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

[luvsJack]

Did ok today. I had oatmeal with craisens and a piece of ww toast for breakfast. We at lunch at mil's. She fixed red beans and rice (without meat), cole slaw and corn bread. I skipped the corn bread but did have sweet tea. Not planning to eat more than a bowl of Special K tonight.

Drank 1/2 my water so far. Working now on the other half.

Pretty good for a Sunday especially eating lunch at mil. Her meals are great but usually good ole' country cooking which equals plenty of fat and calories!!

gellybean: those inches off sound great! Sounds like you made some decent choices at the restaurant. Sometimes you really do have to give in to a craving and having a modified version is the best way to go.

 

[dislvr74]

I'm dreading my weigh in tomorrow because I have been in bed since Friday night with a terrible sinus infection. I haven't done anything except sleep and eat! I was getting very stressed about the 10 miles I was supposed to do on Saturday, so I just managed to get myself to the gym to do 10 miles on the track. I was very surprised that I was able to finish and now I am going back to bed. Hopefully I will have at least maintained my weight this week.

 

[Jasperann]

Just peaking in really quick.

I managed my 20 minutes on the elliptical today after work. It was pretty easy tonight, but I had to get off to take a quick shower and make dinner before Eric got home, so that is all I did.

gellybean ~ One battle at a time.. But I know exactly what you mean about greasy food making you feel queasy. I can't eat it with out having bad stomach cramps after. So I stay away from it. Your inches sound wonderful! I haven't lost anything on my waist, but about 1 inch on my hips, upper thigh, and lower thigh and about 2 inches off my chest...

 

[Jasperann]

I'm dreading my weigh in tomorrow because I have been in bed since Friday night with a terrible sinus infection. I haven't done anything except sleep and eat! I was getting very stressed about the 10 miles I was supposed to do on Saturday, so I just managed to get myself to the gym to do 10 miles on the track. I was very surprised that I was able to finish and now I am going back to bed. Hopefully I will have at least maintained my weight this week.

Hope you feel better before your race! Are you going to be in WDW for long?

Did ok today. I had oatmeal with craisens and a piece of ww toast for breakfast. We at lunch at mil's. She fixed red beans and rice (without meat), cole slaw and corn bread. I skipped the corn bread but did have sweet tea. Not planning to eat more than a bowl of Special K tonight.

Drank 1/2 my water so far. Working now on the other half.

Pretty good for a Sunday especially eating lunch at mil. Her meals are great but usually good ole' country cooking which equals plenty of fat and calories!!

You did great today! Passing on the corn bread would have been hard for me. I don't get corn bread often, so when it's offered... YUMMY!!!

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

It is not a sign! Well maybe a sign you need to fix your elliptical, but not a sign to give up trying. Not by far!

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

Just take one day at a time. Remember that everyday is a new day. So you are really starting all over everyday.

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.

There are a couple of ladies on here that use WW. I use it on and off. But I rely more on counting calories, which is really the same thing... kinda...lol

 

[TB'sWidow]

Hey everyone,well count me in with those who have blown it this week-end.I totally ate bad. I had to take a course at the community college on saturday for all day with other co-workers.We went to subway on the lunch break no I didn't chose one of their healthy meals I chose the meatball but at least I got just a 6 inch.When I got home older Dd had gotten pizza and you guessed it I at 4 slices. Now on to today before church I always go check on my mother-in-law she lives near a Mcdonalds,do you think I drove by like I have done in the past nooooI turned in and ordered 2 egg,bacon,cheese on a biscuit plus 3 hash browns.I feel like a drug addict on a total bender.Why can't I break this compulsive habitAbsolutley no exercise in 3 days. I'm still gonna weigh myself tomorrow no matter what the dreaded thing says. Back to starting over again. Mary

 

[o2cre8]

how do i measure inches? Can i use the sort of hard tape measure? like the kind that's on a roll in a metal thing, used for furniture? will that work? where do i measure? maybe i'll do that tomorrow w/ my dreaded weigh in........

 

[gellybean]

how do i measure inches? Can i use the sort of hard tape measure? like the kind that's on a roll in a metal thing, used for furniture? will that work? where do i measure? maybe i'll do that tomorrow w/ my dreaded weigh in........

You'll need a tape measure like a seamstress uses, one that you can roll up and is flexible.

You generally measure bust, waist, hips, each upper thigh and each upper arm. As long as you are consistent about where you measure, you'll be fine. Dawn keeps tracks of measurements monthly, instead of weekly like with weight. Sometimes the scale shows nothing but you lose inches, so it's good to measure both!

HTH!

 

[Jasperann]

Hey everyone.

I lost -3.6 pounds this week.

I'm hoping to have another loss for next week and the week after, so that my week at Disney won't be as bad as it would have been if I didn't loss anything. I know that I will probably have a gain that week, I'm hoping I don't, but I might.

Dawn, I sent you an e-mail with my new weight, and I told you about me missing a weigh in. But I am a week ahead of myself... so that e-mail is really for next Monday. I wish I was leaving next Sunday for WDW. But I'm not. I think it was the dream I had last night of packing and unpacking the van over and over to make sure that we have enough room for everyone. Made me feel like Disney is right around the corner.

 

[gellybean]

+ 1.2



Ugh! I know why.... though what's aggrevating is I was down by 4 lbs Saturday morning, so I gained 5 lbs Sat and Sunday?

So much for weekends not being temptations for me.

I know what I did and what I have to do to fix it. Glad it's Monday and the gym routine will commence today.

Have a ton of errands today, including getting bloodwork done to check my cholesterol.YAY! Not...

I haven't had my cholesterol checked in prolly 15 years so this should be interesting. Maybe it'll be that much more motivation!

I was thinking about it last night, ways to motivate. And I'm going to pull out some size 18 shorts I wore 2 years ago, and see if I can push myself that way, by having to look at them daily.

Would love to be in those by the time Spring/Summer really gets here.


Have a great day everyone. Good luck on your weigh ins!!


Just say no to Golden Chick!





I should put that in my signature.

 

[gellybean]

Hey everyone.

I lost -3.6 pounds this week.

I'm hoping to have another loss for next week and the week after, so that my week at Disney won't be as bad as it would have been if I didn't loss anything. I know that I will probably have a gain that week, I'm hoping I don't, but I might.

Dawn, I sent you an e-mail with my new weight, and I told you about me missing a weigh in. But I am a week ahead of myself... so that e-mail is really for next Monday. I wish I was leaving next Sunday for WDW. But I'm not. I think it was the dream I had last night of packing and unpacking the van over and over to make sure that we have enough room for everyone. Made me feel like Disney is right around the corner.

WTG Jasperann!!!!!!!!

 

[Jasperann]

+ 1.2



Ugh! I know why.... though what's aggrevating is I was down by 4 lbs Saturday morning, so I gained 5 lbs Sat and Sunday?

So much for weekends not being temptations for me.

I know what I did and what I have to do to fix it. Glad it's Monday and the gym routine will commence today.

Have a ton of errands today, including getting bloodwork done to check my cholesterol.YAY! Not...

I haven't had my cholesterol checked in prolly 15 years so this should be interesting. Maybe it'll be that much more motivation!

I was thinking about it last night, ways to motivate. And I'm going to pull out some size 18 shorts I wore 2 years ago, and see if I can push myself that way, by having to look at them daily.

Would love to be in those by the time Spring/Summer really gets here.


Have a great day everyone. Good luck on your weigh ins!!


Just say no to Golden Chick!
Where's the tag fairy when you need her? lol That would be a good tag for you...




I should put that in my signature.

Usually a gain of 5 pounds would be water weight. Did you have something that was supper salty this weekend? Because that would do it. But the great thing about water weight is it comes off supper fast. Have fun at the gym today and good luck with your blood test. I had that done last year and everything was fine for me... Not sure how that happened, but I took it.

Edited... I mean super not supper... lol I left it in because I found it amusing when I reread it.

 

[dislvr74]

I'm down .5 pounds, which is a miracle considering I was in bed all weekend. I'm starting to feel human again and I'm back at work. I can still make my goal of 155 by the princess half and I'm going to focus on that.

 

[njtinkmom]

Okay not sure how without exercise or drinking all my water but I am


-1.5 AGAIN!!


I have been watching so maybe that is it, or maybe aunt flo took it with her when she FINALLY left town! At any rate it is good motivation and I am going back to the gym tonight - no excuses right!? Mostly the only thing I have been really working at is portion control - so far so good! Let's see what some exercise does for me!

Keep up the good work everyone and keep the faith!

 

[gbanshee]

Blew it! Have no one to blame but myself. Did not excersize and ate a weeks worth of junk, all in the name of work stress. You think I would know by now to work the stress off by excersizing, but nooooooooo- I go for the peanut M&M's and the sara lee carrot cake.

+ 1.6

 

[Dizneydawn]

need to read and catch up since last night!

Here is my news. My BL scale is either broke or needs a new battery because it has not worked since Sat. I will get a new battery and try to see if that does not work.

I did dig out the old reg. scale that is not digital. I had both of my two kids at home weigh on it and they said it was the same as the digital was.

I then wighed in front of Dan, (since I could not see the numbers without bending over and knew I could not be measuring accurately by that method,) and guess what.....

-6.2

Now I will re-weigh in to get the most accurate I can after the new battery arrives. Obvioulsy I could only list whole pounds so it may be off a tad.

I then proceeded to be almost in the buff and move the darn thing all over the house (wood flooring) to make sure this was not some freak of nature occurance.

I am sure the neighbors are contacting their eye doctors as we speak!

I even made Dan get on the ground to verify he was not missreading the lines since he is old now at 41 and his eyes may have gone bad.

Yet it was the same everywhere!!!!!

So for now I will take that as a win!!!

I am plugging all the numbers in as we speak....so exciting to see the pound total lost going up!!!!

 

[luvsJack]

Just weighed and I have stayed the same. So, not good; but not bad either.

Today I am feeling so much better and ready to get moving!

So far today I have had Special K for breakfast with a handful of craisins and a slice of toast (its a new kind of bread with added Omega-3 and another nutrient, its not really considered low-cal but I think 75 calories per slice. I got it for both dd and myself and figured I would eat no more than a slice each time anyway) and I had a banana and yogurt for snack.

I am still wanting to get the book by Ian Smith: The 4 Day Diet. I just haven't found it in town yet, thinking I will need to order it from Amazon. I may check with the library and see if they have it; that way I could see what I think before spending the money on the book.



to those who had a disappointing weigh in--Just don't give up. You know what happened, learn from it and move on. The hardest part of change is getting started. If you quit now, you just have to "get started" all over again!

 

[PixiePlanner]

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!

Sledding was cancelled due to RAIN!

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


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.

I will check the website out.
DS is starting middle school. This is a brand new school: a grade will be added every year thru highschool. DS would be in the first graduating class. This is a college prep school being offered thru our public school system. The classes are gender specific too. DS & I were very impressed and excited by the ideas presented. Only 60 boys and 60 girls will be accepted into this school each year. Please keep your fingers crossed that DS gets in!

Hey everyone,well count me in with those who have blown it this week-end.I totally ate bad. I had to take a course at the community college on saturday for all day with other co-workers.We went to subway on the lunch break no I didn't chose one of their healthy meals I chose the meatball but at least I got just a 6 inch.When I got home older Dd had gotten pizza and you guessed it I at 4 slices. Now on to today before church I always go check on my mother-in-law she lives near a Mcdonalds,do you think I drove by like I have done in the past nooooI turned in and ordered 2 egg,bacon,cheese on a biscuit plus 3 hash browns.I feel like a drug addict on a total bender.Why can't I break this compulsive habitAbsolutley no exercise in 3 days. I'm still gonna weigh myself tomorrow no matter what the dreaded thing says. Back to starting over again. Mary

Blown it? Let's just say the Blue and Gold banquet was a potluck! YUM, everyone brings yummy things!

Hey everyone.

I lost -3.6 pounds this week.

Congratulations Jasperann! Keep up the great work.

Blew it! Have no one to blame but myself. Did not excersize and ate a weeks worth of junk, all in the name of work stress. You think I would know by now to work the stress off by excersizing, but nooooooooo- I go for the peanut M&M's and the sara lee carrot cake.

+ 1.6

I was at Sunday School yesterday and we started a new lesson. One of the questions was as follows... "What kinds of things do you trust in, especially when life gets stormy, that help you feel comfortable and secure rather than fearful? Be honest!" People started saying the Bible, prayer, family and friends... FOOD was my first answer. Food doesn't judge or even talk. It is just there to comfort me. I would have liked to answer differently, but I was trying to be honest. My pastor smiled at me and said that oreos are on sale at Walmart! (Enabler!) She also admitted that food was 2nd on her list.

Just a Woo from here. I only lost 1 lb. Just glad it wasn't a +1 after all I've eaten lately.

 

[PixiePlanner]

-6.2

WOW! Good job!

I even made Dan get on the ground to verify he was not missreading the lines since he is old now at 41 and his eyes may have gone bad.

Watch it! I resemble that remark!

 

[eliz991]

Hey I do not have time to catch up since I am just now back at work after my week at WDW... but I did weigh in today.

I missed last week's as you know because I was in Disney - today I am up +3.6 . I am sure about half of that, at least, is water due to all the salty food and not drinking enough water. I did okay on eating, I felt like, but I did drink more alcohol than normal. Also I'm not sure if some of that may be from the week before when I was hobbling around with my broken toe and couldn't get my calorie burn.

I'm back at it today on eating and water - tomorrow for exercise! Back later to catch up with all of you beautiful ladies!

 

[shellabell]

Down .7, still struggle on the weekend. I don't know why I feel like I have to have junk on the weekend. It didn't help that I didn't feel great so I did no exercising to balance out the eating. I need to find something to snack on during the weekend that tastes good but isn't totally horrible for me. Fruits don't cut it, I need chocolate I should buy some kind of dark chocolate. It gives me a chocolate fix but I don't love it so much that I will binge on it.

Hope everybody has a great Monday!