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

[Dizneydawn]

This month I commit to getting my butt off the couch and onto the exercise bike. I want to do this because...

#1 I want to be able to walk around Disney in April and keep up with my 65 yr young Mom

#2 I want to be able to play with my niece and nephew and not be out of breath (or have my 6yr old nephew tell me I am fat)

#3 I want to be able to be sexy in my mind so that when my DH calls me sexy I can actually believe him

I love all of this but esp. the last one. I cannot tell you all the times I tell Dan he is wrong when he pays me a compliment! A WW leader once said to be that she use dto do the same to her husband and now he does not tell him that anymore because he never gives out the compliments. He got shot down too many times and just quit.

It made me so sad!

Thanks for writing your oath! I will print out yours too because it is so powerful!





Thanks Shannn for answeing the question! Totally right...I will not post weight here - just the losses/gains/sames or inches lost for those that want that too. Plus a whole thread total! It will be powerful to see some big numbers for us as a group.

again...each Monday for those who want me to keep track of their individual losses etc....they will post here there weeks plus or minus or same. That is it.

Then I will take those numbers an tally them to your last weeks weight etc.

So you will only have published:

Dawn: -2.4 this week Total 16.8

Not your actual weight.

Some of us might care to share it...I don't care for example.... but others can choose to be more private.

Then my numbers would be also figured into the weekly weight loss numbers and totals for the thread.

The spreadsheet I cam creating is just for helping me keep track. Nobody else will see it.

No matter what yo feel comfortable doing...I want everyone to stay!

Hope that clarifies things better.


Right now I have numbers from:
tiggerplus5
luvsJack
Leash
gellybean
TB'sWidow
Stitchfan23
njtinkmom
MNDisneygirl
loonieroonie
Jasperann
Dizneydawn (duh!)
Grumpyyoungguy (cause I know where to find him!)

That is 12 out of the 24 Castaways so far! Keep them comming! Even if your measurements are not included yet...(I need mine done...) and you want them to be...weight would be awesome!

again:
dizneydreamz@yahoo.com

is where to send them to!!!!

 

[luvsJack]

This month I commit to tracing the food I eat, exercising at least 30 minutes every day and drinking at least 64 oz of water each day. I want to do this because:

1. I want to feel better about myself and just feel better in general.
2. I want the energy to plan with my granddaughter.
3. I want to be able to enjoy buying clothes again

 

[gellybean]

I have a quick question - where do you get calorie counts on your blackberry? I am a product of eating out way to often - but I am sure I can do something to make that work - any help will be much appreciated!!

HEY! I actually use weightwatchers online and use their mobile app to count points. BUT I calorie counter for blackberry and found a ton of aps. Some may cost a little, others may be free. I don't know any of them well enough to recommend one but there were a ton so hopefully you can find one that works for you!! Also, you can always go to like calorie king .com through your mobile browser too!

HTH!

 

[gellybean]

This month I commit to continued tracking of food, even on the days I eat things I shouldn't. I still need to write it down, not just omit it so I'm held accountable for everything that goes in my mouth. The good and the bad. I also commit to begin a work out regime that will ease me into exercise, not send me running for the hills!

I want to do this because:

1. I can no longer chose food before my family, my friends or myself. Which ultimately is how I look at what I'm doing. Because the relationship I have with food right now will be a determent to my quality of life, if not the quanity of my life.

2. I want to look in the mirror and see pride and contentment in my own eyes, when looking at my outward appearance.

3. I want to shop for a knock your socks off SLEEVELESS dress and killer way to expensive shoes and love doing it!!!!!!!!!



Bon Voyage everyone! See ya on SKINNY ISLAND!!!!!


Isn't it appropos that I'm watching LOST Season 1 for the first time right now?! Love all the island images and beach views! I think about our Island often!

 

[eliz991]

Amiee!!! How are you my other Texas sista!! My other Texas sista is suppose to be joining us eliz991, maybe she'll wait until she gets back from her trip. We need to wish her good Disney magic, she broke her toe just a few days ago and she leaves in less than a week. Poor baby.

Thank you Camille my Texas sista! I'm late, but I'm here. I had a bunch of stuff going on the last few days so I haven't been around.

to all the new posters!!! This is so exciting!
Millie!!! I'm great. So excited about this thread!! So glad you're on here. Can't wait to meet another Texas Sista That stinks about her toe. Hopefully she'll be ok with a supportive shoe or a scooter!!

Thanks! I am walking okay now, although my friend has offered to push me in a wheelchair if I need it. I told her with my luck she would see Mickey Mouse and forget to hold on to the chair and I'd end up careening into a storefront and breaking my other foot! It's my little toe, although it still hurts quite a bit, I can tell it is getting a lot better. It mostly bothers me on stairs.


Okay, here is my intro!

First Name and Screen name: Elizabeth/eliz991 (talk about original.)
What your Goal Is for Fitness: To lose 50 pounds. Which will still be like 20 pounds over what the weight charts say is the "maximum" for my height but I know from experience it is a weight I can't get below without just starving myself, and I like the way I look there.
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Cheese/crackers and wine, or Mexican food.
Favorite Good Food for You: Hummus and papayas (not together!)
Favorite Form of Exercise: Spinning, because it's the only really hard exercise I can do that doesn't make me feel like someone is stabbing me in the knee with a sword.
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: To fit back into my size 10 pants.
Family: Me and DH, Tony, childless by choice. We lost all three of our furbabies last year and we are waiting to sell our condo and buy a house and then we will be getting two new kitties.

My soap opera name is Arlena Choony. (Yes, I had a dog named Choony. My sister named him. Don't let your 3 year olds name your pets. )

And here is my goal for February: to track my calories even when I can't exercise (stupid foot). Why:

1. I have a body bugg (like they use on biggest loser) and I paid for it so I might as well use it!
2. There is no time like the present to start, and I will be proud of myself for starting.
3. And most important, because I need to get over my perfectionist thinking that it's all or nothing and stop telling myself that if I can't exercise I might as well go ahead and eat whatever I want and not keep up with my tracking.

Hey, time for lunch!

Oh, and I will miss the first week's weigh-in on president's day but I will weigh in the monday I get back from Disney!

 

[njtinkmom]

Ok my name is Missy Hillside and I am starring in my soap opera As the Scale Climbs. I want to quit this gig and star on Skinny Island of Losers - and I soooo want to be a loser! Never thought I would say that!

Anyway my goals are:

I don't know where to begin - yeah I want to drink more water, exercise more, eat better, blah blah blah, but since I had chili last night, 1/2 a cheesesteak for lunch, it does not sound like I am off to a good start. I did have Kashi for breakfast - yippee! So maybe if I take it s l o w I will build up momentum.

1 - Drink 1 extra glass of water every day (even if that is the only 1)
2 - Exercise 30 minutes in a week (30 minutes more than I do now)
3 - Make 1 healthy choice every day (you know banana instead of ice cream - well maybe nothing that drastic yet!)

And these are the reasons why:

1 - I love my husband and my kids and want to stick around for them (diabetes is rampant in my family)
2 - I want to quit smoking - which is problematic since weight gain goes hand in hand with that - so do I lose weight only to gain it back, or lose weight and keep up with it while quitting - not sure if that is possible - looking for help on this one.
3- This one has already been said but man truer words were never spoken - I want to BELIEVE I am sexy when my hubby says it and not feel he is just saying that.
4 - and all the other cool things that go along with being skinny - not sure what they are - need to find out for myself though!

 

[gellybean]

Okay, here is my intro!

First Name and Screen name: Elizabeth/eliz991 (talk about original.)
What your Goal Is for Fitness: To lose 50 pounds. Which will still be like 20 pounds over what the weight charts say is the "maximum" for my height but I know from experience it is a weight I can't get below without just starving myself, and I like the way I look there.
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Cheese/crackers and wine, or Mexican food.
Favorite Good Food for You: Hummus and papayas (not together!)
Favorite Form of Exercise: Spinning, because it's the only really hard exercise I can do that doesn't make me feel like someone is stabbing me in the knee with a sword.
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: To fit back into my size 10 pants.
Family: Me and DH, Tony, childless by choice. We lost all three of our furbabies last year and we are waiting to sell our condo and buy a house and then we will be getting two new kitties.

My soap opera name is Arlena Choony. (Yes, I had a dog named Choony. My sister named him. Don't let your 3 year olds name your pets. )

And here is my goal for February: to track my calories even when I can't exercise (stupid foot). Why:

1. I have a body bugg (like they use on biggest loser) and I paid for it so I might as well use it!
2. There is no time like the present to start, and I will be proud of myself for starting.
3. And most important, because I need to get over my perfectionist thinking that it's all or nothing and stop telling myself that if I can't exercise I might as well go ahead and eat whatever I want and not keep up with my tracking.

Hey, time for lunch!

Oh, and I will miss the first week's weigh-in on president's day but I will weigh in the monday I get back from Disney![/QUOTE]

OMGosh!! You have a body bug?! How in the heck does that work? It just tracks the # of calories you burn right? SO COOL! I seriously looked at one but without an exercise plan I didn't think it would do me much good! What do you think of yours?


I am sooooo the all or nothing perfectionist type! If I don't diet or exercise perfectly I throw my hands up and go to Chuy's... during happy hour... with a mexican martini and a bowl of 'free' queso.

So glad to have another Texas Skinny Island castaway

 

[dislvr74]

This month I am going to commit to only eating when I am hungry and to eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day. I want to do this because:
1. I want to improve my half marathon PR by 8 minutes on May 1st.
2. I want to put away my capris and wear shorts this summer.
3. I want to wear tank tops instead of t-shirts when I am running.

 

[Leash]

This month I commit to learning proper portions and practicing portion control.

I will do this because:

1. If I don't lose some weight my knee will never get better.
2. My back is sore from always sucking in my gut.
3. I am a 28 year old female and I should not have a "gut" period but certainly not one that makes it so I can't see all of my toes.

I forgot to put in my soap opera name earlier, I would have to rearrange the order but I would be Anastasia Franklin. It's a good think we got that cat before the dog otherwise it would be Scruffy Franklin.

 

[gellybean]

Here's an article that was on the Weight Watchers facebook fan page this morning! After we'd been talking about portion control yesterday and today I thought y'all might wanna see it, too!

I got this article off of Facebook so you shouldn't have to be a member to read it. Let me know if anyone has issues with the link and I'll copy and paste the article into a post!

Weight Watchers Portion Control Article

 

[njtinkmom]

Last edited by Dizneydawn; Today at 12:35 PM. Reason: wrong Gina entered...we have 2!

Wow - was I the causeof the mistake! Gee when I went to school no one ever heard of the name Gina - now everyone is copying me!!

 

[stitchfan23]

Here's an article that was on the Weight Watchers facebook fan page this morning! After we'd been talking about portion control yesterday and today I thought y'all might wanna see it, too!

I got this article off of Facebook so you shouldn't have to be a member to read it. Let me know if anyone has issues with the link and I'll copy and paste the article into a post!

Weight Watchers Portion Control Article

Thanks for the link. I had always heard that a serving of meat should be the size of a playing card but it is amazing how what starts out as a playing cart in your mind can quickly turn into a Christmas card in reality. I think that since I have my hand on me at all times it will really help with the portion control. My hubby once said it to me and he was right that I was trying to eat healthier but I was eating the same amount as him I never realized that my portion control was that bad.

 

[Dizneydawn]

This month I commit to tracing the food I eat, exercising at least 30 minutes every day and drinking at least 64 oz of water each day. I want to do this because:

1. I want to feel better about myself and just feel better in general.
2. I want the energy to plan with my granddaughter.
3. I want to be able to enjoy buying clothes again

Yeah for #3! These are awesome!

1. I can no longer chose food before my family, my friends or myself. Which ultimately is how I look at what I'm doing. Because the relationship I have with food right now will be a determent to my quality of life, if not the quanity of my life.
Amen and PRAISE THE LAAAWD!
3. I want to shop for a knock your socks off SLEEVELESS dress and killer way to expensive shoes and love doing it!!!!!!!!!
Ohhhh! Nordstrom has the best shoe place here at the Mall of America! Heaven!!!!

Bon Voyage everyone! See ya on SKINNY ISLAND!!!!!

I will be there wearing a thong...it will be there...even if you can't see it cause my @rse ate the back end!Isn't it appropos that I'm watching LOST Season 1 for the first time right now?! Love all the island images and beach views! I think about our Island often!

Do you like that? I have not seen it and want to! Love the water!

First Name and Screen name: Elizabeth/eliz991 (talk about original.)
What your Goal Is for Fitness: To lose 50 pounds. Which will still be like 20 pounds over what the weight charts say is the "maximum" for my height but I know from experience it is a weight I can't get below without just starving myself, and I like the way I look there. Great inner knowledge!

My soap opera name is Arlena Choony. Sounds like Flo's sister from the old TV show Alice. Please tell me anyone else knows what I am referring to! (Yes, I had a dog named Choony. My sister named him. Don't let your 3 year olds name your pets. )


Oh, and I will miss the first week's weigh-in on president's day but I will weigh in the monday I get back from Disney!

We should make you weigh in there....hmmmm...how to make this happen....

Ok my name is Missy Hillside and I am starring in my soap opera As the Scale Climbs. Sounds like you are a curvey slut. That's all I can come up with and it cracked me up so it stays!


4 - and all the other cool things that go along with being skinny - not sure what they are - need to find out for myself though!

Let me know if you get there first!

This month I am going to commit to only eating when I am hungry and to eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day. I want to do this because:
1. I want to improve my half marathon PR by 8 minutes on May 1st.
2. I want to put away my capris and wear shorts this summer.
3. I want to wear tank tops instead of t-shirts when I am running.

You are exactly why this is so great having people of all sizes here! You are where I want to be. It is like seeing me in progression and it is motivating!

This month I commit to learning proper portions and practicing portion control.
3. I am a 28 year old female and I should not have a "gut" period but certainly not one that makes it so I can't see all of my toes.
You probably do not have a gunt though...I want a gut back and lose the gunt.
I forgot to put in my soap opera name earlier, I would have to rearrange the order but I would be Anastasia Franklin. Either way it sounds like a cross dressing show girl/guy! It's a good think we got that cat before the dog otherwise it would be Scruffy Franklin. That is plain ole hookah! (Said like Dudley Moore!)

Weight Watchers Portion Control Article

Thanks for that! Keep passing on the info!

Last edited by Dizneydawn; Today at 12:35 PM. Reason: wrong Gina entered...we have 2!

Wow - was I the causeof the mistake! Gee when I went to school no one ever heard of the name Gina - now everyone is copying me!!

Totally is! We have you and gbanshee!

 

[luvsJack]

They say you will learn to "eye ball" your portions eventually but I never have; no matter how long I spend weighing and measuring. Time to get out my food scale and USE it.



today is going "so-so" for my food choices.

Breakfast: frosted mini wheats and a peach (running late, didn't have time to eat so had the cereal dry at my desk).

Snack: fat free yogurt

Lunch is where I sort of, kind of messed up. I let someone talk me into going to Taco Bell, figure I would eat one of their lower fat menu items. Well, it was crowded and the cashier impatient and I didn't see the itmes on the menu. So, what did I do? Got 2 tacos and a mexican pizza!

But, I did track it and I have 300 cal. left for supper so will probably have either the soup I should have had for lunch or a salad.


Now, in my old ways I would have chucked the "diet" for today and added a candy bar on top of everything else. I refuse to do that anymore. I can't tell you how many times I have "started over tomorrow".

 

[MulanUSAF]

Yeah for #3! These are awesome!


We should make you weigh in there....hmmmm...how to make this happen....

Last time I was at Rafiki's conservation station, I saw them weigh a lemur. Just saying...

 

[dislvr74]

You are exactly why this is so great having people of all sizes here! You are where I want to be. It is like seeing me in progression and it is motivating!

I am only 5'4" and my current weight puts me well into the "overweight" category. Two years ago my doctor told me that she wanted to see me at 140 (I told her that I would also like to see my at 140, but it wasn't happening.) because that would be a healthy weight for my height and frame. My goal is 139 because I would just love to be in the 130s. I know that is silly, but I don't care. I keep gaining and losing about 3 pounds and I feel like if I can just lose the first 10 pounds, the last 10 will be much easier to get rid of.

My biggest problem is that I think running gives me the freedom to eat whatever I want to. The reality is I only burned 1,188 calories during my 9 mile run on Saturday. That might sound like a lot, but it doesn't mean that I can eat an entire pizza and expect to lose weight!

 

[eliz991]

2 - I want to quit smoking - which is problematic since weight gain goes hand in hand with that - so do I lose weight only to gain it back, or lose weight and keep up with it while quitting - not sure if that is possible - looking for help on this one.

Hey - everyone is different - I quit smoking first, partially because I knew myself enough to know I would never be done working on my eating, if that makes sense. Like once you quit smoking, you don't smoke anymore. Once you lose weight...you still have to keep eating like that. For what it's worth I think I only gained 3-5 pounds when I quit, mostly from the blowpops and tootsie pops that I ate! It wasn't a big issue like some people say. I think my metabolism is already slow and the smoking didn't make that big of a difference.

OMGosh!! You have a body bug?! How in the heck does that work? It just tracks the # of calories you burn right? SO COOL! I seriously looked at one but without an exercise plan I didn't think it would do me much good! What do you think of yours?


I am sooooo the all or nothing perfectionist type! If I don't diet or exercise perfectly I throw my hands up and go to Chuy's... during happy hour... with a mexican martini and a bowl of 'free' queso.

So glad to have another Texas Skinny Island castaway

OMG...Chuy's....drool! Burritos big as yo' head! I have been craving mexican food really bad lately. My DH and I split a chipotle burrito for lunch yesterday but that wasn't enough to really kick the craving!

And yes, I have the body bugg - well actually the go wear fit which is the same thing but not sold through 24 hour fitness. It measures your calorie burn and acts as a pedometer, it will also tell you how much you slept...it's pretty cool. That said, since I got it last March I've gained 15 pounds so like anything else it doesn't work if you don't use it. I have had a couple of times that it irritated my skin so now I just leave it off for a day or so every couple of weeks and that seems better. I also think it was doing that because I was wearing it in the summer when it was so hot.

What I learned from it is that I have a really slow metabolism. If I don't work out I burn about 1500 calories a day, which at my weight is way below normal. So to lose 2 pounds a week I would have to eat 500 calories a day! I can tell a difference when I work out though and wearing it reminds me to get up off my behind at work and walk around.

We should make you weigh in there....hmmmm...how to make this happen....

I promise if I see a scale I will get on it...as long as it is not a big huge scale that everyone walking by can read!

They say you will learn to "eye ball" your portions eventually but I never have; no matter how long I spend weighing and measuring. Time to get out my food scale and USE it.

Me too, I have a WW food scale that I just leave on the counter, I have to weigh everything all the time or I will just plain eat too much! If I were able to eyeball it I wouldn't be this big!

Last time I was at Rafiki's conservation station, I saw them weigh a lemur. Just saying...

Hey! (how much does a lemur weigh I wonder?)

 

[Leash]

You probably do not have a gunt though...I want a gut back and lose the gunt.

Oh my Gosh Dawn! I had to look that up to make sure it meant what I thought it did. No I do not have a gunt, and it is now a personal goal to never have one, just a strange bulge of gut fat right above my belly button.
Ahhh, you made me laugh right out loud with that and earned me some strange looks from my co-workers (speaking of gunts!).

 

[Dizneydawn]

They say you will learn to "eye ball" your portions eventually but I never have; no matter how long I spend weighing and measuring. Time to get out my food scale and USE it.

Stick it on the counter and do not put it away. I also am putting the scale in the middle of the flippin kitchin so I have to walk past it everytime I go and eat.

But, I did track it and I have 300 cal. left for supper so will probably have either the soup I should have had for lunch or a salad.
AWESOME! YOU can eat Taco Bell. Tracking it and moving on is so crucial!

Now, in my old ways I would have chucked the "diet" for today and added a candy bar on top of everything else. I refuse to do that anymore. I can't tell you how many times I have "started over tomorrow".

Today is Tomorrow!

Last time I was at Rafiki's conservation station, I saw them weigh a lemur. Just saying...

True That! I would die to see a picture of her on the AK scale! Maybe they would make her lie down like a goat!

My goal is 139 because I would just love to be in the 130s. I know that is silly, but I don't care.

It is not silly. I remember when I weighed in at 199 a few years ago. It was one pound from 200 but meant the world.
My biggest problem is that I think running gives me the freedom to eat whatever I want to. The reality is I only burned 1,188 calories during my 9 mile run on Saturday. That might sound like a lot, but it doesn't mean that I can eat an entire pizza and expect to lose weight!

Calories in and calories out. You are totally right. My oldest plays college soccer and needs to bulk up muscle and doing it through lean protein and weights...but knows so many kids eating so much garbage at college and they can't get why they are heavy and still practicing 4 hours a day or lifting. but the Beer and Pizzas would take 8 hours to burn off let alone the rest of the food.

And yes, I have the body bugg - Thank you for explaining it cause I thought it was some cockroach infestation you Texans could get!

I promise if I see a scale I will get on it...as long as it is not a big huge scale that everyone walking by can read!
Maybe you can have them place bets and make money. Heck...I would - you know they do it for free anyway!

No I do not have a gunt, and it is now a personal goal to never have one,
Ahhh, you made me laugh right out loud with that and earned me some strange looks from my co-workers (speaking of gunts!).

Glad you laughed and I don't even want to know what you looked up to find the meaning...I doubt it was Webster's!


I am rocking the food today!!!

apples,grapes,pretzel sticks and cheese for breakfast - 410 calories
rye sandwich with pastrami and provolone for lunch - this I am going to have to guess at for calories - bought at grocery store...

Plus tons of water!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Still missing a few weight totals! Again - this is not manditory but let me know if you have sent them and I did not get it (gbanshee earlier had this happen)or don't want to participate in this portion. No big deal but I do not want to miss out on ya!

send again to
dizneydreamz@yahoo.com!

Thanks guys!!

Shannn
MulanUSAF
askelton
disneediva
Leenk
Tigger55
Millie12591
MelanieC
2excited2sleep