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

[gellybean]

Way to go Sherry on passing on the donuts!! I'm glad no one's around to video us fighting with ourselves in our cars!

Dawn- glad you're doing some better!!!

I thought I was doing so good yesterday. UGH!

TRACK before you eat!


Breakfast- 1 packet instant oatmeal, 2 tbsp sugar

Lunch- 1 2oz piece french bread, 3 oz deli fat free turkey, lettuce, 1 tbsp light mayo, 1/2 slice muenster cheese, 1/2 serving (approx 7 chips) Sun Chips

Snack- (here's where it got weird. This was gonna be my dinner until DH shared some of his 'healthy dinner' that he brought home from work, with me)

2 whole wheat flour tortillas, 2 pieces pepper jack cheese, 1/2 pb and jelly sandwich with 1 tbsp jelly and 1.5 tbsp of pb, 1 pack of 100 cal pretzels and 1 Kelloggs Dark Chocolate Almond Bar

Dinner:
2 ozs sirloin steak, 2 ozs grilled chicken, 2 grilled shrimp, 1/2 baked potato


The whole dinner, which was much yummier than my 'snack' was half the cals of my "snack".




I finished at 1908 for the day, so 200 over goal.

But I did get to the gym, even though my sister cancelled on me, so I was still at a pretty significant deficit for the day. Which is the real goal.

I just couldn't believe how fast my snacking around for what I thought was gonna be my dinner, added up!

Thursday, May 20th DONE


I'm knee deep into planning vacation stuff. My mother in law is giving us her van, so we're trying to figure out how to get to Disney and drive an extra car back from Florida!

Logistics!! But at least I'm not eating!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Y'all I totally just had a fight with myself on the road home from picking up DS7. The last few days have been stressful, (obviously after my vent I posted but there's more going on than that.) I wanted McDonald's so bad I could taste it. I literally was white knuckling the steering wheel, trying to make myself not go. I was in the left lane and could either go straight to McD's or get in the left turn lane to go home. And I was argueing with myself, physically nearly in a tug of war with myself, but I got in the turn lane and went home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the small victories, my friends! The small victories!!!

Congratulations on skipping McDonalds!!

It has changed now. You can no longer bank daily points at all. But the activity points you earn can be used any time that week. They can not be saved from week to week though. Sounds like the program changes frequently?

I think they change up the program a little each year, but then every couple of years they do a bigger revamp. Now instead of getting to bank your points you get the 35 weekly points. I think they were afraid that you would starve yourself during the week so you could blitz out the weekend. Thereby not getting enough calories each day and yo-yo-ing your way through the week (that's my personal opinion - I don't know exactly).

I need to take my measurements. I haven't done that yet. Been scared too, but I'm in the middle of my third week so I need to get that done. I know I'll be excited when there's progress. Just gotta suck it up and do it.

Dropped oldest ds off at school this morning and sooooo wanted to go by the donut shop (my weakness), but I didn't. Had to argue with myself for a bit, but I didn't go. yay! Came home and made an egg white omelet instead.

I never wanted to do the measurements either, but I took them for the first time this month and I'm hoping that I'll see a loss there because the scale isn't being friendly to me lately.

Congratulations on passing up the doughnuts - I wish I had the strenght that you and Aimee had today.

http://mytalk1071.com/show_elements/link.php?entryID=17525&show=CK

This is a great link to 10 foods that sound healthy but are not.

I finally feel better today.

Seriously, barely been out of bed since Sun night.

Wen to the grocery store and I feel like I ran a race around the world. Amazing how lying in bed, not moving, makes you feel lethargic even more.

I will post the 1st week tracking winners today. Almost done.

Hope you all are having a great Friday. Baylor has semi-formal tonight and Carsyn has Prom tom. Can't wait to post pics for you all. .

Glad you are feeling a little better. Can't wait to see the pics of the kids. How exciting for your family this week!

I'm knee deep into planning vacation stuff. My mother in law is giving us her van, so we're trying to figure out how to get to Disney and drive an extra car back from Florida!

Logistics!! But at least I'm not eating!!

Ohhh, vacation planning - my FAVORITE hobby! I wish we were close enough to do a road trip to Florida. We've done the one down to DL, but trust me there is NOTHING to see once you are on Hwy 5.

Yesterday and today have been TOTAL BLOWOUTS. I was doing ok, tracking (most) of my food (those cooking classes are impossible to count), but at least eating a balance diet. Yesterday I had to work a meeting, so ate my normal breakfast and a lo cal lunch. Then found out that I would be working the dinner as well. Ok, had a salad with balsamic vinegar and just a small bit of oil. Then I had two slices of sourdough bread. Dinner was chicken picatta, mashed potatoes, asperagus and carrots. Thankfully there wasn't any dessert. Of course then I felt deprived so when I got home at 9:30pm I ate two pieces of the chocolate candy (150 cal).

My stupid alarm clock didn't go off today so when I finally woke up (20 minutes late) I had to run to get to work by 7:00am. Another meeting at work so no breakfast. After the meeting there was refreshments so I had some fruit, 1 scone, 2 mini-danish, 1 mini-bagle, 1 small blueberry muffin. All the while I was saying to myself "stop eating all these starches" "you don't need any more" Yeah - NO CONTROL!!! We then had to take the leftovers up to our work area - put them out for everyone and had another danish

Lunch - I was going to run to Subway and get a salad (if the biggest losers can eat there it should be good for me). Nope, there was a leftover box lunch so I ate the turkey sandwich (I did take off 1/2 of the bread) some pasta salad and a couple of grapes. Then I had another muffin, then my boss brought me over a brownie so I took a couple of bites of that. OMG - when will it stop????

Tonight we have a couple coming over for dinner and we already bought all the food: Bruscetta, ribs, pasta (with butter and cheese) salad and puff pastry desserts.

May 21 DONE!!!

I am going to try and gain control tonight and have a Huge salad and only a taste of the pasta and one small slice of bruscetta - I'm going to pass on the pastry altogether.

Tomorrow I'll be hitting the gym for a LONG workout. We are only supposed to use the cardio equiptment for 30 minutes, but I'll do one 30 minutes, machines and then back to the cardio.

I hope everyone else has a good day and a fantastic weekend.

Jane

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Hello everyone! Sorry I have been MIA this week. The second week of rehearsal is always stressful. We have our designer run tomorrow and then move into the theatre and start tech! So - no sleep and quick food when I can grab it plus no time for excercise. it's going to be a long one.

On the plus side - this show is going to be amazing! If anyone is going to be in the St. Louis area and would like to see this beautiful production of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, please let me know. I get half price tickets and would love to get you in to see the show and meet you! (Maybe even sneak in a backstage tour.) PM me and let me know!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I struggled a lot yesterday too. Bit of stress at work, and started eating candy. I have no will power! So I took a 45 minute walk at lunch and then back to work - more candy. Came home to a wonderful spaghetti dinner. Had the garlic bread to go with it. Then kept eating candy - licorice mostly.
So this morning - I had the whole day to do whatever. Needed to grocery shop and do some errands. Forced myself to do some yoga and strength exercises on Wii Fit for 20 minutes. I was literally talking to myself, saying I really don't feel like doing this. I guess if I just get it out and start it will be okay. I have to do something. I'll even take the dog for a walk later. (Which I didn't because it rained).
So I ate a little better today. I still had some candy, but not NEARLY as much as yesterday. Passed up stopping at Caribou for a calorie-packed drink. Did not have good lunch. Made a nice dinner, but it was pretty high in carbs. I'm done eating for today. Just drinking more water.
Tomorrow is another day and I have TONS of healthy options in my house.

Dawn - glad you're feeling a little better. Can't wait to see pictures of Baylor and Carsyn's big nights!

Stacy - wish I lived in St. Louis or were closer. Sounds like a cool show! Must be a lot of work!

 

[gellybean]

Didn't make it to the gym last night. Went shopping at our local outdoor outlet mall instead. I burned about 500 more cals for the day than I would on a normal at day, even with a really good workout. Who knew!

So I'm going shopping again today. Twist my arm why doncha?! However, not only am I trying to budget calories I'm trying to budget money for vakay! Shopping is torture!! But it's better than sitting on my butt at home and eating all day. I need to find another hobby that I enjoy that's up and active but not costly. Yeah right!

After the sausage biscuit for breakfast, I got a medium cherry limeade for lunch. I know not the best option health wise but it was hot and no food appealed to me and yeah. So I had a 222 cal beverage for lunch and felt like it was a treat.

Then shopping for several hours. And I wore jeans. And it was hot! I wonder if the heat combined with the exercise made for a higher calorie burn??

Then we went to get Tex Mex for dinner. I was very careful with the chips and salsa and queso my sis ordered. I had one chalupa with beans, cheese and lettuce, one cheese enchilada and rice and beans. Honestly, compared to what I used to eat at a Tex Mex restaurant, I rocked it. No dessert, no margarita, no extra tortillas, half the portion I used to eat!

I have no clue how to accurately track the cals as the restaurant we went to doesn't offer nutritional info, but I tried to ball park it for the day.

Granted the majority of my cals were from dinner but I was at 1767 for the day (approximately of course) and I burned 3015.



Friday, May 21 DONE

You guys!!! I went into Ann Taylor and J. Crew yesterday and drooooooled over all the cute little sleeveless shirts and shorts and skirts and dresses. SOOOO motivating. I want to be in a regular size so bad I can taste it. Gotta keep shopping and looking at cute little things. Makes me want to work that much harder at this!! AND the jeans I wore yesterday were FALLING off of me. And I didn't buy them at my heaviest or anything. They're only about 6 months old. I must be loosing inches again even if the scale is stuck AGAIN!

Heading back out shopping. Gonna take my camera and experiment. I think I could enjoy photography as a hobby, not a serious one but just something to do that's outdoors and active but doesn't involve food or money!

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!!!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Today is going much better than the last couple of days. I ate a healthy breakfast (sandwich thin w/peanut butter and banana).

Then hit the Y. Did 30 minutes on the elliptical, then the weight machines then another 30 minutes on the treadmill. I have to figure out what to have for lunch before we go out grochery shopping or it will be a downfall again.

The sun is out for us, but it is windy and cold out so the walk that we were thinking of later today might be out.

 

[njcarita]

Can someone please sew my mouth shut........
has NOt been a good weekend.........

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Must be something in the air. I was doing really well till after dinner. I was under my calorie range then had sf/ff ice cream, popcorn and then a chocolate chip cookie. That cookie pushed me over calories 137. I guess it was better than yesterday. I'm just hoping that tomorrow I can be in control all day long.

Lunch: Fat Free Refried beans, fat free salsa, whole wheat tortilla and fruit

Dinner: Baked Chicken thigh with veggies and a banana

Snack: yogurt, fiber one bar, popcorn, ff/sf ice cream, choc chip cookie

Total calories: 1727 (goal 1270 - 1620)

May 22 DONE

 

[stitchfan23]

I need to get back on track. I'm not doing bad but just seeing that a few things are slipping (very little water, no exercise) and if I don't nip it in the bud now I can see myself falling back to where I was. I knew coming back from 2 trips would be hard to get back into routine and I was right. I know what I should be doing, I'm just not doing it.

Tomorow is a new day and a new week. I have my eating down pretty good and hubby actually isn't compainning about the food like he was in the beginning but I have to get better with everything else. I had really noticed that once I started drinking all the water my complection got better. I used to have little spots all over the back of my arms (have never been able to get rid of them) and I just noticed that they are almost all gone and the only thing I can say is that it must have been the water.

I WILL DO THIS AND GET BACK ON TRACK!!!! I WILL DO THIS AND GET BACK ON TRACK!!! (If I yell at myself on the computer it seems to sink in better)

 

[Duchie]

Wow, seems like this weekend is being kind of tough on everyone, myself included. And I realized I hadn't posted my daily points all week long! So to catch up, here's where I am:

Monday - used 18.5 out of 23, 4.5 unused. May 17 done.
Tuesday - used 21 out of 23, 2 unused. May 18 done.
Wesdnesday - used 20 out of 23, 3 unused. I was really planning to have a glass of wine that night but I forgot. May 19 done.
Thursday - used 20 out of 23, 3 unused. This is volleyball night for us, which means fast food night. So I usually try to eat very light during the day. This night, I ended up at a Scout function so dinner wasn't as bad as usual. May 20 done.
Friday - used all 23 points, 0 left. May 21 done.
Saturday - used all 23 points. May 22 done.

Saturday was a killer day for me. It was DD's birthday and she wanted to go to Olive Garden. No surprise there, it's her favorite. I should have looked at the menu online before going but I didn't. I figured I've learned enough to find something healthy on my own. Man was I wrong! We asked them to bring the salad with the dressing on the side. I ate mine without dressing and passed on the breadsticks. I ended up chosing a dish that had chicken, broccoli and pasta in it. I ate all of the chicken and the broccoli, but left the pasta. When I got home I looked it up - holy smokes! The entire meal came to 22 points! Since I didn't eat the pasta (which is truly my favorite part, so that was a hard thing to do) I subtracted out 7 points for it. I didn't go over on points for the day, but I was still disappointed that I didn't choose better. How mixed-up is that - I did great by passing on breadsticks and pasta, but still I'm beating myself up for making a bad choice.

On the upside, we didn't cut her cake last night. She ended up not feeling all that great and didn't want cake. We took pictures and she blew out her candles, but saved the cake for today. And it's not really a cake that I love anyway, so I won't have any problems passing on it later.

So today is the start of a new week for me. I weighed myself this morning (Sundays are my weigh-in day) and I did fine for the week. Y'all are just going to have to wait until tomorrow to find out how well. I had to recalculate points again today and now I'm down to 22/day.

Oh, can I ask a tiny favor? My nephew is coming into town today. He's got a job interview tomorrow and will be staying here a couple of days. Anyway, he and his wife really want to move back to Texas to be closer to his parents and if he gets this job he will be able to do that. So would you guys mind sending him some good ju-ju in whatever way works for you? I'd really appreciate it!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi all!

I have been AWOL due to a bad modem!

It started acting wonky last week, Century Link sent us a new one on Friday and Dan installed it - then it kept asking for us to install the modem over and over and over even though we did it over and over and over.

Well with Prom and all - we had no time to spend on the phone with the tech guys till this morning.

I think Dan wanted to throttle the people. It stinks because where we live you have once choice for your phone/computer access and they know it so customer service is not the best.

Anyway - I am back tracking today - wrote stuff down the last few days but not as carefully as I needed to or would have with Spark People so for me it does not count.

Dan and I had a long talk this morning about food., exercise etc. and I am hoping he will be posting more here.

He can hit his goal weight if he sticks to it before our trip in October. I think that awakening is exciting for him!!

Prom was awesome. I will post pics on the TR thread tom.

Warning - medical stuff below - not for the faint of heart -

Dad not doing so well. When he was in the hospital right after his amputation they put a knee immobilizer on him to stop him from moving his leg. It was too small - the nurses at the hospital did not listen to his doc and remove it - and so - the result was a big wound on his knee from the pressure like a bed sore.

This turned into a scab the size of a baseball (not even slightly joking) that has been doing okay since mid March when they did the amputation.

Now, he got an infection in it. Diabetes sucks for healing and so last Friday had to take him in to doc - they removed the scab (throw up you all cause I did) to get medicated ointment on it plus all these antibiotics and now he needs to go at least once a week to a wound care specialty place.

The possibility of it turning into a bone infection is high of course and that would lead to amputating at mid thigh.

He is devastated. He is angry and I don't know how much more all of us can emotionally take.

The sad part is the amputation itself is healing fine.

The doctor is irate and even wrote a letter stating that the way he got it was out of negligence of the hospital nursing staff not to follow orders. That is rare of course for a Doc to do but the doctor told my Dad that when someone screws up, whether it is him or anyone else in the medical profession, they need to own up to their mistakes and if it costs my Dad more of his leg, my Dad should be compensated.

I just hope it does not go farther than them having to pay for all these extra medical bills. I am not sure mentally he will survive a further amputation.

So if I am ever not here a ton - please know we are just dealing with a lot. I am the driver for my Dad most of the time so that eats away time I used to be here.



Positive note:

Breakfast for me this morning was a hashbrown scramble I concocted on a whole wheat tortilla (which after reading the 10 things that sound healthy but are not - I will not buy again - 2nd ingredient was enriched bleached flour!! )

Anyway - it is 90 degrees plus here today - going to walk later this evening down by the river. Hope the weather is good where you are and I will be officially caught up tom!

Coming up: Tracking success stories!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

First of all....Yeah for all of us posting anything!!!

Again: We started on Thursday May 13th ending Wed May 19th for week 1.

The goal is to track 5 out of 7 days to get a pic for the siggie!!!

I may have missed someone - please let me know if I did. If i can please ask everybody to write in GREEN their "May 23rd - Done" I would appreciate it. It just stands out and makes it easier to me to make sure I catch when I am scanning for totals! Thanks!!

During that time - her is what I have for tracking:

Gellybean: 13th - 18th = 6 days!!!!
Duchie: 13-19th = 7 days!!!!!!!
Mom to Faith: 13th - 19th = 7 days!!!!
Mulan: 13th - 19th = 7 days!!!!
2 eagle mom: 14th, 16th - 19th = 5 days!!!

All of you can copy and paste this pic in your siggie if you want or siggie and saying:

"Tracking my steps to Skinny Island"

Coming up close:
Dizneydawn: 13th - 15th = 3 days!!
lizzyb5280: 13, 14, 17, 18 = 4 days!!!!
hanutedmansionmomma - 17, 18th = 2 days!!!
tlenzendorf: 13th = 1 day!!!
cheerfulchickadee: 14th = 1 day!!!
luvs Jack: 17th = 1 day!!!

I am excited to see the results for Monday for all you trackers!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Oh, can I ask a tiny favor? My nephew is coming into town today. He's got a job interview tomorrow and will be staying here a couple of days. Anyway, he and his wife really want to move back to Texas to be closer to his parents and if he gets this job he will be able to do that. So would you guys mind sending him some good ju-ju in whatever way works for you? I'd really appreciate it!

I'll be sending good vibes out for your nephew. I hope he wows them on his interview.

Dawn - I feel your pain with the internet problems. I hope everything is fixed now and you are high/speeding it for a long time.

I'm so sorry about the problems that your Dad is having. To have gone through all that and to have to suffer because someone didn't follow instructions is terrible.

I'll be sending him good thoughts as well. Tell him we are pulling for him to get rid of the infection quickly so he can continue on his healing from the amputation.

I've been struggling today. I'm REALLY trying to regain control. I keep thinking of all the food items that I want (but shouldn't have). Those dang chocolate chip cookies are sitting on the counter just BEGGING to be eaten. We're watching the Sharks/Blackhawks game and then we will be taking the dog for a walk to get some exercise in today. I'm hoping to work on my PTR/TR later tonight so hopefully that will keep my hands busy and out of the kitchen.

Now I have to figure out how to paste my footsteps pic into my signature....

 

[Duchie]

Dawn, I just don't know what else to say other than . I'll be praying for a speedy recovery for your dad.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Dawn, I hope you are hanging in. My thoughts are with your dad right now. And with you for having yet one more thing to have to deal with.

I went on a bit of a bender last night. I drank half a bottle of mudslides by myself along with half a can of pringles. Not good. I was feeling super stressed and depressed. I am sure the scale is not going to be kind again this week. However, I did have 2 people tell me that they could tell I was losing weight today. That made me feel pretty good. Anyway, i can't cant wait to see everyone's sucesses tomorrow!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

We took a long walk to day (3 miles) and I stayed within my calorie range

Actual 1464 (goal 1270 - 1620) May 23 DONE

I'm hoping for at least the same as last week. With my couple of bad days I'm not quite sure what I'll get (I haven't gotten on the scale since Friday) just couldn't deal with what the number might be.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

*gulp* +2

Been MIA since Tuesday

Excuse/reason...I let work overtake my brain. I work w/ kids w/ special needs and I can't let it go...(well, I could, I'm not choosing to, I guess...) Need to make myself the priority. Need to find a way to handle stress that doesn't involve eating!

Seems like the more promises I make, the more I break. Need to get a handle on things....

Thanks for listening everyone!

Here's to continued and support and positive days ahead!

 

[njcarita]

we'll I'm calling a 'do over"..............

ate horribly all last week... didn't exercize etc... I let last weeks crazy, hectic, insane schedule throw me for a loop.....

but at least on a postive side I weighed in at the same..no loss no gain....

we'll I'm off to plan our meals for the week and hit the food store... we have another crazy hectic insane week this week.. and i am not being caught unawares....

 

[Dizneydawn]

Sunday May 23rd - done!

I tracked and I am not proud. Well I was proud until about 7 p.m. when I ate like a nut job because I was upset. I also know looking back I was not close to what I should have had for calories for t he day at that point and I am sure the amount of fluid I had been drinking was low. It is 90 plus degrees here with a humidity factor of 2 million.

Discovered this past week we have a major electrical issue in the basement and need our electrician to come here this week because if the CA is turned on - we blow a fuse in a few seconds. So we have been hunkering in the basement, where it is much cooler but I know I should have been pounding the water. So I craved liquid last night.

I had a glass of milk and I have been so good about staying away from milk minus cooking. Huge weakness. Then I had a low calorie Gatorade which was in the house and again - we never have them - water only but a friend had brought it over to try and there it was, cold in the fridge and there I went.

I need to plan today. Balance my food better throughout the day. AND DRINK WATER.

That and I need to get in the habit of putting on some shoes and walking my anger away.

I am not really an eater when happy. Totally when hurt or mad. Need to kick that habit to the curb.

Off to the Y. Missed a whole week being sick. I start that Lazy Man tri in a week. I want to do it if it kills me!

Breakfast:

La Banderita Whole Wheat Soft Taco Tortilla, 1 serving
hashbrown scramble, 1 serving (view recipe)
Breakfast TOTALS: Calories 295 Carbs 33 Fat 11 Protein 13
Lunch:
Chicken Enchilada's, 1 serving (view recipe)
Calories 334 Carbs 40 Fat 11 Protein 22

Dinner:

Mission Life Balance Plus Flour Tortillas, 1 serving
Schweigert Smoky Cheddar Brat, 1 serving
Dinner TOTALS: Calories 330 Carbs 22 Fat 21 Protein 14


Snacks
cheez wiz, 1.25 serving
Popcorn, oil-popped, 1 cup
Low Calorie Grape G2 20 oz, 1 serving
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, 3 miniature
Milk, 2%, 1 cup
Nature's Pride Honey Wheat with Fiber, 3 serving
Snack TOTALS: Calories 728 Carbs 105 Fat 26 Protein 27

CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN
Totals: 1,687 (1,210 - 1,560 ) Carbs 200 ( 164 - 237 ) Fat 69 ( 32 - 57 ) Protein 76(60 - 128)

Plus my sodium which I want to stay 500-2300 was higher than Mt. St. Helen's! 3722!!!! I made homemade enchiladas but the sauce and diced tomatoes were way high. Plus the stupid Gatorade did not help. Just thinking of where easy cuts could have been made.

New Day Dawn. New Day.

 

[Duchie]

Good morning all!

I did OK yesterday. I used 20 out of 22 points. I was going to let myself have a slice of birthday cake, but as I was cutting it I realized it just did NOT look good to me at all so I skipped it. Then DH and I were going to open a bottle of wine but neither one of us felt like dealing with it. So I had a deficit because basically I was lazy. May 23 done.

So for last week I'm down -2.4. More importantly for me, that second number in my weight went down by 1 and is now at a number I haven't seen in quite some time. I still have a long way to go, but this is a milestone that I'm pleasantly surprised to have reached.