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

[Dizneydawn]

Is it too late to join in?

Heck no! Introduce yourself and jump in please! We love everybody and love the more people to help each other out!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Team Goddess is home (or on the way) and we totally rocked the Princess Half Marathon! WOO HOO! Nine across the line!

For those of you who don't know who we are (Team Goddess), we are nine members of a WISH thread that Dawn started 2 years ago. We have been hanging out together online all this time, losing weight and getting in shape. A few months ago we decided it was time to step it up. So we trained to run (and just FINISHED) a Half Marathon. 13.1 miles. We all stayed together on property, raced together, park toured together, all of it. It was one of the best experiences ever.

Good luck in your weight loss and fitness endeavors! You can do it!

 

[GaRain]

Heck no! Introduce yourself and jump in please! We love everybody and love the more people to help each other out!

Thanks - I think this is a GREAT idea. Saw the thread link while reading your trip report! I actually saw that you are about to head out and was really hoping our trips would overlap....but alas, they will not. I head to Disney this Thursday evening and then I am home on Tuesday. But hey, when you are driving through Atlanta, give me a wave!!

I will introduce myself using your set of questions in my next post!!!

Lara

 

[Dizneydawn]

Good Morning Everyone!

I just wanted to say again to everybody how proud we all should be of the positive support we give one another and the fact that so many of have stayed through the first month.

There will be days and weeks and times that we may not be as successful as others here or as we want to be but the reason this group will keep lasting and keep growing stronger is because dedication to being the best. is not a straight shot.

It has taken us years of garbage to get to where we are and the weight and mental place of this weight or this health. It has been countless turns at emotion and self sabotage and even ignorance or denial that was the culprit.

Years.

So forgive yourself for any lack of perfection you may have had, do not look just at your personal weight loss numbers but of us as a whole. The person who has lost the most and the person who has lost the least is in the same struggle, just a different place. The person who has a gym rat exploding out of them, is inside, made up of the same things that the exercise hater is.

Just in a different moment right now in their life.

None of us have the same life path to our jobs or our families and none of us have the same life experiences to get us to our weight or our struggle with it and our health.

I do not care if 10 of us weigh the exact same. None of us will loose the same or exercise the same or even have the same ideal "goal" weight or body shape.

So this morning be very proud of what you have accomplished. Even if it is simply being here, facing a number you do not like or food issues that still have their hold over you.

I appreciate every single one of you that are a Castaway.

We have power in numbers.

We have support in our unity.

We will have success in our journey.

Your individual success is not based on what others do.

It is based on what you do and how much you love yourself when your want is stronger than your should.

So we had great success this first month.

WE HAVE LOST OVER 68 POUNDS!

But more than that number, I hope you have lost a piece of you that beat yourself up over not being without flaws.

I pray you have lost the part of you that disliked the reflection in the mirror.

My goal for all of us is that we loose the self loathing, turn on the self loving and know that each of us is a valued member of this thread.

Skinny Island IS on the horizon and it will take a whole lot of oars in the water to get there. None of you is not needed.

Be great to yourself and your soul today. Know the type of person you are to others here matter. Believe you count whether you have lost 5 or 2 or even gained.

We are a flock of geese in the air. Taking turns in the lead, helping pave the way for an easier ride for those in the back and never, ever, letting one of us loose our place because each of us HAS a place. And without a single one of us here, the formation, the flock would be imperfect.

Together, we are perfect.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Thanks - I think this is a GREAT idea. Saw the thread link while reading your trip report! I actually saw that you are about to head out and was really hoping our trips would overlap....but alas, they will not. I head to Disney this Thursday evening and then I am home on Tuesday. But hey, when you are driving through Atlanta, give me a wave!!
Will do!
I will introduce myself using your set of questions in my next post!!!

Lara

I look forward to you being here!!

 

[GaRain]

First Name and Screen name: Lara, GaRain
What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to build some muscle to lose some fat, but my main goal is to get off the blood pressure meds!
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Mexican, that cheese dip is a killer!
Favorite Good Food for You: apples
Favorite Form of Exercise: treadmill or my WiiFit Plus
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: at least another 100 lbs
Family: mom, dad, neice, brother and others...

I started cutting down my portion sizes and not taking 2nds, and bought a Wii Fit about a year ago. I have since lost 35 lbs, but still have a long way to go. I just joined LA Fitness so that I can get some muscle building work in with my aerobics.
Thanks for this thread!
I leave for Disney on Thursday - hoping to get up each morning to swim some laps and maybe do some yoga. But I hope the Dole Whips are not the end of me!

Lara

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Dawn, Thank you for your inspiring words this morning. I know I needed to hear them. And I also want to thank everyone on this thread for being so supportive. This is the most inspired I have been in years and it's because of everyone here. I even bragged to my dad last night about how I'm doing and it's all because of the people here. So thanks team. We can rock this out!!!

And congrats to Team Goddess for the Princess marathon. Maybe one day, years from now, that will be me!!

 

[ancestry]

Blech. I really didn't want to go to the gym this morning because I *have* to go there this afternoon to take my youngest two to their swimming lessons. So I FORCED myself to get off my booty and go for a walk. I ended up walking 4.8 miles in 75 minutes with 1/2 of it being a fairly steep uphill climb. I surprised at the workout I got. I felt it just as much if not more that I do when I am working out at the gym.

 

[ancestry]

First Name and Screen name: Lara, GaRain
What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to build some muscle to lose some fat, but my main goal is to get off the blood pressure meds!
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Mexican, that cheese dip is a killer!
Favorite Good Food for You: apples
Favorite Form of Exercise: treadmill or my WiiFit Plus
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: at least another 100 lbs
Family: mom, dad, neice, brother and others...

I started cutting down my portion sizes and not taking 2nds, and bought a Wii Fit about a year ago. I have since lost 35 lbs, but still have a long way to go. I just joined LA Fitness so that I can get some muscle building work in with my aerobics.
Thanks for this thread!
I leave for Disney on Thursday - hoping to get up each morning to swim some laps and maybe do some yoga. But I hope the Dole Whips are not the end of me!

Lara

Welcome! Glad to have you join us. I'm so jealous that you get to leave for Disney on Thursday. I still have a little over two months to go. I hope you enjoy your vacation!

 

[Duchie]

First Name and Screen name: Lara, GaRain
What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to build some muscle to lose some fat, but my main goal is to get off the blood pressure meds!
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Mexican, that cheese dip is a killer!
Favorite Good Food for You: apples
Favorite Form of Exercise: treadmill or my WiiFit Plus
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: at least another 100 lbs
Family: mom, dad, neice, brother and others...

I started cutting down my portion sizes and not taking 2nds, and bought a Wii Fit about a year ago. I have since lost 35 lbs, but still have a long way to go. I just joined LA Fitness so that I can get some muscle building work in with my aerobics.
Thanks for this thread!
I leave for Disney on Thursday - hoping to get up each morning to swim some laps and maybe do some yoga. But I hope the Dole Whips are not the end of me!

Lara

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you in our little group. Enjoy your trip

Dawn, Thank you for your inspiring words this morning. I know I needed to hear them. And I also want to thank everyone on this thread for being so supportive. This is the most inspired I have been in years and it's because of everyone here. I even bragged to my dad last night about how I'm doing and it's all because of the people here. So thanks team. We can rock this out!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Team Goddess is home (or on the way) and we totally rocked the Princess Half Marathon! WOO HOO! Nine across the line!

For those of you who don't know who we are (Team Goddess), we are nine members of a WISH thread that Dawn started 2 years ago. We have been hanging out together online all this time, losing weight and getting in shape. A few months ago we decided it was time to step it up. So we trained to run (and just FINISHED) a Half Marathon. 13.1 miles. We all stayed together on property, raced together, park toured together, all of it. It was one of the best experiences ever.

Good luck in your weight loss and fitness endeavors! You can do it!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Dawn - thanks for your inspiring words again today!! They really do help me stay motivated. I hope you have a wonderful trip!!! Safe travels!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

As much as I hated it, I did manage to drag myself to weigh in yesterday. I maintained. No loss this week.

 

[luvsJack]

First Name and Screen name: Lara, GaRain
What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to build some muscle to lose some fat, but my main goal is to get off the blood pressure meds!
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Mexican, that cheese dip is a killer!
Favorite Good Food for You: apples
Favorite Form of Exercise: treadmill or my WiiFit Plus
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: at least another 100 lbs
Family: mom, dad, neice, brother and others...

I started cutting down my portion sizes and not taking 2nds, and bought a Wii Fit about a year ago. I have since lost 35 lbs, but still have a long way to go. I just joined LA Fitness so that I can get some muscle building work in with my aerobics.
Thanks for this thread!
I leave for Disney on Thursday - hoping to get up each morning to swim some laps and maybe do some yoga. But I hope the Dole Whips are not the end of me!

Lara

WELCOME!! Have a wonderful time at Disney! I have a full year to plan for our next trip (3/2011) so am really jealous of all those going now. Even exercising at Disney is better than any where else!

Dawn, Thank you for your inspiring words this morning. I know I needed to hear them. And I also want to thank everyone on this thread for being so supportive. This is the most inspired I have been in years and it's because of everyone here. I even bragged to my dad last night about how I'm doing and it's all because of the people here. So thanks team. We can rock this out!!!

And congrats to Team Goddess for the Princess marathon. Maybe one day, years from now, that will be me!!

I thank you too Dawn!!! So many times I have gotten to the place I am right now and then quit, but this group is keeping me inspired to keep going. All the help and support is really what helps me to pick that salad for supper instead of the cheeseburger or to make me turn on the Wii for a workout or to go to the track to walk a mile or two.

 

[eliz991]

Good Morning Everyone!

I just wanted to say again to everybody how proud we all should be of the positive support we give one another and the fact that so many of have stayed through the first month.

There will be days and weeks and times that we may not be as successful as others here or as we want to be but the reason this group will keep lasting and keep growing stronger is because dedication to being the best. is not a straight shot.

It has taken us years of garbage to get to where we are and the weight and mental place of this weight or this health. It has been countless turns at emotion and self sabotage and even ignorance or denial that was the culprit.

Years.

So forgive yourself for any lack of perfection you may have had, do not look just at your personal weight loss numbers but of us as a whole. The person who has lost the most and the person who has lost the least is in the same struggle, just a different place. The person who has a gym rat exploding out of them, is inside, made up of the same things that the exercise hater is.

Just in a different moment right now in their life.

None of us have the same life path to our jobs or our families and none of us have the same life experiences to get us to our weight or our struggle with it and our health.

I do not care if 10 of us weigh the exact same. None of us will loose the same or exercise the same or even have the same ideal "goal" weight or body shape.

So this morning be very proud of what you have accomplished. Even if it is simply being here, facing a number you do not like or food issues that still have their hold over you.

I appreciate every single one of you that are a Castaway.

We have power in numbers.

We have support in our unity.

We will have success in our journey.

Your individual success is not based on what others do.

It is based on what you do and how much you love yourself when your want is stronger than your should.

So we had great success this first month.

WE HAVE LOST OVER 68 POUNDS!

But more than that number, I hope you have lost a piece of you that beat yourself up over not being without flaws.

I pray you have lost the part of you that disliked the reflection in the mirror.

My goal for all of us is that we loose the self loathing, turn on the self loving and know that each of us is a valued member of this thread.

Skinny Island IS on the horizon and it will take a whole lot of oars in the water to get there. None of you is not needed.

Be great to yourself and your soul today. Know the type of person you are to others here matter. Believe you count whether you have lost 5 or 2 or even gained.

We are a flock of geese in the air. Taking turns in the lead, helping pave the way for an easier ride for those in the back and never, ever, letting one of us loose our place because each of us HAS a place. And without a single one of us here, the formation, the flock would be imperfect.

Together, we are perfect.

I usually don't like to quote long posts in their entirety but this one was just so great! Thanks Dawn! Together we will keep working at it until we all get to skinny island!

 

[TB'sWidow]

Thanks Dawn you are a great motivator. Mary

 

[Anna114]

I had a really good dieting life lesson this weekend. I haven't been out to eat in over 2 months, I kept my food within good portion control. I had everything that I wanted, finished my soup . My husband shared the appetizer and I saved my second piece of chicken and much of my spaghetti for my son's dinner the next night. I walked out not feeling stuffed and got on the scale today and didn't gain an ounce. I know I will have to be good this week but it's OK. I thought I was going to have to lose weight that I gained this weekend. Any new tips anyone has learned??

 

[gellybean]

68 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable!!!!




Congratulations everyone!!!

Dawn- you rock Miss Thang! Your words were just another layer of confirmation as to exactly why I need to be in THIS group!! Love the geese analogy!!

We are all part of this journey but all have a different vehicle (our bodies) to use to get to our destination! Together we'll get there, but we may not get there at the same speed, and THAT'S OK!

Don't get me wrong, the competitor in me is irked that I don't have a palm tree in my siggie yet! BUT this is my journey. And when I get there, I will have earned it on my own, in my own time! And that will be even sweeter, to know that I deserve it because of something *I* did or didn't do, whichever the case may be!


to GaRain! I love the rain!! GA is definitely a good place for it eh? We got caught in a heckuva rain storm on the way back from Savannah last summer.

Congrats on your loss of 35 lbs already! Glad to have you here!

On a personal note, I did make it to the gym last night sans sister. I really wasn't feeling the weights so much. Only did 15 mins of weight training when I should have done 30, BUT I got on the bike and got interested in House, which I knew I wasn't recording at home because of I had dumped it for Molly and Jason's Wedding.
I ended up staying on the bike for 45 mins!!! I've never stayed on that long. I had to stay to the end of House to find out what the correct diagnosis was! And I bumped the resistance level up for more than half that ride!

I may not go the gym tonight. I know, I know. But hubby's been out of town and depending on what time he gets home tonight, I may elect to stay home to get to see him for a bit. I may try to get to the gym early so it's a non-issue! Sister is still sick, so it's totally my call.


Have a great day everyone!! Week 4!






PS I must have posted #500 last night because I am officially a DIS Veteran now!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PixiePlanner]

I had a really good dieting life lesson this weekend. I haven't been out to eat in over 2 months, I kept my food within good portion control. I had everything that I wanted, finished my soup . My husband shared the appetizer and I saved my second piece of chicken and much of my spaghetti for my son's dinner the next night. I walked out not feeling stuffed and got on the scale today and didn't gain an ounce. I know I will have to be good this week but it's OK. I thought I was going to have to lose weight that I gained this weekend. Any new tips anyone has learned??

Congratulations on your victory!

I love salad and so I try to order a side salad with my meals out. I always say no to croutons and go light on the cheese. I usually still end up scraping off half the cheese. Dressing on the side is a must. I want to control how much is on the food. I always finish my salad. My meal comes and I am not nearly as hungry as I was. If I am eating any kind of sandwich/burger type thing, I cut it in half and try to eat only half. When ordering takeout at work, I have started taking what I want to eat out of the container and putting it on a plate. The rest immediately goes in the frig for tomorrow. This has been a really good thing because I used to just sit and eat until I felt sick.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Tuesday nights are my downfall. Last week, it was Olive Garden. Last night, it was ice cream. I ate a huge bowl of ice cream and didn't even enjoy it! I went to the fridge to make my yogurt and frozen fruit smoothie when I remembered there was some ice cream left in the freezer. I dished it out without really asking myself if I needed it and then sat on the sofa and ate it mindlessly. I'm not even sure I really tasted it, just kept putting spoonfuls in my mouth. When I finished, I looked at the bowl and spent the rest of the night feeling very guilty about the whole thing. Not good, not good at all.

What I have learned from this is that I have no willpower over food once it is IN my house. Had the ice cream not been in the freezer, I would have been very happy with my smoothie. So, in the future, I have to NOT buy junk and bring it into my house. Somehow, I can resist in the store but if I bring it home, it's all over. Lesson learned. Now I just have to stop feeling guilty about how I learned it.

 

[stitchfan23]

I know what you mean Stacy. I don't really care for potato chips (ok maybe a few but that is it) and for some reason hubby brought a bag home last week and since I know they are in the house all I want to do is eat them. I finally gave him the bag and told him that since he brought them into the house he was going to finish them off so that they were out of the house. Of course he didn't argue.