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

[eliz991]

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 agree...for now...maybe in a few months we can do an intrathread challenge but right now I am just getting focused and need not to worry about anyone but me!

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!

Don't worry, we promise not to do the math. I think a lot of us are over 100 ounces a day, I know I am!

 

[gellybean]

Don't worry, we promise not to do the math. I think a lot of us are over 100 ounces a day, I know I am!

So I have some random thoughts to add....


#1 I'm watching New Moon on PPV and it's all y'all's fault!

#2 I'm reading a great book called The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer. It's fiction and romance, definitely not a diet book, but it's about 3 women that enter into a pact to finally lose the weight. I'm only on chapter 7 but it's very funny and I can relate to a lot of it. Definitely worth the read, so far.

#3 I thought I might start typing up a few Eat This, Not That things from the book I just got. I had last year's version but just bought the best and worst foods in America version and it goes far deeper than just cals. It goes into best foods for high blood pressure, high blood sugar etc. So let me know if y'all would like to read a factoid from that book everyday!


Back to Edward-gawking I go.... *sighs*

 

[Stacybaeasm]

The receptionist at STAGES just forwarded it to me. I thought it deserved to get posted here.

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!?

 

[shellabell]

The receptionist at STAGES just forwarded it to me. I thought it deserved to get posted here.

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!?

Thanks I needed that!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

The receptionist at STAGES just forwarded it to me. I thought it deserved to get posted here.

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!?

Just after I read an article about women gaining 1.5 pounds per year after a certain age - perfect!!

 

[Jasperann]

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!

No I don't think I'm sick sick... my DS has strep throat and scarlet fever (I wasn't aware that you could still get scarlet fever... ). We just got back from the Doctors.

When they messed up my calazone they offered to bring me salad, soup, or fries. I passed on all of it. That is when he said he was going to take the calazone off of our price.

I am Team Edward All the WAY!!! But I can appreciate the hotness of almost jail bait Jacob...

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!

Yeah.. I know... I have to drink about 135 or so... Ugh! I have just about 80 more oz to drink today. Don't think it's happening today.

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.

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 drank about 130 oz of water a day. For about the first 3-4 days it felt like I was nine months pregnant I was running to the bathroom so much. But after that I think my body adapted. I read somewhere that when you don't drink enough water you body holds onto up to 10 pounds of water daily. Then when you start to drink the water on a daily basis your body gets rid of the extra water that it had been holding onto, because it starts to trust that it will have the water. I think of how a camel does something like that in the desert too..

I buy my Kraft creamy Italian dressing from Walmart superstores... Most of the time. They sometimes don't have it, and one of the workers told me that it's because it sells out quickly. I usually stock up on it when I buy it, because I never know if they will have it. I haven't found it anywhere else though. I did go online and find where I could buy it and have it shipped to me if I can't find it around here anymore. I just did a search on google.

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 think... I would be up for it in a little while. I want to lose at least 30 pounds before I add on something like that. I'm very competitive...but I'm also at the point that it could derail me if I don't do as well as I wish I would.

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!

We could both be fishes...

So I have some random thoughts to add....


#1 I'm watching New Moon on PPV and it's all y'all's fault!

#2 I'm reading a great book called The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer. It's fiction and romance, definitely not a diet book, but it's about 3 women that enter into a pact to finally lose the weight. I'm only on chapter 7 but it's very funny and I can relate to a lot of it. Definitely worth the read, so far.

#3 I thought I might start typing up a few Eat This, Not That things from the book I just got. I had last year's version but just bought the best and worst foods in America version and it goes far deeper than just cals. It goes into best foods for high blood pressure, high blood sugar etc. So let me know if y'all would like to read a factoid from that book everyday!


Back to Edward-gawking I go.... *sighs*

Don't you see the hotness of Jacob??? I love Edward... but Jacob... <sigh> can't wait for the next one.

The receptionist at STAGES just forwarded it to me. I thought it deserved to get posted here.

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!?

That is so funny.

 

[Jasperann]

Don't Quit

When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,

And you feel like the biggest failure in town.

When you want to give up just because you gave in,

and forget all about being healthy and thin.

So What! You went over your calories a bit,

It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!

It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.

It's learning the skills to get back in your range.

It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.

You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."

It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.

You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.

To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,

if you summon the will to get back in the race.

But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,

Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.

And learn too late when the damage is done,

that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.

Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,

but facing each challenge will help you grow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.

When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,

If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit!

- Author Unknown

This is a poem that I have taped to my fridge. A coworker gave it to me the last time that I was losing weight. I had to find it again so that I could post it on my fridge again.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Hi everyone!!

Great news! I went to Applebees and did NOT get my usual, chix fajita wrap w/ ffries. I got the weight watchers chix portabello (sp?) sandwich and fruit. I actually do not feel guilty right now, and it feels great

Such inspirational posts today Fun to read.

I am known to succumb to peer pressure quite easily , so if someone comes up with a challenge, I may just want to be a part of it.

just call me a lemming.....

 

[gellybean]

Hi everyone!!

Great news! I went to Applebees and did NOT get my usual, chix fajita wrap w/ ffries. I got the weight watchers chix portabello (sp?) sandwich and fruit. I actually do not feel guilty right now, and it feels great

Such inspirational posts today Fun to read.

I am known to succumb to peer pressure quite easily , so if someone comes up with a challenge, I may just want to be a part of it.

just call me a lemming.....

lemming







I'm up to a whopping 48 ounces and it's nearly 9pm. Um this challenge starts tomorrow right??

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Kind of a rough day for me eating. DD's 7th birthday and with it came a glazed donut for breakfast and dinner out, and cake. Sadly, I did not even like the donut, yet I ate it. UGH. I had a sandwich and fries for dinner, and only ate about 5 fries. Luckily they were really salty and I didn't want that. I've got a few canker sores in my mouth that had kept me from eating certain things - spicy, salty... I did eat a healthy small lunch today at least!

On a good note, I debated about walking at lunch today cuz I was tired. Finally, two of my co-workers said, oh, go do it. And I did!! I went for about 25 minutes. I felt better, but am still tired, so I'm heading to bed and getting ready to start another healthy day tomorrow.

On the challenge - I'm not up for it. I absolutely have a hard enough time just trying to do the minimum right now. I haven't been able to drink that much water yet that I'm supposed to be drinking - 6 - 7 half liter bottles!! It doesn't even sound good. I have to get something to put in it. I'm working toward exercising every day - even just a little. Those are my two goals: more water and more exercise. Life with kids is just keeping me running and doing things for them rather than for me a lot of the time.
The latest report is that we're supposed to get 60 minutes of exercise a day. HA! We're also supposed to get 8 hours of sleep. Well, which one is it? I can't manage both especially not every day!

Well, anyhoo. I really like that poem! I might have to post that one somewhere too. Thank you for sharing it Jasperann!!

Good night friends!

 

[GaRain]

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!

Sorry, I may have had a DUH moment there. I blame it on my getting old!

 

[GaRain]

I think we should have some good discussion on this water challenge.
How do you plan to acheive your goal? I have a bottle of water on my desk at all times, but to drink this much, would I have to drink constantly all day?
I do have some Crystal Light bottle drink mixes...so that will give me some variety.
I have been feeling a tad guilty about all the plastic bottles I use daily, but I do take them all to our recycling. I may need to look into one of those reusable bottles. I do refill from the water cooler and add the crystal light and stick it in the freezer. Gives me something tasty for the drive home - so no temptation to stop at a fast food place.

My birthday was yesterday and I think I was pretty good. Got taken to italian for lunch - packed the pasta in a togo container. Got taken to dinner, cut my steak and potato in half and put in togo containers. I did eat a cupcake though....

 

[stitchfan23]

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!!

Sorry ther are 64 oz in 2.2 litres. So I really need to be drinkng 4.4litres a day WOW!

The receptionist at STAGES just forwarded it to me. I thought it deserved to get posted here.

With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!?

I love it!! That's the final answer. I am always teasing my hubby that I am smarter than him and now I have the proof!

I have been feeling a tad guilty about all the plastic bottles I use daily, but I do take them all to our recycling. I may need to look into one of those reusable bottles. I do refill from the water cooler and add the crystal light and stick it in the freezer. Gives me something tasty for the drive home - so no temptation to stop at a fast food place.

Our Wal-Mart sells a bottle called "H2O On the Go" and it is a 2.2litre (64oz) bottle with a handle and a sport top on it. I fill it with water and 1 single package (the ones for a small bottle of water) of Crystal Lite. It just gives the water a little flavour. Just try to leave it overnight with the lid off so that it dries out. I think they cost about $4.00.

 

[Jasperann]

I think we should have some good discussion on this water challenge.
How do you plan to acheive your goal? I have a bottle of water on my desk at all times, but to drink this much, would I have to drink constantly all day?
I do have some Crystal Light bottle drink mixes...so that will give me some variety.
I have been feeling a tad guilty about all the plastic bottles I use daily, but I do take them all to our recycling. I may need to look into one of those reusable bottles. I do refill from the water cooler and add the crystal light and stick it in the freezer. Gives me something tasty for the drive home - so no temptation to stop at a fast food place.

My birthday was yesterday and I think I was pretty good. Got taken to italian for lunch - packed the pasta in a togo container. Got taken to dinner, cut my steak and potato in half and put in togo containers. I did eat a cupcake though....

Happy Birthday!!!!

On the water thing. What I did in the past (I'm not this far again yet) I would drink about 8-16 oz before breakfast. Kinda to rehydrate my body in the morning after sleeping. While at work it was the easiest. I would use one bottle all day long. Usually the 16 oz ones, but sometimes the 20oz ones. I would add a rubber band for each time I finished the bottle. With the 20oz ones I would aim for 5 rubber bands while at work. That would be 100oz with the 16oz from the morning and the 16oz at dinner I would be at 132 for the day. With the 16oz bottles I would drink about 6 per day at work. I never drank anything between dinner and bed, because I didn't want to be up all night in the bathroom.. Once you start drinking that much water you will feel like you are ALWAYS thirsty, so drinking that much water becomes really easy. I did end up buying a 36oz bottle because I was using so many plastic bottles and I didn't see the point. I would drink three of those a day, plus my morning and dinner water. I was down to drinking 120 oz when I fell of the wagon last time. But I still sometime ended up with more than that.

Some studies have shown that if your 'stream' is a pale yellow that you are hydrated enough... so sometimes if you go by that you wouldn't need as much water. At least I wouldn't need as much water. But you have to be careful with drinking too much water. They had a radio station in CA have a contest to see who could drink the most water and not pee. To win a Wii... she ended up going home and she died from water intoxication. Here is the link to Wikipedia that has all the information for anyone that is concerned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication So if you feel sick you might be drinking to much at once. Your body only processes like 8-10oz of water an hour, according to one article I read (the link I just posted says more than that..). I think in the future I'm going to bookmark things like this that I read. Then I can reference them for people.

Edited to add link and correct the story...

 

[Jasperann]

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

I did a search and found this little calculator. It is pretty interesting.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Well, I made the water challenge yesterday by the skin of my teeth. And I spent a lot of quality time in the bathroom. For the last hour and a half of work, I was going to the bathroom every 10 minutes. In fact, I couldn't even get to the gym because I couldn't stop going long enough to drive there!!! I didn't feel too badly though, considering the number of times I walked up and down the stairs at work. The other bonus I found was that I was too full with water to eat my entire lunch. I was able to cut it down to half a sandwich.

That reminds me, does anyone else feel that their daily calorie intake is too high on sparkpeople? Ijust don't think I can possibly lose weight if I eat that many calories. I'm curious what others have found.

Oh, and can someone help me get my palm tree into my signature? Dawn sent me a link that I tried to use in the text box but it still doesn't show up. I finally earn the darn thing and I can't get see it!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I think we should have some good discussion on this water challenge.
How do you plan to acheive your goal? I have a bottle of water on my desk at all times, but to drink this much, would I have to drink constantly all day?
I do have some Crystal Light bottle drink mixes...so that will give me some variety.
I have been feeling a tad guilty about all the plastic bottles I use daily, but I do take them all to our recycling. I may need to look into one of those reusable bottles. I do refill from the water cooler and add the crystal light and stick it in the freezer. Gives me something tasty for the drive home - so no temptation to stop at a fast food place.

My birthday was yesterday and I think I was pretty good. Got taken to italian for lunch - packed the pasta in a togo container. Got taken to dinner, cut my steak and potato in half and put in togo containers. I did eat a cupcake though....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! You share a b-day with my DD7!
Good job on splitting and saving your meals! A cupcake isn't the worst thing in the world - you still need to celebrate!

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

I did a search and found this little calculator. It is pretty interesting.

That's cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dis Name Name Total Loss
Dizneydawn Dawn up 2.2
Grumpyyoungguy Dan up 4
Stitchfan23 Heather -10
Jasperann Amy -5
Stacybaeasm Stacy -5.4
MulanUSAF Leen -10.1
gellybean Aimee -2.8
Leash Alicia -2
gbanshee Gina x Gone
MNdisneygirl Sheree -4.5
dislvr74 Meghan -4.2
lonnieroonie Erean
luvsJack Sharon -5
TB'sWidow Mary -6
tiggerplus5 Linda -5.4
njtinkmom Gina -3
littlepeppers Jennifer 0
PixiePlanner Jessica -3
acejka Anna
Shellabell Michelle -4.2
o2cre8
ski_mom Becky -6.5
eliz 991 Elizabeth up .8
ancestry Allison -8
Hauntedmansionmommna -2
Duchie Barb -2
Anna114 -3
GoofyWife Sue starting
2 Eagle Mom Jane -1.2

93.3 Total Loss

 

[stitchfan23]

Oh, and can someone help me get my palm tree into my signature? Dawn sent me a link that I tried to use in the text box but it still doesn't show up. I finally earn the darn thing and I can't get see it!!

Let's see if I can help.

1. Go into your User CP (in the dark blue bar at the top of the page)
2. Go into your PM and copy the coding that Dawn sent you - copy the coding in the reply box that starts wth
3. Go into your edit signature
4. Paste the above that you copied into the box and then you can preview to see it and if it shows up then you can hit save signature.

Basically it is the same steps as how you put your ticker in. Hope this makes sense.

Oh one other thing. The picture may not show up until you post again. When I did mine the first time it didn't show up until I posted again and then it was there all the time including on older posts. Don't know why.

 

[Dizneydawn]

I read somewhere that when you don't drink enough water you body holds onto up to 10 pounds of water daily. Then when you start to drink the water on a daily basis your body gets rid of the extra water that it had been holding onto, because it starts to trust that it will have the water. I think of how a camel does something like that in the desert too..
That is what my docs explained as well. That you are dehydrated so your boody holds everything cause it will never know when it will get more.

Don't Quit

When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,

And you feel like the biggest failure in town.

When you want to give up just because you gave in,

and forget all about being healthy and thin.

So What! You went over your calories a bit,

It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!

It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.

It's learning the skills to get back in your range.

It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.

You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."

It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.

You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.

To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,

if you summon the will to get back in the race.

But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,

Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.

And learn too late when the damage is done,

that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.

Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,

but facing each challenge will help you grow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.

When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,

If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit!

- Author Unknown

This is a poem that I have taped to my fridge. A coworker gave it to me the last time that I was losing weight. I had to find it again so that I could post it on my fridge again.

K - I love that!

I'm up to a whopping 48 ounces and it's nearly 9pm. Um this challenge starts tomorrow right??

Only 5 out of 7 days is the challenge!!! I was short yesterday as well.

On a good note, I debated about walking at lunch today cuz I was tired. Finally, two of my co-workers said, oh, go do it. And I did!! Yeah!!!

On the challenge - I'm not up for it. I absolutely have a hard enough time just trying to do the minimum right now. I haven't been able to drink that much water yet that I'm supposed to be drinking - 6 - 7 half liter bottles!! Build Up to it!

I think we should have some good discussion on this water challenge.
How do you plan to acheive your goal? I have a bottle of water on my desk at all times, but to drink this much, would I have to drink constantly all day?
I do have some Crystal Light bottle drink mixes...so that will give me some variety.

Non sweetened teas can count to it as well. It is a reality check on how little most of us drink for sure.


My birthday was yesterday Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

On the water thing. What I did in the past (I'm not this far again yet) I would drink about 8-16 oz before breakfast. Kinda to rehydrate my body in the morning after sleeping. While at work it was the easiest. I would use one bottle all day long. Usually the 16 oz ones, but sometimes the 20oz ones. I would add a rubber band for each time I finished the bottle. With the 20oz ones I would aim for 5 rubber bands while at work. That would be 100oz with the 16oz from the morning and the 16oz at dinner I would be at 132 for the day. With the 16oz bottles I would drink about 6 per day at work. I never drank anything between dinner and bed, because I didn't want to be up all night in the bathroom.. Once you start drinking that much water you will feel like you are ALWAYS thirsty, so drinking that much water becomes really easy. Great Advice!!!

Some studies have shown that if your 'stream' is a pale yellow that you are hydrated enough... Also good advice - your urine should almost be clear with a tinge of color vs dark yellow! That lady drank like 5 days worth of water if I remember right! So sad!

Well, I made the water challenge yesterday by the skin of my teeth. And I spent a lot of quality time in the bathroom. For the last hour and a half of work, I was going to the bathroom every 10 minutes. In fact, I couldn't even get to the gym because I couldn't stop going long enough to drive there!!! I didn't feel too badly though, considering the number of times I walked up and down the stairs at work. The other bonus I found was that I was too full with water to eat my entire lunch. I was able to cut it down to half a sandwich.
Again, much of hunger is actually thirst!
That reminds me, does anyone else feel that their daily calorie intake is too high on sparkpeople? Ijust don't think I can possibly lose weight if I eat that many calories. I'm curious what others have found.
Let's track together this next week and see how we do with the water also!
Oh, and can someone help me get my palm tree into my signature? Dawn sent me a link that I tried to use in the text box but it still doesn't show up. I finally earn the darn thing and I can't get see it!! - Call me tonight and I will help ya!

So the situation with my Dad will be a huge emotional struggle for sure. He was very angry yesterday and just ripping into my sister and I. The social worker and psychologist for the rehabilitation center will meet with him today. All he kept saying last night is he regretted letting them take off his leg. He is still in pain now and was in pain before and so does not see it as a success. Trying to remind him he is only 1 week out is a waste of time. That the pain from the amputation will ease.

We all need to change the course of our future if we can. Facing loosing a leg in 20 years because a d@mn candy bar tastes better right now is so dumb. I can build it into my diet - just not eat blindly and expect to get lucky being the person that won't be affected.