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

[gellybean]

Sorry I've been MIA the last few days. Getting back in the routine is really hard...lol I did horrible on food choices this weekend. I didn't pack my lunch for work and ended up with fast food both days. Which of course probably is accountable for my gain, even if it is mostly water weight. I'm sure the extra calories I ate because of it has something to do with it too.

So I am +1.6 from two weeks ago... I think?? I could be off a little bit. I didn't record it anywhere and I sent it to Dawn on here.

Glad you're back and posting! I missed you, too!!! I was around for all of last week when you were gone.



The beagle thing is too funny. I actually named him after a county in Texas. But when I got another dog, named her Bella because of the Twilight theme, and there was a Bell county in Texas.


I think you and I may be clones of each other... just saying.

 

[stitchfan23]

Hi everyone and welcome to the newbies. As people have said it is a great support group here and everyone is struggling with the same issues which helps because you don't feel like you are alone.

It has been a really stressful and busy week. Hubby had laser eye surgery mid week which put me behind 2 days since he couldn't drive and had to go back for check ups plus his birthday was on the weekend so 3 days of cake and a home cooked but not so great birthday dinner and I was dreading stepping on the scale but surprise I am -1.7lbsNot sure how but I will gladly take it. I did keep up with my exercise and I did drink my water so maybe that is what really helped. Well this is a new week and best of luck to everyone.

WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS LOSS PUTS ME TO -10LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[luvsJack]

Had you seen New Moon already? I liked New Moon a ton more than Twilight. It was more in line with how I felt about the books. I hope they keep the same director for the other ones. The first director, although she loved the books, didn't do them justice.

Dd and I saw it in the theater and loved it. I like it a lot better than Twilight too. I had to watch Twilight a couple of times to really appreciate it. I agree about the director, he/she(?) really stuck to the book and the whole feeling of the book.

Dd has a crush on Taylor Lautner (my girl has good taste ) and when we saw New Moon in the theater, I was watching for her reaction when he took his shirt off. She thought it was so funny because I was the one that reacted with a "WOW!" (in my defense, you could hear one large intake of breath from every female in the theater!)

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Happy Monday everyone!

Congratulations to everyone whether you have posted a loss/gain or the same weight. At least you are still trying and that is really all that matters. I was really good at tracking my food this week and have a -1.2 loss for my first week. I wish we had weighed in on Thursday as it was a much lower number, but I'll take it. If I can keep losing 1 lb per week I'll be thrilled. Of course I would love more, but I'll be happy with just 1. Don't want to get too greedy.

Gellybean - don't get discouraged. Sometimes I think your body just needs to get used to the reduced calories or increased calories. Then all of a sudden, wham - you'll drop a bunch. You just have to get to that week without giving up and giving in to the junk food. It has happened to me before (both ways).

WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

 

[GaRain]

I haven't weighed myself in awhile. I usually use my Wii Fit to record that. I don't like weighing at the gym with all these people around!
Today I did work out - 40 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the bike and 30 minute cycle of upper body muscle work.
I guess I need to break out the Wii Fit again.

 

[Leash]

No change this week so not great but not terrible.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Well, I had 2 minor successes followed by a big failure last night. It was the Kevin Kline awards here in STL - think the Tony's but for the St. Louis theatre folks. My theatre had 27 nominations so off to the awards I went. STAGES hosted a pre-awards wine reception at this very chic wine bar. I managed to avoid alcohol AND the hors-deovers. I sipped water and just stayed away from the food table. Then, after the show, there is a big post-reception. I walked away again with no alcohol and no nibbles. Yay!!! Then, my friend Rob said "I'm hungry. We didn't eat dinner. Let's go to Sonic." Yep - sonic late at night and me with no will power. I ate a breakfast burrito and an orange slush. Was that better than the double cheeseburger and tots I wanted?? Don't know but I felt like it was. Still, Sonic at anytime - bad. Sonic after 11:00pm - even worse. I better drink a ton of water today and then hit the gym hard tonight.

 

[Anna114]

Note to self, as a diabetic, there will be no late sunflower seed eating What I learned..... don't get on the treadmill when pissed at DH. Went on Sunday evening, ran for 3 minutes of the time I was on (not normal for me) and am still sore.

I cancelled my nutrisystems today. It's time to fully integrate all "normal" food into my diet. I still have about 3 weeks of NS food left so I will still use them to help the integration.

My good news is, I did some serious gardening (I have about 50 rose bushes) on Sunday. It is the easiest time I had in 15 years! It's much easier to garden without the 8 bags of sugar hanging all over me How is everyone else doing? .... the good, the bad and the ugly.

Stacy, great news on your successes! They are never small. They always feel good.

 

[HockeyKat]

Well, I had 2 minor successes followed by a big failure last night.
...

Then, my friend Rob said "I'm hungry. We didn't eat dinner. Let's go to Sonic." Yep - sonic late at night and me with no will power. I ate a breakfast burrito and an orange slush. Was that better than the double cheeseburger and tots I wanted?? Don't know but I felt like it was. Still, Sonic at anytime - bad. Sonic after 11:00pm - even worse. I better drink a ton of water today and then hit the gym hard tonight.

Sorry to butt in... lurker here (from the Goddess thread). I just wanted to congratulate you on the success, because man that had to have been hard! Parties are my downfall!

Also, you didn't make the worst choice at Sonic. That burrito is about 450, and the slush is probably another 200-400 depending on size. Here is a link to their nutritional info: http://www.sonicdrivein.com/pdfs/menu/SonicNutritionGuide.pdf

A medium tot there is only 200 cals! Granted, high in fat and such, but as an occasional treat...

 

[eliz991]

I wasn't here yesterday but I am down 2.6 for this week. I am still up from where we started! I have been having a lot of problems with my exercise, first from my knee and lately from the massive headaches I've been getting. The headaches were caused first by my doctor calling in the wrong pills and I didn't realize it so I was taking too many hormones. Second is the weather, as the other Texans here know it snowed Saturday and was about 70 yesterday! I had a migraine yesterday and stayed home but am planning to get some exercise today...

after I go to happy hour with my friend.

 

[Dizneydawn]

HI all! We are home. I have more room in my inbox again. I am exhausted. Drove 20 hours in 24 due to brake failure and needing to push getting home late.

(Just drove in this morning at 7:30 a.m.)

I am hitting the hay, seeing my Dad (leg amputation happened while we were gone on This past Thursday) and will either tonight or tom. get to the weight chart.

I am beyond tired and just need to crash.

Can't wait to read and get all caught up!

Helllooooo, new CASTAWAYS!!!!!!

 

[gellybean]

HI all! We are home. I have more room in my inbox again. I am exhausted. Drove 20 hours in 24 due to brake failure and needing to push getting home late.

(Just drove in this morning at 7:30 a.m.)

I am hitting the hay, seeing my Dad (leg amputation happened while we were gone on This past Thursday) and will either tonight or tom. get to the weight chart.

I am beyond tired and just need to crash.

Can't wait to read and get all caught up!

Helllooooo, new CASTAWAYS!!!!!!

home Dawn!!!! Glad y'all are back safe and sound!!


sorry to hear about your dad's surgery!! Wishing him the best transition possible!

Will try your pm box again!

 

[dislvr74]

So far spring break has not been good to me. Yesterday was probably the worst day of binging that I have had in a long, long time. The only saving grace was that my stomach has shrunk enough to keep me from eating as much as I used to be able to. Still, I ate past the point of being physically uncomfortable and woke up with a food hangover this morning. This is so hard for me to admit, but I know I have to own it and I have to move on. Food is such an addiction!

As I said, I woke up with that horrible food hangover feeling. Those of you who have issues with binging know exactly what I mean. I decided to try to sweat out some of the sodium and fat that I consumed yesterday and went out for a 6 mile run. I only made it 5 miles and then the IT band on my "good" leg started to bother me and I walked the last mile home. I have been plagued by injuries of all sorts on my left (bad) leg and my right leg has never given me any trouble. I'm not sure what I am going to do if both legs are injured. Anyway, I decided not to push through that last mile and I'm going to do some cross training for a few days in order to give it some rest.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Well, I had 2 minor successes followed by a big failure last night. It was the Kevin Kline awards here in STL - think the Tony's but for the St. Louis theatre folks. My theatre had 27 nominations so off to the awards I went. STAGES hosted a pre-awards wine reception at this very chic wine bar. I managed to avoid alcohol AND the hors-deovers. I sipped water and just stayed away from the food table. Then, after the show, there is a big post-reception. I walked away again with no alcohol and no nibbles. Yay!!! Then, my friend Rob said "I'm hungry. We didn't eat dinner. Let's go to Sonic." Yep - sonic late at night and me with no will power. I ate a breakfast burrito and an orange slush. Was that better than the double cheeseburger and tots I wanted?? Don't know but I felt like it was. Still, Sonic at anytime - bad. Sonic after 11:00pm - even worse. I better drink a ton of water today and then hit the gym hard tonight.

Hey, it could be a lot worse if you had eaten at both of those events and then gone out for Sonic. I know eating late at night can wreck havoc with my weight loss. At least you have all of this week to work off the extra sodium.

I wasn't here yesterday but I am down 2.6 for this week. I am still up from where we started! I have been having a lot of problems with my exercise, first from my knee and lately from the massive headaches I've been getting. The headaches were caused first by my doctor calling in the wrong pills and I didn't realize it so I was taking too many hormones. Second is the weather, as the other Texans here know it snowed Saturday and was about 70 yesterday! I had a migraine yesterday and stayed home but am planning to get some exercise today...

after I go to happy hour with my friend.

I hope your feeling better soon! I've had the migranes in the past so I know how miserable they can make you. Hope the week gets better for you!

HI all! We are home. I have more room in my inbox again. I am exhausted. Drove 20 hours in 24 due to brake failure and needing to push getting home late.

Welcome back! Glad you made it back safe and sound. Hope your Dad heals as quickly as possible.

So far spring break has not been good to me. Yesterday was probably the worst day of binging that I have had in a long, long time. The only saving grace was that my stomach has shrunk enough to keep me from eating as much as I used to be able to. Still, I ate past the point of being physically uncomfortable and woke up with a food hangover this morning. This is so hard for me to admit, but I know I have to own it and I have to move on. Food is such an addiction!

As I said, I woke up with that horrible food hangover feeling. Those of you who have issues with binging know exactly what I mean. I decided to try to sweat out some of the sodium and fat that I consumed yesterday and went out for a 6 mile run. I only made it 5 miles and then the IT band on my "good" leg started to bother me and I walked the last mile home. I have been plagued by injuries of all sorts on my left (bad) leg and my right leg has never given me any trouble. I'm not sure what I am going to do if both legs are injured. Anyway, I decided not to push through that last mile and I'm going to do some cross training for a few days in order to give it some rest.

I can totally sympathize. I didn't binge but ate some really fatty ribs and I was feeling it the whole next day. I hope your knees are feeling better soon.

I had a pretty good day even though it was really challenging. Had a business lunch (ordered the chicken salad) then went out for dinner with a friend. Made good choices (stayed away from desserts on both occasions). I logged everything in the best I could. Still haven't made it to the gym, but at figure if I keep within my calories I'm one step closer to losing the weight than if I calculate in my head.

 

[ancestry]

I just have to say that nothing is worse that trying to continue to diet and exercise when you aren't feeling well. Blech.

I had a chest cold back in February and it was finally improving in March. Then my DH, DD, and DS all got sick with some weird virus/cold that gave them a fever and really bad cough. Fortunately I didn't get the fever but the chest cold and cough is back. Yuck. All I want to do is sleep and sleep and sleep. <sigh>

 

[Jasperann]

The beagle thing is too funny. I actually named him after a county in Texas. But when I got another dog, named her Bella because of the Twilight theme, and there was a Bell county in Texas.
I didn't know you had a dog named Bella too. That is so funny! I seen that you found a bigger place for your Jasper to run. Beagles really need the extra room. We were in an apartment when we got him as a puppy, but moved to a house with a huge yard by the time he was 4 months old. Did you name your new puppy Bella or was that the other dog you had before that was hurt by your brothers dog?

I think you and I may be clones of each other... just saying.

I think we could be... cause just saying is also something I say all the time.

WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS LOSS PUTS ME TO -10LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!

Dd and I saw it in the theater and loved it. I like it a lot better than Twilight too. I had to watch Twilight a couple of times to really appreciate it. I agree about the director, he/she(?) really stuck to the book and the whole feeling of the book.

Dd has a crush on Taylor Lautner (my girl has good taste ) and when we saw New Moon in the theater, I was watching for her reaction when he took his shirt off. She thought it was so funny because I was the one that reacted with a "WOW!" (in my defense, you could hear one large intake of breath from every female in the theater!)

Try holding that 'WOW!!' in when in front of your other half. That was a challange, but I'm sure I was one of the many intakes of breath in the theater. I also had to watch Twilight a couple times before I thought... 'yeah I guess this could be a good movie' But it was very hesitant, I had no problems with New Moon however.

I haven't weighed myself in awhile. I usually use my Wii Fit to record that. I don't like weighing at the gym with all these people around!
Today I did work out - 40 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the bike and 30 minute cycle of upper body muscle work.
I guess I need to break out the Wii Fit again.

I've always told my family that I was going to go to the gym and get weighed when I reach my goal weight... I could not do it now. Especially with all the skinny trainers at the gym.

No change this week so not great but not terrible.

You could have had changes in inches this week! Even if the scale didn't show anything. You are going in the right direction!

Well, I had 2 minor successes followed by a big failure last night. It was the Kevin Kline awards here in STL - think the Tony's but for the St. Louis theatre folks. My theatre had 27 nominations so off to the awards I went. STAGES hosted a pre-awards wine reception at this very chic wine bar. I managed to avoid alcohol AND the hors-deovers. I sipped water and just stayed away from the food table. Then, after the show, there is a big post-reception. I walked away again with no alcohol and no nibbles. Yay!!! Then, my friend Rob said "I'm hungry. We didn't eat dinner. Let's go to Sonic." Yep - sonic late at night and me with no will power. I ate a breakfast burrito and an orange slush. Was that better than the double cheeseburger and tots I wanted?? Don't know but I felt like it was. Still, Sonic at anytime - bad. Sonic after 11:00pm - even worse. I better drink a ton of water today and then hit the gym hard tonight.

You did AWESOME!!!! So much better than I can envision myself doing. Staying away from the alcohol would be no problem for me, but the food table... I'd have a food hang over the next day. Don't beat yourself up over the Sonic. You didn't make the worse choices ever.

Note to self, as a diabetic, there will be no late sunflower seed eating What I learned..... don't get on the treadmill when pissed at DH. Went on Sunday evening, ran for 3 minutes of the time I was on (not normal for me) and am still sore.

Do sunflower seeds have sugar in them? I am not diabetic, but I always think of things like that because for my last pregnancy I was (you know the pregnancy diabetic thing).

HI all! We are home. I have more room in my inbox again. I am exhausted. Drove 20 hours in 24 due to brake failure and needing to push getting home late.

(Just drove in this morning at 7:30 a.m.)

I am hitting the hay, seeing my Dad (leg amputation happened while we were gone on This past Thursday) and will either tonight or tom. get to the weight chart.

I am beyond tired and just need to crash.

Can't wait to read and get all caught up!

Helllooooo, new CASTAWAYS!!!!!!

Welcome Home! I'm glad to see you made it safely!

Hope your dad adjusts well after his amputation. Hope it helps to make him healthier now too.

So far spring break has not been good to me. Yesterday was probably the worst day of binging that I have had in a long, long time. The only saving grace was that my stomach has shrunk enough to keep me from eating as much as I used to be able to. Still, I ate past the point of being physically uncomfortable and woke up with a food hangover this morning. This is so hard for me to admit, but I know I have to own it and I have to move on. Food is such an addiction!

As I said, I woke up with that horrible food hangover feeling. Those of you who have issues with binging know exactly what I mean. I decided to try to sweat out some of the sodium and fat that I consumed yesterday and went out for a 6 mile run. I only made it 5 miles and then the IT band on my "good" leg started to bother me and I walked the last mile home. I have been plagued by injuries of all sorts on my left (bad) leg and my right leg has never given me any trouble. I'm not sure what I am going to do if both legs are injured. Anyway, I decided not to push through that last mile and I'm going to do some cross training for a few days in order to give it some rest.

I know what you mean about food hangovers. I get them if I eat fast food. I had them this whole weekend.

Could you not have drank enough water before your run? I've heard of that happening if you are not hydrated... Something about the things in your knee not being as flexible.

I have knee issues in my left knee as well. They are from high school. I was playing volleyball with some friends and one of my 'very' large friends lunged for the ball and landed on my leg. Then my next door neighbor had a very hyper dog (may have been a beagle) and it got out of it's pin and decided plowing me over in his excitement was a good idea. Of course he hit my left leg again. Anytime I tried running on the treadmill when I had it I would have issues with it. That is when I found out about the water thing..

I had a pretty good day even though it was really challenging. Had a business lunch (ordered the chicken salad) then went out for dinner with a friend. Made good choices (stayed away from desserts on both occasions). I logged everything in the best I could. Still haven't made it to the gym, but at figure if I keep within my calories I'm one step closer to losing the weight than if I calculate in my head.

Yay for you!!! I love chicken salad... I get it as a treat for myself if I've done good in a week of eating. (I can't eat it without creamy Italian.) It is always the challenges that make you realize how far you've really come.

I just have to say that nothing is worse that trying to continue to diet and exercise when you aren't feeling well. Blech.

I had a chest cold back in February and it was finally improving in March. Then my DH, DD, and DS all got sick with some weird virus/cold that gave them a fever and really bad cough. Fortunately I didn't get the fever but the chest cold and cough is back. Yuck. All I want to do is sleep and sleep and sleep. <sigh>

I think our family may be related. We are all getting the chest cold and cough. I haven't worked out at all this week, because of the tightness it is making in my chest. Hope you and your family is feeling better soon!

We took Eric's mom out for her birthday last night. We went to 'Old Chicago' because the kids were going to get 10% of our total for a school fundraiser. But I don't think we will be eating out anytime soon. We got the huge sampler platter to share with everyone. I ate the veggies with the artichoke dip... It was very yummy, but I'm sure the cream cheese I could taste in the artichoke dip wasn't very good for me. Then I ordered a huge calazone thing... which should not be advertised as feeding one person. I could have shared that with all of my kids and still have been full. So needless to say over half of it was picked apart on my plate and not even eaten. But they did end up taking the calazone for me off, because the first time they made it they put sausage on it. I had requested it with out the sausage. So even though I really didn't eat it, Eric didn't have to pay 10 dollars for it either.

Today I'm feeling kinda sick, but my number on the scale is down from yesterday morning, so eating the dip last night didn't affect my weight.

 

[littlepeppers]

I fell off the wagon, but a PM from Dawn made me decide to get back on again.

It is on now. No more excuses. I'm only 34 & I can't let my body go b/c my health will soon follow. My parent's are a perfect example of that.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Good Morning Castaways!!!!

I am almost done with the weight loss stats - missing a few peoples and sent out PM's. Cleared my inbox again!!! I still have all these sweet messages people sent when Baylor was burned that I have held onto. Need to print them off so I can make more room.

I am heading to see my Dad and move him to his transitional home today. Pray for me and him that it goes well.

I was up a few pounds from the start of the trip. A bit over 2 pounds but today is the start of Tom and after being on the road for 13 days, I will take it!

There are so many to congratulate!!!! Some new Palm Tree's are needed to be distributed and a new pic for some that have lost 10 plus pounds!!!!!!


I need to kick my @rse into gear and not neutral.

So how about a challenge?


Anyone up for it?

I propose we start 5 week challenges to build ourselves to success. After the 1st one is done, we will begin the new one and add the second step to the first. Never eliminating what we have gotten under our belts, just adding to it.

Nobody is perfect but I think in order to win the challenge and get a new pic in your siggie, 5 out of 7 days will be considered a success for this first challenge.



Ready for it?

Drink 1/2 your weight in water a day.

That's it.

You can do part in drinks mixed with crystal light or whatever you want but trying to get the most natural benefit of water in our system as possible is the goal!

I am excited to see the results of this. I have always done well with water on a daily basis then stink for a few days. What can my body do with the water it needs if I was consistent???

Print out a calendar and just start checking off the days you have success.

Put it on your fridge or computer desk - whatever you want. Check off the days you do it, maybe put lines up for each 8 oz you need to drink and then make the line a cross when you have accomplished it!!!

We can check in here daily to let each other know how we did !!!

It will end on May 1st.

All the books say it takes 21 days to form a habit. It takes changing one thing at a time to not feel overwhelmed! So let's do it!

How does everybody feel about this???? Give me ideas if you want to change anything about it please!!!! I just thought that water is a basic of life change in loosing weight. Start with the basics!

 

[ski_mom]

Drink 1/2 your weight in water a day.

I think that's a great idea! Count me in

I'm kind of like you. I really don't have a big problem drinking my water and most days I do it, but sometimes I just don't for some reason . Hopefully this will give me the push that I need to do it EVERY day!

Off to get my glass of water.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Wow - half my weight in water. I don't know if it is physically possible for me to drink that much water. As it is, they have threatened to move my desk to the first floor hallway so I am that much closer to the bathroom. (At least having to go up and down stairs 600 times a day is giving me a little extra work out). I thought I was doing good to get in 12 glasses a day. but, what the heck, I'll try. Now, if I get fired for having to go to the bathroom too much during the day, whose house am I moving into???