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

[Mndisneygirl]

Luvsjack - congrats on the wedding!! Sounds just perfect!

Ancestry - thank you for sharing all that info. The arc trainer looks cool!!!

Dawn - hang tough girl - you can handle this stuff and you are still making healthy choices. We're here for you. Take good care of yourself like you do for your family!

gellybean - WAY TO GO!!! You are doing awesome!

Moosemomma - hang in - one bad day doesn't make or break. You wouldn't be human without one. We've all been there. I was just there on Saturday! Just put it away and keep moving forward. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

I'm getting an unexpected afternoon off work today, so I'm going to go walking and garden a bit before the kids get home! I have to move some Hostas to make room for the "free" hot tub we're getting next week!!

 

[Leash]

Ok, ok. I knew food posting should/would be coming... here is where I really get held accountable... So here is what I had for breakfast. 2 packets of Quaker Strawberry Oatmeal.

The day always starts good

2 packets of Quaker Peaches and Cream oatmeal for me!

Yes always start off with the healthy and then just goes down from there.

 

[gellybean]

DAWN!! You go girl!! Way to own it and put it out there and make it official. WE are so here for you! Thick and thin !! (pun intended) I'll be 31 in October. I may just have to join you on this October Mission thing!

Hope Treyner gets that email in writing to clear all this mess up soon!

2 packets of Quaker Peaches and Cream oatmeal for me!

Yes always start off with the healthy and then just goes down from there.

Peaches and Cream is my fave instant oatmeal too. I generally do one packet with 3 strips of turkey bacon and I add 1 tbsp of sugar. REAL sugar. I've been reading a lot about artificial sweetners lately and I'm thinking as long as I'm trying to get rid of bad things for me, might as well cut out that too. Too many people say it's bad for you.

I'm also gonna try to go organic on as many things as I can.

I joined Jillian Michaels program for their 7 day free trial. I'm writing down as much info as I can and then cancelling.

I like her approach and I KNOW she can make people lose weight.

I boxed up the 6 wk body makeover. Gonna try to sell it. It's just not for me. I feel angry with myself for falling into the same ol trap again of a quick fix but I'm forgiving myself and moving on!

Here is what I'm choosing to focus on today:
I weigh 40 lbs less than my heaviest.
I weigh 15 lbs less than when I returned from Disney in January of this year.
I can play with my kids and not be totally out of breath after 5 mins (it now takes 15 mins )
I feel better, over all.
I don't sit there after a meal and feel waves and waves of guilt and frustration and desperation wash over me because I just did it AGAIN (stuffing myself with way too much not healthy food).
I'm noticing people that are big, maybe bigger than me maybe not. But before I only noticed skinny people and felt like I was the only person in the world that was overweight. (which is totally irrational but how I felt)


Who cares if I'm not dropping weight as fast as I wanted to. I'm still on the right path and I'm better off today than I was yesterday and so on and so forth.



Have a great day everyone!

 

[mom2faith]

Here is what I'm choosing to focus on today:
I weigh 40 lbs less than my heaviest.
I weigh 15 lbs less than when I returned from Disney in January of this year.
I can play with my kids and not be totally out of breath after 5 mins (it now takes 15 mins )
I feel better, over all.
I don't sit there after a meal and feel waves and waves of guilt and frustration and desperation wash over me because I just did it AGAIN (stuffing myself with way too much not healthy food).
I'm noticing people that are big, maybe bigger than me maybe not. But before I only noticed skinny people and felt like I was the only person in the world that was overweight. (which is totally irrational but how I felt)


Who cares if I'm not dropping weight as fast as I wanted to. I'm still on the right path and I'm better off today than I was yesterday and so on and so forth.



Have a great day everyone!

WAY TO STAY FOCUSED!! Great job!!

As for "on the right path", I really have been telling myself that it took 13 years to get here, it may take me 2 years to get back....I did not gain this weight over night and I am not going to lose it over night.

For me Breakfast is either 1 serving of Mini-Wheats with 1% milk or 1 Packet of Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal with 1% milk. Today it was mini-wheats.

I am approaching lunch so I may as well post that too:
today it is 1 bun with Roast Beef leftover from last nights supper. The bun is white but I did not add any butter or mayo (thank goodness the beef was not dry - LOL!!). I also have some Lefse (which is BAD BAD BAD!!!) but only becuase I made some for my grandma for her birthday and it is SUCH a big TREAT!!! I rarely have Lefse in the house, so I am allowing myself to enjoy it. (Lefse is a potato pastry that you put butter and sugar on - you can buy some at the bakery in Norway at Epcot, but they put cinnamon on theirs too. It is made from potatoes and flour, so not the best, but like I said a treat!)

I did not have snack today, just too busy at work, but I did have a cup of coffee with cream. One of those things I cannot give up - LOL!!

Off to look at my calories now

Oh, and tonight I have lane swimming again (Mon and Wed for the next 3 weeks). I am getting better, but it is still a lot of work.

Not looking for a quick fix, but I am looking for a plan, and now I think 6WBM is not for me (thank you Gellybean). But has anyone tried the Fat Smash Diet??

 

[eliz991]

Congrats on the wedding luvsjack!

Still pondering the 6WBM, can't decide if I would really do it or not.

Made my brussels sprouts last night but cut way down on the oil (like 1/2T instead of 1, I don't measure though) and it didn't come out good, they were too bitter. So I know that for next time.

So far today:

breakfast: 1 Thomas everything bagel thins w/ 2 T lowfat cream cheese and 2.45 ounces deli turkey (around 210 calories, I have exact number somewhere)

lunch: 1 can of Chunky healthy request chicken and sausage gumbo (280 calories), and a tootsie pop (60 calories) that I haven't actually eaten yet but have allotted for.

We are having our spring party at the condo tonight which means this awesome fried chicken...I plan to eat the rest of my brussels sprouts before I go so I can limit myself to one breast and no sides....

 

[tlenzendorf]

Ok, so just returned from lunch. My coworker took me out to Pizza Hut lunch buffet. I know, not the best! I had a salad, buffet pasta(small amount), 2 cheesy breadsticks(they are cut smaller, so its less than 1 of the size ones you order), one piece of chicken taco pizza(thin crust), one piece of pepperoni pizza(hand tossed), a piece of BBQ chix pizza(thin crust) and 2 diet pepsis. I did not eat any of the end crusts.

Wow, when I read that I think what a cow! And that was less than what I normally eat!

We did do good when we got back to the parking lot, we went for a walk(Thats new for us...). 0.83 miles in 15 minutes 18 seconds.

 

[luvsJack]

Hi All! Thanks everyone for the congrats. I am so tired today. I guess between the being off schedule, the running all around town and the emotion of the afternoon, the day just wore me out! Overslept this morning and didn't get in my workout, but plan to make it up this afternoon.

So far so good today food wise;

Slim Fast shake and a Kellogg's Fiber Bar for breakfast
Pear and a little cheese for mid-morning snack
Lean Cuisine and a salad for lunch

Drinking water and green tea.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Today's food journal so far...

Breakfast:
-3 egg whites scrambled with scallions, roasted red pepper and mushrooms
-about 1 cup of strawberry and cantaloupe chunks mixed with 1 small container of plain Greek yogurt
-large mug of hot barley tea

Lunch:
-broiled salmon (last night's leftover) tossed with mixed greens, cucumber and grape tomatoes in a light caesar dressing
-2 Wasa light rye crispbread crackers
-large glass of iced unsweetened green tea

Snack:
-1 packet of dry roasted unsalted almonds

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I didn't do so good for lunch today. My friend said "Let's go out. I want a cheeseburger." And, of course, I went. We ended up at a new to us place and I had the French Dip. It sounded like it would be slightly better than the 1/2 pound burgers but... Oh well, I ate it, I need to own it. So... my food so far today:
Breakfast:
Nutrigrain Blueberry Cereal Bar
1 cup Chocolate Cheerios (no milk)

Lunch:
French Dip
Fries

Oh, and I've managed to do about 60 oz of water so far. I DID manage to avoid the frozen custard though. My friend wanted dessert and we drove through a custard stand. I ordered hers but didn't get anything for myself. That, alone, is a big victory!

 

[mom2faith]

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[officereg]

This is only my second day with the group. I feel slightly shy posting but I figure heck why not. I am married to an amazing man, we have one son (12) and a daughter (8months)

Lets push back to December 2008, I found out I was pregnant, by December 2009 I weighed more then I did at 9 months pregnant.

I knew I had to start doing something with myself. I was getting depressed and I stopped putting makeup on and I stopped getting my hair done. I was one hot mess. I am an administrator at a senior retirement home. Boy, let me tell you seniors hold nothing back, and because they are usually hard of hearing they talk really loud! After A LOT of talk about my ever-widening backside, I decided to start my journey to better health.

January 2010 I started eating low carb. I thought this would be really hard because potatoes and I are best friends, well that and Mac&Cheese. I was able to lose 17 pounds by mid February. I started going to the gym 6 days a week and I have lost a total of 30 pounds to date. I use the elliptical for an hour and walk for 20 minutes each morning. (Yuck 4am rolls around pretty early!) Two days a week I go back to the gym after work and do weight training for an hour each.

I am at the stage that if I do not get a work out in I feel awful. My goal is to lose another 70 pounds but realistically I guess I would want to see what I look like after I lose another 50 and then go form there. It is strange but I do not want to look like a beanpole (ha I’ve never heard anything about me and beanpole in the same sentence!)

We are taking our first Disney Cruise November 2011. I know that is 1 year 6 months and 20 days from now but I would like to reach my goal by then. I know I will never have the body to wear a nice bikini type-bathing suite, but something without an attached skirt would be nice!

 

[mom2faith]

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[tlenzendorf]

Welcome to the newbies! Glad to meet you!

I personally don't have any goals for sodium/fat intake. I am just starting to watch what I eat. Making different choices than I normally do. If I watched everything I ate I'd go crazy! Maybe when I have revamped my diet I will start to pay attention.

 

[tlenzendorf]

Ok, so remember I said yesterday I became an ordained minister? Well, here is the rough draft I have for my uncle's wedding. Give me feedback PLEASE!! Yes, its supposed to have a bit of smart alec-y-ness to it...

Welcome friends and loved ones. We are gathered here today to witness the joining of lives and the families of Renate Lynn and Joseph Mark.

Marriage is not something to be taken lightly. It is a very serious and life altering course. If any one can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together here today, let them speak now or forever hold their peace. Anyone? ANYBODY?? No one? Sorry Renate, I tried!

Fate has brought you full circle, from kids young and in love, to right here this very day, back to where you belong, hanging yourselves. I mean joining your lives together. What a wonder love is.
Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies,
they will cease;
where there are tongues,
they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge,
it will pass away

You will find days where your love and strength are tested. Your patience will fray, and your strength will waver. But remember to look to one another and know, that now as always, there remains faith, hope and love, these three wondrous gifts; but the greatest of these is love.
Tricia to Joey:
Joseph,do you take Renate for your lawful wedded wife, to live in a state of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?

Joey: I do.
Will you put up with her changing moods, rub her feet when sore, help clean the house and obey her every command?

Tricia to Renate:
Renate, do you take Joseph for your lawful wedded husband, to live in the state of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?

Renate:
I do.
Tricia: Are you SURE?? This is the last chance... Ok, onward then...
Will you bring him beers, NOT have a headache every night(wink wink), pack his lunches and say please when you issue your commands?


Tricia to Joey: I, Joseph, take you Renate to be my wedded wife. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor and cherish, til death us do part.
Tricia to Renate: I, Renate, take you Joseph to be my wedded husband. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor and cherish, til death us do part.


Joseph, what token do you offer to Renate as a symbol of your commitment today?
Repeat after me: With this ring I thee wed. Let this ring stand as a symbol of our love and commitment.

Renate, What token do you offer to Joseph as a symbol of your commitment today?
Repeat after me: With this ring I thee wed. Let this ring stand as a symbol of our love and commitment.


May you be prepared to continue to give, forgive and experience more joy with every passing day and year. May you be able to stand living with each other with minimal damage when things are thrown. We hope you have loving assistance from family, the constant support of friends, and a long life with good health, lasting love, many good time drunks and more children!

Joseph and Renate, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Joey, you may kiss your bride!

 

[eliz991]

Ok, so remember I said yesterday I became an ordained minister? Well, here is the rough draft I have for my uncle's wedding. Give me feedback PLEASE!! Yes, its supposed to have a bit of smart alec-y-ness to it...

I like it! We had a wedding ceremony filled with laughter and it was awesome. Of course, the laughter was mostly because I (inadvertently, I swear!) corrected my DH's grammar.

 

[mom2faith]

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[Mndisneygirl]

Your wedding ceremony is great! Wise and funny words!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Made my brussels sprouts last night

I will respond later to you all...but I spit my water everywhere at this.

My eye is bugging me and I was rubbing it while reading so I had one half open eye and read that you made your br3asts sprout last night!

Just wondering how you did that. Again, read first, second and last letter and filled in the middle!!!

I am off to Rugby...praying no injuries one week later!

Spent my day from 9:15 - 2:30 with my Dad...getting roll up wraps for kids and Rugby at 5, soccer for Baylor at 6:30 and then home.

Determined to get walk in even if it is a few blocks.

My Dad had me stop at my all time fave pizza place and ordered a smal pizza for himself. I refused to let him order any for me and then refused the offerings of a few pieces.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WHEN YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A CAR???

Anyway - forgot my pineapple - got home at 3:30 and ate the cut off ends from PB&J roll-ups and waiting for whole wheat pasta to be done!!

 

[gellybean]

The wedding vows are awesome Tricia! And way to go adding a walk in after lunch!

During my first wedding *AHEM* someone laughed outloud when the preacher asked me if I was going to obey my husband. Shoulda known then it wasn't going to work! I left that part out of the vows for my second wedding!!

The model site is awesome Amy! (there are quite a few Amys and I'm an Aimee too. Least mines easier to tell apart in writing ) Totally played with the model's body types and weights. It really gave me an idea of how much just the first 50 lbs off is gonna make a difference!! Thanks for posting!!

for your victory Stacy!!!


Jump right on in officereg! Sounds like you're already well on your way and a cruise is an awesome motivational factor to make goal!! Which low carb diet are you using?? Are you counting carbs or avoiding certain types? I'm always curious to hear what's working for everyone!

You guys' food journals are kicking my butt! I'm eating way more normal foods than most of you. Still staying under cals though. I'm gonna keep tweaking and changing things here and there. I'll never be a fish and egg white person though. Mulan! You are rockin' it girl!


Dawn!! WTG on saying no to the pizza!!!!!

I've had way too many carbs today. Gotta even it out for the day with protein tonight. For my fat carb sodium levels, I use livestrong's daily plate but I really think the fiber and protein are too low. Jillian's site said for my body type (here we go again) I need 40% carbs, 30% fat, 30% protein. So I'm trying to look at that too.


Does anyone watch Ruby??? Just curious. Her psychologist had her change 5 things in her life. Could be food, exercise, home life situations, etc. She hit a plateau weight loss wise and that was her assignment. It was very interesting and it worked too. 10 lbs in one week. And the things she changed were some biggies but some not so big. She worked out outside for a change, got rid of her oversized big person chair, gave up diet soda, started taking the stairs instead of elevators, and put temporary mirrors up all over her house and odd heights and angles to show her what her body looked like all over, at all times. I thought it was intersesting!!