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

[hanutedmansionmomma]

+1 this week - will someone come with an axe and chop my tree down?! uh oh.

but seriously, I am with those of you who are getting back on it and tracking food, drinking water, exercizing this week. I will join you. I lost a few lbs and got comfortable. I will be on top of it this week!

One day at a time

 

[Duchie]

Good morning, everyone

I'm -2.2 this week. I guess breaking up an old tile floor is actually good exercise or at least it feels like it because I kind of hurt all over today. Getting the tile up was the easy part. Getting the mortar off is an entirely different story - any suggestions?

 

[tlenzendorf]

What a weekend! I think I'm up like 0.5 or something, not horrible, but not what I wanted to see, either.

Sorry I didn't have time to get on the board much this weekend, I'll have to go back and read. Busy with Mariah's softball, she plays fast pitch now! And then I had practice twice this weekend. Whew, it was busy!

 

[gellybean]

I can totally relate! While growing up I watched a family member deal (or actually NOT deal) with an alcohol addiction and I vowed to never have that issue. I will have an occasional fruity alcoholic drink, but I actually don't like the taste of alcohol so it's not a hard decision to make. Do you ever watch the show "Ruby" this weeks episode was about how having an addict of some kind in your family tree making it much more likely that you might becoming an addict (and if you vow not to follow in their addiction of alcohol or drugs your addiction of choice might be food). That makes a lot of sense with me. I KNOW that I eat when I'm feeling lonely or depressed (or happy or excited) the only time that I DONT eat is when I'm really stressed. I'm generally happier than I've been in a long time - then why have I been having a harder time keeping control now than ever before? I'm not quite sure, guess I'll have to ponder that and try and figure it out. I know that tracking is a big part of keeping myself accountable. I just have to figure out the easiest way for me to do that. I've tried WW and Sparkpeople and liked the Sparkpeople site the best, but since I'm not always connected on the computer it makes it easy to "forget".

I watch Ruby!! Or at least I just started watching Ruby this season. I really want to find the first 2 seasons on DVD. I even took notes on the addiction stuff and the Father Hunger thing. Really made me think! My father worked all the time or was in his own little den area with the door shut so affectively absent. Plus, he was addicted to chewing tobacco which I never viewed as the same as alcoholism but really addiction is addiction. My mom's family has alcoholism. So yeah... really makes ya think. I understand the being happier than you've been in a long time so why are we still comforting ourselves in food? thing. The only emotion I don't eat with is angry. And like I've said before, I guess I need to get mad more often!

Well, its the end of another weekend. Thought I would check in before a nice long bubble bath and off to bed with a book!

This has been a horrible week and a horribler (I know that is not a word, but the best one I can think of to use ) weekend, at least for weight loss. I have weighed and so far have not gained, but it seems like between out of time to cook or prepare, emotional eating and going completely hog wild this weekend--this entire week has been one big bust!

BUT: I REFUSE TO GIVE UP!!!!!

I had to see myself in pictures again from ds's marriage ceremony and the reception. UGGGGHHHHHH! The pictures of the happy couple are beautiful (it is amazing to me that EVERY picture of the two of them is so good. they just radiate happiness!), but I can't stand to see myself in pictures! I guess pictures make me admit to myself what 70 extra pounds looks like--NOT pretty!

So the pictures, my skinny friend and watching a few episodes of Biggest Loser have given me new motivation.

I pledge the following:

1. I will get up an hour earlier each morning and workout.
2. I will drink 105 ounces of water each day and the only thing other than that will be green tea.
3. I will eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies each day.
4. I will greatly limit any and all carbs.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a great week coming up!

Way to not give up and to recommit! Really that's what it's all about. Making that U-turn when we get off course and keep at it! So proud of you! Love your pledges!!

While this weekend hasn't been the blow out that the past couple of weeks has been, it hasn't been the on track one that I was hoping for. I could make excuses, but noone force fed me anything, no gun to the head, no "just have a little of this" guilt. Nope just me eating what looked good with a little thought to limiting calories.

DH and I did take the dog for a walk this weekend (3.79 miles) and while we were walking I was telling him that I really need to get back into the right mindset and get to the gym more often. I was wishing that I had a good workout buddy that would make me accountable. He shocked me by offering to join the Y and be my buddy!!! He recently had a big number birthday and figures he should lose some weight himself and get in shape for our trip in October.

We've decided, new month, new start. We are going to meet at the gym tomorrow and get him signed up and we've promissed to go three times a week. I'm also going to take measurements tomorrow so I can hopefully see the progress and that will help motivate me.

My goal is to lose 1 lb per week. I'll be happy with anything at this point, but if I can lose 20lbs I'll have broken through this plateau that I've been living on for the last couple of years.

My pledges:

I will track my food EVERY DAY
I will drink AT LEAST 64 oz of water per day (I tried the 1oz = 1lb of weight, but that didn't last, I don't want to sabatoge myself)
I will exercise at the gym 3 times per week

I'm starting slow and hope to add pledges gradually.

Question for you all. I normally spend 30 minutes on the ellipical machine doing the interval training. How do you know what speed/incline you should do? I haven't pushed myself so much that I sweat a lot, but my heartrate is normally in the "weightloss/cardio" zone on the machine. Should I be pushing myself more? Watching the Biggest Loser they seem to be sweating buckets so I wonder if I'm just not pushing myself enough. I wonder if I should check into seeing how much it would cost for a private trainer for a couple of sessions to really know what we should be doing.

I'm excited about this new start!

for a new start and re-commitment!! for your hubby buddying up with you! My DH is trying with me and it's so much easier on days he's home in the evenings and we cook a healthy meal together!! I hope he's that added support you need to push you over the next goal!

So, I joined this board 2 weeks ago. I had this plan to start this USANA Reset asap. But... then life caught up with me. I'm finishing up my first year of grad school, and these past two weeks were the end of the semester. Never a good time to start anything new!

So, classwork is done for the semester, no finals for me! Starting the reset tomorrow morning. I weighed myself over the weekend, still the same as I was 2 weeks ago. Took some measurements tonight as well, so even if I don't lose weight in the next few weeks, maybe I can lose some inches??

I was also thinking about doing one more thing. I was thinking about taking some photos of myself now , to compare them to what I "will" look like when I lose weight? Has anyone done this? Like posed for actual before and after photos? I'm hoping it might be a bit of a motivational tool and something to look back on.

Ready to start over tomorrow! I might be posting a lot this week to talk about the reset. Hopefully I can get back into the group!

Can't imagine starting a weight loss plan during final weeks of semester!!! YIKES! Glad that you're done for now and can focus on YOU! for starting over today!!! Please post away! From what I can see more posts generate more posts. So let's get this thread hopping again!

I have take the before pictures. I had dd take two pictures of me on my digital camera; one facing the camera and one to the side. My plan was to take pictures every 6 weeks or so and see the difference. My reasoning was that every time I have lost a lot of weight, I never really took a look at myself and what I had done. I just kept concentrating on what I needed to lose. Anyway, I wanted the ability to appreciate how far I had come. My mom joined a diet group at church one time and that is what they did, took a picture on the day it started and another 6 weeks later.

Ok, so this is the first morning of a new week. -/+ 0 which is ok. I got up an hour earlier this morning and did a minimum of exercise. We have some thunderstorms coming in which causes migraines for me, so head is hurting; but I wanted to move at least a little toward my pledges.

I just went back and read some of the posts about food addiction. I can really relate to so much of that. We have a lot of addictions on both sides of my family and it has come out in different way through all of my siblings. Drugs, alcohol, ocd, and for me food. Some days I know I can control it but others I just cannot. People without that addiction don't understand that its not as easy as just "stop eating" or "push away from the table". What I have found too, is that those with other addictions have the hardest time understanding the food issue???

Added to that, I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in the south EVERYTHING is related to food. Have a celebration? Let's eat! Everyone's sad? Let's eat! We eat at church for every thing that comes along. We even have a "kid's cook" thing on Sunday nights, so we are teaching the kids to eat! Somebody's birthday? We all go out to eat and then come home and eat cake. Somebody dies? We have to have food. If a group of friends want to get together, we start planning what we are going to eat! Heck, even when I am planning a vacation, I think about how much time is spent planning on where we are going to eat! Especially if going to wdw! I want to get to a point that I only think of food as a fuel for my body that keep me going to the things I want to do, not AS the thing I want to do, KWIM?

I'm from Texas but my family is originally from East Texas/Alabama. I get the Southern thing. Somebody dies? You eat. Somebody is born? You eat. Somebody gets married? You eat. Somebody starts school, graduates school, gets married, gets engaged, gets divorced, get a new house, sells an old house, buys a new car, gets a new cat YOU EAT! It's insane. Southern women think food makes you happy and I was raised by a Southern woman. I see her doing it now with my kids and I'm like no freakin wonder! BUT my sister and I have this joke that you can't blame your parents for your problems after your 30. And I turned 30 last year. So I can't blame my momma anymore for the food I put in MY MOUTH!

But really, being from the South makes your relationship with food that much more complex.

Your comment about vacation was dead on for me. We go to Vegas and I plan out every meal and restaurant option. Disney? I have menus memorized before we get there. Food is my hobby. It's my reward, my treat, my fun etc. I have to find things to do and enjoy that aren't food centric!!!

Another week gone. A -2 lbs. I feel pretty good about this. That is -34 since January 1, and -4 since I joined this board. I am hoping for a -4 for next week to put me below 200, but I guess I have to wait and see.

Congrats on the loss!!!!

+1 this week - will someone come with an axe and chop my tree down?! uh oh.

but seriously, I am with those of you who are getting back on it and tracking food, drinking water, exercizing this week. I will join you. I lost a few lbs and got comfortable. I will be on top of it this week!

One day at a time

If they chop your tree, they shoulda chopped mine down last week.
for everyone recommitting!!!!! I'm with y'all!





Personal update:


I was down -.2. Really? The same but that negative made me feel a teensy bit better.

I went out with DH last night for date night. Yeah that part above about food being my fun? We had fun last night. We were stuffed. Not miserable. I was proud that I stopped before that point and brought a ton of doggie bags home. We both were happy that we ate half of what we usually ate and were full. But still.... Italian food isn't exactly diet food. I was happy though about one thing. Hubby agreed that next time we'll split an entree. We always split app and dessert. But he always wants his own entree. Well I guess his stomach is shrinking enough that he finally agreed. That's great for our calorie budget and our financial budget. Normally he'd finish all his and I'd finish 3/4 of mine. Well he finished about 2/3rds of his and I finished about a 1/3 of mine so put em together and we've got it about right!

Don't forget everyone that wants to submit inches lost too that we do it on the first Monday of the month.

Boy did I have a wake up call this morning. I measured. And I gained back 4 inches total from last monthes weigh in. Even though technically I weigh less now than I did then. So that was a huge smack in the face that the scale doesn't mean jack if you're gaining inches.

I didn't go to the gym at all last week. The week started off bad and it just got off track. By the time we were both able to go it was Thursday and she had a report due and I said let's just call this week a bust and we'll start fresh today. So today is a big restart for all of us it seems!

I was really getting frustrated with the working out and not seeing a loss on the scale. But man those inches really reaffirmed that working out is a huge part of this journey even if the scale is a scrooge and doesn't give up the pounds.

Then once my body bugg ever gets here I'll be really happy to see those calorie deficit differences on the days I make it to the gym. Hope that'll keep the motivation fires stoked!


for everyone!!!! WE can do this!! Whether you're recommiting or losing like a rock star, we can do this!

 

[Peace Mickey Lovers]

Good morning ladies, I am down 2 pounds this week, that mean I am down a total of 19 pounds since I started with the nutritionist on March 17. My goal is to loose another 72 pounds by my Disney trip in December.

I will tell you this weekend was hard though, we went to 2 track meets sat in the sun and even though I drank my water still didn't release it , if you know what I mean. Also had our first bbq yesterday and it was an eatting frenzy. Why is it when the sun is out and the grill is on I forget my name and just chow down on the protein! Any how I need to work on this before the summer gets into full swing.

Thanks for listening and sharing all your stories and support!

Lisa

 

[shellabell]

Good morning ladies, I am down 2 pounds this week, that mean I am down a total of 19 pounds since I started with the nutritionist on March 17. My goal is to loose another 72 pounds by my Disney trip in December.

I will tell you this weekend was hard though, we went to 2 track meets sat in the sun and even though I drank my water still didn't release it , if you know what I mean. Also had our first bbq yesterday and it was an eatting frenzy. Why is it when the sun is out and the grill is on I forget my name and just chow down on the protein! Any how I need to work on this before the summer gets into full swing.

Thanks for listening and sharing all your stories and support!

Lisa

Congratulations on your loss, you are doing great

I am down 1.9 this week. I am almost back to what I was before my birthday week. I am proud of myself, this is the first weekend I have made it through without eating any junk! I have decided to cut out sugar altogether for now. I just can't do the moderation thing. If I have a bite, I can't control myself.

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

[ancestry]

I have absolutely no idea how I managed to pull this off but I am down 2 pounds for the week. As of yesterday I wasn't showing a loss at all and I wrote it off to not doing as much exercise as normal and to my peanut butter cravings that I had mid-week. I actually ate a lot of food yesterday -- way more than normal but somehow this morning the scale dropped two pounds since yesterday. I guess I was retaining water as I have no other explanation for it.


So -2 for the week and -20 overall!

 

[mom2faith]

BUT: I REFUSE TO GIVE UP!!!!!

I had to see myself in pictures again from ds's marriage ceremony and the reception. UGGGGHHHHHH! The pictures of the happy couple are beautiful (it is amazing to me that EVERY picture of the two of them is so good. they just radiate happiness!), but I can't stand to see myself in pictures! I guess pictures make me admit to myself what 70 extra pounds looks like--NOT pretty!

So the pictures, my skinny friend and watching a few episodes of Biggest Loser have given me new motivation.

I pledge the following:

1. I will get up an hour earlier each morning and workout.
2. I will drink 105 ounces of water each day and the only thing other than that will be green tea.
3. I will eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies each day.
4. I will greatly limit any and all carbs.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a great week coming up!

First of all - you are not giving up! You are coming on these boards and making some great pledges and everyone here supports you!! I so know what you mean about photos!! I seriously look at pictures and wonder who that is wearing my clothes I mean, I am not THAT big am I?
Great pledges! Watch that water intake and be sure that you are not overdoing it - I learned that last week an am much more aware of drinking "too much" water.

While this weekend hasn't been the blow out that the past couple of weeks has been, it hasn't been the on track one that I was hoping for. I could make excuses, but noone force fed me anything, no gun to the head, no "just have a little of this" guilt. Nope just me eating what looked good with a little thought to limiting calories.

DH and I did take the dog for a walk this weekend (3.79 miles) and while we were walking I was telling him that I really need to get back into the right mindset and get to the gym more often. I was wishing that I had a good workout buddy that would make me accountable. He shocked me by offering to join the Y and be my buddy!!! He recently had a big number birthday and figures he should lose some weight himself and get in shape for our trip in October.

We've decided, new month, new start. We are going to meet at the gym tomorrow and get him signed up and we've promissed to go three times a week. I'm also going to take measurements tomorrow so I can hopefully see the progress and that will help motivate me.

My goal is to lose 1 lb per week. I'll be happy with anything at this point, but if I can lose 20lbs I'll have broken through this plateau that I've been living on for the last couple of years.

My pledges:

I will track my food EVERY DAY
I will drink AT LEAST 64 oz of water per day (I tried the 1oz = 1lb of weight, but that didn't last, I don't want to sabatoge myself)
I will exercise at the gym 3 times per week

I'm starting slow and hope to add pledges gradually.

Question for you all. I normally spend 30 minutes on the ellipical machine doing the interval training. How do you know what speed/incline you should do? I haven't pushed myself so much that I sweat a lot, but my heartrate is normally in the "weightloss/cardio" zone on the machine. Should I be pushing myself more? Watching the Biggest Loser they seem to be sweating buckets so I wonder if I'm just not pushing myself enough. I wonder if I should check into seeing how much it would cost for a private trainer for a couple of sessions to really know what we should be doing.

I'm excited about this new start!

First of all - YEAH to your DH for commiting to do this with you!! My DH says he is a suporter, but he is the buggest enabler when it comes to letting me cheat, etc. He has commited that starting Monday May 10 he will get up early with me to do the 30 Day Shred. We will see. I know he means well, but coming home yesterday with a box of donuts really pi$$ed me off!! KWIM?

Great pledges! I like that you are starting out small and adding to them. youa re not overwhleming yourself which will make it more likely for you to succeed.

I have take the before pictures. I had dd take two pictures of me on my digital camera; one facing the camera and one to the side. My plan was to take pictures every 6 weeks or so and see the difference. My reasoning was that every time I have lost a lot of weight, I never really took a look at myself and what I had done. I just kept concentrating on what I needed to lose. Anyway, I wanted the ability to appreciate how far I had come. My mom joined a diet group at church one time and that is what they did, took a picture on the day it started and another 6 weeks later.

Ok, so this is the first morning of a new week. -/+ 0 which is ok. I got up an hour earlier this morning and did a minimum of exercise. We have some thunderstorms coming in which causes migraines for me, so head is hurting; but I wanted to move at least a little toward my pledges.

I just went back and read some of the posts about food addiction. I can really relate to so much of that. We have a lot of addictions on both sides of my family and it has come out in different way through all of my siblings. Drugs, alcohol, ocd, and for me food. Some days I know I can control it but others I just cannot. People without that addiction don't understand that its not as easy as just "stop eating" or "push away from the table". What I have found too, is that those with other addictions have the hardest time understanding the food issue???

Added to that, I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in the south EVERYTHING is related to food. Have a celebration? Let's eat! Everyone's sad? Let's eat! We eat at church for every thing that comes along. We even have a "kid's cook" thing on Sunday nights, so we are teaching the kids to eat! Somebody's birthday? We all go out to eat and then come home and eat cake. Somebody dies? We have to have food. If a group of friends want to get together, we start planning what we are going to eat! Heck, even when I am planning a vacation, I think about how much time is spent planning on where we are going to eat! Especially if going to wdw! I want to get to a point that I only think of food as a fuel for my body that keep me going to the things I want to do, not AS the thing I want to do, KWIM?

Congrats on the no gain!! That is something to be proud of!! I soooo know what you mean that everything is involved around food. We have a group of friends that get together once a month to eat/drink and it is always around food. Think of it, nearly every get together you have involves food of some sort. It is so hard to avoid those temptations when they are smacking you in the face! I really want to get to that point as well - where food is fuel and nothing more.

Another week gone. A -2 lbs. I feel pretty good about this. That is -34 since January 1, and -4 since I joined this board. I am hoping for a -4 for next week to put me below 200, but I guess I have to wait and see.

Great Job!!

+1 this week - will someone come with an axe and chop my tree down?! uh oh.

but seriously, I am with those of you who are getting back on it and tracking food, drinking water, exercizing this week. I will join you. I lost a few lbs and got comfortable. I will be on top of it this week!

One day at a time

Your last quote says it all - ONE DAY AT A TIME!!! That is all we can do, and we will do it!! Keep checking in here and feel free to PM me and we can swap emails. I love having "buddies" and if you need one, let me know. It is so nice to have someone be there for you!! (gellybean and 2_Eagle_Mom and I are Facebook friends too - we have not talked much yet, but we know we are there for each other, so if you need that, feel free to PM me).

Good morning, everyone

I'm -2.2 this week. I guess breaking up an old tile floor is actually good exercise or at least it feels like it because I kind of hurt all over today. Getting the tile up was the easy part. Getting the mortar off is an entirely different story - any suggestions?

AWESOME JOB!! No mortar suggestions from me, try googling it, or go to one of the various DIY websites. Maybe you will find something there.

What a weekend! I think I'm up like 0.5 or something, not horrible, but not what I wanted to see, either.

Sorry I didn't have time to get on the board much this weekend, I'll have to go back and read. Busy with Mariah's softball, she plays fast pitch now! And then I had practice twice this weekend. Whew, it was busy!

Not horrible - great job!!

Personal update:


I was down -.2. Really? The same but that negative made me feel a teensy bit better.

I went out with DH last night for date night. Yeah that part above about food being my fun? We had fun last night. We were stuffed. Not miserable. I was proud that I stopped before that point and brought a ton of doggie bags home. We both were happy that we ate half of what we usually ate and were full. But still.... Italian food isn't exactly diet food. I was happy though about one thing. Hubby agreed that next time we'll split an entree. We always split app and dessert. But he always wants his own entree. Well I guess his stomach is shrinking enough that he finally agreed. That's great for our calorie budget and our financial budget. Normally he'd finish all his and I'd finish 3/4 of mine. Well he finished about 2/3rds of his and I finished about a 1/3 of mine so put em together and we've got it about right!

Don't forget everyone that wants to submit inches lost too that we do it on the first Monday of the month.

Boy did I have a wake up call this morning. I measured. And I gained back 4 inches total from last monthes weigh in. Even though technically I weigh less now than I did then. So that was a huge smack in the face that the scale doesn't mean jack if you're gaining inches.

I didn't go to the gym at all last week. The week started off bad and it just got off track. By the time we were both able to go it was Thursday and she had a report due and I said let's just call this week a bust and we'll start fresh today. So today is a big restart for all of us it seems!

I was really getting frustrated with the working out and not seeing a loss on the scale. But man those inches really reaffirmed that working out is a huge part of this journey even if the scale is a scrooge and doesn't give up the pounds.

Then once my body bugg ever gets here I'll be really happy to see those calorie deficit differences on the days I make it to the gym. Hope that'll keep the motivation fires stoked!


for everyone!!!! WE can do this!! Whether you're recommiting or losing like a rock star, we can do this!

I am very surprised to hear about the gainin inches for you. I never really realized that could happen.

I cannot wait for your bodybugg to come either - I am looking forward to your feedback on it!!

Good morning ladies, I am down 2 pounds this week, that mean I am down a total of 19 pounds since I started with the nutritionist on March 17. My goal is to loose another 72 pounds by my Disney trip in December.

I will tell you this weekend was hard though, we went to 2 track meets sat in the sun and even though I drank my water still didn't release it , if you know what I mean. Also had our first bbq yesterday and it was an eatting frenzy. Why is it when the sun is out and the grill is on I forget my name and just chow down on the protein! Any how I need to work on this before the summer gets into full swing.

Thanks for listening and sharing all your stories and support!

Lisa

Great Job!! Down 2 lbs is awesome!!!


For me, I am the same as Friday -3.0 Considering I had a LOT to eat on Saturday (all healthly choices, but still I ate more than I needed to) and I drank on Saturday night, I am pleased with the results. Also TOM came today, so I imagine that next week I will be a little less due to the water retention that goes with that.

Vegas is 2 days away now I have a "plan" to just take it easy. I am not letting myself go and going crazy, but I am not stressing either. Like Isaid last week, I am going to drink lots of water, walk lots and make good choices.

Oh and I am buying some Skecher Shape Ups!! They are about $50 less than up here, so I figure why not.

Had a reflective weekend, discussing weight and food issues with some close friends. I will post details later as I feel I learned a lot, but i am still reflecting on it myself.

Talk to you all soon!!

Amy

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I just went back and read some of the posts about food addiction. I can really relate to so much of that. We have a lot of addictions on both sides of my family and it has come out in different way through all of my siblings. Drugs, alcohol, ocd, and for me food. Some days I know I can control it but others I just cannot. People without that addiction don't understand that its not as easy as just "stop eating" or "push away from the table". What I have found too, is that those with other addictions have the hardest time understanding the food issue???

Added to that, I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in the south EVERYTHING is related to food. Have a celebration? Let's eat! Everyone's sad? Let's eat! We eat at church for every thing that comes along. We even have a "kid's cook" thing on Sunday nights, so we are teaching the kids to eat! Somebody's birthday? We all go out to eat and then come home and eat cake. Somebody dies? We have to have food. If a group of friends want to get together, we start planning what we are going to eat! Heck, even when I am planning a vacation, I think about how much time is spent planning on where we are going to eat! Especially if going to wdw! I want to get to a point that I only think of food as a fuel for my body that keep me going to the things I want to do, not AS the thing I want to do, KWIM?

I hate to tell y'all from the south but we here in the West center everything around food as well. We just hide the calories better (maybe, maybe not). I agree that everything is centered around food. Heck that is the basic first discussion we have "where will we eat" when planning any type of vacation. Do we need to bring snacks? Now it is more centered on "is there anything that I can order that is slightly healthy?"

I'm +.2 for this week, but of course its that TOM so I'm actually ok with the scale today. Tonight we get Jim resigned up at the Y.

I'll post later tonight, but got to run to work...

 

[GaRain]

I have not had a chance to weigh this week.
Mom had hip replacement surgery on Monday - been playing nurse since then.
Finally got to the gym yesterday and now I can barely lift my arms!
Had a good dinner with flank steak, fresh corn on the cob and a fruit plate.
Now, if I could only continue this good eating streak through the week.


Congrats on all those with their losses!!!

 

[o2cre8]

Hi everyone,

I joined a couple of months ago and then dropped out b/c I was dealing with too many things. Anyway, I'm back and hope to stick around this time. I weigh more then I ever have and it's depressing me more than ever. Forced myself to go to a gym class today and felt like I was a blob of jello One of my biggest problems is that i have no patience and little faith in what I'm doing. All I really get is eat less (portion control), excersize more and drink lots of water. I hope that if I can stick to that I can see some results. Anyway, I think I'm supposed to post all my info- or do i need to send it to Dawn? anyway, I'll post here just for my own sake in the meantime. Keep in mind I'm REALLY short so every inch counts

weight-125.5
hips-36 3/4
waist- 31 1/2

I guess that's it-for now. Thanks for being around........

 

[winefairie]

Hello All,

First Name and Screen name: Lani screen name is Winefairie
What your Goal Is for Fitness: Lose 30#'s
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Hamburgers
Favorite Good Food for You: Avocado
Favorite Form of Exercise: Swimming & Precore
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: To look and feel good in my clothes
Family::My DH is great , he is on this weight loss wagon with me, has lost almost 40#'s to my 15#'s. He works out 3 to 4 times a week and is looking great! I have three great kids. Ryan is 10 in the 5th grade. He has scoliosis (minimal) and is slightly over weight. Dr's want him underweight for his back. Lucas is my middle child and is my most active and challenging child (have heard that it is because he is the middle). He is 8 and is the same height and weighs less than 5#'s less than older brother, doesn't have a weight issue solid muscle. Hard for BB to swallow this. Tessa is 5 , a dancer and a princess diva.

I am so glad to have found this board/thread and I am looking forward to getting to know you all. Last year I joined the SouthBeach site and lost close to 25#'s. Then due to family emergency, we went off the diet, left the board and gained 20#'s back. I loved having the boards to keep me on track and accountable. I love food, I love cooking food, I love eating out and I love wine.

We are taking our first trip to WDW Oct.8-15th . I want to be looking good and feeling good by then.

Cheers,
Lani

ps can't spell to save my life! So please forgive the many misspelled words you will read in my posts.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

to our new friends!

I am -1.5 this week, which just makes up for last week's gain of 1.5!! I guess that's okay. Going down the right path now! Yesterday was really hard. I just didn't want to eat a normal lunch, so I grazed more throughout the day. I tried to keep it healthy though.
Today I packed a small healthy lunch to bring to work. Dinner - who knows??? I need some ideas. It will probably be a salad with turkey.

 

[stitchfan23]

Welcome to the few that have joinned lately... and Congratulations to those of us that are still here whether we are loosing, gainning or maintaining we are still here and that counts for alot

After a week at Disney and a not so great week since I got back (no exercise, no water, food was only ok) with being sick and all I figured I would be up this week but low and behold the scale said that I was -3.5 but I'll take it.

I will be gone again next week (I need to put longer than a week between trips next time - this is too stressful winding down from one and gearing up for another) to Scotland so I will miss next weeks weigh in but will be back for the one after that.

 

[albertamommyof4]

welcome everyone
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
I am down1.5 poundsvery happy about that.
This weekend was awful though as it was so buy and nver ate at my usual times but did stay on points which is good.
Today feeling kinda sick, trying to keep up my water intake and hoping to feel better
Have a great day everyone
Awsome loses

 

[Duchie]

Hello All,

First Name and Screen name: Lani screen name is Winefairie
What your Goal Is for Fitness: Lose 30#'s
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Hamburgers
Favorite Good Food for You: Avocado
Favorite Form of Exercise: Swimming & Precore
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: To look and feel good in my clothes
Family::My DH is great , he is on this weight loss wagon with me, has lost almost 40#'s to my 15#'s. He works out 3 to 4 times a week and is looking great! I have three great kids. Ryan is 10 in the 5th grade. He has scoliosis (minimal) and is slightly over weight. Dr's want him underweight for his back. Lucas is my middle child and is my most active and challenging child (have heard that it is because he is the middle). He is 8 and is the same height and weighs less than 5#'s less than older brother, doesn't have a weight issue solid muscle. Hard for BB to swallow this. Tessa is 5 , a dancer and a princess diva.

I am so glad to have found this board/thread and I am looking forward to getting to know you all. Last year I joined the SouthBeach site and lost close to 25#'s. Then due to family emergency, we went off the diet, left the board and gained 20#'s back. I loved having the boards to keep me on track and accountable. I love food, I love cooking food, I love eating out and I love wine.

We are taking our first trip to WDW Oct.8-15th . I want to be looking good and feeling good by then.

Cheers,
Lani

ps can't spell to save my life! So please forgive the many misspelled words you will read in my posts.

Welcome aboard! We're so glad you're joining us Colorado Springs is a beautiful city.

Well, its the end of another weekend. Thought I would check in before a nice long bubble bath and off to bed with a book!

This has been a horrible week and a horribler (I know that is not a word, but the best one I can think of to use ) weekend, at least for weight loss. I have weighed and so far have not gained, but it seems like between out of time to cook or prepare, emotional eating and going completely hog wild this weekend--this entire week has been one big bust!

BUT: I REFUSE TO GIVE UP!!!!!

I had to see myself in pictures again from ds's marriage ceremony and the reception. UGGGGHHHHHH! The pictures of the happy couple are beautiful (it is amazing to me that EVERY picture of the two of them is so good. they just radiate happiness!), but I can't stand to see myself in pictures! I guess pictures make me admit to myself what 70 extra pounds looks like--NOT pretty!

So the pictures, my skinny friend and watching a few episodes of Biggest Loser have given me new motivation.

I pledge the following:

1. I will get up an hour earlier each morning and workout.
2. I will drink 105 ounces of water each day and the only thing other than that will be green tea.
3. I will eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies each day.
4. I will greatly limit any and all carbs.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a great week coming up!

Just hang in there sweetie. You stayed the same this week, right? That's not bad considering everything you've had going on. You're going to do great.

While this weekend hasn't been the blow out that the past couple of weeks has been, it hasn't been the on track one that I was hoping for. I could make excuses, but noone force fed me anything, no gun to the head, no "just have a little of this" guilt. Nope just me eating what looked good with a little thought to limiting calories.

DH and I did take the dog for a walk this weekend (3.79 miles) and while we were walking I was telling him that I really need to get back into the right mindset and get to the gym more often. I was wishing that I had a good workout buddy that would make me accountable. He shocked me by offering to join the Y and be my buddy!!! He recently had a big number birthday and figures he should lose some weight himself and get in shape for our trip in October.

We've decided, new month, new start. We are going to meet at the gym tomorrow and get him signed up and we've promissed to go three times a week. I'm also going to take measurements tomorrow so I can hopefully see the progress and that will help motivate me.

My goal is to lose 1 lb per week. I'll be happy with anything at this point, but if I can lose 20lbs I'll have broken through this plateau that I've been living on for the last couple of years.

My pledges:

I will track my food EVERY DAY
I will drink AT LEAST 64 oz of water per day (I tried the 1oz = 1lb of weight, but that didn't last, I don't want to sabatoge myself)
I will exercise at the gym 3 times per week

I'm starting slow and hope to add pledges gradually.

Question for you all. I normally spend 30 minutes on the ellipical machine doing the interval training. How do you know what speed/incline you should do? I haven't pushed myself so much that I sweat a lot, but my heartrate is normally in the "weightloss/cardio" zone on the machine. Should I be pushing myself more? Watching the Biggest Loser they seem to be sweating buckets so I wonder if I'm just not pushing myself enough. I wonder if I should check into seeing how much it would cost for a private trainer for a couple of sessions to really know what we should be doing.

I'm excited about this new start!

And I'm excited for you! Having your DH's support is really going to help.

So, I joined this board 2 weeks ago. I had this plan to start this USANA Reset asap. But... then life caught up with me. I'm finishing up my first year of grad school, and these past two weeks were the end of the semester. Never a good time to start anything new!

So, classwork is done for the semester, no finals for me! Starting the reset tomorrow morning. I weighed myself over the weekend, still the same as I was 2 weeks ago. Took some measurements tonight as well, so even if I don't lose weight in the next few weeks, maybe I can lose some inches??

I was also thinking about doing one more thing. I was thinking about taking some photos of myself now , to compare them to what I "will" look like when I lose weight? Has anyone done this? Like posed for actual before and after photos? I'm hoping it might be a bit of a motivational tool and something to look back on.

Ready to start over tomorrow! I might be posting a lot this week to talk about the reset. Hopefully I can get back into the group!

Good for you for not giving up! It take a while to break the old habits so give yourself some time.

Personal update:

I was down -.2. Really? The same but that negative made me feel a teensy bit better.

I went out with DH last night for date night. Yeah that part above about food being my fun? We had fun last night. We were stuffed. Not miserable. I was proud that I stopped before that point and brought a ton of doggie bags home. We both were happy that we ate half of what we usually ate and were full. But still.... Italian food isn't exactly diet food. I was happy though about one thing. Hubby agreed that next time we'll split an entree. We always split app and dessert. But he always wants his own entree. Well I guess his stomach is shrinking enough that he finally agreed. That's great for our calorie budget and our financial budget. Normally he'd finish all his and I'd finish 3/4 of mine. Well he finished about 2/3rds of his and I finished about a 1/3 of mine so put em together and we've got it about right!

Don't forget everyone that wants to submit inches lost too that we do it on the first Monday of the month.

Boy did I have a wake up call this morning. I measured. And I gained back 4 inches total from last monthes weigh in. Even though technically I weigh less now than I did then. So that was a huge smack in the face that the scale doesn't mean jack if you're gaining inches.

I didn't go to the gym at all last week. The week started off bad and it just got off track. By the time we were both able to go it was Thursday and she had a report due and I said let's just call this week a bust and we'll start fresh today. So today is a big restart for all of us it seems!

I was really getting frustrated with the working out and not seeing a loss on the scale. But man those inches really reaffirmed that working out is a huge part of this journey even if the scale is a scrooge and doesn't give up the pounds.

Then once my body bugg ever gets here I'll be really happy to see those calorie deficit differences on the days I make it to the gym. Hope that'll keep the motivation fires stoked!


for everyone!!!! WE can do this!! Whether you're recommiting or losing like a rock star, we can do this!

A small loss is still a loss - I know the inches gained are a bummer, but the body bug will help, right?

So hang in there everyone!

 

[Duchie]

Welcome to the few that have joinned lately... and Congratulations to those of us that are still here whether we are loosing, gainning or maintaining we are still here and that counts for alot

After a week at Disney and a not so great week since I got back (no exercise, no water, food was only ok) with being sick and all I figured I would be up this week but low and behold the scale said that I was -3.5 but I'll take it.

I will be gone again next week (I need to put longer than a week between trips next time - this is too stressful winding down from one and gearing up for another) to Scotland so I will miss next weeks weigh in but will be back for the one after that.

Scotland - how beautiful! We went last year and just loved it! Where are you going?

 

[stitchfan23]

Scotland - how beautiful! We went last year and just loved it! Where are you going?

I have family there. My Gran just turned 90 last week and we haven't seen her in 3yrs so we are going for her birthday. I also have an aunt and cousins there so it will be fun. We are staying just south of Glasgow but have rented a car (hubby loves driving on the other side of the road and on the narrow roads) and will be going into England, to the north of Scotland and in between as well. My parents are originally from Scotland so I have been back many times over the years so I have seen about all there is to see but it is so beautiful and I enjoy showing hubby around (only his 2nd time). I am really looking forward to it.

 

[luvsJack]

Thanks to all of you for the encouraging posts!

And congrats to all that had a good weigh in and to those who are making a new committment!

I feel so much better today and feel good about the food choices I have made today. I have already drank 1/2 of my water for today!! And 3 fruit/veggie servings! 2 more to go and will get those at supper.

WELCOME to winefairie! This is a great group you will gets lots of encouragement and motivation here!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

It took me a really long time to get here today. This is the first day of my prep week, which for my job in theatre means I am doing the final push to get everything ready for actors. However, the copy machine is broken for the 3rd time and I am, once again, at a complete standstill and totally frustrated. I had to send my 2 assistants home early because we have literally accomplished everything we can until a) the copier is fixed or b) we can get into our rented rehearsal rooms. I may get a day off tomorrow because there is nothing to do but it just means I will have to work every day this weekend to make up for it. I am not a happy human being right now and really, really want to eat a pizza. (Because pizza fixes everything in the world in case you didn't know.)

However, I am resisting. The scale was down for me today but I don't remember how much it was from last week. Overall, I am down 11.1 pounds (I think) from the beginning of this thread. I am also down 11 inches total since the 7th of February. So, I'm not making weight loss history, but I am doing ok and I am fine with it. And now, I have to go log my food for today into Sparkpeople before I give in to anger eating.