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

[Dizneydawn]

Hello Newman!!!!

I am very proud of myself.

Yes I am.

I am down 2.4!!!!

I did not measure accurately Fr-Sunday but was mindful.

I enjoyed Pizza and a small Culvers sundae Sat. when we were out of town but had packed my lunch. (gone the whole day) So I did not eat out both meals and we ordered a 10" pizza - not a large so good choice there as well.

Went to the zoo on Friday - brought my lunch and then just had a few handfuls of popcorn.

No pop in over 2 weeks!!! Only water and that 1/2 a Starbucks Frap!

This is a good day and a turning of the brain is in process!!

Next week I have my eye set on the Palm Tree!

Goal for the week is to get that water in each day and measure all my food and post it!!!

Off to take my Dad to the Doctor. Pray for good news.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I just realized that I did not log in my weight last week.

I lost 1 pound last week!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Happy Monday everyone. It looks like many people did really well this week. Yay!!!!! I did not do so great. I am +.7 Not too bad considering I didn't log any food after Tuesday last week and I failed on water for 3 days. But, back on track now!!! I did take my measurements on Saturday and I have lost 6.5 inches off my body! That, I will take.

 

[ancestry]

I am down -3 this week for a total of -13 pounds lost!

 

[dislvr74]

I gained this week. I'm not sure if it is .4 or .6 because I don't remember where I was at last week, but the point is I am still 1 pound away from losing 5 pounds. I'm so frustrated, but I know that it is because I got busy, lost my motivation, stopped posting here, and just lost focus. This morning I was thinking that maybe I should just be happy where I am or at least take a few weeks off, but that isn't going to help the situation. I just need to find some of that lost motivation!

 

[shellabell]

I am down .4 this week. I was a little disappointed because I added aqua aerobics twice last week on top of doing the elliptical/bike; so I was hoping for a bit more. I was always told when I was younger how hard it is to lose weight after 40 and I thought people were exaggerating-they weren't
I am still in the mindset that I should be able to do eating wise what I have done before and lose, but it comes off much slower now; which gets me frustrated. I just have to keep on and remember it is better to be at this weight than when I was 50lbs heavier.

Have a great Monday!!

 

[ski_mom]

Well, I've even from what I was last week - which I'm ok with. I did terrible over the weekend. I guess the bad part is that I'm one of these every or every other day weighers (I know - bad, bad girl) - but I was down 1.5 in the middle of the week, but I'm honestly fine with the staying the same from last week.

My goal in addition to the water is getting in exercise. I've been TERRIBLE with it. I used to get up every morning and do something, but I just can't make myself get out of bed. I feel so lazy. But this week is different - I'm either going to get up early to do it (ideally) or do it after work - ok, I've put it in writing, so does that mean I'll do it - I hope so!!

I did do my measurements this morning and I've lost in some of those areas that I measure. Oddly my waist and hip measurements stayed the same. I only say oddly because it does seem that my pants are fitting better, but that could be because my "gut" measurement as I call it was down 2.5 inches! That is definately one of my problem spots - the area between my waist and chest. It has just been growing and growing, so if I can lose there, I've fine with that. I also measured my neck because I'm getting such a double chin and I didn't know how to measure that so I did my neck instead and it is down as well. At this point I need to take it off everywhere, so anywhere is GREAT!

I'm so glad that so many are posting great weeks - especially on a holiday weekend - I think that speaks volumes about our group. For those like me who didn't have such a great week - we just need to keep telling ourselves that this takes time (unfortunately) and we can't have great weeks every week. That's what is so great about a group - with all of us there will at least be someone to celebrate with and then hopefully next week it will be our turn too!

 

[GaRain]

No pop in over 2 weeks!!! Only water and that 1/2 a Starbucks Frap!

How in the heck do you do that? I am down to 1 coke per day (hey, I am from Atlanta, everything here is coke, "would you like a coke?" "what kind? sprite? rootbeer? diet?" LOL).
But I just can't seem to survive a day without at aleast just one.
I am down to the little bottles though, I think they are 10 or 12 oz.

Lara

 

[stitchfan23]

Congratulations to everyone here this past week and welcome to the newcomers. I knew it wasn't going to be a good weigh in this morning and I am ok with that. 3 big family meals in a row (one being greasy fish & chips - why can't my inlaws cook fish instead of having to order out?) and a couple of fast food stops this past week helped me gain +.9lb. I am ok with this (well not ok but I am owning it) and this is a new week. I leave for Florida in 2 weeks and my goal is to loose another 5lbs.

My inlaws are strange people and they really don't like me so they would never support me (even though my MIL has lost a bunch of weight over the last year) in this journey so eating there is hard however my mom is very supportive and even though it was my Dad's birthday yesterday she made what he wanted (which was fish anyways) but tried to make it healthy for me which was nice and made his favourite carrot cake but went very thin on the icing for me. I am heading over there tonight again for dinner since hubby is working late and I know that it will be healthy. Mom & I are going to Disney and she hasn't been since I was a kid in 1981 so I told her that she has to watch a couple of the newer Disney movies so that she will have an understanding of some of the rides so we are doing that tonight.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Good morning everyone! I just got back after a week of traveling. In between all the driving, lack of healthy food and no regular exercise, I'm up 1.2 lbs We toured eight colleges in five days, but even though we walked around the college campuses on walking tours, that doesn't make up for the bad food that seems to be everywhere. My blood sugar have been roller coasting too, not good at all.

It's hard enough to find something healthy from fast food outlets when you're trying to lose weight. It's almost impossible if you are diabetic and dieting. It seems everything is either loaded with carbs, sugar or fat. Most of the time I ended up ordering a grilled chicken sandwich and eating it without the buns. But my stomach did not like this stuff and gave me cramps and gas most of the trip. For some reason, all those packaged salads have this strange chemical smell and tastes metallic to me. I ordered a few in the beginning of the week and just couldn't eat more than a couple bites. This was McDonald's and Wendy's salads, does anyone else have that problem? I didn't put dressing or croutons on it. I guess if you drown it with dressing and cover up with toppings, you wouldn't notice it as much. As for pizza, I did eat a few slices during the week. Not good, but somewhat more palatable to me than eating a burger.

It wasn't until toward the end of the trip that I finally figured out how to eat away from home. I bought some baby carrots, fruit salads, cheese and deli meats. Also bought a cooler and some ice. Finally I didn't have to order from fast food places. From now on, I think I'll bring my own food whenever I need to go on a road trip. No more fast food stops and hoping there's something in there that I can eat. Also, once I started eating regular healthy stuff, my stomach problems went away overnight. Probably because of all those preservatives and God knows what in fast food meat patties were wrecking havoc in my digestive systems.

Good job to everyone that are still on the boat and climb back aboard if you fell overboard. Have a great week and keep up the good work!

 

[ancestry]

I am down .4 this week. I was a little disappointed because I added aqua aerobics twice last week on top of doing the elliptical/bike; so I was hoping for a bit more. I was always told when I was younger how hard it is to lose weight after 40 and I thought people were exaggerating-they weren't
I am still in the mindset that I should be able to do eating wise what I have done before and lose, but it comes off much slower now; which gets me frustrated. I just have to keep on and remember it is better to be at this weight than when I was 50lbs heavier.

Have a great Monday!!

Congratulations! Some loss is always better than no loss.

I too am over 40. Well actually I am 40. lol! One thing that I found that really helps me is weights. When I was younger cardio exercise and/or just burning calories took the weight off. Now the only way I lose weight is if I integrate weight training along with my cardio exercise. One of the trainers at the YMCA was telling me the percentages (I can't remember the exact numbers) of how much muscle women over 40 lose quickly. The amount of exercise and weight training women over 40 have to do (according to the Y's trainer) just to "maintain" muscle and not lose it is mind boggling to me. I wish I could remember the percentages she told me. I'll have to ask again so I can share it with everyone.

 

[Leash]

Well I was so busy last week that I forgot to weigh in so I don't know if there was any change then but as for this week I have no change. I guess that is ok since at least I didn't gain and I had some slip ups this week so that means if I really buckle down I should start losing again. I also plan to start walking around the neighborhood when I get home from work at night for a couple of reasons. First walking seems to be the only exercise I can do because of my knee but I also need to start building up some walking endurance in preperation for Disney World in December. I know that right now if I went to WDW I would not even make it through the first day without ending up confined to bed with ice packs on my knee and a ton of ibuprofen in my system so I need to practice. I would start today but it is still too windy to be outside with allergies, we don't have much in the way of "weather" here in Vegas but what little we do have is wind and with all the flowers blooming and the wind blowing it is just kind of miserable. So once the wind stops I will walk but only till about mid-May cause then it will be too hot so I will have to find a treadmill to use until it cools off again in October (sigh).

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Ancestry - I have heard that about women over 40 too. I am one of them. I am just happy that I exercise at all for now!

I went for a 45 minute walk today at lunch. Went up a HUGE hill that I never did before. Must stretch!!!


If you're just walking when the weather is nice, and you don't have a treadmill for when it's not nice, here's an idea. Find a local mall and walk loops indoors. Lots of people do it here even before the stores open. Granted, they are mostly older folks who can do it at 9 a.m., but if you plan on going after work, you could do the mall if the weather's bad. Or come to MN and buy my treadmill that's been sitting unused in my garage for 5 years!! LOL!

Last night my DH said he wants to try to do 100 situps and 100 pushups per day and we could take a good walk after dinner on non-activity nights. That's 4 or 5 nights per week we could walk! I'm happy he's joining in with me. I think that will help a lot if we both are doing it.

 

[shellabell]

Congratulations! Some loss is always better than no loss.

I too am over 40. Well actually I am 40. lol! One thing that I found that really helps me is weights. When I was younger cardio exercise and/or just burning calories took the weight off. Now the only way I lose weight is if I integrate weight training along with my cardio exercise. One of the trainers at the YMCA was telling me the percentages (I can't remember the exact numbers) of how much muscle women over 40 lose quickly. The amount of exercise and weight training women over 40 have to do (according to the Y's trainer) just to "maintain" muscle and not lose it is mind boggling to me. I wish I could remember the percentages she told me. I'll have to ask again so I can share it with everyone.

True, at least it's going in the right direction.

I did weights one day last week, but that is one of the things I am least consistent on. I need to make it a regular part of my workouts. I just saw something on the news last week about those over 40 having to work so hard to maintain, but I don't remember what percentage they said either. I need to quit getting frustrated and just keep on keepin' on

 

[HARVEYSGIRL]

This is a great thread. Is it to late to join?

 

[ski_mom]

Another kind of funny (at least to me) thing about this weekend. I ate terribly - bad food choices and too much of it. But, on the other hand, I probably got more exercise than I have for quite some time. My cousin and I hid about 600 eggs for the little kids in our extended families. I haven't bend down that many times in a long time! My legs can feel it too.

How sad is it that I consider it exercise to hide Easter eggs!

 

[Dizneydawn]

This is a great thread. Is it to late to join?

Nope! Please do!

All you need to do is PM me your starting weight/real name and then every Monday send me a new PM with your current weight. The way I keep track is by current weekly weight. It is easier that way! I just subtract the current (or add as I have known too well! ) weight from your starting weight!

On Mondays we also will report our loss/gain/same via a post here in big green numbers!!! Like:

-1.4 pounds

Then by Tuesday (earlier if I get numbers from everyone) I will post a tally sheet for the whole group!

Ok - hope that makes sense.

 

[eliz991]

Hello everyone! I have been crazy busy so I haven't been posting much here but I have been reading. This week I am down .2 which is still up from when we started but at least it is down a teeny bit! I need to take my measurements, I always forget to do that. I thought I was down a little more, but I think the ham for lunch yesterday and the chinese food for dinner added a lot of salt. That's okay, because if so then I will be down extra next week!

Still struggling on weekends - like on Saturday, I ate good but then I drank beer. Have to work on that.

Off to the gym now!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Congratulations! Some loss is always better than no loss.

I too am over 40. Well actually I am 40. lol! One thing that I found that really helps me is weights. When I was younger cardio exercise and/or just burning calories took the weight off. Now the only way I lose weight is if I integrate weight training along with my cardio exercise. One of the trainers at the YMCA was telling me the percentages (I can't remember the exact numbers) of how much muscle women over 40 lose quickly. The amount of exercise and weight training women over 40 have to do (according to the Y's trainer) just to "maintain" muscle and not lose it is mind boggling to me. I wish I could remember the percentages she told me. I'll have to ask again so I can share it with everyone.

Just popping over here! I assume you are talking about the Pineland Branch? There is one woman trainer there who is REALLY good and knowledgeable and 2 others who are kinda bubbleheads. Sounds like you lucked out and got the good one!

Yes, weight training IS important for a variety of reasons once you hit 40 (and much research says that really 30 is the magic age for women). While it will always be true that weight loss still boils down to calories IN vs. calories OUT, you can vastly improve your calories OUT number by increasing your lean muscle mass.

And that gets more important as we get older because, simply, it is WAY easier for our bodies to she weight in the 20s. It gets progressively harder with each decade. 30 is like hitting a break wall for weight loss. And 40 is like a steel-reinforced one! But it absolutely can be done!

Anyway, here are some of the numbers you are looking for:

For all "older" women, and by older women it means any woman over the age of 30 (CRAZY... ), in addition to regular cardiovascular exercise, many health professionals recommend that all older women engage in regular strength training.

Starting at around age 30 you will lose approximately 6.6 pounds of lean muscle mass during each decade of life. Numerous studies indicate that muscle mass may decline by 20% to 40% in people who do not get the proper nutrients.

Now here's a summary of some research on the topic of older women and strength training:


Muscle strength and endurance can increase significantly in women who are older through participation in a resistance-training program. People tend to think that endurance training is the only way to increase endurance. But strength training is critical to the process as well.

Lean muscle in women who are older may adapt better to heavy resistance training (weight lifting) by increasing muscular strength and size.


When compared to a group not strength training, the group that was improved strength and lean muscle while at the same time lost body fat. The other group did not realize the same gains.


Reports suggest that women who are older engaging in a regular strength training program can more than double the strength in their leg and hip muscles in just a few weeks.


Reports suggest that women who are older who combine strength training with moderate cardiovascular exercise can improve walking ability by more than 10% and stair climbing ability by nearly 30%.


Lean muscle size in women who are older and who strength train has been shown to increase 13.9% (biceps muscles) and 22.6% (forearm muscles) in as little as 12 weeks. That is UPPER BODY strength! Something lots of women think they can never attain--and it is actually easier for us than it is for men.

Reports suggest that weight training has shown to be more effective at weight-control and reducing unsightly body fat in women who are older than just cardio exercise alone. A combo of cardio and weights will help you lose, but it's weight training that will make it easier for you to maintain and to NOT be flabby! Skinny and flabby and pasty is just a unsightly as fat, IMO. I'll take firm any day!

 

[gellybean]

Hi everyone!


Just had the poop scared out of me at TJ Maxx. My DS7 was pulling the basket (instead of pushing) and DS2 was sitting in the child seat. The basket tipped over and DS2 face planted. Thankfully there was a mat there and cushioned his fall some. Scared the begeesus out of me. His nose started pouring blood, and his lips are busted.

I always thought I was that careful mom ya know? Never would have let my kids stand up in a cart or anything like that. Turns out just letting your older child push the basket can be dangerous.

DS2 seems fine. I'm watching him closely. Thankfully DH is home so I don't have to take him to childcare tonight. All my mommy instincts are yelling at me to cancel work out and stay with him but really he is fine. Busted nose and lips are gonna happen a lot with little boys. I'm not letting this provide me with an excuse to not work out. I'm DETERMINED to get 5 days in this week. Only got three in last week.


Speaking of last week....


I'm down -1.4 for the week.


After the numbers I've been pulling, I'm super excited with that loss.

My measurements for the first Monday of the month ended up being a total loss of 25 inches since February 8th. I was floored. I've lost 6.5 inches off my bust, 6 off my waist, 5 off my hips, 2.5 for each arm and 1 and 1.5 for my thighs.





I'll take it! Got a long way to go and I will be glad when the scale starts catching up but I always said I didn't care if I weighed 500 lbs if I was in a size 12.

I mentioned that to my Endo last week, that I wasn't losing lbs but I was losing inches and she said that marines that are so bulked up technically are obese because of their BMIs! And that BMIs are tools not hard rules.

Dr. Oz says a waist size is the right way to measure health. He wants women to be under 35 inches and men 40 inches. Still got a ways to go, but I'm 6 inches closer than I was!

for everyone!! I know I've had my weeks where I felt like I was the only one not losing!! For those of you that didn't show a loss this week, hang in there!!! You are doing what's better for your body even if your body is ungrateful and isn't given it up on the scale!!

We can do this!!!