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

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Is it too late to join?? I hope not. I could use all the help I can get Maybe if I write my stats here you won't be able to refuse me

First Name and Screen name: Michele/Hanutedmansionmomma

What your Goal Is for Fitness: lose 50, but I'd take 40 lost, thank you very much!

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: torilla chips/crackers dipped in PB jar

Favorite Good Food for You: grilled chicken

Favorite Form of Exercise: jazzercise

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: not have people tell me "that color looks good on you" (that's code for: I just looked at you and you're so fat I have to say something, BTW), have my thighs not be so close when I'm walking!! Buy a size that's not double digits, get off cholesterol meds and to be told I'm not pre-diabetic anymore.Oh yeah, and look good in the buff

Family: DH that can eat a ton and not gain weight , DS11 who takes after me and I need to be a better role model, DD16 who takes after DH, and a cat who is happy to sit with me on the couch. Should have gotten a dog to drag me outside!!

 

[dislvr74]

I just got back from my weekend away and I think I did pretty well. I've been known to eat like it's my last meal at my parents' house and this time I tried to stay just a little hungry the entire time. I'm hoping tomorrow is a good weigh in!

I was just trying to find an article that I read awhile ago that I thought was so interesting. It basically said that thin people are okay with feeling hungry sometimes, but overweight people just can't handle hunger. Obviously most of us have issues with eating even when we aren't hungry, but I thought it was interesting that a thin person can just be okay with feeling hungry while I am constantly searching for a food that will fill me up without packing on the pounds.

One week from today I'll be celebrating finishing my 8th half marathon and my friend's 1st half. I'm only going to be at WDW for two nights, but it is going to be a fun trip! I'm so excited to get there, especially now that the weather report is looking favorable. We had snow and sleet for the half in January and I don't want a repeat of that experience. I can run in the sleet and snow at home anytime I want to!

 

[gellybean]

I have a couple of small victories from yesterday that I wanted to share.

DH and I went to the mall and I wnet into Old Navy and found that a regular women's shirt that I loved almost fit, it was just a bit too tight across the tummy and hips (I didn't try to button it over my chest because I could tell that wasn't going to work). So I think a couple of inches and a few pounds and I could fit into that shirt! Even better was a little cropped cardigan to go over another shirt actually fit quite well so I got to buy that! It has been quite a while since I could buy anything in an Old Navy store, they don't carry any plus size in store you have to order online.

The second victory was inspired by the first. After Old Navy DH wanted to get an Orange Julius and my arch nemesis Hot Dog on a Stick is right next to Orange Julius. So he went to get his Julius while I waited in line at HDOAS. When I got to the front the girl asked what she could get for me and I got a lime-lemonade AND THAT WAS ALL I GOT! I so wanted a cheese on a stick (it tastes like a grilled cheese sandwhich on a stick ) but I thought to myself "Will that cheese on a stick help you fit into that top at Old Navy, no it won't" so I retrained myself.

Not huge deal in the grand scheme of things but a big step for me, I have a hard time not giving into my cravings. Now lets see if that helps me a weigh in tomorrow!

That is AWESOME!! I would be totally psyched if I walked into an Old Navy and bought off the regular rack!! Celebrate it!! And way to turn that motivation into will power at your favorite snack stop!!!

I can't wait to celebrate with you when you go back and buy the shirt that was just a few pounds/inches too small!!

Is it too late to join?? I hope not. I could use all the help I can get Maybe if I write my stats here you won't be able to refuse me

First Name and Screen name: Michele/Hanutedmansionmomma

What your Goal Is for Fitness: lose 50, but I'd take 40 lost, thank you very much!

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: torilla chips/crackers dipped in PB jar

Favorite Good Food for You: grilled chicken

Favorite Form of Exercise: jazzercise

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: not have people tell me "that color looks good on you" (that's code for: I just looked at you and you're so fat I have to say something, BTW), have my thighs not be so close when I'm walking!! Buy a size that's not double digits, get off cholesterol meds and to be told I'm not pre-diabetic anymore.Oh yeah, and look good in the buff

Family: DH that can eat a ton and not gain weight , DS11 who takes after me and I need to be a better role model, DD16 who takes after DH, and a cat who is happy to sit with me on the couch. Should have gotten a dog to drag me outside!!

OMG ! I'm cracking up at the "that color looks good on you aka you're too fat for me to compliment anything" line. I get told that colors look good on me all the time!!!!! By my own mother!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so calling her out next time she tells me that.

I have a dog that drags me outside. Want him? I just bought him a new leash for walks around the neighborhood. Get a beagle. They require lots of energy! Right Jasperann?

I'm on the pre-diabetic route, too. I feel ya on that one!

I just got back from my weekend away and I think I did pretty well. I've been known to eat like it's my last meal at my parents' house and this time I tried to stay just a little hungry the entire time. I'm hoping tomorrow is a good weigh in!

I was just trying to find an article that I read awhile ago that I thought was so interesting. It basically said that thin people are okay with feeling hungry sometimes, but overweight people just can't handle hunger. Obviously most of us have issues with eating even when we aren't hungry, but I thought it was interesting that a thin person can just be okay with feeling hungry while I am constantly searching for a food that will fill me up without packing on the pounds.

One week from today I'll be celebrating finishing my 8th half marathon and my friend's 1st half. I'm only going to be at WDW for two nights, but it is going to be a fun trip! I'm so excited to get there, especially now that the weather report is looking favorable. We had snow and sleet for the half in January and I don't want a repeat of that experience. I can run in the sleet and snow at home anytime I want to!

WTG on surviving the weekend with minimal LAST meal ever symptoms!! Good luck on your marathon this weekend!!! I hope the weather's good for you guys! Enjoy being there, even if it's just for 2 nights!!

I would be very interested in reading that article if you can find it again!

 

[gellybean]

DS7 told me he can tell I'm losing weight. That my arms are much skinnier!

Oh, he's a sweetie for saying so, but he also said he could tell I got skinnier after raking leaves for 20 mins, too.

But it is nice to have his support. DH and I sat down and planned our meals for the whole week so we could shop accordingly today. We're going to the Whole Foods downtown tomorrow. Whole Foods originated in Austin and their flagship in here. It rocks!! So we're gonna supplement our normal groceries with some things from there, and have lunch at their cafe.

We grilled hamburgers tonight. Not the best meal ever, but we did it smart-ish. Used ground sirloin instead of chuck. Used light mayo. I had pepperjack cheese instead of American, saved some fat and cals there too.


I ended up a little over cals wise for today but when I tracked activity, I had a deficit, and since I'm not eating my fitness cals back normally, I should be fine! I hope!! Where's a crossing fingers smilie??

The meal really satisified me, too. Sometimes it works better for me to eat what I want and be satisified and plan for the extra cals by budgeting my meals earlier/later in the deal around it, instead of eating 15 different things and never scratching the itch, so to speak!


Anxious for weigh in tomorrow. After a week at 0 and a week at +2, I reaaaaaaally wanna see a - in front of my name!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!! See y'all manana!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Hi guys! Thought I'd check in. I need to have some accountability. I usually struggle on the weekends with eating. I also failed to get as much exercise as I had originally intended. I always have the thoughts, but then life gets in the way. I really have to just kick my family off the t.v. and get the Wii fit going.
Anyway, yesterday I took the kids to the mall and we shopped. I bought a new pantsuit and was shocked to get one a size smaller than usual and it fit great!! I know some brands run different, but I've bought this brand before. I was so psyched! Now I just need to have about 5 inches hemmed off the pants! HA! So then I took the kids to the food court. They got Burger King. I had an iced mocha Joe or whatever from BK. No other food. (I really don't like BK). That drink was probably 1000 calories! I should look it up. But I gave up soda/pop for lent, so that's what I did.
Then last night we went to visit my SIL in the hospital so we were out and about for dinner. I got some chinese food and ate half of it.
Today we were out at lunch too (Way too much eating out this weekend!) and I got a salad at McDonalds. Used only 1/4 of the dressing. Good thing I had that salad, because my veggie intake this weekend was pretty lame. Dinner was chicken and cheese quesadillas, but I didn't eat too much.
I just have trouble making the commitment to eating right on the weekend and then to actually exercise when I plan to. I need a good kick in the butt!! Dawn?
Although I did spend a lot of time walking around in my shape-up shoes. I wore them to the mall and today we went to the zoo and walked all around. Better than sitting on the couch!
Tomorrow's a new day. I'm wearing my sneakers to work to walk at lunchtime. Might even be nice enough to go outside for a bit.
Okay, I feel better now. Thanks for listening.

 

[luvsJack]

Maybe you could put it infront of the pantry or fridge & try like heck to get into them. You can run & run & never reach the food. I'd fill mine w/ fried food, bread, & chocolate & run, run, run.

DH thinks ours is a clothes hamper. Picking up his mess in rediculous places chaps my rear. (ie... socks in the middle of the living room, socks on the side of the clothes hamper....)

I just pictured me trying to get to the pantry with chips! I would get LOTS of exercise that way!

Your DH sounds like mine. I can get so angry when he asks "did you wash me any jeans?" I tell him every week, I am not playing "find the jeans" to put a load in the wash. What really amazes me is that instead of putting them in the hamper when he takes them off, he just washes his own on the weekends?

 

[littlepeppers]

I just pictured me trying to get to the pantry with chips! I would get LOTS of exercise that way!

Your DH sounds like mine. I can get so angry when he asks "did you wash me any jeans?" I tell him every week, I am not playing "find the jeans" to put a load in the wash. What really amazes me is that instead of putting them in the hamper when he takes them off, he just washes his own on the weekends?

DH always tells me that it is so amazing that I always know where everything is. I keep telling him is that women spend all day taking stock of what is out of place & they need to get around to picking up. I always see the stuff they just throw or put down where is doesn't belong. That is why I know where they are OR I have already picked them up myself.

If you are using the livstrong.com, don't put the real time you spend doing laundry. It aparently burns a ton of calories, but my jean still don't fit after they come out of the dryer?

 

[dislvr74]

-1!

So close to my first mini goal. I need to lose 1.2 pounds by 3:30 AM on Saturday because that's when I leave for the airport. I want to be at 155 when I board that plane!

 

[ancestry]

My Monday Weigh-in

Pounds lost: 2.5

Inches Lost:
Waist - 5 inches
Hips - 1.5 inches
Chest - 0 inches
Neck - .5 inch

I'm off to the gym. I'll be back later today to catch up on everyone's posts.

 

[luvsJack]

DH always tells me that it is so amazing that I always know where everything is. I keep telling him is that women spend all day taking stock of what is out of place & they need to get around to picking up. I always see the stuff they just throw or put down where is doesn't belong. That is why I know where they are OR I have already picked them up myself.

If you are using the livstrong.com, don't put the real time you spend doing laundry. It aparently burns a ton of calories, but my jean still don't fit after they come out of the dryer?

Really? Hmmmm. That may be just the motivator I need to get caught up on all the laundry around here!!



Haven't weighed this morning yet the batteries are out in my scale. There is one at work in the break room (I have no idea why, but its there) so I will weigh there. I have used it before and it was right with this one. Note to self: buy batteries!

My local hospital is having a seminar this evening on weight loss. I plan to go, and will report back if they have anything new. I think it may be about some new plan that a local doctor is trying to get out there, but we will see.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Edited to add: I had a rough day yesterday... I seemed to eat and eat and eat... or at least want to eat and eat and eat.

I am starting a journal today to write while I eat. I eat when I know I should not be hungry. Truthfully - sometimes when I do not track my body is just craving what I am not giving it.

Hi everyone! I made it back from Disney in one piece. I had the best time.

So very glad Stacy!

At least I got in my exercise for the day. <sigh> I'm scheduled to do my GAD at the area food bank with the kids on Saturday. I really hope that whatever this is passes quickly.

Let me kno how that went!!!

Wow. Thank for posting the Livestrong link. It is the best.
I am going to see if I like that one better as well!
If it is right, then I can still eat with my family. YEAH!!! I hate cooking for them & not being able to eat it with them.

I have a question. Why is it that we think we need to eat seperate from the family instead of making the family eat better fotr themselves as well? They may be able to eat more based on their age/weight etc...but why is it that we know what the food we are feeding them has done to us and yet we do not change it for them so in the future they do not have the same issues?

Please do not take this as a slam because it is not. I have in the past and still do this as well.

Even if they are thin - crappy food is crappy food. If it is not good for us it is not good for them. So why do we codone fast food etc. for them on any regular basis if we know we have to limmit it for ourselves?

I am really changing my mental process on this and making one meals for everybody. Or if I do not eat something - making it healthier for them.

This morning I made banana panckaes with wheat flour and real maple syrup measured out vs cheap high fructose garbage.

(My mouth is killing me right now so no chewing for me!)

My eating has been good, plenty of water and I went back to the gym for the last three days. Mary

Yeah Mary!!!!

The only reason I'm not eating all the cookies is because then I'd have to pay for them!

I love frozen Somoas.

I was like holy carp that's a big difference from 2300 cals at Moderately active. Til I read where it said I was 0'0 tall.

No wonder!!!

That is the funniest thing I have read in forever!!!

But if I accidently got pregnant.... well then it'd be done. Ya know?
I understand. I would be overjoyed at some levels for a baby.

I'm glad that some of you are enjoying the daily plate. I too thought it was suggesting too many calories, but I am slowly losing so I'm trying to trust it.
I am proud that you are putting faith in something besides yourself alone. It is a hard thing to do.

So I haven't checked in, in like a week. I hit a terrible bout of binging and insomnia, not to mention horrible stomach issues every single day. I have no idea what is going on. As soon as I eat I'm fine, but man in the middle of the night or when I first wake up-yuck-o. The rest of the day, all I want is junky fatty food.
That was me on Friday. I was like a vacuum. Good for you for posting!!!!! Everything helps steer us in the right direction!!

I am loving the Daily Plate so far. I definitely see where I can tweak some things. I went over on my protein which shocked the heck out of me cus I always have a hard time eating enough protein. And I was over on sodium, fat, and sugar.

Why is balancing so hard!!!!!

So after a couple of days, I have decided that I am going to do away with all these things that sabotage my efforts. (no, no, not my family; I will keep them. LOL) But I am going to buy another dvd player this weekend, so that I have choices of where I can do the walking dvd, and I am buying the EA sports for Wii so I have that choice too. I figure if I have a way to work out in every room of the house, no one can say "can't you do that later?" or "But, MOOOOMMMMMM, I wanted to watch Harry Potter (or Twilight or Pirates or whatever)."

GREAT IDEA!!!! Building yourself on the no excuses policy!!!!

I have decided to re-join a gym.
Hope everyone has a great day!

Let us know how it goes this week!

I'd like to say "I am!" but the scale has not been my friend since I got back from Disney. Yesterday it said I gained 9 pounds!!! Of course, I know some of that is water weight but still. This morning I was down 4 of those pounds.

Bet you retained some due to the flight!!!

This is also the same reason that I never learned how to make fudge. We actually go to Cabelas or Bass Pro Shop for the sole purpose of getting a box of fudge. So sad.

What??? They sell fudge there?

I got a lime-lemonade AND THAT WAS ALL I GOT!

That is amazing super hero strength!!!

Is it too late to join?? I hope not. I could use all the help I can get Maybe if I write my stats here you won't be able to refuse me
Heck No!!! I will put you in!!!
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I was just trying to find an article that I read awhile ago that I thought was so interesting. It basically said that thin people are okay with feeling hungry sometimes, but overweight people just can't handle hunger.

Great point. Learning that you can go to bed hungry is a huge change from many of our habits of the bed time snack.

I know that if I eat right before bedtime - I am actually starving as soon a I wake up...

I need a good kick in the butt!! Dawn?

Your wish is my command! Tell me what kind of kick would you like???

-1!

So close to my first mini goal. I need to lose 1.2 pounds by 3:30 AM on Saturday because that's when I leave for the airport. I want to be at 155 when I board that plane!

That is sooooo great!!!!!

My Monday Weigh-in

Pounds lost: 2.5

Inches Lost:
Waist - 5 inches
Hips - 1.5 inches
Chest - 0 inches
Neck - .5 inch

I'm off to the gym. I'll be back later today to catch up on everyone's posts.

I will get everyones measurements today that want them - and post losses for weight and measurements. It is only 3 weeks this time. I will do the measurements the first Monday of the month and weight every Monday!!!


Way to go!!!!!!

My local hospital is having a seminar this evening on weight loss. I plan to go, and will report back if they have anything new. I think it may be about some new plan that a local doctor is trying to get out there, but we will see.

It may give some good tips to share here!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I leave in 10 days for spring break.

I have a short term goal.

Excersize each day and track my food and post both results here.

I am having some issues with my wisdom teeth - I have been avoiding them being pulled only since I was 20...

They are all half up and from time to time rupture the surface and then - go back down.

I am not going to be happy if they need to be pulled before the trip.

So today is a soup day.

Going to the Y tonight with Carsyn and Baylor.

I will post it all tonight.

I am also off to get a darn battery for the digital scale. Dan is out of town so I do not have anyone to verify the regualr scale...too bad I cannot see it for myself without bending over so far that it missreads!!!

Good Luck everybody with weigh in and no matter what...we rock for being here and commiting to ourselves!!! I hope a few more people get Palm Trees in their siggies!!!

 

[littlepeppers]

Yeah!!!!!! I finally lost one.

-1 lb.

I am shocked since I had to watch BIL active kids & blew it with fustration eating. I had cheese cake & hot dog w/ chili.

 

[littlepeppers]

Disneydawn-

I'm not instulted about the family eating comment. They are a tough bunch. Two pickey eaters (kids) & a DH who thinks dinner needs to be this huge production with several menu items. (It is a southern thing).

I don't know how DS survives sometimes. She can go days w/o eating, so I try to make atleast one thing she will eat since I will not fix her a special meal or her own. (not that it helps)

I'm trying to add healthier things in, but getting the faces. I'm not going to stop. I hate cooking when no one eats. It makes me feel like I wasted time that I don't have to begin with.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Disneydawn-

I'm not instulted about the family eating comment. They are a tough bunch. Two pickey eaters (kids) & a DH who thinks dinner needs to be this huge production with several menu items. (It is a southern thing).

Yeah for your pound loss!!!

Thanks for understanding that my question was not directed at you...rather something I have been struggling with and it seems many are here as well.

My 2 sons are skinny - their Dad is skinny. So there has always been a double standard in my head even. The boys can eat XYZ but I should not and my DD who is about 30-40# heavy should not either. I am not saying I always say something but I know I worry about guiding my daughter far more than my sons.

She just has a different metabolism and body build then they do. She also turns to food for empotional reasons and they turn strictly when they are hungry. There Dad is the same way.

Anyway - trying to start incorporating better food for us all because we all need it is a hard thing. If your husband is not on the same page as you - it is impossible.

My ex always told Carsyn she could eat what she wanted to as long as she excersized.

This comming from a man who does not battle weight and has never had cravings for food just because. So mentally his thought is - eat what you want when you are hungry.

Now that she has gained even more weight this year he finally gets the fact that she eats even when she is not hungry. So at his house he finally is not buying all crud. (He does not cook at all so all FF or easy microwave crap is what he buys.)

Thanks for sharing your struggles. Maybe we all can learn how to help our families out with ideas for them - just as much as we can for ourselves!!

 

[Jasperann]

OMG ! I'm cracking up at the "that color looks good on you aka you're too fat for me to compliment anything" line. I get told that colors look good on me all the time!!!!! By my own mother!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so calling her out next time she tells me that.

My mom does that too!!! lol She also tells me what pretty eyes I have... Wonder if that is code for anything too?

I have a dog that drags me outside. Want him? I just bought him a new leash for walks around the neighborhood. Get a beagle. They require lots of energy! Right Jasperann?

I have to say I agree! If you want a high energy dog a beagle would be a great choice. My dog loves walks/runs/bike rides... I was walking out beagle and there was a couple ladies that mentioned that he looked like he might be walking me. He was pulling so much... he has no manners yet...

DS7 told me he can tell I'm losing weight. That my arms are much skinnier!

Oh, he's a sweetie for saying so, but he also said he could tell I got skinnier after raking leaves for 20 mins, too.

That is so sweet of him! I was told my by six year old that my tummy is getting smaller... of course my tummy is the only thing on me that isn't losing inches.

But it is nice to have his support. DH and I sat down and planned our meals for the whole week so we could shop accordingly today. We're going to the Whole Foods downtown tomorrow. Whole Foods originated in Austin and their flagship in here. It rocks!! So we're gonna supplement our normal groceries with some things from there, and have lunch at their cafe.

We grilled hamburgers tonight. Not the best meal ever, but we did it smart-ish. Used ground sirloin instead of chuck. Used light mayo. I had pepperjack cheese instead of American, saved some fat and cals there too.

Mmmmmmm. I love homemade grilled hamburgers! We only buy ground sirloin 90/10 for everything now. It tastes so much better than chuck and there isn't a ton of grease. I didn't realize that pepperjack has less calories. I'm going to have to look into the cheeses and see what has what. I can't live without cheese.

I ended up a little over cals wise for today but when I tracked activity, I had a deficit, and since I'm not eating my fitness cals back normally, I should be fine! I hope!! Where's a crossing fingers smilie??

I'm sure you will be fine! At least you are doing something to get healthy... you are on the right track! All of us that are here are for that matter.

Anxious for weigh in tomorrow. After a week at 0 and a week at +2, I reaaaaaaally wanna see a - in front of my name!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!! See y'all manana!

Can't wait to see a - in front of your name too!

Hi guys! Thought I'd check in. I need to have some accountability. I usually struggle on the weekends with eating. I also failed to get as much exercise as I had originally intended. I always have the thoughts, but then life gets in the way. I really have to just kick my family off the t.v. and get the Wii fit going.
Anyway, yesterday I took the kids to the mall and we shopped. I bought a new pantsuit and was shocked to get one a size smaller than usual and it fit great!! I know some brands run different, but I've bought this brand before. I was so psyched! Now I just need to have about 5 inches hemmed off the pants! HA! So then I took the kids to the food court. They got Burger King. I had an iced mocha Joe or whatever from BK. No other food. (I really don't like BK). That drink was probably 1000 calories! I should look it up. But I gave up soda/pop for lent, so that's what I did.
Then last night we went to visit my SIL in the hospital so we were out and about for dinner. I got some chinese food and ate half of it.
Today we were out at lunch too (Way too much eating out this weekend!) and I got a salad at McDonalds. Used only 1/4 of the dressing. Good thing I had that salad, because my veggie intake this weekend was pretty lame. Dinner was chicken and cheese quesadillas, but I didn't eat too much.
I just have trouble making the commitment to eating right on the weekend and then to actually exercise when I plan to. I need a good kick in the butt!! Dawn?
Although I did spend a lot of time walking around in my shape-up shoes. I wore them to the mall and today we went to the zoo and walked all around. Better than sitting on the couch!
Tomorrow's a new day. I'm wearing my sneakers to work to walk at lunchtime. Might even be nice enough to go outside for a bit.
Okay, I feel better now. Thanks for listening.

Sounds like you did a lot of working out this weekend... just in the form of fun! Don't feel to bad, at least you were not at home watching tv all weekend. That is the biggest step of all really. At least for me...

I just pictured me trying to get to the pantry with chips! I would get LOTS of exercise that way!

Your DH sounds like mine. I can get so angry when he asks "did you wash me any jeans?" I tell him every week, I am not playing "find the jeans" to put a load in the wash. What really amazes me is that instead of putting them in the hamper when he takes them off, he just washes his own on the weekends?

That is an image! Can you imagine the looks on our other half's faces if all of us did something like that.

Eric washes all of his own clothes. He doesn't want me to do it... Fine by me though, I wash mine and all four kids, so I don't really need the added clothes.

DH always tells me that it is so amazing that I always know where everything is. I keep telling him is that women spend all day taking stock of what is out of place & they need to get around to picking up. I always see the stuff they just throw or put down where is doesn't belong. That is why I know where they are OR I have already picked them up myself.

That is so true!!! Drives me up the wall. My whole family just puts things down everywhere. I'm to the point now that I will throw it away if it isn't where it belongs... I tell them once to pick it up and when they don't they will have to get it out of the garbage. I'm so mean!

If you are using the livstrong.com, don't put the real time you spend doing laundry. It aparently burns a ton of calories, but my jean still don't fit after they come out of the dryer?

I don't put in anything on livstrong, except for my elliptical work outs. But it says that I burn over 1000 calories for an hour! I do two half hours a day. I'm not sure how accurate that is but I sure can't eat an extra 1000 calories a day.

-1!

So close to my first mini goal. I need to lose 1.2 pounds by 3:30 AM on Saturday because that's when I leave for the airport. I want to be at 155 when I board that plane!

You can do it!!! Congrats!

My Monday Weigh-in

Pounds lost: 2.5

Inches Lost:
Waist - 5 inches
Hips - 1.5 inches
Chest - 0 inches
Neck - .5 inch

I'm off to the gym. I'll be back later today to catch up on everyone's posts.

Awesome! I so wish my waist would move like that! I'm so envious!

I am starting a journal today to write while I eat. I eat when I know I should not be hungry. Truthfully - sometimes when I do not track my body is just craving what I am not giving it.
Yeah, I was thinking of doing something like that. I've been tracking my calories for the last two weeks. No matter what I eat. But maybe if I start an actual journal with how I'm feeling I could figure out why...


I have a question. Why is it that we think we need to eat seperate from the family instead of making the family eat better fotr themselves as well? They may be able to eat more based on their age/weight etc...but why is it that we know what the food we are feeding them has done to us and yet we do not change it for them so in the future they do not have the same issues?

You know.. I've never thought of making a separate meal for myself. They get what I make... if they don't like it, then they can make their own food. I figure it can only help them if they eat better. I've seen skinny people that are really sick. Even if you can't tell on the outside... I'm sure that comes from eating all the junk that is out there. My sister was a twig (maybe a size 0) for her whole life and she had major issues besides getting cancer. But she ate what ever she wanted and never gained a pound. I was always so jealous of her weight... Now I don't think I'd ever want to be a size 0.

(My mouth is killing me right now so no chewing for me!)

Ouch! Do you get headaches too? My top wisdom teeth were never removed and they do that break the skin and then go back under the skin... It hurts so bad, but right as it is getting ready to start I get major headaches and feel really sick!

I love frozen Somoas.

Mmmmmm!!! Me too! I love frozen Tagalongs too! I can't have those cookies in the house.

Bet you retained some due to the flight!!!

That is what I was thinking. The trainers on the BL always say that the travel weeks are the most iffy with the contestants because you body holds water when you are traveling. Wonder how your body can tell the difference between traveling and not...?

What??? They sell fudge there?

Yes and it is yummy bad for you fudge...lol

I leave in 10 days for spring break.

I have a short term goal.

Excersize each day and track my food and post both results here.

I am having some issues with my wisdom teeth - I have been avoiding them being pulled only since I was 20...

They are all half up and from time to time rupture the surface and then - go back down.

I am not going to be happy if they need to be pulled before the trip.

So today is a soup day.

Going to the Y tonight with Carsyn and Baylor.

I will post it all tonight.

I am also off to get a darn battery for the digital scale. Dan is out of town so I do not have anyone to verify the regualr scale...too bad I cannot see it for myself without bending over so far that it missreads!!!

Good Luck everybody with weigh in and no matter what...we rock for being here and commiting to ourselves!!! I hope a few more people get Palm Trees in their siggies!!!

I can't wait to see more palm trees!!!! Those are great goals! I have similar ones. I want to work out on the Elliptical for the next seven days and track all my calories. We have tons to do before we leave. I'm going to vacuum out the van today and do last minute shopping. Then I'm going to start packing the van today or tomorrow. Except for last minute stuff.. We are going to be bringing a small soft sided cooler so that we don't have to eat fast food on the way down. I'm even going to premake a couple of my flatout wrap sandwiches, so my unhealthy eating won't be the whole trip... If I make enough of them I could eat at least one healthy meal a day while there. Which would be better than nothing...

I gained a pound this week... so no loss for me. But I'm okay with that, because my water intake has not existed the last couple of days.

Measurements lost in inches:
Hips -2
Waist -0
Upper Thigh -1
Lower Thigh -2.75
Cafe -0
Chest -3
Bicep -0
Neck -.25

Dawn I'll send you my new measurements and new weight.

I had to remove a bunch of smileys... there was like 59 in this post...lol I guess you can only have 25... So funny!

 

[dislvr74]

Here's my food tracking for today:

 

[Jasperann]

Disneydawn-

I'm not instulted about the family eating comment. They are a tough bunch. Two pickey eaters (kids) & a DH who thinks dinner needs to be this huge production with several menu items. (It is a southern thing).

I don't know how DS survives sometimes. She can go days w/o eating, so I try to make atleast one thing she will eat since I will not fix her a special meal or her own. (not that it helps)

I'm trying to add healthier things in, but getting the faces. I'm not going to stop. I hate cooking when no one eats. It makes me feel like I wasted time that I don't have to begin with.

How old is your child? My son is the same way... He just turned three and I am shocked when he does eat... I try to make one thing he does like with each meal, but he does like some healthy things so it isn't that hard for us. My six year old is a health food freak... she wants to eat all of my healthy stuff BECAUSE I tell her it is good for her... That is good for her, but adds more cost in the buying healthy snacks. I'm not sure it is a southern thing to have huge dinners. Dinner is my biggest meal. We have meat, starch, and veggie with each meal, sometimes we also have rolls. Then my kids think that if they finish their dinner they get desert. That comes from bribery when they didn't ever finish dinner.

Congrats on your loss!!!

Yeah for your pound loss!!!

Thanks for understanding that my question was not directed at you...rather something I have been struggling with and it seems many are here as well.

Although I've never thought about doing it. I can totally see how it could happen. Because that mind set is everywhere. If you are skinney then you can eat what you want and if you aren't then you can. It is very sad honestly.

 

[Jasperann]

Here's my food tracking for today:

Have you figured out if you are suppose to eat back your exercise or not? I kinda feel like my exercise numbers are way to high and I kinda don't believe that I really burn as much as it says. One day I had a net calorie intake of like 568 or something like that. I just wonder if that is really bad. Have you been using the site for a long time?

If anyone ever wants to see what I eat my name on there is Jasperann too. I'll have to make sure my profile isn't set to private though.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

-1.1 pounds!!!!!

I have to say how excited and happy I am to see that reading on the scale. I truly did not expect a loss this week because of the Disney trip. It looks like most of that 9 pound gain earlier in the week was water weight because I most certainly did NOT lose 10 pounds this weekend!!! But, I am back on track, thrilled with any kind of loss, and ready to hit the gym again tonight. It will be my first time back in 2 weeks. I hope everyone has a great day. I can't wait to read other people's results.