TMI warning below .....






I finally broke down and took a pregnancy test b/c my cycle is so late. It was negative. I've got mixed emotions about this. On one hand it would not have been planned and would be pretty rotten timing seeing as how I'm really trying to work on ME right now. But on the other hand, I was a little sad. I'd love a 3rd one. I just have to get my blood sugars under control before we can TRY for a 3rd one. But if I accidently got pregnant.... well then it'd be done. Ya know?


Now I'm wondering if my cycle is messed up because I'm starting an excercise regimen. I'm NEVER late. Who knows!


Anyway... it's been an interesting day! With all the emotional ups and downs I'm pretty pleased with how much I haven't eaten. I normally would have turned to food. Instead I'm playing around on Daily Plate and reading the Dr. Oz YOU on a Diet book.


Catch you guys after gym!

 

[dislvr74]

Hi! I am in computer training he!! today and tomorrow and then I will be out of town for the weekend, so I can't post much.

I'm glad that some of you are enjoying the daily plate. I too thought it was suggesting too many calories, but I am slowly losing so I'm trying to trust it.

You might remember that I thought I was retaining a bunch of water because my weight went up one morning instead of down. Clearly I was correct because I spent ALL DAY in the bathroom today. Not a big deal when I am in my office, but sort of a problem when I am in a training class. I think the instructor was starting to get insulted. I must have got up to leave once an hour!

 

[acejka]

So I haven't checked in, in like a week. I hit a terrible bout of binging and insomnia, not to mention horrible stomach issues every single day. I have no idea what is going on. As soon as I eat I'm fine, but man in the middle of the night or when I first wake up-yuck-o. The rest of the day, all I want is junky fatty food.

I gained two pounds, who knows if it is water or fat since I haven't kept my water up either, and I am a person who is really affected by water intake.

I'm back on track, back to the gym today (took it easy so I didn't jump back in after a week and screw myself up) Going to log into sparkpeople and hold myself accountable for today's calories also.

I may have screwed up but at least I can do some damage control at this point.

 

[luvsJack]

Ok, so I tracked what I have eaten today on Spark People AND Living Strong--LOL. Either way I am actually under my calories for today, so I have enough for a treat of Luigi's Italian Ice later. Yummy! Love the Cherry Flavored.

 

[TB'sWidow]

Mary!!!!

Thanks I'm gonna try and go into this week-end taking all the encouragement I can get. I have to spend all day at the college again planning on taking my lunch this time to avoid any diet traps.

 

[gellybean]

I went over my calorie allowance on Daily Plate by 67 cals and that was before I logged my 40 mins on the stationary bike! So I had a pretty good day. I talked to a trainer at the gym tonight about the discrepancy between how many cals the bike says I'm burning v. how many cals all these food/fitness journals are saying I'm burning and he said to ignore them both. He said to just track my food and log the fitness but not worry about eating the extra cals for the fitness cals burned, cus it get's confusing and it's easy to over estimate and then eat too much. So I have no clue. What does everyone else do? Do you eat your cals that you burn/earn back through activity?


I am loving the Daily Plate so far. I definitely see where I can tweak some things. I went over on my protein which shocked the heck out of me cus I always have a hard time eating enough protein. And I was over on sodium, fat, and sugar. So maybe that explains my blood work! Will be interesting and maybe even a little, dare I say it, FUN, to work on my diet and fine point all those levels too!

Hoping what I have is just allergies and that I'll be better tomorrow and not worse! Really don't wanna miss any work outs!

On an unrelated note, my 7 yr old son was sitting in the car tonight with my sister, while I ran into Petco to pick up some dog food. They were reading all the words on the buildings and one of the words was Grooming. After figuring out the word, my son was asked by my sister what the word Grooming means, to which he replied, "Ya know, when you go out looking for a bride!!"






Good night everyone!

 

[ancestry]

I went over my calorie allowance on Daily Plate by 67 cals and that was before I logged my 40 mins on the stationary bike! So I had a pretty good day. I talked to a trainer at the gym tonight about the discrepancy between how many cals the bike says I'm burning v. how many cals all these food/fitness journals are saying I'm burning and he said to ignore them both. He said to just track my food and log the fitness but not worry about eating the extra cals for the fitness cals burned, cus it get's confusing and it's easy to over estimate and then eat too much. So I have no clue. What does everyone else do? Do you eat your cals that you burn/earn back through activity?

I do go by the calories burned that the gym equipment gives me because it allows me to enter my height and weight prior to starting the workout so I feel that it is fairly accurate. However I do not *eat* back the calories that I burn off during exercise. On non-workout days I try to stay around 1500-1600 calories but I am always hungrier on a non-workout day. On workout days I eat until I am not hungry but try to stay between 1700-2000 calories although some days I have trouble eating 1700 calories if I make good food choices. I usually burn an average of 400-600 calories on a workout day. However I am significantly overweight by about 80-100 pounds so 1700-2000 calories is still a huge reduction from what I used to eat in a regular day.

 

[ancestry]

I'm back on track, back to the gym today (took it easy so I didn't jump back in after a week and screw myself up) Going to log into sparkpeople and hold myself accountable for today's calories also.

I may have screwed up but at least I can do some damage control at this point.

Good job on getting yourself back on track. I know how hard that can be to do so congratulations!

 

[ancestry]

Bless your heart. I hope you feel better soon. I did the same thing after my first week of trying to lose weight. Ended up down with a sinus infection for about 5 days. Then this week, I exercised for two days and on the third I left work feeling AWFUL!! I am better today so I will be right back at it but its like my own body is trying to sabatoge my efforts to make it healthier!

I guess we just have to keep saying "and this too shall pass".

Thanks for your support. I so agree with it feeling like my body is trying to ruin my efforts to get healthy. Fortunately I am feeling a bit better today but now the kids have no school today because of the storms we had last night. I had wanted to go to the gym again but it is difficult to do with a house full of kids. Feel like trying to push a boulder up a mountain some times. lol!

 

[luvsJack]

Thanks for your support. I so agree with it feeling like my body is trying to ruin my efforts to get healthy. Fortunately I am feeling a bit better today but now the kids have no school today because of the storms we had last night. I had wanted to go to the gym again but it is difficult to do with a house full of kids. Feel like trying to push a boulder up a mountain some times. lol!

Yep, feel the same way!

I started going to the walking track every day and dd was going with me and riding her bike, now she's not feeling well. So, I've missed my walk. BUT, I do have the walking DVD that I like to use when I can beat the rest of the family off the dvd player (for some reason we only have one dvd player right now).

So after a couple of days, I have decided that I am going to do away with all these things that sabotage my efforts. (no, no, not my family; I will keep them. LOL) But I am going to buy another dvd player this weekend, so that I have choices of where I can do the walking dvd, and I am buying the EA sports for Wii so I have that choice too. I figure if I have a way to work out in every room of the house, no one can say "can't you do that later?" or "But, MOOOOMMMMMM, I wanted to watch Harry Potter (or Twilight or Pirates or whatever)."

 

[shellabell]

Happy Friday

I have decided to re-join a gym. I miss being able to do the eliptical. I stopped going when we decided to buy a treadmill, but I really hate the treadmill I like to walk/run outside and I figure the eliptical is a good option for cross-training. I really only plan on going a couple of days a week, since I take the running class 3 days. Now I just have to actually go

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[Dizneydawn]

TAXES DONE!!!!

I will get caught up with what I missed yesterday and this morning later today!!!!

Grocery store run for GOOD FOODS!!!!

Happy Friday Everybody!!!

3 days from 3rd weigh in!

I need to get to that 5 pounds lost!!! I want a Palm Tree Too!!!

Who else is on it????

 

[luvsJack]

Happy Friday

I have decided to re-join a gym. I miss being able to do the eliptical. I stopped going when we decided to buy a treadmill, but I really hate the treadmill I like to walk/run outside and I figure the eliptical is a good option for cross-training. I really only plan on going a couple of days a week, since I take the running class 3 days. Now I just have to actually go

Hope everyone has a great day!

What is it about those treadmills? Everybody I know that has one, quit walking after they bought it until they started going back to the track! I had mine in front of a TV, tried it with music, everything--it is just ssoooooo boring!!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

TAXES DONE!!!!

I will get caught up with what I missed yesterday and this morning later today!!!!

Grocery store run for GOOD FOODS!!!!

Happy Friday Everybody!!!

3 days from 3rd weigh in!

I need to get to that 5 pounds lost!!! I want a Palm Tree Too!!!

Who else is on it????

I'd like to say "I am!" but the scale has not been my friend since I got back from Disney. Yesterday it said I gained 9 pounds!!! Of course, I know some of that is water weight but still. This morning I was down 4 of those pounds but I'm feeling like Monday isn't looking so good for me. And I was good at Disney too. Sure, I had some snacks and a burger, but I also ate turkey sandwiches and I SKIPPED Mickey head ice cream, had NO alcohol, and SHARED a Dole Whip. ARRGGGG!!! Well, here's hoping I can be really good this weekend and get back on track.

 

[PixiePlanner]

I weigh-in tomorrow. If you hear a loud Woo-hoo from central IL, I hit my goal of 2lbs. I will try to post over the weekend but it is a busy one.
Tonight I am taking DD to "Junie B Jones" the musical. It was DH's idea but DD is so excited to have Mommy time: should be great. Tomorrow DS's class is competing in a Rube Goldberg machine contest. That should be interesting. They have been working on this contraption for several weeks. Church on Sunday. Sometime this weekend I need to grocery shop and do housework. Monday is March and I still have my Christmas dishes out... I need a weekend at home... Maybe by July.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[gellybean]

The only reason I'm not eating all the cookies is because then I'd have to pay for them!
My family did order quite a few, but if they go in the freezer, I can leave them alone. We had a couple boxes in the freezer from LAST YEAR! (they were not my favorite kind). I had one Samoa last night (that's my favorite along with Tagalongs) and that was it. I was pretty proud. My DH, on the other hand, had already opened two boxes!!! He could eat a sleeve of Thin Mints in no time!

So after I felt like I ate too much yesterday, I got on the scale today and it was good! So I am still feeling like I'm on track. Now I just have to work on that exercise! I was unable to walk during lunch today, so I'll have to add something tonight while I'm watching figure skating. Maybe I'll get my exercise ball out and do some abs and stretch my aching back!

I have no clue what Samoa and Tagalongs are!!! I need to google them, though then that would be torture... I guess I'm just one track minded when it comes to Girl Scout Cookings. I zero in on the Thin Mints!

I even like eating them frozen. So putting them in the freezer wouldn't deter me.!! for only eating ONE! That's awesome!

I think that I'm going to like it. I need something go hold me accountable. It is too easy to lie to yourself.

I want to lose 20lbs before our late Sept WDW trip. At 1lb a week, I should reach goal way before I need to shop for new clothes for the trip.

I just don't feel like I'm dieting. I have like 1950 calories per day. I still have over 800 left for today.

I put that I don't exercise & then I'm just going to enter any exercise in the fitness calculator. That way I'm not cheating when I can't get any activity in.

Good luck on your 20 lbs by September!! Good idea giving yourself some time to shop before you trip too! 1 lb a week is totally doable!! Your calorie goal is very similar to mine! I don't feel like I'm dieting either. It's funny how your mind tells you that you have to starve yourself even though your brain knows the science behind it.

So I haven't checked in, in like a week. I hit a terrible bout of binging and insomnia, not to mention horrible stomach issues every single day. I have no idea what is going on. As soon as I eat I'm fine, but man in the middle of the night or when I first wake up-yuck-o. The rest of the day, all I want is junky fatty food.

I gained two pounds, who knows if it is water or fat since I haven't kept my water up either, and I am a person who is really affected by water intake.

I'm back on track, back to the gym today (took it easy so I didn't jump back in after a week and screw myself up) Going to log into sparkpeople and hold myself accountable for today's calories also.

I may have screwed up but at least I can do some damage control at this point.

to be back on track!!!!! Damage control is a necessary party of dieting!! Good luck getting back into the swing of things!

I do go by the calories burned that the gym equipment gives me because it allows me to enter my height and weight prior to starting the workout so I feel that it is fairly accurate. However I do not *eat* back the calories that I burn off during exercise. On non-workout days I try to stay around 1500-1600 calories but I am always hungrier on a non-workout day. On workout days I eat until I am not hungry but try to stay between 1700-2000 calories although some days I have trouble eating 1700 calories if I make good food choices. I usually burn an average of 400-600 calories on a workout day. However I am significantly overweight by about 80-100 pounds so 1700-2000 calories is still a huge reduction from what I used to eat in a regular day.

If the machines allow me to enter my height and weight before I start I haven't figured that part out yet. I agree with tracking the fitness but not eating back the calories. I have a significant amount of weight to lose too so 2000 cals is a big (pun intended) reduction for me as well. I remember a long time ago a nutritionist told me that for women it's 11 cals per pound on average to maintain your weight. So if someone weighs 200 lbs for example it takes 2200 to maintain that weight. So that gives everyone an idea of what a reduction their caloric goals are even if it seems like we have a lot of cals we need to consume.

Yep, feel the same way!

I started going to the walking track every day and dd was going with me and riding her bike, now she's not feeling well. So, I've missed my walk. BUT, I do have the walking DVD that I like to use when I can beat the rest of the family off the dvd player (for some reason we only have one dvd player right now).

So after a couple of days, I have decided that I am going to do away with all these things that sabotage my efforts. (no, no, not my family; I will keep them. LOL) But I am going to buy another dvd player this weekend, so that I have choices of where I can do the walking dvd, and I am buying the EA sports for Wii so I have that choice too. I figure if I have a way to work out in every room of the house, no one can say "can't you do that later?" or "But, MOOOOMMMMMM, I wanted to watch Harry Potter (or Twilight or Pirates or whatever)."

@ doing away with things that sabotage your efforts....but not your family.

Good for you getting another DVD player and setting yourself up for SUCCESS!!

Happy Friday

I have decided to re-join a gym. I miss being able to do the eliptical. I stopped going when we decided to buy a treadmill, but I really hate the treadmill I like to walk/run outside and I figure the eliptical is a good option for cross-training. I really only plan on going a couple of days a week, since I take the running class 3 days. Now I just have to actually go

Hope everyone has a great day!

for deciding to re-join a gym!!! I really hate the idea of a treadmill too but haven't worked myself up to doing an elliptical again. When I owned one, that thing kicked my butt!!!

TAXES DONE!!!!

I will get caught up with what I missed yesterday and this morning later today!!!!

Grocery store run for GOOD FOODS!!!!

Happy Friday Everybody!!!

3 days from 3rd weigh in!

I need to get to that 5 pounds lost!!! I want a Palm Tree Too!!!

Who else is on it????

I so want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But there's no way I'll hit it this week. I was showing a loss as of this morning, but with my gain last week I don't think I'll hit 5 lbs net loss. Not yet!

for having your taxes done!! That always feels good to get that done!

I am planning meals for this weekend to not fall into the weekend trap again. I am bummed about missing work outs b/c of being sick! Can't let it de-rail my gym routine!!

What is it about those treadmills? Everybody I know that has one, quit walking after they bought it until they started going back to the track! I had mine in front of a TV, tried it with music, everything--it is just ssoooooo boring!!

Maybe if I got a runner's high, I'd like them? Maybe?? But me running is well....

I'd like to say "I am!" but the scale has not been my friend since I got back from Disney. Yesterday it said I gained 9 pounds!!! Of course, I know some of that is water weight but still. This morning I was down 4 of those pounds but I'm feeling like Monday isn't looking so good for me. And I was good at Disney too. Sure, I had some snacks and a burger, but I also ate turkey sandwiches and I SKIPPED Mickey head ice cream, had NO alcohol, and SHARED a Dole Whip. ARRGGGG!!! Well, here's hoping I can be really good this weekend and get back on track.

I gained 9 lbs being in Disney for a week!! I lost about half of it just being home a week and not eating at Disney anymore! Hopefully it'll be water weight and you'll drop it quickly!!

Good for you being good at Disney!! Skipping Mickey head's.... !

I weigh-in tomorrow. If you hear a loud Woo-hoo from central IL, I hit my goal of 2lbs. I will try to post over the weekend but it is a busy one.
Tonight I am taking DD to "Junie B Jones" the musical. It was DH's idea but DD is so excited to have Mommy time: should be great. Tomorrow DS's class is competing in a Rube Goldberg machine contest. That should be interesting. They have been working on this contraption for several weeks. Church on Sunday. Sometime this weekend I need to grocery shop and do housework. Monday is March and I still have my Christmas dishes out... I need a weekend at home... Maybe by July.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Sounds like a great mother-daughter evening planned!! Hoping to hear your WOO HOO from central IL all the way down here in Texas!!








I'm sitting here looking up all my favorite restaurants on Daily Plate and laughing hysterically at all the calorie values of all my fave foods. No WONDER! I really hope Congress can get something done about restaurants having to make their nutritional values be known!!!

 

[gellybean]

I was thinking about all the diets I've done in the past and thought it might be interesting for all of us to post what we've tried in the past that worked or didn't work!


I'll go first.


First time I tried to lose weight, I was 13. I counted fat grams and used Slim Fast shakes for part of the meals. I lost 30 lbs.

I joined athletics in Jr. High and lost another 20 lbs after the 30 I'd lost. It was the skinniest I ever remember being. I was 14 yrs old and weighed 149.

Second time I tried to lose weight was when I was 16.By then I had gained back all that I had lost in Jr. High and then some. My mom and I joined a medically aided fast, meaning we were under supervision of a doctor and we drank nothing but liquid for 12 wks! It was a 12 wk fast, 500 cals a DAY and they were supposed to teach us how to maintain our loss AFTER we lost a bunch of weight. I did lose about 40 lbs but fell off the fasting wagon before the 12 wks were up and quit going to the meetings, etc. And yes, looking back, knowing what I know now, I probably truly screwed my metabolism up. If would give anything to weigh now what I weighed when I started that fast.

I've since tried Atkins, though not for long, and Weight Watchers.

The most success I've had losing weight is with pregnancy and nursing! Not exactly a diet I can get back on again that easily. And as soon as I quit nursing, I gain it all back. I lost 60 lbs with each pregnancy and months of subsequent nursing. The same 60 lbs!


This is the first time I've really done this the right way.... counting cals and fat and carbs and protein AND working out AND with a support group! Here's hoping this is the magic formula for me!!


Really looking forward to hearing what other diets you all have tried and what worked or didn't work for you!!!

 

[luvsJack]

Oh, my I wonder if I can even remember all the things I have tried.

Way, way back in jr. high, I joined weight watchers with my mom. Back then you had to count how many foods you ate in each food group. (like you could eat 3 breads, 5 proteins, and so on) You had to eat something like 10 servings of fish each week and liver (YUCK!) at least once a week. I didn't stay with it, but lost most of my excess weight by the end of 8th grade because a doctor prescribed diet pills. (no meal plan, just take one of these before breakfast)

Throughout high school I gained and lost weight constantly. Most of my "diets" consisted of "got to much to do and too many places to go to eat" and surviving on a Snickers bar and a hamburger for the day (and usually we were all broke so two or three of us would split the hamburger!)

As an adult I have rejoined weight watchers at least a dozen times. I have probably tried every different program they have ever had. Most, I really did have some success with; its just sticking with it.

Mother and I went to a doctor in a neighboring town that would prescribe diet pills and suggested that you follow the meal plan for diabetics. I lost quiet a bit but of course when I stopped taking the pills it all came back.

Once Mom and I tried a liquid diet called "the Cambridge Diet". AWFUL tasting stuff. Didn't even last a week.

I tried LA Weighloss--HUGE waste of waaaaayyyy too much money! Did not lose one flipping pound!

Tried Akins. Couldn't get past the first 3 days.

Me and a friend at work went to another doctor and had the staples put in our ears. Literally a staple in the center part of your ear (supposed to be like accupuncture). Worked for as long as we convinced ourselves it would work. Actually did lose some weight though, probably about 30 lbs.

The most success I have had was using Slim Fast. I started out with nothing but 2 Slim Fast shakes a day, one Lean Cuisine for supper and water. I did that for about two weeks and then added in fresh fruits and veggies. After another two weeks, I started replacing the noon time shake with a low fat Subway or some other low cal sandwich or meal. And I walked every day up to 3 miles and worked out every morning. I lost about 65-70 lbs and felt great. Problem was, when I tried to eat "normally" (no slim fast) I started gaining it all back.

Then we (the same work friend and I) heard of a doctor that was prescribing diet pills. So we went to him and got the pills. Made me very nervous and anxious so I couldn't take them.

That was when I decided that I would stop trying to find that "magic cure" and just change the way I eat. My friend is still trying everything that comes around. Last time it was some kind of drops to put on her tongue???

 

[Jasperann]

The diets I've been on???

Lets see... in High School I worked out three times a week and walked everywhere. I was pretty thin then... at the time I didn't think I was though.

Then when I was in my 20s I tried some diet pills and lost about 30 pounds. I had about 40 to loss at that time so I almost made it to goal. Then I stopped taking them because they made me feel horrible.

Next was 'Six week body make over' which I call the chicken diet... I can't stand fish and it was chicken and fish you could eat. I did that for about a month and a half and lost a lot of weight, probably about 30-40 pounds. You would have 5-6 meals a day with protein (ie chicken) with each meal and a fruit or veggie. But I think my calorie intake each day was probably 1000 or less... After about the month and a half I broke down and said 'I just want a banana split!!!!' I don't even like banana splits...

Then I tried working out and counting calories. It worked really well the first time around and I learned SO much. I lost about 40 pounds in 4 months or so and hit a wall. I then started trying different things that were working for other people on the website that I went to. None of them worked for me. Among them was Adkins, WW, South beach, The flat belly diet, and many many others. So I got discouraged and just quit.

Now I'm back to counting calories and working out daily. But this time I'm focusing on feeling better, not losing weight. Then I won't quit.. right? I am at this moment working on eating a healthier breakfast and next week I think I'm going to start on my lunches. One baby step at a time. I don't want to change everything all at once because knowing myself the way I do, I would totally rebel.