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

[Dizneydawn]

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.

Thanks for explaining better than I can - plus do you not just want to lay in that hammock?!!!!! Yeah for the 10 pound losers!!!!

 

[Anna114]

Hmm I sent a PM Monday am. I'm down 3 altogether. the pound I gained the week before plus 2 more.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hmm I sent a PM Monday am. I'm down 3 altogether. the pound I gained the week before plus 2 more.

I got a weight I thought it was your starting. Can you send me your starting weight again plus your Monday weigh in and I will add you. (I have a number like I said but do not know if it is your starting or minus the 3!)

Thanks!!

 

[gellybean]

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

No need to apologize!! I wondered the same thing when I first read 'half your weight in water'.

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!!!!


I have one of the stainless steel water bottles you see everywhere. I don't really enjoy drinking out of it.

I have several of the plastic Disney tumblers, that you see everywhere in WDW. Black, yellow and red Mickey heads all over it. I drink out of those most often, so I just measured how many ounces of water I can fit into a glass with lots of ice, cus I have to have water really cold. And it came out to an average of 12 ounces. So I count those. And the ice does melt eventually... so that can get a bit fuzzy. I'm aiming for 10 glasses a day.

Definintely didn't hit goal yesterday.

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

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

Awesome!! Thanks for that. It confirmed what I had figured out. I think I'm gonna shoot for 110 ounces, instead of 125 because I do drink some other beverages at some times, and I am eating a lot of veggies and fruit.

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!!

for making challenge yesterday!!!!!

I think my calorie goals are too high on spark and on livestrong. I don't know if it's really too high or I just feel like I have to be starving and eating as little as possible to lose weight. I am going to have to start playing with my intake though if I keep sticking at this weight. 6 wks of exercise and 1000 cal deficit a day should be more than a 3 lbs loss. So something's not right. It may be too many cals. May be not enough. It's such a balancing act, yet I feel like I'm stumbling blindly. A blind folded balancing act!

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
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
GoofyWife Sue starting
2 Eagle Mom Jane -1.2

87.3 Total Loss

Congratulations everyone!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hey! GaRain/Lara - can you pm me your starting weight when you came here and your current also - just realized I did not have you either on our member list!!! Thanks!!

 

[GaRain]

Congrats on all the losses everyone!!
I still haven't weighed myself...I only have a scale on my Wii and I haven't been on it since I joined the gym.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I had a good day, even though all I really did was work. I got lots of love on my FB page from my friends!

I did purchase one of the metal water bottles at the Disney store - I originally got it for my niece, but she didn't care about it. But the thought of drinking out of a metal bottle bothers me for some reason. Like I have a hard time drinking canned drinks.

So, I will look for an alternative to my continuous bottle consumption!

 

[GaRain]

Hey! GaRain/Lara - can you pm me your starting weight when you came here and your current also - just realized I did not have you either on our member list!!! Thanks!!

Yes, I meant to do that...I will try to weight myself this weekend and tell you what it was the last time I weighed (before my Disney trip!). I will send you a PM this weekend.
I need to get into your routine so that I send you the information along with everyones.

I hope that things with your dad improve. It has to be tough! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family (who I feel like I know like neighbors after reading a few of your trip reports!!!).

 

[Duchie]

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!?

Wow... I must be a GENIUS!

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.

I really needed to see this today.

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!

Here's what I do to make sure I'm drinking enough water. I have this tumbler that I got from one of my son's band fundraisers which holds about 30 oz of water. I fill it up and keep it on my desk while I'm working and make sure to drink at least 2 of them before lunch and at least 1 in the afternoon. I'll have Diet Coke with lunch (I need my caffeine!!!) but I don't count it towards my water. After work, I'll switch it up between a zero-calorie Vitamin Water, Crystal Lite or just plain water. That gives me at least 120 oz a day, which is more than I need but I figured this gives me a little wiggle room in case I don't quite drink it all. Weekends are much harder because I'm not sitting at my desk all day and I frequently forget.

Last night was an interesting night for me. It was PTA night at Moonies, a local hamburger place. I really love Moonies, first because the burgers are so good, and second because they give quite a bit to the PTA. I got a grilled chicken sandwich and because I had eaten VERY well through the day got bleu cheese on it, which I thought might be weird but was REALLY good. I skipped the fries in favor of a salad, no dressing. Anyway, I could only eat half of it before I felt full.

Then after I used the facilities (due to those 1,000 oz of water I'm drinking these days ) I was buckling my belt. It felt a little odd and that's when I noticed I had it on the 4th notch. I had always worn it on the 3rd. So maybe all of this is actually beginning to show some results after all.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Then after I used the facilities (due to those 1,000 oz of water I'm drinking these days ) I was buckling my belt. It felt a little odd and that's when I noticed I had it on the 4th notch. I had always worn it on the 3rd. So maybe all of this is actually beginning to show some results after all.

That is great!!!!

btw - added 2 more peoples totals....

we are at 93.3 lost!! (Now if that were only all mine! )

 

[gellybean]

Wow... I must be a GENIUS!



I really needed to see this today.




Happy birthday!

Here's what I do to make sure I'm drinking enough water. I have this tumbler that I got from one of my son's band fundraisers which holds about 30 oz of water. I fill it up and keep it on my desk while I'm working and make sure to drink at least 2 of them before lunch and at least 1 in the afternoon. I'll have Diet Coke with lunch (I need my caffeine!!!) but I don't count it towards my water. After work, I'll switch it up between a zero-calorie Vitamin Water, Crystal Lite or just plain water. That gives me at least 120 oz a day, which is more than I need but I figured this gives me a little wiggle room in case I don't quite drink it all. Weekends are much harder because I'm not sitting at my desk all day and I frequently forget.

Last night was an interesting night for me. It was PTA night at Moonies, a local hamburger place. I really love Moonies, first because the burgers are so good, and second because they give quite a bit to the PTA. I got a grilled chicken sandwich and because I had eaten VERY well through the day got bleu cheese on it, which I thought might be weird but was REALLY good. I skipped the fries in favor of a salad, no dressing. Anyway, I could only eat half of it before I felt full.

Then after I used the facilities (due to those 1,000 oz of water I'm drinking these days ) I was buckling my belt. It felt a little odd and that's when I noticed I had it on the 4th notch. I had always worn it on the 3rd. So maybe all of this is actually beginning to show some results after all.

Duchie-aren't you in Central Texas, too?

Like I need another great restaurant to tempt me, but where's Moonies? Never heard of them!


Way to go on picking a grilled chicken and salad, no dressing, instead of fries!! and Congrats on buckling your belt a notch smaller!!!

 

[Duchie]

Duchie-aren't you in Central Texas, too?

Like I need another great restaurant to tempt me, but where's Moonies? Never heard of them!


Way to go on picking a grilled chicken and salad, no dressing, instead of fries!! and Congrats on buckling your belt a notch smaller!!!

Yep, I'm in Cedar Park. The original Moonies is on 183 just north of Cypress Creek. But they've opened a second one at 183 & Anderson Mill. It's a local mom & pop place and all they do is burgers.... and they do them well.

 

[eliz991]

Congrats to all the losers on this thread! And I mean that in the best way possible!

Got my water in yesterday...pretty good for today too. I have a 20 oz. bottle (plastic but the refillable kind - think it is rubbermaid) so I just have to drink 5 a day at work and then a little more at home.

It helps me to start drinking first thing in the morning like someone else said and it also helps me to have the bottles that close on top and have a reusable straw. I drink faster out of a straw but I don't really like the kind of cheap plastic straws you throw away. This is more like a sports bottle or like the water jug they give you when you stay overnight at the hospital.

 

[Jasperann]

Okay I'm doing good with the water today. But not so good with the food... I ate out for every meal today... all due to no planning on my part. My DS has strep throat and hasn't been feeling good today at all. We are out of all the basic food right now, so no tuna sandwich for me or apples or any number of things. The last thing I'd want is to take him out and have him get someone else sick.

I had a bagel for breakfast, which if it was the only thing I ate out for all day that would be okay, but then I ended up grabbing a taco and a bean burrito on the way to get the girls from school. Then we ended up with pizza for dinner, because we have all these stupid coupons for free pizza that expire on the first. (We got them when we bought our new furniture) I only had one slice of pizza and then a couple bread sticks... which really is about the same amount of calories I would have ate for a dinner at home, but none of the good for you factors.

I feel better getting that out there. I'll be back on track tomorrow. The doctor said that after 24 hours my DS will no longer be contagious. So that will be tomorrow morning. (Really it is right now, but Vampire Diaries is coming on in a few minutes and I just can't miss it... )

Talk to you all tomorrow. I. Will. Do. Better. TOMORROW!!!

Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

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, plus we're pretty new and just getting into our groove with the weight loss/exercise thing. I'd hate to get discouraged by outside sources. Heck I can do that all on my own.

#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!

The book sounds good, I'll have to see if the library has it.
I'd love to get free factoids about replacement foods.

Don't Quit

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.

I'm going to print that one out - THANKS!!

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 a plastic Rubbermaid container that has the ounces marked on the side so I know exactly how much water I'm drinking. I have to add some flavoring to it. I did a countdown on my whiteboard and crossed off the numbers as I finished off a container. It made it much easier to keep track of it. My co-worker and I were working on a tedious project and I started a drinking game, if either of us swore then I had to take a drink. Had me finishing off the last of the water quickly.

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.

Dawn, I can sympathize with you. My Mom had to have her hip replaced last summer and it was a hard couple of weeks. You might want to talk to his doctors. At least with my Mom, the medication that she took made her very paranoid and she was really difficult to deal with. Also, just being in a hospital situation messes up with their schedule. Something called Sundowners where they really dont get enough rest or good quality rest with all the action and noise in the hospitals.
I hope things get better for all of you soon.

I didn't think that I was going to be able to drink all that water, but with the flavoring and taking gulps instead of sips I was able to make it all in before I left work. I just hope I don't wake up a bunch of times to hit the bathroom tonight.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Happy Friday everyone!

I tracked yesterday everything I ate. Not perfect but better.

I ate:
2.5 cups pf frozen peas
9 Trisket crackers
3 fit and active wraps
1/2 cup refried beans'
2 tbsp sour cream
hot sauce
2 slices of red onion
4 oz avocado
1 Boca orignial chicken pattie
4 strawberry twizzlers
1/2 cup shredded mexican style cheese
1 piece of swiss cheese
1 1/2 tbsp butter
Totals:
Calories 1823 (1280-1630 is goal)
Carbs 213 (172-249 is goal)
Fat 83 (34-60 is goal)
Protein 90 (60-134 is goal)

Carbs and protein good. Calories and FAT bad.

No - not all of it was mushed together! Had 2 burrito roll ups for dinner and chicken patty for lunch using the wraps. I would have stayed in my limits if I avoided some of my cheese fetish and that darn butter. Next time I will do either sour cream or cheese on the burrito not both. No fruit yesterday either and only half my water.

Today have a better plan and will put my food in before I eat it. I would have not gone over anywhere if I had done that but I tracked and so I am glad.

I need the next 5 days to be on for water. I cannot loose my own challenge in the first week! Even if I was close, it would be okay...but being honest...it was not.

Busy day till tonight. Off for breakfast and my first liter of water plus. Packing a lunch before I leave for my dad's. Thanks for the well wishes everyone.

 

[GoofyWife]

my work days aren't too bad, I have a couple of different breakfasts and lunches that I try to stick with - I have a bad cooking habit that I'm trying to break and that's I usually cook a meat or chicken, a carby side dish, like mashed potatoes or macaroni and then try to add on a veggie to make it healthy! Now that my husband is on board with dieting, I'm conciously trying to redo dinner into a grilled meat or chicken, with a veggie and salad and eliminate the carbs (oh I miss mac and cheese). But the worst time of day for me is the minute I walk in the door from work - its like someone turns on the hunger switch, even though I ate lunch 3-4 hours ago and probably had a snack - I feel like I could eat everything in the kitchen

 

[Jasperann]

my work days aren't too bad, I have a couple of different breakfasts and lunches that I try to stick with - I have a bad cooking habit that I'm trying to break and that's I usually cook a meat or chicken, a carby side dish, like mashed potatoes or macaroni and then try to add on a veggie to make it healthy! Now that my husband is on board with dieting, I'm conciously trying to redo dinner into a grilled meat or chicken, with a veggie and salad and eliminate the carbs (oh I miss mac and cheese). But the worst time of day for me is the minute I walk in the door from work - its like someone turns on the hunger switch, even though I ate lunch 3-4 hours ago and probably had a snack - I feel like I could eat everything in the kitchen

I know exactly what you mean!! I do so well at work and then I get home and I'm hungry. Even though I had a snack not even 2 hours before. I wish I knew what caused that.

I think I may be addicted to salads... because you mentioning a salad has made me want one. Yummmy!!!! Can't wait for payday then I will have any of that healthy stuff I've been wanting.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Well, I made the water challenge for day 2. Boy, that is a lot of water!!! It's a good thing I have a DVR so I can pause the TV every 10 minutes so I can go to the bathroom.

When I got on the scale for a midweek checkup, I was up some again. At first I was discouraged but then I really thought about my week - I haven't been to the gym at all, ate out twice on Monday, etc. then there is the fact that I truly believe the calorie recommendation that sparkpeople gave me is too high. I'm going to work on coming in a bit lower for the next couple of weeks to see how that goes. I also think I am not truly tracking every bite I eat. I think I have been leaving some things off at night and believing that I added them in head when I have not. So - I have to be better about that. Let's see how it goes.

Dawn, I hope things go better with your dad today.

 

[Anna114]

What I learned today..... stop weighing myself when I get home from work, at midnight, it's too depressing. Got up this morning and all is right with the world.

The water challenge in pounds or oz. is not happening. I'm a Park Ranger and going out on the road does not make for a happy bladder when it is exploding

So I leave for my second honeymoon in 40 days, the Poly CL. If I lose 10lbs I will be within fighting weight of when I go married (5lbs give or take) So my very own challenge is can I lose a pound every 4 days? My husband thinks so, me, I'm a little more skeptical. I've lost 20 since Jan 1 and I don't really want to be exercising everyday. I don't like it and only do it to lose weight. The good news is I haven't been this weight since I was pregnant with my 14 y/o.

So, what is everyone else's personal goal? I made a mistake when I started on my weight loss journey. I should have made a couple of goals. First goal should have been more achievable and not just the weight I want to be at the end of my weight loss. Okay I'm putting this out there.....

Starting weight 205

1st goal (should have been) 175 (done)

2nd goal (should have been) 150 (40 days down the road God willing)

Last goal 130 (125 is a pipe dream) {I'm hoping by August 7}

One of the best parts of losing weight (for me) is that I haven't seen anyone from my very large Irish family since December 23rd and hoping not to see most until August 7th (my 49 year old brothers FIRST wedding reception, he's eloping in May see ticker ) I can't wait to see their reactions. One or two will not be kind (jealousy issues) but the rest will be awesome..... and there is that ONE, since my husband gained weight, who always makes himself feel better by finding faults in other's. In Jan he made a comment to my husband about being fat to which my husband said "I may be fat and I can lose that but you will always be old" that damned near killed him (he can be an unkind person all the while with a smile on his face). I look forward to him seeing my husband (to date 28 pounds and he only has about another 20 to go) it's going to take all the wind out of his sails.

As I reread all that I wrote, apparently this thread is my therepist Thanks to all that took the time to read my drivel. I would be very interested in everyone's achievable next goal.OK now back to our regular programming.

 

[GoofyWife]

1/2 day at work today (yay) although I will probably go home and clean my floors to get ready for Easter. For those of you with a sweet tooth - my new yummy snack for work is Yoplait thick and creamy fat free 100 calorie yoghurts (some are 110 calories) in these new awesome flavors - my diet buddy and mine's new fav is blueberry pie (OMG), very thick and tastes like blueberries and graham cracker crust - also good is the cherry cobbler and the pineapple upside down cake (which reminds me of a pina colada) and the key lime pie - LOL - I was standing outside my friend's office today when she tried the blueberry pie for the first time and we went through the flavors we liked - sounded like the chick from the Yoplait commercials - trying to substitute these at night instead of ice cream or evil Easter candy!