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

[enchanted_moonstone]

Hi everyone!! Another late joiner here Am I okay to jump on the bandwagon to Skinny Island with all you lovely people? I've been about the disboard for a while (mainly lurking - damn my shy nature! lol) and came across this thread which is exactly what I need right now. I've been dieting since New years day, and have lost about 21 pounds so far - I've started struggling though and need some help with motivation!!

First Name and Screen name: enchanted_moonstone aka Lucy!
What your Goal Is for Fitness:I would love to lose about 49 lbs altogether, but want to do it in 20lb slots to make it seem less scary lol - I want to be able to go to Disney in September and not have to hide behind my clothes
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Mainly carbs - pasta, rice, bread.... I could eat these till I pop!
Favorite Good Food for You: I love corn on the cob!
Favorite Form of Exercise: Dancing (when no-one is watching!!) and I love swimming but haven't been for years because swimming costumes show too much!
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: Not have to worry about having a photo taken of myself and being able to wear nice summer clothes instead of overheating in jumpers etc
Family:I live with my mom, dad and brother... I have a great boyfriend who I have been with for over 3 years so far!!

 

[luvsJack]

Carsyn + Rugby = Stiches in the forehead!

Just getting home now but will tell more tom and post pics. Knee to the forehead when you are getting tackled is not good! She is fine and will be happy to explain why her brothers play football and she is tough enough to play rugby!

Goodness, what a week you have had!!!

Gotta love those tough girls though!! Sounds like she can put those football players to shame!


WELCOME to both Lucy and Danielle! Join us on this journey to Skinny Island!


Yesterday morning I showed a 2 lb loss, this morning I found it! Hopefully it will get lost again before Monday. Gotta just keep moving along, I guess.

 

[Dizneydawn]

WELCOME DANIELLE & LUCY!!!!!

Hope you find some good advice, great support and wonderful people on this thread!!!

Soooo guys.....

How bout a mini challenge to go from today through Sunday. 4 days is all and we can re-evaluate on Monday with weigh in.

Trying to come up with ways to look forward to eating out of our comfort zone. We all have things we like and things that are not good for us and it is so easy to slip back into eating those things in a pinch or moment of weakness.

So let's change it up.

Let's try something new.

Let's eat something different.

My mini challenge is to create a new 100 calorie snack that you have not had before and that is not pre-made, store bought in a wrapper self contained and something that is better for us than all those preservatives and sodium they shove into shelf life.

You can use store bought goodies - like fruit, yogurt etc...but it just can't be labeled 100 calorie snack. You have to create a bit.

I am going to do 1 a day. Post the recipe here/nutritional info and give you all a review.

If you want to participate in the challenge - you can commit to 2, 3 or 4 snacks and do the same post of a recipe, nutritional info and review.

Just let us know if you want to participate. It is never mandatory and the entire goal is to help us think outside the box, focus on breaking a pattern and share some new ideas that might help curb the cravings of others here.

Then.....

at the end of the 4 days.... when you send in your pm's of weight to me....

Include what you think is the best recipe that was shared and by whom.

The winner (cannot be me) will get a WDW gift I picked up on our last trip!!!

I know weekends are harder for all of us not falling into personal or family routine - so I hope this inspires us to break the mold!!!!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Question for you all: I am in need of something to help me sleep. I don't have any trouble falling asleep, but wake up every night about 1-2 am and cannot go back to sleep. Its usually at least 1 hour if not 2 before I finally fall back asleep and then I can't get myself awake when the clock goes off. This is really messing with my morning workout!! I have tried tylenol pm but I still woke up. TIA, for any suggestions!

It seems like when I take a walk in the evening I don't wake up in the middle of the night as much...


Welcome to the new folks This is a great group.

Had a stressful day yesterday at work, came home and binged for a while. My only saving grace is that I used to come home EVERY day and do that. At least now I'm down to a couple times a week. My next goal should be once a week, then maybe never after that? I just can't imagine...

 

[Dizneydawn]

Yesterday morning I showed a 2 lb loss, this morning I found it! Hopefully it will get lost again before Monday. Gotta just keep moving along, I guess.

I bet you can find it! Get your water in and just keep Monday at the forefront of your eating choices!!!

It seems like when I take a walk in the evening I don't wake up in the middle of the night as much...

Good idea! Plus it gets you away from the TV and snack zone and when I do exercise, I am less tempted to indulge. It's like my mind is wrapped in the mode of being good to myself vs when I do not exercise - it is easy to self-sabotage.

I am a perfectionist. All or nothing mentality is killing me.

Had a stressful day yesterday at work, came home and binged for a while. My only saving grace is that I used to come home EVERY day and do that. Don't diminish that. Huge undertaking!!!At least now I'm down to a couple times a week. My next goal should be once a week, then maybe never after that? I just can't imagine...

What you are writing about is exactly the reason I need the mini challenge - to break my habits and give me something new to reach for vs the usual.

 

[Dizneydawn]

I've been dieting since New years day, and have lost about 21 pounds so far - I've started struggling though and need some help with motivation!!
Tell us what has worked for you to lose the 21 pounds. Any program, cutting back foods etc.

Love the word jumpers....

 

[Dizneydawn]

I'm starting to think there might be something to this whole Mothers Intuition thing.....
Not fun with strep. None of my kids have actually had it and I have never either. Sore throats, all the symptoms but never strep.

Question for you all: I am in need of something to help me sleep. I don't have any trouble falling asleep, but wake up every night about 1-2 am and cannot go back to sleep. Its usually at least 1 hour if not 2 before I finally fall back asleep and then I can't get myself awake when the clock goes off. This is really messing with my morning workout!! I have tried tylenol pm but I still woke up. TIA, for any suggestions!

Me! Me!

I know when I exercise 1 1/2 hours a day, I was out like a light by 9:30 and slept till 6. It also has helped when I turn off the tv/computer at least 2 hours before bed time. Slows the brain down. Maybe a hot bath with lavender bubbles and a good book.

Lately - I am so tired that I am asleep minutes after I close my eyes no matter what my day but I have been the insomniac for years - up at 2-4 a.m. and up for hours.

Hope you find some relief.

wear sexy clothes!!!! Or at least be able to wear clothes that I am not trying to hide under
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I get wanting to wear sexy clothes. I watched Pam Anderson on Dancing a few nights ago and thought - even if I never wore that - wouldn't it be great to say I could!!

I am so excited to be joining the thread! I really think you guys are going to be my motivation for success! Thanks in advance!!!!

Hope you like it!!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dan and my weight loss did not copy paste yesterday in the column for some reason...so i edited it and we were at -123.3!!!

Duchie needs a -10 pound Hammock and Allison needs a -15 pound pic.

Who else needs a weight loss pic????

 

[tlenzendorf]

Ok, ok, since Dawn is posting those awesome recipes on her TR, I'd better try to hop on Skinny Island, too!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Ok, ok, since Dawn is posting those awesome recipes on her TR, I'd better try to hop on Skinny Island, too!

Yeah!!!!! Love to see you here!!

And for everybody close to that next 5 pound increment...

Here is the lineup for motivation!

At 5 pounds lost you will get a palm tree to sit beside and listen to the wind blowing through the leaves!

At 10 pounds loss you will get a hammock to enjoy laying in without falling to the ground!!!

At 15 pounds loss, you will get a coconut drink for the beach!!!

We will keep giving them out as the numbers get higher!!! You can add these to your siggie and brag you are 5,10 or 15 pounds closer to SKINNY ISLAND!!!!

 

[tlenzendorf]

First Name and Screen name: Tricia/tlenzendorf

What your Goal Is for Fitness: 40 pound weight loss

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Ice cream!

Favorite Good Food for You: Fresh cut veggies/fruit

Favorite Form of Exercise: walking

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: a new wardrobe!

Family: Brent(DH)-my enabler, Mariah(DD11), Alyssa(DD10) and Ellie(DD5)

 

[Anna114]

Carsyn + Rugby = Stiches in the forehead!

Just getting home now but will tell more tom and post pics. Knee to the forehead when you are getting tackled is not good! She is fine and will be happy to explain why her brothers play football and she is tough enough to play rugby!

Oh good grief, the last week has not been your friend. Hoping you next week gets better.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Dear Carsyn - stitches before prom = BAD IDEA!!!! However, I love that she plays rugby and is letting her brothers know she is tougher than them. I'm just waiting for them to come back and say she is as tough as she is because of living with them!!! And of course, she has that tough mama bear to model herself on. You should take Carsyn with you if you ever have to run into that physical therapist again. I would love to be a fly on the wall if that woman had to deal with you AND Carsyn!!!

I would love to particpate in the challange, but alas, given how my schedule is picking up for the season, I know I can't get to the grocery to get new ingredients. So, hopefully I'll just be able to reap the benefits of everyone else's ingenuity. Right now, I'm lucky to get my walking in 4 times a week. I'm trying to make it a priority, but working late and coming in early have started to get in my way and it's only going to get worse as May approaches. Right now, I'm setting a goal for myself of walking every day during lunch break for rehearsals. We'll see how many meetings I can keep from being scheduled during that time. And, walking during lunch will keep me from heading out to eat with the gang.

 

[Dizneydawn]

I am so glad Carsyn's prom is not until May 22nd!!! It could have easily been this weekend!

We are taking the day and going shopping for dresses. I will post them on the TR.

Today for food so far:

17 oz of water and a home made burrito!

Stacy - maybe you have some stuff at your home you can throw together!!

Idea I had to get you walking in:

Do you have a lot you have to haul in and out of your place from your car daily?

Maybe you could park a few blocks away -(Have no idea where you live mind you) Like a Walmart parking lot or something that is a secured are and can walk to and from.

Other idea I had is do they have a grocery store that delivers by you?

We have Coborns in MN and you can go online and they will bring food to you any day you need. They accept coupons, have sales online and it is like a $5 charge. Cheaper than what I buy when I go and splurge or get food I do not need because I am tempted by garbage.

Maybe that could help you get the food you need in your busiest times.

I am slowly switching to getting all food via them. Then if I need extras - I send Carsyn cause she only will get what is on the list!

 

[enchanted_moonstone]

Love the word jumpers....

Hehe it is a good word isn't is

Well I started on the slimming world diet, which did work for the first 14 lbs, but I found I end up in a routine of eating nothing but pasta and rice (which I loooove) but sadly it doesn't love me!!
Since then I started doing a general eating healthy thing... I have been using Paul Mckenna's main ideas in his 'I can make you thin' which is basically only eating when you are hungry (I'm a biiiig emotional eater; happy, sad, angry... you name it, I'll eat cuz of it ) then you make sure you eat slowly, and when you are full - you stop....
I know that sounds pretty common sense but I've noticed I used to eat double the amount than what I was actually hungry for lol

My only problem is when something tastes good, I don't want to stop eating it

You're all doing so well!! I've been slowly going through the posts and you all seem so lovely!!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Ok, small steps are better than jumping full board in I'm telling myself, right? We normally go out for lunch at work. So today instead of driving, we walked to the sub shop. I got a wheat(and they have true wheat) sub instead of french and I got the low-fat mayo instead of regular. It was 25 minutes round trip. Now I need to get some exercise in tonight

 

[gellybean]

Dawn!! Girl... you need a break! A week with no craziness!! Sending no craziness vibes your way! Glad Carsyn is a tough cookie and showed her brothers up.

Yesterday morning I showed a 2 lb loss, this morning I found it! Hopefully it will get lost again before Monday. Gotta just keep moving along, I guess.

I LOL'd literally when I read that. I feel like I play hide and seek with my scale all the time and that it knows which day is weigh in day! I swear it does.

WELCOME DANIELLE & LUCY!!!!!

Hope you find some good advice, great support and wonderful people on this thread!!!

Soooo guys.....

How bout a mini challenge to go from today through Sunday. 4 days is all and we can re-evaluate on Monday with weigh in.

Trying to come up with ways to look forward to eating out of our comfort zone. We all have things we like and things that are not good for us and it is so easy to slip back into eating those things in a pinch or moment of weakness.

So let's change it up.

Let's try something new.

Let's eat something different.

My mini challenge is to create a new 100 calorie snack that you have not had before and that is not pre-made, store bought in a wrapper self contained and something that is better for us than all those preservatives and sodium they shove into shelf life.

You can use store bought goodies - like fruit, yogurt etc...but it just can't be labeled 100 calorie snack. You have to create a bit.

I am going to do 1 a day. Post the recipe here/nutritional info and give you all a review.

If you want to participate in the challenge - you can commit to 2, 3 or 4 snacks and do the same post of a recipe, nutritional info and review.

Just let us know if you want to participate. It is never mandatory and the entire goal is to help us think outside the box, focus on breaking a pattern and share some new ideas that might help curb the cravings of others here.

Then.....

at the end of the 4 days.... when you send in your pm's of weight to me....

Include what you think is the best recipe that was shared and by whom.

The winner (cannot be me) will get a WDW gift I picked up on our last trip!!!

I know weekends are harder for all of us not falling into personal or family routine - so I hope this inspires us to break the mold!!!!

I think your challenges are great!! And I kinda miss the days when our thread was more active, more posts, etc. So I'm all for anything that gets us (me included) posting more often! I know life gets in the way.... I do!!

I'll try to think of things to do with the 100 cal challenge. I may even ask hubby for some input since he's more the chef in the family. Hmmmm.

It seems like when I take a walk in the evening I don't wake up in the middle of the night as much...


Welcome to the new folks This is a great group.

Had a stressful day yesterday at work, came home and binged for a while. My only saving grace is that I used to come home EVERY day and do that. At least now I'm down to a couple times a week. My next goal should be once a week, then maybe never after that? I just can't imagine...

I'm the opposite. On days I excercise I'm wired and can't sleep! I thought it would help with sleep but it seems to have the opposite effect.

Congrats on reducing the number of your binge days!! Every small victory is a victory worth celebrating!

Hehe it is a good word isn't is

Well I started on the slimming world diet, which did work for the first 14 lbs, but I found I end up in a routine of eating nothing but pasta and rice (which I loooove) but sadly it doesn't love me!!
Since then I started doing a general eating healthy thing... I have been using Paul Mckenna's main ideas in his 'I can make you thin' which is basically only eating when you are hungry (I'm a biiiig emotional eater; happy, sad, angry... you name it, I'll eat cuz of it ) then you make sure you eat slowly, and when you are full - you stop....
I know that sounds pretty common sense but I've noticed I used to eat double the amount than what I was actually hungry for lol

My only problem is when something tastes good, I don't want to stop eating it

You're all doing so well!! I've been slowly going through the posts and you all seem so lovely!!

to all 3 of our new joiners!!


I just wanted to comment two things to EM (enchanted_moonstone):

First of all, what diet lets you eat pasta and rice all the time?! I'm in love!!!!! I need to find that diet NOW!


And secondly, I watched Paul McKenna's whole I Can Make You Thin program. It came on here in the states a few summers ago. He made a lot of sense. I need to try to incorporate more of his suggestions in the weight loss journey I'm doing now. My 7 (then 5) yr old son made sure to tell me everytime I took a bite "Now Mom, don't fowrget to EAT con chas na na leeeee."











Sorry I have been a bit MIA lately. I've been so sick this week. No fever, but major allergy attack. I have bronchial asthma so anytime my allergies flair up my lungs get involved. And this time sinuses too. So I've been pretty worthless.

DH came home last night with meds and made me soup. It was really yummy!!!

He made it based on the ingredients of stuffed cabbage. It was a a tomato beef broth base with ground beef (93/7), cabbage, a small amount of frozen corn, and onion and who knows what spices. The whole pot was 30 pts or 1223 cals 34 grams of fat and 18.5 fiber. He didn't add up the other nutritional info because he was trying to get the WW pts figured out. We had it served with rice and he served me and gave me way too much rice, a full cup, but I wasn't about to bite the hand that fed me literally. I still came in under my points/cals for the day but I think that many carbs put me up on the scale this morning from yesterday morning. I've definitely noticed a connection with the number of carbs I consume and what my scale does on a day to day basis. Even if I don't go over my alloted carbs for the day if I eat them all at night... or the majority at night, my scale goes up the next morning. Maybe not permanent weight gain, but it does make a difference. I remember reading somewhere.... .don't remember where, that the way to tell if you are eating too many carbs is if you weigh in the morning and then weigh again before bed, that if the scale goes up by more than 3 lbs from am to pm you ate too many carbs that day. I thought that was interesting.

Hopefully I'm on my way to feeling better and can get back on here more often. I didn't go to the gym yesterday and probably won't make it today, but I am tracking everything and drinking a ton of non-calorie fluids!

Again, to our 3 new members! (it is 3 right, I can't count somedays and especially not days I'm on Sudafed )

Have a good day everyone!

 

[enchanted_moonstone]

to all 3 of our new joiners!!


I just wanted to comment two things to EM (enchanted_moonstone):

First of all, what diet lets you eat pasta and rice all the time?! I'm in love!!!!! I need to find that diet NOW!


And secondly, I watched Paul McKenna's whole I Can Make You Thin program. It came on here in the states a few summers ago. He made a lot of sense. I need to try to incorporate more of his suggestions in the weight loss journey I'm doing now. My 7 (then 5) yr old son made sure to tell me everytime I took a bite "Now Mom, don't fowrget to EAT con chas na na leeeee."

Hiya! Thank you for the welcome!!
hehe I LOOOVE pasta and rice too!! It was the slimming world diet with the red and green days - I was in heaven ... I only really did green days though, which meant I got really fed up with it (and I never thought I could get fed up of pasta! )

hehehe the " eat con chas na na leeee" made me giggle!! I have thoughts just like that whenever I eat now lol! Makes it impossible for me to have a sneaky treat when I don't actually want to stand there chewing soooo s-l-o-w-l-y hehehe

I have the same effects as you when I have carbs too late at night, feel sooo sluggish compared to when I have something else - but I love em too much

 

[gellybean]

Hiya! Thank you for the welcome!!
hehe I LOOOVE pasta and rice too!! It was the slimming world diet with the red and green days - I was in heaven ... I only really did green days though, which meant I got really fed up with it (and I never thought I could get fed up of pasta! )

hehehe the " eat con chas na na leeee" made me giggle!! I have thoughts just like that whenever I eat now lol! Makes it impossible for me to have a sneaky treat when I don't actually want to stand there chewing soooo s-l-o-w-l-y hehehe

I have the same effects as you when I have carbs too late at night, feel sooo sluggish compared to when I have something else - but I love em too much

I tried to look up Slimming World on the web. Found the UK site and US site, but can't get a lot of info out of them. There aren't any meetings in our area so I'd have to do the online version. Seems vaguely Weight Watchers ish except no counting points.

Could you explain the red and green day thing? I saw it mentioned on the site. Gotta admit, I'm curious!

I know what you mean!! If you can't snarf down a snack, what's the point? The longer I chew the more guilty I feel. Maybe that's Paul McKenna's sneaky plan! GUILT!

 

[albertamommyof4]

I decided that it was time to join this wonderful group, cant wait to get to know all of you.

First Name and Screen name:Tammy/albertamommyof4
What your Goal Is for Fitness:I have to be realistic in this and i will be setting small goals but i would love to loose 100 pounds or more
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation:Homemade bread
Favorite Good Food for You: Fruit i actually love most fruit and some veggies like sugar snap peas, cauliflower, carrots broccoli( better raw)
Favorite Form of Exercise: i actually love to swim but won't put on a bathing suit lol so next best thing is walking
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: my goal would first to feel comfortable with myself and happy. To buy regular sized cute clothes and be healthy
Family: hubby married for 13 years, son 12, son 10, daughter 8 and son 3 ( will be 4 in may)

I joined WW online, it iwll be 2 weeks tomorrow night. The first weigh in was very good at a loss of 7.5( i know a lot of it is water weight) i weight in tomorrow morning hoping it is good. I am making sure to drink lots of water and trying to watch what i eat. I have a struggle when i make lots of something and when i have to put left overs away i am so tempted to pick at the food, this is hard to over come but so far i am doing okay.