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

[Dizneydawn]

How the heck does turkey have so many calories in it???

I made a turkey today. Playing with the quantity and OMGoodness!!! 1 cup of roasted turkey had like 238 calories in it!!!

Not that I have not eaten a lot worse in my day (including today) but I am trying to stay at goal and could not believe what I thought would be filling and low calories - is now going to be my limited intake.

Tonight - soccer at 7:30. Thank you God because it is 92 degrees in MINNESOTA IN MAY WITH 48% humidity right now. WTHADES IS GOING ON HERE???

I should be sweating the pounds off for goodness sakes!!

Anyway - if I can zip my mouth shut after my 1/2 cup of turkey - I will be at goal today in all arenas minus like 10 calories over. But I did work out for 1 hour today so I am going to take it as a wash!!!

Dear God,
Please help me shut my mouth. Please not let me be tempted by anything but ice and water for the rest of the night.

Amen

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

I've been MIA all weekend! It was the big LOST finale weekend, which means homemade tacos and Coronas for me! Yummy! But now I'm thinking I have to throw away all of the leftovers so I will stop eating them. I literally had 4 tacos on Sunday, not good. On the plus side, I found some carb-balance tortillas that had a ton of fiber in them.

I am -1 maybe this week. I weigh on a dial scale, so its hard to see the small difference in weight. If I truly lost this pound, the tens number in my weight changed as well!

I finally got my USANA shipment in, so now I have a bunch more shakes and supplements in my arsenal. I'm supposed to have 2 shakes a day, and a healthy meal at night. But I bought WAY too much produce over the weekend. Its healthy food, but I'm not feeding an army!

I would love to start walking and excercising, but it is soooo hot here! 6pm, and its still 90 degrees! Its May people! WTH! This weather is so not fat girl friendly! Ugh! LOL!

 

[luvsJack]

Apparently I have been missing a lot not being able to get to the dis lately! Need to go back and do a LOT of catching up!! Is the tracking in your posts something you are all going to keep doing or was that a one week thing?

Hopefully things will slow down for the summer soon and I will be able to post more again. We are going to a 4 day work week for the summer Can't wait!!

 

[zoegirl]

Hey everybody! I have been completely m.i.a the last week or so. I need to go back and read what everyone has been up to. Life is kind of crazy right now. My DS' pre-school has let of for summer the DH is in & out of town so I've not had much time to dis except for the occasional lurk. Good thing is I'm down -3 but now I'm fighting the urge to celebrate the loss with eating. Sheesh! What a vicious cycle! I'm hungrier because I've upped my running mileage to 9-10 miles on my long run days which makes me want to gnaw my right arm off within a day or two of that run. I'm trying to embrace the hunger a bit because I'm 7 lbs from my goal. So close, yet it still feels so far!

 

[Leash]

Hi everyone just a quick check in with my weight, I have a terrible head cold and want to get back to bed. I am down 1 for the week so I am down 5 pounds overall!


Dawn I'm sorry to hear about your cat but it does sound like he did realize it was his time and he probably went off on his own. I have had a few cats do that over the years and we would usually find them in one of their favorite places.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi all!

Off to soccer. Mixed Baylor a 1/2 water 1/2 apple/cherry juice huge jug filled with ice. With this hot weather -- he needs more than just water for the game. I wonder if they will cut it from 90 minutes?

No sign of Garfield.

I ate my turkey and plan on drinking just water and eating a glacier for the rest of the evening!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Thank you for the warm welcome....I'm so rushed tonight, I wanted to leave words of encouragement for each of you that reported in today, but time just won't let me.

It sounds like a lot of you had hard weekends, I'm right there with you. I struggled all weekend, knowing I HAVE to do something about my weight, and made the decision to start today, but had no plan. I still don't have a plan, and it's so frustrating!! There are so many weight loss plans, and the more I read and research, the harder it is to choose what is right for my lifestyle. First, I thought I'd go low-carb, which has been sucessful for me in the past...then I remembered how daunting it is to STAY in ketosis. One screw-up and it knocks you out and then it takes 3 days to get there again.

Sooooo, I think right now I'm going to simply cut down DRASTICALLY on my sugar intake (no more Pepsi), eat something like Healthy Choice/Weight Watchers for lunch, and portion contol my dinners...oh, and drink lots of water and more veggies. I'm going to try to keep my calories between 1200-1500. Anyway, that's my plan until I have a plan...

I'm really looking forward to getting to know the people here. Hope you'all have a good night.

Kel

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Well, we survived the heat/humidity at Sarah's softball game tonight. Thank God there was some wind! Chugged lots of water and probably sweated off half a pound too! This kind of weather makes me want to eat cool crisp healthy foods like salads and fruit at least!
We were the parents to bring the snack tonight, so I bought frozen juice things and cold drink pouches. Those poor girls were just sweating and red in the face! Sarah came home and took a lukewarm shower!
I think it's still 92 degrees at 9 p.m. SO UNUSUAL for MN!

Dawn- I'm so sad for you about Garfield, but I have heard the same thing about animals going out on their own to die. I hope that however it is resolved that you find peace with it. You really have to catch some breaks soon! Good for you for sticking with your plan, tracking and all through all of the stress! We're here for you!

I'm an emotional eater (and sometime drinker) and I totally get what some have said about those tough days and eating your way out of the stress. I'm going to try to come here and post and maybe vent instead of diving headfirst into the vat of chocolate. Tomorrow could be tough. DH is working both jobs and I have to do all the kid activity running. Sometimes I don't plan meals too well on those days. Think I'll cut up some veggies ahead tonight and get a salad ready to go.
Today is DH's b-day and we celebrated yesterday with a dinner of grilled ribs (I never cook them! Made a yummy rub!), pork chops, baked potatoes and fresh veggies. I did pretty good. It's dessert that gets me. I made his favorite on Saturday. Gobs. They're like a whoopie pie. Very putzy and time consuming to make, so I do it once a year. I've had three since Saturday. There are so many just sitting there. I have to find some will power to avoid that container. If any of you have some to spare, send it my way! TIA!

 

[MulanUSAF]

Oh Dawn, thanks for sharing your story! Your experience sounds wayyyyyyyy more painful than mine. Though is it wrong to laugh at someone else's misfortune so hard that one gets the hiccups?

After reading your story, I delicately felt around my tush area to see if anything was wiggling. (Ok, I can't believe I just wrote that) But so far, nothing feels broken or loose. However, every time I sit or squat, it's like someone touched my butt with a cattle prod. I've been icing it on and off and it helps. Hopefully this will go away on its own soon.

Food wise, I'm going to start logging again. Yes it does help and it has definitely kept the munchies down. However, copying all the calories and stuff takes too long, so I'll just keep track of that in myfitnesspal.com and just post my food here instead.

Breakfast: Egg white omelet with pepper jack cheese; 1 Yoplait light yogurt and 1/2 of an apple

Lunch: Baby spinach tossed with deli sliced turkey, pineapple chunks and sliced almonds in a light balsamic vinaigrette; 2 rye crispbreads

Dinner: Oven baked Groton's fish fillets (2 pieces) with sauteed zuchinni and onions; 1 scoop of Haagen Daz coffee ice cream

Snack: 1/2 of an apple and a stick of string cheese

Monday, May 24 Done!

 

[gellybean]

Thank you for the warm welcome....I'm so rushed tonight, I wanted to leave words of encouragement for each of you that reported in today, but time just won't let me.

It sounds like a lot of you had hard weekends, I'm right there with you. I struggled all weekend, knowing I HAVE to do something about my weight, and made the decision to start today, but had no plan. I still don't have a plan, and it's so frustrating!! There are so many weight loss plans, and the more I read and research, the harder it is to choose what is right for my lifestyle. First, I thought I'd go low-carb, which has been sucessful for me in the past...then I remembered how daunting it is to STAY in ketosis. One screw-up and it knocks you out and then it takes 3 days to get there again.

Sooooo, I think right now I'm going to simply cut down DRASTICALLY on my sugar intake (no more Pepsi), eat something like Healthy Choice/Weight Watchers for lunch, and portion contol my dinners...oh, and drink lots of water and more veggies. I'm going to try to keep my calories between 1200-1500. Anyway, that's my plan until I have a plan...

I'm really looking forward to getting to know the people here. Hope you'all have a good night.

Kel

I totally know what you mean about not knowing where to start but wanting to start. I also know what it is to have so many 'diet' options to choose from and not knowing which you want to do or what will work for you.

You started at a great point though.... joining a support group!!!



Remember that to change a lifestyle is a lot more steps than just picking a diet. I have to remind myself of this often!

Like you said, just watching your sugar and making healthier choices is a huge step toward a healthier you.

I just checked out two more diet books from the library to read. I can't help it. I have to know what all the diets are about and why they work when others supposedly don't.

Ultimately what I've realized is no matter what road you take to do it, ultimately it's calories in v. calories out. Sounds simple but it's so true!

Good luck!! We're here for you!!!

Some great sites that skinny island gals use are spark people, live strong's daily plate and my fitness pal!

They are free to join and will help you decide on a calorie goal and help you start tracking what you eat, starting with the basics of just cals in v. cals out.

Also, sites like Southbeach, Weight Watchers, Jillian Michael Online etc sometimes offer a week's 7 day free trial and I've noticed that sometimes if you try to cancel they'll offer you a cheaper subscription or an extended free trial. Just make sure to tell them repeatedly that you want the auto renewal off if you have to give them a credit card # to join. And if you accept an additional free trial, tell them again to turn off auto renewal. Learned this the hard way myself!

Again and best of luck to you as you start this journey!!!






Time to track today's food so I don't get behind again!

Breakfast/lunch- 10 flips pretzel/cracker things with 2 tbsp of Allouette Garlic and Herb cheese


PM Snack- 1/2 pb and gelly

Dinner - 6 ounces pork loin 1.5 cups of basmati rice with 1 tsp olive oil (pilaf style) and 1 cup of sauteed zucchini
5 vanilla wafers

Didn't make it to the gym today. Sis is working, dh was off and it was too tempting to just hang out and chill as a family. Will get back into the gym tomorrow even if I have to go by myself!

This weekend was great! DH and I went and looked at model houses in our dream neighborhood for motivation for our financial budgeting and planning and I got a lot of cals burned walking around. It was a nice outting with hubby (sis kept the kids) that wasn't FOOD or MONEY centric!! WOO HOO!

Between that and the shopping Saturday and Friday I burned a lot more than a normal weekend and didn't have to include gym trips on the weekend to do it! YAY!

Monday, May 24 DONE

 

[pipersmom]

Hello all Millie told me about this thread a couple of months ago and last night I made the decision that I need to get my butt (dd and I call it "the big fat family butt!) in gear..so here goes...

First Name and Screen name: Amanda- PipersMom

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to lose about 100 lbs, but I'm going for 50 by December! (Thank you sparkpeople..I think..LOL)

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Anything! I loooove carbs the most though..bread, rice, pasta, cakes, cookies...

Favorite Good Food for You: Probably fruit...

Favorite Form of Exercise: Clicking the remote : Ermm..walking and wii fit, I guess.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: Being able to go into any store and buy clothes..and NOT to get all excited when I hear about a sale at CJ Banks!

Family: It's just Piper and I!

The Snag(s): One of my biggest downfalls is binge eating, usually after dd has gone to bed, so she doesn't see me wolfing down food. We've been switched to all whole grains and some organics (ie..cereal, some fruits) for about 2 yrs now, but that doesn't help when I sit and eat 2-3 servings instead of 1. History-wise, I can't remember ever being smaller than 180 lbs, and that was in high school. I can remember one of my Aunts taking me to Lane Bryant the yr that I was going into 9th grade, which prob says it all. I think the biggest thing for me is just going to be tracking what I eat religiously without cheating. I started tracking today on sparkpeople, and I loved how easy it was to use. I'll post my cals, etc in the next post. It's prob going to be an obsessive type thing for me, but I don't know that it's a bad thing, I'm already in the mindset that I'm going to need to do this for the rest of my life. (Track, not diet..) I actually felt like I was eating more than I thought I'd be able to, which was nice. I'm a diet-virgin, so maybe that makes a difference too..I've tried losing weight, but never seriously, just the "I'll try to cut back and exercise more thing." That was obviously REAL successful...LOL! My glasses may be a bit rose-tinted right now, but I really think being accountable here will help too. Enough rambling for me, going to post this, do my food journal post, and go to bed before I can think about eating again too much!

 

[pipersmom]

Okay, I definitely need to work on breakfast, and I know that..lol. We were at my Mom's for lunch, and there wasn't a whole lot of healthy choices, which is why I just ate the sandwich! I did do small snacks throughout the day though, which I think helped a lot. I also had to add carbs, proteins, fats, and calories this evening..not sure that was horrible though, as that's usually when I binge, and the wasa & pb definitely took any edge off! I'm thinking it will get easier after a week or so of tracking.

Breakfast:
Banana 1 medium
Coffee
Coffee-mate Hazelnut Biscotti

Lunch:
Hillshire Farm - Deli Select, Ultra Thin Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Breast
GREAT VALUE ALL NATURAL MILD CHUNKY SALSA, 2 tbsp (she had no ff mayo..and I have to say, the salsa was good, even on the rye *I had my doubts!*)
Arnold Real Jewish Rye Bread (2 slices)

Dinner:
2 lowfat shrimp eggrolls from Van's
Cucumber & tomato salad, fat-free catalina dressing
LA CHOY DUCK SAUCE
Coffee
Coffee-mate Hazelnut biscotti

Snacks:
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter & Honey, 2 Tbsp
Crackers- Whole wheat Wasa ( 2 )
Del Monte Lite Diced Peaches, 4 oz
Fig Newtons, Fat Free 2 cookies
Kashi Whole Grain Crackers - Roasted Garlic
Coffee- 2 cups

32oz Water throughout the day...I am a coffee kind of girl, but I did skip the creamer except for 2 cups, and usually I use it in every cup, so that was a small victory.

 

[Dizneydawn]

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36757062&postcount=894

Prom & Formal pic link!!!!! Did not want to post so many pics on 2 threads so just put them on the TR!!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Kelly - I think your plan of starting small is a good one. Sometimes we have to try out a couple of plans before we find one that works for us. I did the WW thing for a couple of years and recently switched to Spark People. I really like how I can see how many carbs and how little protein I've eaten.

Dawn - I agree with everyone here - I think Garfield was saving you from having to make that decision.

It's hard for me to hear about your heat wave, here in CA we are having the weirdest spring. Its been in the 60s and I'm sitting here in sweats, under a blanket. I wish it would warm up a bit.

Hello all Millie told me about this thread a couple of months ago and last night I made the decision that I need to get my butt (dd and I call it "the big fat family butt!) in gear..so here goes...

First Name and Screen name: Amanda- PipersMom

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to lose about 100 lbs, but I'm going for 50 by December! (Thank you sparkpeople..I think..LOL)

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Anything! I loooove carbs the most though..bread, rice, pasta, cakes, cookies...

Favorite Good Food for You: Probably fruit...

Favorite Form of Exercise: Clicking the remote : Ermm..walking and wii fit, I guess.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: Being able to go into any store and buy clothes..and NOT to get all excited when I hear about a sale at CJ Banks!

Family: It's just Piper and I!

The Snag(s): One of my biggest downfalls is binge eating, usually after dd has gone to bed, so she doesn't see me wolfing down food. We've been switched to all whole grains and some organics (ie..cereal, some fruits) for about 2 yrs now, but that doesn't help when I sit and eat 2-3 servings instead of 1. History-wise, I can't remember ever being smaller than 180 lbs, and that was in high school. I can remember one of my Aunts taking me to Lane Bryant the yr that I was going into 9th grade, which prob says it all. I think the biggest thing for me is just going to be tracking what I eat religiously without cheating. I started tracking today on sparkpeople, and I loved how easy it was to use. I'll post my cals, etc in the next post. It's prob going to be an obsessive type thing for me, but I don't know that it's a bad thing, I'm already in the mindset that I'm going to need to do this for the rest of my life. (Track, not diet..) I actually felt like I was eating more than I thought I'd be able to, which was nice. I'm a diet-virgin, so maybe that makes a difference too..I've tried losing weight, but never seriously, just the "I'll try to cut back and exercise more thing." That was obviously REAL successful...LOL! My glasses may be a bit rose-tinted right now, but I really think being accountable here will help too. Enough rambling for me, going to post this, do my food journal post, and go to bed before I can think about eating again too much!

Welcome Amanda! I'm glad you joined us. Reading your bio I could have been reading something that I posted myself. Love carb/starches, don't really like ANY type of exercise. I've MADE myself do it and it is getting easier, but still if I could lose without any additional exercise I would SO be on that bandwagon.

Today was ok, I'm having a hard time stopping the munchies. I'm in a slow period at work and it just makes the day drag on. So I feel the need to munch through the day, then it just continues in the evening. The only saving grace is that we don't have a lot of junk in the house so at least I'm munching on lower calorie items. We did make it to the Y tonight, did 30 minutes on the eliptical then machines.

Food Log:
Breakfast - Raisin Bran with FF milk

Lunch - Lean Cuisine Roasted Turkey meal, cherries

Snack - Fiber One bar, Lorna Doone 100 cal cookies, 2 Milky Way minis, Banana

Dinner - Lettuce with hard boiled egg white, LF balsamic dressing, Ground Turkey burger on sandwich thin

Dessert - Cherries, 100 cal Yoplait parfait

Total calories - 1,519 (goal 1270 - 1620)

May 24 DONE

 

[zoegirl]

Amanda & Kel looks like you're both off to a great start.

I still haven't had a chance to go back through last week to see what everyone's up to & what the new challenge is. But it seems like the new challenge is to track/post what we're eating each day? Can somebody bring me up to date on that?

I'm taking Lucas (DS 3.5) to the movies today. Keeping my fingers crossed I can resist the movie popcorn. Oh who am I kidding, I just hope I can resist buying the jumbo tub & settle for sharing L's kid-sized popcorn

~bree~

 

[Dizneydawn]

Amanda & Kel looks like you're both off to a great start.

I still haven't had a chance to go back through last week to see what everyone's up to & what the new challenge is. But it seems like the new challenge is to track/post what we're eating each day? Can somebody bring me up to date on that?

Hi! Gotta post to everyone a bit later but saw this - I wrote this earlier to one of the new girls and thought it would be easier to copy and paste it rather than write it over. I am going to put it into the 1st page intro as well.

#2 Thursday is the day we start as the beginning of a week of tracking. (For me it was easier to not have everything end on Monday to do totals.)

The goal is to post here your tracking for food, however you want, 5 out of the next 7 days. Some do just calories, some do WW points, some do food journal's and some do calories and food journal's.

If you get 5 out of seven days, you get a tracking pic. For each consecutive week - you will add a x2, x7 etc... next to the pic to represent weeks total you achieved this goal.

When you post - please write on that same tracking post, each day, "May 24th Done" or whatever day it happens to be. in big green letters, so if I only have time to scan, I can pick up your success day easily.

Hi to the newbies!!!!

Off to water aerobics!

Tracking today again as well! I will post my food totals from yesterday later.

I am up on the scale this morning but I did well and drank all my water yesterday - and I think it will take a bit to get it out of my system.

 

[stitchfan23]

This was the long weekend here in Canada and I totally forgot that yesterday was Monday. I weighed in this morning and it was just as I thought. I am +2.4lbs. I am not happy with this but I know it was my own doing. In honesty, my food hasn't been that great (damn Scottish pastry and fish & chips) when I was away and since I got back. Pretty much no water since I came home and no exercise. I am owning this and getting back on track as of TODAY! I am going to eat my breakfast now and get my water organized. As with a lot of you it is hot here as well so if I don't do for a long walk later outside I WILL get on the treadmill and bike.

I AM VOWING THAT THIS GAIN WILL BE GONE ASAP!!!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Well, we survived the heat/humidity at Sarah's softball game tonight. Thank God there was some wind! Chugged lots of water and probably sweated off half a pound too! This kind of weather makes me want to eat cool crisp healthy foods like salads and fruit at least!
We were the parents to bring the snack tonight, so I bought frozen juice things and cold drink pouches. Those poor girls were just sweating and red in the face! Sarah came home and took a lukewarm shower!
I think it's still 92 degrees at 9 p.m. SO UNUSUAL for MN!

Dawn- I'm so sad for you about Garfield, but I have heard the same thing about animals going out on their own to die. I hope that however it is resolved that you find peace with it. You really have to catch some breaks soon! Good for you for sticking with your plan, tracking and all through all of the stress! We're here for you!

I'm an emotional eater (and sometime drinker) and I totally get what some have said about those tough days and eating your way out of the stress. I'm going to try to come here and post and maybe vent instead of diving headfirst into the vat of chocolate. Tomorrow could be tough. DH is working both jobs and I have to do all the kid activity running. Sometimes I don't plan meals too well on those days. Think I'll cut up some veggies ahead tonight and get a salad ready to go.
Today is DH's b-day and we celebrated yesterday with a dinner of grilled ribs (I never cook them! Made a yummy rub!), pork chops, baked potatoes and fresh veggies. I did pretty good. It's dessert that gets me. I made his favorite on Saturday. Gobs. They're like a whoopie pie. Very putzy and time consuming to make, so I do it once a year. I've had three since Saturday. There are so many just sitting there. I have to find some will power to avoid that container. If any of you have some to spare, send it my way! TIA!

My DH recently started working nights too....I'm torn, if it's easier to watch what I eat when he's gone, because then I can make something simple low-cal just for myself.....or if I'm going to want to snarf everything in site because he's not around to see me do it!!! He's totally supportive, but I don't think he realizes how hard this is for me....especially giving up my Pepsi! I actually pouted last night because it was all I could think of.

After reading your story, I delicately felt around my tush area to see if anything was wiggling. (Ok, I can't believe I just wrote that) But so far, nothing feels broken or loose. However, every time I sit or squat, it's like someone touched my butt with a cattle prod. I've been icing it on and off and it helps. Hopefully this will go away on its own soon.

Food wise, I'm going to start logging again. Yes it does help and it has definitely kept the munchies down. However, copying all the calories and stuff takes too long, so I'll just keep track of that in myfitnesspal.com and just post my food here instead.

Breakfast: Egg white omelet with pepper jack cheese; 1 Yoplait light yogurt and 1/2 of an apple

Lunch: Baby spinach tossed with deli sliced turkey, pineapple chunks and sliced almonds in a light balsamic vinaigrette; 2 rye crispbreads

Dinner: Oven baked Groton's fish fillets (2 pieces) with sauteed zuchinni and onions; 1 scoop of Haagen Daz coffee ice cream

Snack: 1/2 of an apple and a stick of string cheese

Looks like you are off to a great start!! Hope your tushy feels better soon!

I totally know what you mean about not knowing where to start but wanting to start. I also know what it is to have so many 'diet' options to choose from and not knowing which you want to do or what will work for you.

You started at a great point though.... joining a support group!!!



Remember that to change a lifestyle is a lot more steps than just picking a diet. I have to remind myself of this often!

Like you said, just watching your sugar and making healthier choices is a huge step toward a healthier you.

I just checked out two more diet books from the library to read. I can't help it. I have to know what all the diets are about and why they work when others supposedly don't.

Ultimately what I've realized is no matter what road you take to do it, ultimately it's calories in v. calories out. Sounds simple but it's so true!

Good luck!! We're here for you!!!

Some great sites that skinny island gals use are spark people, live strong's daily plate and my fitness pal!

They are free to join and will help you decide on a calorie goal and help you start tracking what you eat, starting with the basics of just cals in v. cals out.

Also, sites like Southbeach, Weight Watchers, Jillian Michael Online etc sometimes offer a week's 7 day free trial and I've noticed that sometimes if you try to cancel they'll offer you a cheaper subscription or an extended free trial. Just make sure to tell them repeatedly that you want the auto renewal off if you have to give them a credit card # to join. And if you accept an additional free trial, tell them again to turn off auto renewal. Learned this the hard way myself!

Again and best of luck to you as you start this journey!!!

Thanks so much for the kind words of advise, I'm going to check out those websites today! Sounds like you and DH had a wonderful time, isn't it fun planning your dream home?

Hello all Millie told me about this thread a couple of months ago and last night I made the decision that I need to get my butt (dd and I call it "the big fat family butt!) in gear..so here goes...

First Name and Screen name: Amanda- PipersMom

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I need to lose about 100 lbs, but I'm going for 50 by December! (Thank you sparkpeople..I think..LOL)

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Anything! I loooove carbs the most though..bread, rice, pasta, cakes, cookies...

Favorite Good Food for You: Probably fruit...

Favorite Form of Exercise: Clicking the remote : Ermm..walking and wii fit, I guess.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: Being able to go into any store and buy clothes..and NOT to get all excited when I hear about a sale at CJ Banks!

Family: It's just Piper and I!

The Snag(s): One of my biggest downfalls is binge eating, usually after dd has gone to bed, so she doesn't see me wolfing down food. We've been switched to all whole grains and some organics (ie..cereal, some fruits) for about 2 yrs now, but that doesn't help when I sit and eat 2-3 servings instead of 1. History-wise, I can't remember ever being smaller than 180 lbs, and that was in high school. I can remember one of my Aunts taking me to Lane Bryant the yr that I was going into 9th grade, which prob says it all. I think the biggest thing for me is just going to be tracking what I eat religiously without cheating. I started tracking today on sparkpeople, and I loved how easy it was to use. I'll post my cals, etc in the next post. It's prob going to be an obsessive type thing for me, but I don't know that it's a bad thing, I'm already in the mindset that I'm going to need to do this for the rest of my life. (Track, not diet..) I actually felt like I was eating more than I thought I'd be able to, which was nice. I'm a diet-virgin, so maybe that makes a difference too..I've tried losing weight, but never seriously, just the "I'll try to cut back and exercise more thing." That was obviously REAL successful...LOL! My glasses may be a bit rose-tinted right now, but I really think being accountable here will help too. Enough rambling for me, going to post this, do my food journal post, and go to bed before I can think about eating again too much!

Welcome Amanda!! I'm right here with you, I'm starting new too, though I'm no stanger to the diet world! We just have to take it one day at a time....just like other adictions.

Kelly - I think your plan of starting small is a good one. Sometimes we have to try out a couple of plans before we find one that works for us. I did the WW thing for a couple of years and recently switched to Spark People. I really like how I can see how many carbs and how little protein I've eaten.

Dawn - I agree with everyone here - I think Garfield was saving you from having to make that decision.

It's hard for me to hear about your heat wave, here in CA we are having the weirdest spring. Its been in the 60s and I'm sitting here in sweats, under a blanket. I wish it would warm up a bit.

Thank you!! Your menu for today looks yummy!

Amanda & Kel looks like you're both off to a great start.

I still haven't had a chance to go back through last week to see what everyone's up to & what the new challenge is. But it seems like the new challenge is to track/post what we're eating each day? Can somebody bring me up to date on that?

I'm taking Lucas (DS 3.5) to the movies today. Keeping my fingers crossed I can resist the movie popcorn. Oh who am I kidding, I just hope I can resist buying the jumbo tub & settle for sharing L's kid-sized popcorn

~bree~

Thanks Bree...what movie you going to see? Good luck with the Popcorn!!

Hi! Gotta post to everyone a bit later but saw this - I wrote this earlier to one of the new girls and thought it would be easier to copy and paste it rather than write it over. I am going to put it into the 1st page intro as well.

#2 Thursday is the day we start as the beginning of a week of tracking. (For me it was easier to not have everything end on Monday to do totals.)

The goal is to post here your tracking for food, however you want, 5 out of the next 7 days. Some do just calories, some do WW points, some do food journal's and some do calories and food journal's.

If you get 5 out of seven days, you get a tracking pic. For each consecutive week - you will add a x2, x7 etc... next to the pic to represent weeks total you achieved this goal.

When you post - please write on that same tracking post, each day, "May 24th Done" or whatever day it happens to be. in big green letters, so if I only have time to scan, I can pick up your success day easily.

Hi to the newbies!!!!

Off to water aerobics!

Tracking today again as well! I will post my food totals from yesterday later.

I am up on the scale this morning but I did well and drank all my water yesterday - and I think it will take a bit to get it out of my system.

Thanks for the instructions Dawn...have fun at water aerobics!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Welcome to the new people! I forgot to say hi yesterday and now we have a couple new ones. Welcome!

Here is my food journal for yesterday:

Breakfast: Raisin Bran Crunch(for those of you who saw what I ate before, I know! No oatmeal!! Tooooo fricking hot!) with skim milk

Lunch: Pasta Salad: Cold Whole Grain Rotini, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower and italian dressing, 1 Activia Yogurt(low fat or low sugar or something)

Snack: 1 tube mine M&Ms.

Dinner: 1 Brat with ketchup and bun, leftover chicken fettucini alfredo with onions and peppers

Also a ton of water all day.

I did pretty good until the afternoon and then things just kinda fell apart. I didn't eat too much compared to normal, though, due to the heat.

Monday, May 24 Done

 

[Duchie]

I've been MIA all weekend! It was the big LOST finale weekend, which means homemade tacos and Coronas for me! Yummy!

OK, we just watched the Lost finale last night. And I don't understand! I've watched every single episode of that show and I'm not quite sure what happened. So please explain.

Ultimately what I've realized is no matter what road you take to do it, ultimately it's calories in v. calories out. Sounds simple but it's so true!

Yep - what she says. It all boils down to this simple little fact. My doctor told me once to just cut 100 calories a day. I tried it for a while but it really didn't work for me because I needed to change the whole picture. Good luck finding a plan that works for you.

This was the long weekend here in Canada and I totally forgot that yesterday was Monday. I weighed in this morning and it was just as I thought. I am +2.4lbs. I am not happy with this but I know it was my own doing. In honesty, my food hasn't been that great (damn Scottish pastry and fish & chips) when I was away and since I got back. Pretty much no water since I came home and no exercise. I am owning this and getting back on track as of TODAY! I am going to eat my breakfast now and get my water organized. As with a lot of you it is hot here as well so if I don't do for a long walk later outside I WILL get on the treadmill and bike.

I AM VOWING THAT THIS GAIN WILL BE GONE ASAP!!!

What I noticed about Scotland - all the fried foods. Seriously, chips served with everything! After about 3 days, I told DH that if I never ate another chip in my life, I'd be just fine.