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

[ancestry]

Well despite yesterday extensive exercise yesterday I wasn't feeling too bad this morning so I dragged my booty to the gym again today. I stuck completely with cardio stuff -- no weights. My workout was:

Treadmill - 30 minutes - 222 calories burned
ArcTrainer - 15 minutes - 150 calories burned
Bike - 30 minutes - 116 calories burned
Total Minutes: 75 Total Calories Burned: 488

Yesterday's eating went pretty well. I ended up at about 1850 calories. The personal trainer told me to stay between 1800-2000 calories on the days that I have a heavy workout session so I managed that.

I will be traveling over the weekend so there won't be any workouts on Saturday or Sunday (except maybe a walk) which will give my muscles a chance to recover. Hopefully I can manage my eating okay as I probably will be stuck eating out for two days. It is always such a challenge to eat the way I want to when relying on restaurant food.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

 

[o2cre8]

oh no!! Starving, starving starving!

 

[Jasperann]

I did my 30 minutes on the elliptical for today. It's getting easier (although I still sweat my behind off) so I think I might make it a target to do 30 minutes and then maybe I will end up doing 40.

Well despite yesterday extensive exercise yesterday I wasn't feeling too bad this morning so I dragged my booty to the gym again today. I stuck completely with cardio stuff -- no weights. My workout was:

Treadmill - 30 minutes - 222 calories burned
ArcTrainer - 15 minutes - 150 calories burned
Bike - 30 minutes - 116 calories burned
Total Minutes: 75 Total Calories Burned: 488

Yesterday's eating went pretty well. I ended up at about 1850 calories. The personal trainer told me to stay between 1800-2000 calories on the days that I have a heavy workout session so I managed that.

I will be traveling over the weekend so there won't be any workouts on Saturday or Sunday (except maybe a walk) which will give my muscles a chance to recover. Hopefully I can manage my eating okay as I probably will be stuck eating out for two days. It is always such a challenge to eat the way I want to when relying on restaurant food.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

You are doing awesome!!! Good luck on making good choices this weekend. I know it would be really tough for me especially at this point of re learning everything.

oh no!! Starving, starving starving!

That is not good. Drink a cup of water and set a timer for 15 minutes... then get busy doing something else. If you are still hungry after the 15 minutes then eat a healthy snack. Most of the time you won't be hungry after the 15 minutes. (I seen this trick on my local news and it truly does work)

 

[gellybean]

I just spent 10 mins, tearing up my living room, looking for my cell phone. I would call it and think it was behind me and then when I'd walk over to where it sounded like it was from it sounded like it was from somewhere else. I was cursing my ringtone, Bella's Lullabye, because it's so up and down in volume. I turned the love seat over, I dug through the toy boxes, looked under cushions and couches, opened drawers, the fridge, pantry etc, I looked everywhere. I finally sat down on the floor to empty another basket and realized I was sitting on something. I reached underneath me and couldn't feel anything.


Until I realized....


I had stuck the cell phone in my back pocket. The reason I had been hearing it behind me no matter where I turned was because no matter where I turned it WAS BEHIND ME!





Otherwise I've had a pretty good day!

I got 5 mins on the bike, 30 mins on weight training and 30 mins cardio back on the bike in last night. I'm aware of my muscles but not so sore that I'm hurting. I'm gonna take the boys up to the gym around 4pm, when the kidcare opens and get 30-40 mins of cardio in just me. My sister is gonna stop by her gym on the way to her house tonight.

I'm planning on resting on Saturday, and then doing just cardio on Sunday again and then meeting up with my sister again on Monday for our next weight training session. Not exactly every other day, but my sister works and I don't and she deserves having her weekend sucked up by driving over here to work out for an hr each time and when DS7 is with his dad, I know DS2 won't do kidcare by himself without pitching a holy fit, so we'll work around it.

I had gotten down below my next 10s place #... i.e. if I weighed 170, which I don't, but if I did, I dropped down to 169.8 this morning. WOOT! I love watching that middle number drop by one!


The lady never showed to look at our beagle. I'm beginning to think for some reason we're supposed to keep this dog. Today I got an email with a guy interested and it was a scam, have a cashier's check, cash it, then send the remaining balance above the asking price to xxx address for a 3 rd party shipment company. Seriously!? I marked it as spam and deleted it. Thankfully I had created a new email address specifically for ads I'm placing on Craigslist and the local paper!


To Ancestry and anyone else faced with eating out: Let me tell y'all what my DH tells me. He's a general manager at a local steakhouse and anytime we go out and I feel weird or guilty for being a picky orderer, he tells me not to be. He says that is what they are there for and that they get it all the time and are used to it. So don't be afraid to ask for your food grilled without oil or whatever substitutions you need to ask for to make your food healthier for you. Don't be afraid to ask how things are prepared or what's in a recipe! That's their job!

He also said the ones that ask nicely get their information a lot more quickly and honestly! Just a trick of the trade I guess.


Good luck for the upcoming weekend you guys. Weekends aren't really weekends in my household either. DH always works on Friday and Saturday, so just another ordinary day for us!

Hope y'all are all having a wonderfully skinny island destined day!

 

[PixiePlanner]

Question... Does sledding with my kids qualify as exercising? I might be taking them on Sunday with the church youth group. I would think I should credit myself something for walking up the hill!

 

[PixiePlanner]

I just spent 10 mins, tearing up my living room, looking for my cell phone. I would call it and think it was behind me and then when I'd walk over to where it sounded like it was from it sounded like it was from somewhere else. I was cursing my ringtone, Bella's Lullabye, because it's so up and down in volume. I turned the love seat over, I dug through the toy boxes, looked under cushions and couches, opened drawers, the fridge, pantry etc, I looked everywhere. I finally sat down on the floor to empty another basket and realized I was sitting on something. I reached underneath me and couldn't feel anything.


Until I realized....


I had stuck the cell phone in my back pocket. The reason I had been hearing it behind me no matter where I turned was because no matter where I turned it WAS BEHIND ME!

I just have to say, you made me LOL! I too am guilty of this!

I weigh-in again on Saturday. If you hear a loud Woo-hoo from the central IL area, that means I hit my goal of 2lbs. I will try to post over the weekend but it is a busy one. DS has his blue & gold dinner(potluck) w/ the Arrow of Light ceremony. He & I also have to go hear about a new school they are opening in town that you have to apply to get in. Sounds fabulous but I will wait & see. Then there is church & the sledding on Sunday. Is it Monday yet?

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Question... Does sledding with my kids qualify as exercising? I might be taking them on Sunday with the church youth group. I would think I should credit myself something for walking up the hill!

HECK YEAH!! I did it on Monday and I was sore and tired that evening. It's a lot of work to walk up a snowy hill in boots! I was out of breath a few times when I got to the top of the hill!

 

[Jasperann]

Until I realized....


I had stuck the cell phone in my back pocket. The reason I had been hearing it behind me no matter where I turned was because no matter where I turned it WAS BEHIND ME!



That is so something I would do...

Otherwise I've had a pretty good day!

I got 5 mins on the bike, 30 mins on weight training and 30 mins cardio back on the bike in last night. I'm aware of my muscles but not so sore that I'm hurting. I'm gonna take the boys up to the gym around 4pm, when the kidcare opens and get 30-40 mins of cardio in just me. My sister is gonna stop by her gym on the way to her house tonight.

Awesome! Glad you can move today. That means you did just the right amount.

I had gotten down below my next 10s place #... i.e. if I weighed 170, which I don't, but if I did, I dropped down to 169.8 this morning. WOOT! I love watching that middle number drop by one!

I love that too! Mine is hovering at that point. One day it is up the next right below. But it will come off, especially with working out too. I'm so excited for us!

The lady never showed to look at our beagle. I'm beginning to think for some reason we're supposed to keep this dog. Today I got an email with a guy interested and it was a scam, have a cashier's check, cash it, then send the remaining balance above the asking price to xxx address for a 3 rd party shipment company. Seriously!? I marked it as spam and deleted it. Thankfully I had created a new email address specifically for ads I'm placing on Craigslist and the local paper!

I wish you luck with what ever you do. We got our beagle last January when he was just leaving his mom. I wanted a dog I could take on walks, so it would make me exercise. It works really well in the spring, summer and fall... the winter not so much. We picked out a beagle because they are so 'cute'. We lived in an apartment at the time... I'm not sure what I was thinking. But I love him to pieces now. I don't think I could get rid of him now. Even though he has his rotten days, he is still learning so we know he isn't completely stupid, more likely just stubborn.

Question... Does sledding with my kids qualify as exercising? I might be taking them on Sunday with the church youth group. I would think I should credit myself something for walking up the hill!

Absolutely!!! http://www.dietbites.com/Pyramid-Diet/calories-burned-sledding.html Check that web site out.

I weigh-in again on Saturday. If you hear a loud Woo-hoo from the central IL area, that means I hit my goal of 2lbs. I will try to post over the weekend but it is a busy one. DS has his blue & gold dinner(potluck) w/ the Arrow of Light ceremony. He & I also have to go hear about a new school they are opening in town that you have to apply to get in. Sounds fabulous but I will wait & see. Then there is church & the sledding on Sunday. Is it Monday yet?

Have a great weekend everyone!

Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow!

My kids go to a school of choice here. We had to apply to get in and they do a lottery to give away the spots. I love the school ! The way they teach them is more hands on learning, and my kids excel at that. Hopefully you love the school and you get in.

 

[tiggerplus5]

I haven't been around much this week. I wasn't feeling well and could not exercise (because of aunt flo). Once a year I have a really bad time with severe cramps, migrane, and other problems I won't gross you all out with. I don't know if the change in food and exercise but my body just said STOP! So I did. I couldn't even take a day off of work. It was a bad week. I had let one of my employees go for poor performance on Wed. I swear I stress more about this than they do. It's just been a sh***ty week.

So I haven't exercised since sunday. I've tracked my food every day and as the week went on my calorie intake kept going up. Today is Friday and we grocery shop tomorrow so there's nothing left in the house to eat. Take out pizza. I was outvoted. No one in the family wanted low cal subway sandwiches.

Anyways....back on track tomorrow.

I'm going to walk and work out on the wii.
I'm going to drink more water. I can't get past 4-5 glasses a day.

Last weekend I bought "just dance" for the wii. It's a great workout (even though I only tried it 2 times) and it's fun. You guys are making me jealous with all your cool workout machines. I might have to try the gym route. It sounds fun.

I have a question about the bicycles. I used to love to ride bikes when I was younger. Does your behind get sore when you take a cycling class? Last time I rode a real bicycle I couldn't sit for days.

 

[MaMabearJo]

Hello Dawn and everyone it is me Jodi, and I really would like to join the group.

 

[Jasperann]

Just checking in really quick.

I did my 20 minutes on the elliptical. I'm glad I didn't promise more than that... cause it really kicked my butt... lol

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[gellybean]

Haven't done so well today. I snacked way too much today. The good news is I didn't order Golden Chick for delivery. I had the # in my phone and was ready to dial and I didn't do it. So I'll take that victory and own my over snacking. I still thinking all my snacking on what I had in the house was better than pigging out on fried foods. Not that I'm trying to excuse my over snacking, but I guess in the grand scheme of things it was a better alternative!


I'm owning it and moving on. Tomorrow's a new day!


I did make it to the gym last night, and did 25 mins of cardio. It was harder to do yesterday. I guess because it was the fourth day in a row and I was alone, so the time crawled a little more than when my sister joins me. But I did make it there and do some cardio.

I planned on having today off from the gym and then going in tomorrow evening for just cardio again, and just me again.


I have a birthday party to attend tomorrow with the boys. And we've had another call about the beagle. They are supposed to be here sometime after 4pm to look at him.

I'm going to meet my sister again for cardio + weight training again on Monday!

We have lots of errands to run Monday as well, so I'm hoping the busy days coming up will help get me away from the snacking. I'm thinking my munchies were hormonally related today. We'll see in a few days. This may sound silly but I'll be relieved if they are and not just me addicted to food!!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!!! Hang in there!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I haven't been around much this week. I wasn't feeling well and could not exercise (because of aunt flo). That is me right now. I am off schedule by a week but never have been extremely regular. When that happens it is bad. Like it has an extra week to build up steam and kick my hinny. I had let one of my employees go for poor performance on Wed. Sorry for that.

Last weekend I bought "just dance" for the wii. It's a great workout (even though I only tried it 2 times) and it's fun. I need a Wii.I have a question about the bicycles. I used to love to ride bikes when I was younger. Does your behind get sore when you take a cycling class? Last time I rode a real bicycle I couldn't sit for days.

Yes but it makes me sad to know that I neverr thought about beings sore when I was young and in shape. Now I think what will this be like after before I start!!!!

Hello Dawn and everyone it is me Jodi, and I really would like to join the group.

Carsyn said you might pop in here!!!! Water aerobics this week?!!! Please stay Jodi!!!!!

Just checking in really quick.

I did my 20 minutes on the elliptical. I'm glad I didn't promise more than that... cause it really kicked my butt... lol

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Very proud of you my little grasshopper!!

Haven't done so well today. I snacked way too much today.

TRACK everything today!!!! Be good to yourself!

I was reading a magazine yesterday and it has some contestants from BL on it that have kept weight off.

TRACKING WAS NUMBER ONE!!!

They all had a day once a week when they alloted for a splurge. Built in an extra 500 calories (or so) or so and they knew once a week they could have those temptations more so than other days.

Nobody is perfect in their food cravnings.

I am going to go back to the laundrymat today and bringa note pad and write down all the advice. Great article.

They did address again that the people on the BL are working out 6 hours a day at the ranch.

Their results are because of that and unless we can do the same, we need to not compare.

Some of us on here have been talking about seeing big results quickly and loosing motivation but tracking and excersize will get us there.

Promise!

Busy day yesterday and today will be worse!

LAST DAY before weigh in tom and I am looking at today as one day. I can make it through one day doing well.

In fact that was another big suggestion.

They said after your first week. Treat yourself to something non food. A week is a huge step in this process. It is 7 days of better health.

So think about what you want (mani/pedi etc.) in one week that you can do if you stay on track.

The other thing was taking pics every 2 weeks of yourself.

That those pictures will motivate you. Even if it is only 2 pounds you lost, celebrate those 2 pounds! Get your make up on and do your hair for the pic! This is proud moment for you!!!

So tom will be 2 weeks for this rag tag group of weight loss castaways!

I am going to encourage you all to post a pic here on Monday/Tuesday!!! Celebrate two weeks of learning to love yourself even better than before!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I am a little worried about this week and how I did. We went to Niagara Falls to celebrate my DH's birthday and the birthday of a friend. I tried really, really hard to eat right while we were there but there were not many choices. I think I made the right ones...or at least I hope I did. We shall see tomorrow.

 

[luvsJack]

Ok, I am finally starting to feel human again!!

Went grocery shopping yesterday, it took a LLOOONNNNNGGG time but we picked easy to fix meals with low fat/cal and good for you ingredients.

I bought some rotisserie chickens and will use those for some sparkpeople recipes. And a pre-cooked roast (150 cal for 1 serving), just will add some veggies. During the week it is usually just me and dd (dh is gone, on the road) so I need things that I can limit the servings or use leftovers for lunches. So, we will be having soft chicken tacos (low fat flour tortillas), chicken wraps and some low fat recipes I found for chicken pot pie and chicken with noodles. DD doesn't like fish, but I do have some salmon that I am going to try a couple of different ways to get her to try it again. I am even going to try an idea I saw on food network to make some better, lower cal/fat chips to go with our wraps. I bought corn tortillas and will brush them with olive oil and sprinkle salt and then back till crisp; and doing the same thing with sweet potato sliced thin. DD is enjoying helping me find all this stuff and I think, looking forward to the new meals we will be having.

It will certainly be easier for me to cook one thing instead of two like I used to do when I was trying to eat better, and I won't be burning out on lean cuisines!


Reading how much exercise some of you have gotten makes me feel soooo guilty!! I started out ok and then got sick and quit.

I think I will check the weather forecast to see if dd and I can go to the track all next week.

Dizneydawn, that is interesting about BL. Watching that show and seeing how much they lose in one week can make a person feel like a complete failure!! But, 6 hours a day! That would be hard to do in real life. I wonder how many of the contestants keep their weight off after the show?

I can certainly understand about the tracking being number 1. Even if eating all fried foods and chocolate cake, I think if you write it down it makes you see that you ate this and may help you to make a better choice later. It may also change what you eat the next day, so that you average better choices over the week.



Those of you who have been sledding: Sounds like fun! Wish we had snow around here to sled in. Finding an exercise that is fun is sooo much the key to keeping at it.

 

[dislvr74]

Hi everyone! I have been in bed for the last two days because of a nasty sinus infection. I'm freaking out a bit because I have been eating junk and I have to get a long run in today because I am only two weeks away from the princess half. I still feel like garbage and I have no idea how I am going to drag myself through 10 miles.

 

[SunnyB1066]

but I'm ready to get started.

First Name and Screen name: Sunny SunnyB1066
What your Goal Is for Fitness:Loss weight and get healthy
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: sweets
Favorite Good Food for You: Veggie Fajitas
Favorite Form of Exercise: Just started Couch to 5K
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: I want to wog a 1/2 marathon. At Disney maybe.
Family: I've been married to Thomas for 21 years. We have a daughter Jennifer who is 24 and a son Drew 20. We live in Northwest Arkansas. A little over 2 years ago, Jen found out she had Type 2 Diabetes and I was struggling to find a way to help her and joined a weight loss thread here on WISH. I fell off the wagon and quit posting.
Last January I tried the whole diet thing again. Posted a little on the weight loss thread, and got lost again. But this time I did kept going to WW. I started in January and Jen started coming with me in June. Last year Jen lost about 20 pounds and I lost 25. We took a break in November and started back in January. My third January in row. I'm hoping third time's a charm.
I need to lose about 50 more pounds. I don't really have goal # in mind.

 

[o2cre8]

terrible, terrible this weekend. Afraid to get on scale tomorrow. I guess I can start over-again.......

 

[2xcited2sleep]

My elliptical broke this weekend. A bolt made its way free. I can't figure out how to fix it. Is this a sign???

 

[gellybean]

Made it through a birthday party without eating cake!!

Then promptly went and got Golden Chick for lunch!




We skipped the sweet tea and corn nuggets and I counted out and measured everything and am tracking it all. It tasted good but I felt kinda icky as soon as I ate it, all that grease I guess. I'm hoping this modified version of my normal meal there will be doable for an occasional treat to satisfy the greasy spoon cravings.

Thank God I measured with the measuring tape to start out with. When I got on the scale this morning I about flipped, but I think I'm retaining water after all the popcorn I ate yesterday. I took my measurements and I have lost like 3 inches around my waist and 4 around my hips. So that made me feel better and not so disgusted with what the scale is saying.

Tomorrow's weigh in day should be interesting!