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

[tlenzendorf]

Thanks. Now I found out the Flash Forward is cancelled. It was one of those shows that you knew itwas coming, but I sure hope they tie up the lose ends.

Flash Forward is cancelled now, too??!! What the crap!! They better tie off loose ends for sure!

 

[MulanUSAF]

I've already hit up the DQ nutrition site to figure out what if any treats I can let myself have. We're not eating, just ice cream for the kids. Depending on how strong I'm being .... I've got about 4 options from 150-300 cals each. And this will probably serve as my lunch. Not the healthiest thing, I know, but it'll work for today.

Wow, I don't think I could go to a DQ and not eat ice cream. In fact, I avoid it all together at the mall by parking on the other side, so I don't have to walk by it and lose self control. Before I found out I was diabetic, I used to hit up DQ for Butterfinger blizzards or orange julius drinks almost every single time I go to the mall. Sigh...

 

[Octoberbeauty]

Flash Forward has been cancelled? NOOOOOOO My bf and I love that show. We dish on it every week.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Stopping by to say hello. I've got company coming from out of state so I'm getting ready for her, but I'll be ready to jump in here by Monday. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[cheerful chickadee]

I'm here, haven't had much time to post this week. I had a rocky start to the week....

Saturday is my weigh in day and my cheat day (counter-productive you say? never!) So last sat. I weighed in, took my 1lb weight loss and then had 2pcs of pizza & 3 oven roasted wings for dinner. I stay on my WW points all day, I just splurge on dinner, it's not a free for all of binging. I've been doing this once a week since I started in January and have still managed to lose 30+lbs. Honestly, I look forward to it all week . Sunday i return to my regularly schedule routine, 24WW points, 1 hour on the treadmill daily, 30 mins on the elliptical daily. WW also has flex points and activity points which I never use so those should cover my cheat dinner on saturday.

I'm a bit OCD about weighing myself, I do it every time I'm in the bathroom which I know I shouldn't BUT I can't help myself. I weighed in Tuesday and almost threw in the towel. I was thisclose! That evil scale revealed that I was up 4lbs from Saturday!! I about died. My unused flex points and activity points should have more than covered my cheat. I was so frustrated and angry but I took my butt to the gym anyway and worked it out. I weighed in this morning (told ya OCD) and now I'm DOWN 1lb from Saturday the body truly is a strange thing. I know I shouldn't get so upset at my weight 4 days before weigh in day but it was a kick in the pants. At this point I'll be happy if I can hold on to that 1lb loss


the daily journal is a great idea, I do it every day for my WW points but don't know if I'll get a chance to post it every day so I can't officially commit. Reading everyone else's is giving me ideas for my meals though, I tend to find something low point and eat it all the time then I get sick of it!


breakfast:
strawberry smoothie 2pts (1 cup ice, 1/2 cup light & fit vanilla yogurt, 1 cup strawberries)
25% less sugar PB & chocolate chip granola bar 1.5pts

snack:
del monte fruit chiller 1pt

lunch:
Deli fresh turkey sandwich (on sandwich thin) with 1Tbsp lite ceasar dressing 3.5pts
lettuce & tomato - free


snack:
WW cheese stick 1 pt
apple 1pt

dinner will be ceasar salad (romaine lettuce, 2 Tbsp lite caesar dressing and 2 sm. grilled chicken breast cut into strips) 8pts

snack later will be another smoothie (really good obviously lol) 2 pts.
5 cups light butter popcorn 3pts

total 23pts

May 14th DONE!!

 

[mom2faith]

I'm a bit OCD about weighing myself, I do it every time I'm in the bathroom which I know I shouldn't BUT I can't help myself. I weighed in Tuesday and almost threw in the towel. I was thisclose! That evil scale revealed that I was up 4lbs from Saturday!! I about died. My unused flex points and activity points should have more than covered my cheat. I was so frustrated and angry but I took my butt to the gym anyway and worked it out. I weighed in this morning (told ya OCD) and now I'm DOWN 1lb from Saturday the body truly is a strange thing. I know I shouldn't get so upset at my weight 4 days before weigh in day but it was a kick in the pants. At this point I'll be happy if I can hold on to that 1lb loss

Please do not take this as criticism! This is 100% just unsolicited advice

But, it sounds to me like when you "cheat" you are not tracking what you eat? Am I correct? You said that it "should've" covered your cheat, but you do not know.

I am only pointing this out becuase this is truly my biggest mistake as well. I have a little of this and a little of that and I think - well my calories "should" be OK. But in reality, I have no idea, I am just gambling (and obviously losing).

Even if you cheat, you should track what you are eating, just so you can learn how many points (or calories) is in everything. That way you retrain your brain, and when you reach goal you will have more chance of succeeding.

I hope this isn't coming off as "preaching" as I certainly am not!! I need to tell myself this as well, and I am learning to do it too. I am very dishonest with myself abouthow much I really eat and I often "forget" somethings i had eaten. Since journalling, I am much more aware of how that handful of chips can throw off a whole day (or week!!).

You are doing great at pre-planning your meals though - I am horrible for this!! Suddenly it is 4:30 and I realize I have 200 calories for dinner. (not going to happen!!)

Good luck - and once again, just some thoughts I am sharing. I am ot criticizing you at all!! We each have to do this our own way

 

[Dizneydawn]

Tonight was egg salad sandwiches for dinner.

I made the egg salad and minus knowing I put in 16 eggs, enough mayo to make it look/taste like we like and celery and onion...I have no clue how many servings it would make let alone quantity of mayo.

This is where I find it difficult. I could have made it, measured out what I put in for mayo and the extras and then, spent the few minutes it would have taken to scoop as many 1/4 cup servings out as I could do from a big batch to see how many it feeds.

I just was not in the mood to do that.

Actually I did not even think about it until after it was mixed.

So I measured out 1/4 cup of egg salad each on 2 pieces of bread and had 2 open face sandwiches. Felt better than 4 pieces of bread like I used to do.

I am guessing it is about 1 egg chopped and 2 tablespoons of dressing to fill a 1/2 cup of egg salad mix that also has chinks of onion and celery in it.

Does that sound about right to you all?

Ugh! Mad at myself for not thinking through the process and just cooking like the old days.

If that is right then I still have a ton of calories left for my day and protein and carbs. I will totally be over for my fat again.

Learning as I go still!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Hello everyone! It looks like people are doing GREAT with their daily reporting. I just skimmed through everyone's posts for the last few days. I wish I had more time to be here but rehearsals take it out of me.

I've been pretty good overall in the last few days. I have managed to walk everyday at lunch. Wednesday it was just for 10 minutes, but the rest of the week I've done a full mile. It's actually really great to get out of the building for awhile. The musical director and the assistant production manager are now walking with me everyday which is nice too. I also managed to avoid the doughnuts and pastries on Tuesday and the krispy kremes today. Not easy because those krispy kremes were fresh and the actors tried to convince me to eat one. I literally turned to the one pushing it and said in my sassy voice "Look. I've lost 13 pounds and 11 inches since February. I walk a mile a day. I am NOT undoing that by eating a doughnut!!!"

I still think I am going to be up in weight this week. The biggest problem with rehearsals is I don't get home until late and by the time I get notes out and the rest of the paperwork done, it is 8 or 8:30 and I am STARVING for dinner. I end up eating too much too fast. I did my midweek check in today and I was up 3.5 pounds from MOnday. I'm trying to do better for the second half of the week, but... Oh well. At least it is still better than normal. Last year at this time, I was NOT walking everyday at lunch AND I was eating fast food for lunch every day.

I hope you all have a great weekend. Think of me, sitting in rehearsals and getting no day off until a week from Monday.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Today was a very random day. Friday's are my free day anyway, so usually I don't plug them into spark, but I did mostly keep track of what I ate.

Breakfast - fruity cheerios and milk

Lunch - one hot dog with about a tablespoon of ketchup, the last 3/4 cup or so of mac n cheese, and a handful of grape tomatoes

Snacks - grapes and raspberries, and a couple squares of ghiradelli dark chocolate. DH got it for my birthday, and I loooove it, but will be so glad to see it out of the house. Only one square left!

Dinner - Papa John's pizza. We were supposed to make pizza for dinner tonight, but DH was working on one of our cars plus one of his friends (he works for Safelite Auto Glass, so was changing the two windshields) and we got to sitting around outside talking while DD played, and before we knew it it was 7:30! Only ate two slices though, which is a big improvement over my norm.

This weekend is our church fair, and DH and I will be working tomorrow afternoon as well as taking DD on some rides. Will have to do my best not to pig out while we're there!

 

[MulanUSAF]

Dinner:

Went to a seafood buffet. I think I did okay by eating mostly protein rich stuff like steamed crab legs, peel-and-eat shrimp, broiled salmon and scallops. I totally skipped the melted butter and all the carb rich foods like potatoes and dinner rolls. I did have a plate of caesar salad and a small cup of frozen yogurt for dessert. So, I estimate the whole meal to be about 600-700 calories? I hope so at least.


Friday, May 14, DONE!

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

has chinks of onion

Ok knowing you, you typed too fast and failed to proof read.....with that in mind...

What is a CHINK of onion? and Further how many calories do I have to count for it?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Ok knowing you, you typed too fast and failed to proof read.....with that in mind...

What is a CHINK of onion? and Further how many calories do I have to count for it?

hee hee
Dan, Dan, the funny man!!

 

[gellybean]

This day is gonna be interesting aka hard to track.


At DQ this afternoon I had half of a medium Dr Pepper (100 cals approx but will double check before tracking it) and 4 bites Literally just 4 bites of DS2's hot fudge sundae. The whole sundae is 300 cals so I have no clue how to track it.

For dinner tonight sis and I went to BJs Brewhouse. We ordered the Parmesan Kettle Potato Chips and I had about 1/3 of an order with some homemade French Onion dip. Then 3 slices of the flatbread pizza Margherita style. Then I ordered their mini plates, snack size entree of Hawaiian Shrimp which was 6 little bitty grilled shrimp with approx a cup of white sticky rice and a 1/2 cup of steamed broccoli.

Then we split an Apple Crisp. with ice cream.






So yeah. I didn't do as bad as I could have but I definitely did worse than I should have.

Gonna try to track it but it's gonna be hard to figure out all of it.

Staying home with DS2 tomorrow and Sunday. DS7 is with his dad. Should be easier to stay on track foodwise.


Edit- ok so when I tracked it, I tracked everything except the chips and the crisp. Just can't figure out how to track them. The good news is without those two things tracked, I was at a 1600 cals deficit for the day. So even if the crisp (about a 1/3 of an order between my sister, DS2 and what we left on the plate) and about 20 chips with 2 tbsp of dip were 1000 cals I still deficited 600 cals today. And I think I'm way over counting cals by saying 1000. So I was careful enough during the day to allow for the calorie splurge tonight. The proof will be in the pudding so to speak when I weigh in the morning!

And on a unrelated but related, Small World is gonna be closed for refurb during our August trip. I've never ever been to Disney when I didn't ride IASW first. It's tradition. And I'm freaking out a little bit! NOT gonna lie!

OH! And I bought a dress for my cousin's beach wedding this July. It's really cute. And I got it in a 18/20. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOO!!!!!! I am super super happy. And I think even if I lose 10-20 lbs between now and the middle of July, the way it hangs it'll be ok. I looked for a pic online but can't find it. It's a sun dress, black with white dots and the dots get smaller at the waist and larger at the end of the skirt. It's cute. I'm just thrilled it's a size smaller than I was in and two sizes (really 5 cus I was pushing out of a 26/28 and now am in an 18/20) smaller than my heaviest at Lane Bryant.
Friday May 14 DONE

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

I think a ton of us could walk/jog = wog, the Princess. No matter what, we would have fun and feel accomplished!!!

Am I planting seeds for you all???

How long is the Princess? I would love to do something like that in Disney World, but right now, the most excercise I get is chasing kids around at work!

I was wondering if any of you were giving yourselves rewards for mini-goals met?

These are mine:

"ONE"derland (27.4 lbs to go!!) - gel nails
Goal weight (67.4 lbs to go!!) - tattoo (something I have always wanted, and never found the reason to get. Now i have a reason and a goal )

My goals are:
5 pounds: Antenna ball
10 pounds: Pedicure
20 pounds: Disney Necklace
Not quite sure what other ones I have yet... but my big one is...
75 pounds: Trip to Disney World!

Snack-1/2 the fat Edy's Chocolate Brownie Chunk Ice Cream. I know, I know, its still not good even if its half the fat, but it was a reward for not eating any all week!

Congrats! I can't handle it when I have ANY of it in the house! I either pig out on it, or I can't have any of it!

Did anyone watch Private Practice? OMG is all I can say WHY did they do that?? (I am trying not to spoil it for anyone who PVR'd it)

OMG I watched it too! I started watching it at the end of last season. But I cheated this season. I look up the spoilers and news to forsee upcoming events. Fortunately I had a heads up of what was going to happen, but one scene ripped me apart.

Now, if you were talking about LOST.... thats another story entirely!! I am absolutely addicted to the show and have been since season 1. I have stayed spoiler-free most of the time the show has been on the air and definitely all season this year. Can't believe its going to end on May 23rd. Any fellow LOSTies?

 

[Dizneydawn]

Running and will be gone all day today. Soccer tourney for Baylor.

But....

Friday May 14th is done Baby!!!!

Ya know this tracking and eating within the guidelines thing a ma bob works!

Shocking I know!!!

I was frustrated with the whole egg salad thing yesterday and just ate nothing else for the night. I was not hungry either or could have had a yogurt. I know I had a few bites of egg salad as I made it so I figured stop where I was at.

This morning...down from yesterday.

Yes, I can still bite the pooch by overeating from this weekend but I honestly want that darn palm tree on my siggie more than chocolate right now. So I will be great this weekend and look forward to Monday's weigh in.

Dinner:
S Rosens Oatmeal/Sunflower bread, 2 serving
Egg, fresh, 1 large
Hellmann's Mayonaise, 2 tbsp 1
Dinner TOTALS: 475 37 31 14

Snack:


Butter, salted, 0.5 tbsp
Lunds & Byerleys Artisans Goat's milk Sourdough bread, 1 serving
Snack TOTALS: 181 26 6 4


Totals: CALORIES 1,090 (1,220 - 1,570) CARBS 101 (165 - 239) FAT 61 (33 - 57) PROTEIN 36 (60-129)

Goal for today: Be more balanced.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

My goodness, I've been offline since Tuesday - our internet was out. I have to catch up from page 114. I just wanted to let you all know that I haven't given up on following the program.

I've been tracking my food, made it to the gym once and took walks at lunch twice, and drank my water. Now I'm going to get caught up on everything.

 

[njcarita]

reality check time.....I'm wearing a bathing suit tonight....... attending a small graduation party for a close friend who just graduated college and I just recieved the" oh... don't forget to bring your bathing suit cause we are going to use the jaccuzzi email"..................

 

[MulanUSAF]

Breakfast: None, got up late

Lunch:
-leftover teriyaki chicken drumsticks (2)
-1 scoop of coffee ice cream

It's hot and humid today with the temperature in the 90's. The kind of day that JJ, my pet bunny, is glued to the floor vent soaking up the A/C. So all I wanted was something cold to eat for lunch. Cold chicken straight out of the fridge hits the spot, but the ice cream was probably not a good idea. Will be going to the gym in a little bit to work it off.

Edited to add dinner:
-Asian chicken salad
-watermelon
-2 pieces of rye crispbread

Total: 1123 cal/67 carb/53 fat/71 protein

Saturday May 15 Done!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Ok, so I finally got caught up on the posts (normally it doesn't take me this long to read) we took the dog for a long walk, went to the cities Peddlers Fair, out to lunch and then there was a call from American Express where our flight to MCO in October was cancelled by Virgin America so I had to find new flights (this is as close to a freaked out smiley that I could find). Is it bad that in the back of my mind the entire time I'm trying to figure out what we were going to do with the tickets I kept thinking "WOW, finally something new to post to my PTR?" Come on over and read the entire story (to be posted later tonight). I'm getting tired of talking to myself.


Ok, I've actually taken notes down on my comments(sorry some of them are old)

PixiePlanner - I hope your daughter is feeling better soon and the tests are all negative.

tlenzendorf - I'm on FB! Feel free to friend me "jane erin wood" open to anyone on this thread (just mention the DIS in the friend request so I know where you are from)

njcarita - you mentioned you made a veggie meal - care to share your recipe for coucous?

Dawn - you asked how the cooking class was going. We are having a blast!! Sometimes its difficult because the recipes are not diet friendly (I think I've used more butter in the last couple of weeks than I did all of last year). But the experience is worth it (and I try and only take small samplings of the final item). We have our last French Bistro Class on Tuesday and an Italian Made Easy class on Wednesday. Jim really likes to cook and I'm normally happy doing the prep cook stuff. We've met some really nice people. I actually wish the classes were longer term.

Mom2Faith - The secret shopper thing sounds cool. I'll have to find your post again and look up the website. I've been involved in some Market Research projects but those are few and far between. I also have an iPod Touch and will check out the Eat This/Not That app. Any other suggestions? I'll have to think of some rewards to give myself for hitting goals. I like the massage suggestion.

Welcome to all the newbies!!

Lizzb5280 - thank you for your detailed description of your issues. You certainly do seem to have a good attitude (and a supportive Hubby). I don't know what is involved in the Princess run, but dang it if we go, we can take turns pushing you whenever you need to take a break! (of course if there are any hills can I jump on the back of the chair and coast with you cause if its long I'll have to do some MAJOR training to get prepped)

Duchie - I can SO understand your issues. I'm amazed that some smart people seem to get stuck in relationships with the totally wrong person and all you can do is stand by them and help them when they crash.

MulanUSAF - I'm pulling for you going to WDW in Oct when you hit your goal. Come the first week and we can meet!

Anna - I didn't look at your signature. Are you writing a TR? If not, I'd love to hear any stories - how did you deal with the meals while on vacation. I'd love any tips that you have to offer.

Stacy - Congrats on turning down the doughnut pusher!!! I was a theater geek in my high school and college days. Pre-production time is brutal but you seem to be doing well on the walking - keep it up!!! And good work getting others to join you!

Gellybean - on the new dress!!! I know how good it feels to go down a size. I'm sure you'll rock that dress!

Ok - that's all the notes for past posts. I didn't get a chance to track my food yet today and we REALLY need to run to pick up a kid and hit the grocery store. I'll enter everything in tonight and post it.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Dawn - I'm IN for posting my food tracker. Here is today's, not the best day, but within my goals. We went out for chinese, so I just had to pick the closest item listed in SparkPeople since it was a little restaurant but I only ate part of the lunch and went really light on dinner.

Daily Goal:
Calories: 1,280*-*1,630
Fat: 34*-*60
Carbohydrates: 172*-*249
Protein: 60*-*134
Fiber, total dietary: 25*-*35

Actuals for May 14
Calories: 1,469
Fat: 65
Carbohydrates: 158
Protein: 52
Fiber, total dietary: 18


Breakfast:
Arnold Select Sandwich Thins Multi Grain 1 Sandwich thin, 2 serving
Jams, preserves, jelly, 2 tbsp
Country Crock, Shed's Spread Country Crock Light (Soft), 1 Tbsp , 2 serving

Lunch:
White Rice, medium grain, 0.5 cup
Chinese, Beef with Broccoli, 4.4 oz flank steak, 0.25 serving
Egg Roll, Shrimp, Take Out, 1 oz
Chinese, Wonton Soup, 3 wontons, 0.75 serving

Dinner:
Ground beef, 2 oz
Salsa, 0.25 cup
Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded

Snack:
Sees Scotchmallow, 1 serving

Walked: 4.77 miles (and then walked around the Peddlers Faire)
Water: Only got in about 24 oz. I'll need to boost that tomorrow.

May 14 DONE

 

[gellybean]

Breakfast -
2 tortillas with 2 slices of Muenster cheese

AM Snack- Apple

Lunch -shared a small bowl (about a cup of pasta with 3 tbsp sauce) of leftover spaghetti with meat sauce that DS2 got from BJs last night. How do you track accurately when you share something! UGH!

PM snack- 5 flips crackers with 1 tbsp allouette garlic herb spread

Dinner - 5 pieces of bruschetta bread (sliced rounds of a baguette toasted) with white bean bruschetta (I made this myself so I built it as 2 ozs bread, 11/2 cup Great Northern beans, and 2 tbsp olive oil. The spices don't count)

PM Snack - 1 bag 100 cal pretzels and 1 wafer ice cream cone with 1/2 cup peach and homemade vanilla ice cream

By my calculations I hit 1748 today. My site I use is down for maintenance so I don't know what burn I've hit but as of 8pm my time I was gonna burn about 400 more than I ate today.

I'm definitely seeing how important working out is. On days I don't work out I'm burning what I eat but nothing more. I'm going to have to lower my target of eating to 1200 cals on days I don't work out or go shopping to raise my burn. I hit the same burn walking around the mall for 2 hours last night as I do working out for 45 mins. Interesting eh? Course shopping may be good for the calorie budget but it's not good for the vacation budget!

I'm glad to have the knowledge this week has given but I'm not expecting a big loss on Monday. I'll be happy with 1 lb loss. Really happy with a 1 lb loss.

Hope you ladies had a great Saturday!


Saturday May 15 DONE