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

[Dizneydawn]

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???

Mine Duh!

Heard again on the radio in the Keys about 1/2 your water weight and it being the most single important thing you can do to not get sick and loose weight. That your body needs it to hydrate your organs and get them to be operating under the best or circumstances and not under duress from lack of hydration.

Plus - like you - I have a ton to drink. Which should be the clue I need more than the average bear to get my body hydrated. The bright side is as you loose, you will reduce your intake!

 

[stitchfan23]

I'm in but half my weight in water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a lot of water. I already drink just over 2litres a day so it will be hard to fit n another 2 litres but I will try.

 

[Anna114]

OK I'm not usually dumb but are you asking me to drink 80lbs of water in a day??

 

[Jasperann]

Okay... I use to drink half my body weight in water... I remember when I started to do it. For the first 3 days or so, I was in the bathroom every 30 minutes or so, even at night. lol But I did see the benefits of it, so I am up for the challenge. Can I count my cup of coffee in the morning? Maybe I should just eliminate it all together.

Off to get some water in a glass... Then going to find/make a calendar to print out for my fridge.

 

[Jasperann]

OK I'm not usually dumb but are you asking me to drink 80lbs of water in a day??

It would be OZ ... pounds would be horrible...

 

[MulanUSAF]

I forgot to post my weight change this past Monday... so it's -0.9 from last week. Not a big dip, but I'm happy with my weight loss so far. I have lost about 10 pounds over the last 6.5 weeks through my strict diet and exercise regime. I also saw my doctor last week and when he saw the weight loss and glucose numbers, he remarked that I have made more progress than any other newly diagnosed patient he has ever had. He said many patients are still in denial a month after being diagnosed with diabetes and very few have actually managed to turn around their lifestyle in such a short time. I just hope I can continue in this direction and not lose focus. If I can keep this up, he said he's confident my A1C number can go below 6% in a year (that's normal range for people without diabetes). Long term effect of keeping it at that level is that I can avoid the diabetes complications and live a normal life for a long time.

I can't believe how time has been flying by. The first couple weeks seemed to drag on forever because I was dreading each day's worth of exercise as well as food temptations. But then in the last few weeks, I haven't been craving fast food or junk food. For example, yesterday most of my friends headed down to Ben & Jerry's for free cone day. But I was content to eat my lunch of chicken apple salad and not feel too sorry for myself. I do like ice cream, but not enough to undo all my hard work, not to mention the extra minutes on the elliptical. Getting my daily dose of exercise is still a bit of a chore, but I've been able to find a routine that works for me and just keep at it.

Another important factor in my new lifestyle change is my little brother. He is a junior in high school and lives with me instead of our parents. Ever since my diagnosis, he has been nothing but supportive. He runs cross country and track, so he can eat all he wants and still be skinny as a bean pole. He cooks dinner a lot because he usually comes home before I do and always make sure I have something that's healthy and low carb if he's loading up on carbs. Last night he broiled a piece of salmon for me while making himself a big pan of pasta, and tossed a salad for us to share. He is also my fitness trainer since he's studying to be certified as soon as he turns 18. There's nothing like having someone keeping you on track especially on days when you don't want to.

For everyone that has been sticking with their diet and exercise regime, GREAT JOB!!! I'm so proud of everyone's willpower and commitment to take charge of their own health. There is really no substitute for self accountability and when you feel empowered, there's no better feeling.

If you fell off the wagon (or boat), just climb back aboard and keep going. It is hard, and you will be frustrated at times, but the main thing is keep going. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, and then another step, and then another step. As long as you move forward one step at a time in the right direction, you are getting closer to your goal. Sometimes it's disheartening to look back and see that you've made so little progress. But at least you are not standing on your starting point, and you will never be back there if you keep heading towards the right direction. Finding the motivation to keep going is a challenge, but every one of us have something to work for, otherwise we wouldn't be here on this thread. So a big and let's keep each other going until we reach skinny island.

 

[Anna114]

It would be OZ ... pounds would be horrible...

Well that does seem better lol. because water intoxication is VERY dangerous. Your kidneys are only meant to handle so much.

 

[MulanUSAF]

It would be OZ ... pounds would be horrible...

I think we would all be in the ER if we drink half our weight in pounds...

Question, does hot tea counts? I'm don't drink plain cold water very much, but I probably drink like 5-6 large mugs of hot tea every day (just plain decaffeinated tea bags, no milk or sugar), in addition to my bottle of water during my workout.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Well, if I get to move in with Dawn, that's totally worth getting fired for going to the bathroom too much. I'm already on big bottle number 2. If I did my math right, I need to drink 6 of my water bottles a day. I'm tired just thinking about all those stairs between me and the bathroom!!!

I forgot to mention a small victory I had last night. I made a salad before dinner, ate it, and enjoyed it!!! Ok, it was mostly iceburg lettuce, but that is still a huge victory for me. I'm going to keep doing that the rest of the week and then see about adding carrots to it next week. Baby steps but still moving forward!!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Mulan - congrats on all you success so far. That is wonderful!!!!!! And what a great brother you have. I bet I wouldn't have skipped my workout last night if I had a trainer in residence. I hope you are really, really proud of yourself!

 

[ancestry]

I saw an interesting sign in the gym this morning and wanted to share:

Think TNT!
[Today Not Tomorrow]

 

[eliz991]

I'm in for the water challenge! Already almost through 40 oz today, but that's because I drank last night. I tend to not drink enough on the weekends.

So, my plan to work out after happy hour didn't work. But I am pretty happy with how I did, had wine instead of mixed drinks and ate only my half of the chicken flatbread my friend and I were supposed to share - she wouldn't eat any of it (it really wasn't very good, but I was hungry). Problem is that she was then drunk and said she couldn't drive home so I had to wait for her to sober up and we ended up leaving after 10! I slowed way down on the wine though and didn't drink as much as I usually would.

I was still worried about her driving so we went through the McDonalds drive through, I ordered the two cheeseburger meal and she just wanted a filet of fish. She ended up taking the coke and some of the fries (I never drink Coke at night, I got it for her). I ate about 10 french fries and threw the rest away. I also took both cheeseburgers and took off three of the four bun halves and put both patties on one bun top. So, not good, but could have been much worse.

 

[3DisneyKids]

So how about a challenge?


Anyone up for it?

Hmmm...Did someone say CHALLENGE??? You know I can never resist a challenge! If you all are up for it, we could do a little inter-thread competition. Team Goddess will throw down ANY day!

Goddesses vs. Castaways

The possibilities are endless...

--pounds/percentage of weight loss
--minutes of exercise
--miles logged
--number of days tracked

And on and on.

What do you think?

 

[Duchie]

I wasn't on much yesterday so I had a bit of catching up to do.

Hey Dawn, welcome back! Can't wait to hear about your trip. Hope your dad has a smooth transition and a speedy recovery.

I'm reading about a bunch of little successes here and I'm really proud of everyone! I think it's those little "right choices", or maybe those little "best choice I could have made at the time" that will really make a difference. For me, it's the idea that I'm actually thinking more about my choices rather than just acting impulsively.

Mulan, nice job on the weight loss!

Elizabeth, I hear you on the stupid weather changes. It was in the 70s here, then this weekend we had a frost. What is that about??? We had just finished putting all the plants in our vegetable garden, sadly a few of them didn't make it. I've never seen such a late frost in Central Texas before!

I think I can do the water challenge. I've been trying to drink that much for a couple of weeks now and I'm doing OK with it. During the week should be easy enough, but the weekends will be tougher!

 

[gellybean]

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>

Hope you and your family feel better soon!! It sucks when you're finally doing something good for your body and your body pays you back by getting sick!!
Sending you well wishes!!

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


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.

Ok mayble not clones. I'm team Edward, all the way.


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.

Where do you find the Kraft Creamy Italian?! I saw that on your food journal on Livestrong and commented there about it. I love it! I always bought the Seven Seas one but they discontinued it. I tried Marie's Creamy Italian Garlic but it's the worst dressing in America according to Eat This, Not That, so I'm trying to stay away from it. I love Creamy Italian mixed with light mayo and lemon juice for a dipping sauce for Artichokes. And it's almost the season for them. I may have to bribe you to ship some to me!!


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.

DH just got approached by Old Chicago to apply for a job there. I read their menu. WOWZER. They don't have any down here, yet. So I've never eaten there, but after looking at their menu, it sounds like you made the best choices possible!!!

Hope you aren't getting sick sick!! Glad the food last night didn't affect your weight this morning!

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.

Welcome back!!!! So very proud of you for climbing back on!! This weight loss journey of ours is kinda like that game on the computer way back called Oregon Trail. We're gonna fall off the wagon, gonna have to float across some rivers, stop to rest along the way, take a few detours and decide which route we want to take, but ultimately, if we keep on trucking, we'll get there!

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!

I'm in! But man there's nothing that says you weigh twice what you're supposed to weigh than realizing that you have to drink twice what a normal weight person is supposed to drink! YOWZER!

OK I'm not usually dumb but are you asking me to drink 80lbs of water in a day??

I'm in but half my weight in water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a lot of water. I already drink just over 2litres a day so it will be hard to fit n another 2 litres but I will try.

It's my turn to be dumb. How many ounces are in a liter?? Cus right now I'm really impressed with 2 liters of water!!

Okay... I use to drink half my body weight in water... I remember when I started to do it. For the first 3 days or so, I was in the bathroom every 30 minutes or so, even at night. lol But I did see the benefits of it, so I am up for the challenge. Can I count my cup of coffee in the morning? Maybe I should just eliminate it all together.

Off to get some water in a glass... Then going to find/make a calendar to print out for my fridge.

Livestrong will let you count your water intake and it will let you go above 8 glasses, despite what the graphic shows. Just an fyi

Does it get easier, drinking that much water? I've been doing good to get 6 glasses in, and now I need 16. I feel like I'm gonna float away.

I forgot to post my weight change this past Monday... so it's -0.9 from last week. Not a big dip, but I'm happy with my weight loss so far. I have lost about 10 pounds over the last 6.5 weeks through my strict diet and exercise regime. I also saw my doctor last week and when he saw the weight loss and glucose numbers, he remarked that I have made more progress than any other newly diagnosed patient he has ever had. He said many patients are still in denial a month after being diagnosed with diabetes and very few have actually managed to turn around their lifestyle in such a short time. I just hope I can continue in this direction and not lose focus. If I can keep this up, he said he's confident my A1C number can go below 6% in a year (that's normal range for people without diabetes). Long term effect of keeping it at that level is that I can avoid the diabetes complications and live a normal life for a long time.

I can't believe how time has been flying by. The first couple weeks seemed to drag on forever because I was dreading each day's worth of exercise as well as food temptations. But then in the last few weeks, I haven't been craving fast food or junk food. For example, yesterday most of my friends headed down to Ben & Jerry's for free cone day. But I was content to eat my lunch of chicken apple salad and not feel too sorry for myself. I do like ice cream, but not enough to undo all my hard work, not to mention the extra minutes on the elliptical. Getting my daily dose of exercise is still a bit of a chore, but I've been able to find a routine that works for me and just keep at it.

Another important factor in my new lifestyle change is my little brother. He is a junior in high school and lives with me instead of our parents. Ever since my diagnosis, he has been nothing but supportive. He runs cross country and track, so he can eat all he wants and still be skinny as a bean pole. He cooks dinner a lot because he usually comes home before I do and always make sure I have something that's healthy and low carb if he's loading up on carbs. Last night he broiled a piece of salmon for me while making himself a big pan of pasta, and tossed a salad for us to share. He is also my fitness trainer since he's studying to be certified as soon as he turns 18. There's nothing like having someone keeping you on track especially on days when you don't want to.

For everyone that has been sticking with their diet and exercise regime, GREAT JOB!!! I'm so proud of everyone's willpower and commitment to take charge of their own health. There is really no substitute for self accountability and when you feel empowered, there's no better feeling.

If you fell off the wagon (or boat), just climb back aboard and keep going. It is hard, and you will be frustrated at times, but the main thing is keep going. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, and then another step, and then another step. As long as you move forward one step at a time in the right direction, you are getting closer to your goal. Sometimes it's disheartening to look back and see that you've made so little progress. But at least you are not standing on your starting point, and you will never be back there if you keep heading towards the right direction. Finding the motivation to keep going is a challenge, but every one of us have something to work for, otherwise we wouldn't be here on this thread. So a big and let's keep each other going until we reach skinny island.

You are doing so fantastic!!!!! So proud of you! Way to tackle the issue head on and own it! And you're so gonna reap the rewards of your proactive appraoch! Congrats on the 10 lbs!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Thank you for your words of encouragement! You are so right! One step at a time seems so impossible at the beginning of a journey but eventually you get there, and can look back and see how far you've come!

I think we would all be in the ER if we drink half our weight in pounds...

Question, does hot tea counts? I'm don't drink plain cold water very much, but I probably drink like 5-6 large mugs of hot tea every day (just plain decaffeinated tea bags, no milk or sugar), in addition to my bottle of water during my workout.

I think it counts, as long as there's no sugar.

There's a weight loss book called Younger, Thinner You: How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Help You Lose Weight, Reverse Aging and Fight Disease by Eric Braverman, MD. I read it at my mom's last week and one thing this book pushes is drinking tea. All types of tea help with weight loss. I'll have to ask mom to bring me the book to tell y'all what exactly tea does, but it's really really good for your body chemistry.

I also like to eat ice, so I'm guessing that would count too but I don't know how to track it!

Well, if I get to move in with Dawn, that's totally worth getting fired for going to the bathroom too much. I'm already on big bottle number 2. If I did my math right, I need to drink 6 of my water bottles a day. I'm tired just thinking about all those stairs between me and the bathroom!!!

I forgot to mention a small victory I had last night. I made a salad before dinner, ate it, and enjoyed it!!! Ok, it was mostly iceburg lettuce, but that is still a huge victory for me. I'm going to keep doing that the rest of the week and then see about adding carrots to it next week. Baby steps but still moving forward!!

Way to go on adding in a new healthier habit!!! Baby steps are the way to go!!

Well that does seem better lol. because water intoxication is VERY dangerous. Your kidneys are only meant to handle so much.

Wonder how we'd figure out how much water would lead to intoxication?? I can just read the headlines now "Group of Disney loving, weight loss supporting women all die from WATER poisoning"!

I'm in for the water challenge! Already almost through 40 oz today, but that's because I drank last night. I tend to not drink enough on the weekends.

So, my plan to work out after happy hour didn't work. But I am pretty happy with how I did, had wine instead of mixed drinks and ate only my half of the chicken flatbread my friend and I were supposed to share - she wouldn't eat any of it (it really wasn't very good, but I was hungry). Problem is that she was then drunk and said she couldn't drive home so I had to wait for her to sober up and we ended up leaving after 10! I slowed way down on the wine though and didn't drink as much as I usually would.

I was still worried about her driving so we went through the McDonalds drive through, I ordered the two cheeseburger meal and she just wanted a filet of fish. She ended up taking the coke and some of the fries (I never drink Coke at night, I got it for her). I ate about 10 french fries and threw the rest away. I also took both cheeseburgers and took off three of the four bun halves and put both patties on one bun top. So, not good, but could have been much worse.

Sounds like you made another great choice!!! I get mad at myself for being too hard on myself for not eating perfect and have to remind myself that I am doing SO much better than what I would have eaten a month and half ago!!

Congrats on taking yet another step toward Skinny Island!!

 

[gellybean]

Hmmm...Did someone say CHALLENGE??? You know I can never resist a challenge! If you all are up for it, we could do a little inter-thread competition. Team Goddess will throw down ANY day!

Goddesses vs. Castaways

The possibilities are endless...

--pounds/percentage of weight loss
--minutes of exercise
--miles logged
--number of days tracked

And on and on.

What do you think?

I only have one vote, so everyone will have to chime in their opinions as well... but as far as I can see, I'm doing good to compete with just myself right now. I don't know if I can handle adding on too much too soon. Baby steps, ya know?


Castaways- what does everyone else think?

 

[GaRain]

So how about a challenge?


Drink 1/2 your weight in water a day.

That's it.

Ok, does this mean oz or lbs? Just need some clarification! I CAN DO IT....I drink about 50 oz already a day....just need to increase that a TAD!!!!

 

[gellybean]

Ok, does this mean oz or lbs? Just need some clarification! I CAN DO IT....I drink about 50 oz already a day....just need to increase that a TAD!!!!

Ounces!!! Don't od on H20!! LOL

I'm looking at a whopping 125 ounces a day.

Which frankly cracks me up that I'm willing to post how many ounces of water I need a day but I won't post my weight. UM HELLO!

 

[Duchie]

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!)

My DD isn't interested in Twilight. However, she has discovered Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and thinks he's just dreamy! We've shared a few "ooohs" and "aaaahs" over him.

 

[Duchie]

I only have one vote, so everyone will have to chime in their opinions as well... but as far as I can see, I'm doing good to compete with just myself right now. I don't know if I can handle adding on too much too soon. Baby steps, ya know?


Castaways- what does everyone else think?

I'm with you on this. I'm just feeling a tad discouraged this week.