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

[mom2faith]

Hello EVERYBODEEEEE!!! (she says in her best Grover Impression)

Busy weekend for us, and Ironically, the day I was worried most about (my scrapbook event) was they day I ate the best - funny how that works!!

Here are my results:

Friday
Calories - 2246 (Over 546)
Water - 48 oz (Under 16 oz)
Activity - one hour walk with family

May 14 Complete

Saturday
Calories - 1601 (under 99 )
Water - 40 oz (under 24 oz)
Activity - None, I was sitting on my butt scrapbooking all day!!!

May 15 Compete

Sunday (Close your eyes, this one is BAD!!)
Calories - 1983 (over 283)
Water - NONE!!! I drank juice, iced tea and diet root beer all day!!
Activity - none, general house cleaning, but nothing substantial

May 16 Complete

Well, at least i can say I have learned something. That weekends are HARD!! And that a little snacking here and there adds up!! Darn those Timbits my husband bought!! (For you non-Canadians those are doughnut holes).

So, I read all of the posts, and just have a few comments.

1. On the cheat days - my cousin's DH is a bodybuilder and he is a very big advocate for cheat days, but it can only be one day and has to be 7 days apart. He says that your body will only take in so much fat in one day and will, well, "expell" the rest the next day. If you limit it to one day per week and keep it 7 days apart, your body will "expell" all of the excess fat from that one day (usually the next morning, if you get my drift). I think this is great, if you can do it. But, I also think(and this is 100% my own p-ersonal opinion) that he is more successful becuase of his low body fat ratio. For me, I would not want to do this until I have reached a better body fat ration - KWIM??? Anyways, just food for thought for you ladies wanting cheat days.

2. Dawn - so glad you are feeling a bit better. i have struglled with bladder and kidney infections inthe past and know the pain and discomfort involved!! Take care of yourself!! And FINISH the anti-biotics!! All of them!! (LOL - I m such a mom!! But, I had a bad experience where I did not finish the drugs and the infection spread to my uterus, which was very scary!! Rare, but scary!!)

3. Gellybean - thanks for letting us know about Dawn. As for tracking those "odd" foods, I always take the total and divide. I guess a little high and go from there. So, 4 bites of a hot fudge sundae would be about 1/8 th of the whole sundae, right? so 1/8 of the calories. For other foods, I break down each ingredient and track them seprate. A lot of work, but more accurate than guessing. When I made Lefse a few weeks ago, I actually added up all of the calories in each ingredient I added and divided by the the total pieces I got. It took my a while, but at least I knew what I was eating....

4. Stacy - I will add you as a friend later today. Look for Amy and I will say I am from skinny island . Anyone else, just PM me your email address. I love putting faces to names!!

Ok - back to work for now, I will check in more later.

Oh, forgot about weigh in...because I forgot to weigh this morning - LOL!! I slept in and was late for work, so I missed weighing in. I will post my weight tomorrow. It was just one of those mornings at our house where nothing got done!! We were all late for work/daycare...ooops!!

 

[Peace Mickey Lovers]

Hi Girls,

Dawn I hope you feel better soon!
I had a great week, lost 6 pounds!

 

[gellybean]

Dawn- Glad you're feeling better!!!! Or at least glad you're heavily medicated and on your way to feeling better. I hate hate hate nauseous. I was on Zofran for morning sickness with both my boys. I'm pm'ing you some advice if you've never taken it before. There's some um uncomfortable side effects that can be avoided. So read the pm when you get a chance!

Add to that, dd had a very pre-teen drama filled week. Her bff for the past two years (these girls have done EVERYTHING together, we were even planning to take her with us to Disney next year) suddenly decided she needed a different friend. And apparently in 6th grade you cannot have more than one friend AND you have to become enemies with your old friend when you get a new one ?? DD bounced back with a whole group of friends to surround her and make her feel better but it has been hard on her. At least one night, she curled up in my lap and cried for awhile. Boys were sooo much easier!


I had a very similar thing happen to me. It was 7th grade (always seems to be Jr. High) and I was part of the 'popular' girls and all the sudden they stopped speaking to me. It was a rough month or so but I found a new friend and we hung out and I got over it. Low and behold about 2 months after they decided I was not worthy of their friendship, they started talking to me again. But I had been burned and wasn't about to repeat that situation. I was friendly with them and still keep up with many of them but I never went back to their little group of girls.

Honestly, now looking back, I can say this was one of the best things that happened to me growing up. It taught me what true friendship is and it got me out of a crowd of kids that eventually became pretty big partiers!

I know it's hard for your DD to see the silver lining at her age, but there will be one! Give her a for me cus I've been there! She will find true friends and make it through these hard years!

I have decided that once school is out (friday) and I am through with registration (next week), I am going to join the Y. It is 5 minutes from work and 10 minutes from home. There are several programs that look interesting for me and for dd, so I think I will take the plunge. The ability to work with a trainer is very inviting to me. And the programs for her will give a chance to meet some new kids, which I think she is going to need this summer.

Sounds awesome!!! I want to join the Y so bad!! But my membership fee is so reasonable and the gym is so close I don't dare mess with it yet.

Have fun!!




Oh, and facebook was mentioned. I am Sharon Kelly and my profile picture is a Sorcerer Mickey that says "Believe in Magic". Would love to have new friends!! Like someone else said, mention Dis or this thread though so I will know to accept it!

Can't find you! There's over 500 Sharon Kelly's and I searched through all the ones that have profile pics and can't find yours.

OH! Almost forgot! Still reading that Biggest Loser book. I will be back later today to post some recipes and tips from the book. Those folks are just so motivating! When I realize that some of them have lost more weight than I even weigh, it makes me think "there is absolutely NO reason why I cannot do this!"

Great attitude! I dug out my Biggest Loser book from a few seasons ago. 30 day jumpstart I think. I'm gonna try to read it again.

Dawn, glad to hear you are on the mend!

Hello to everyone else.

I was really bad on Saturday! My friend from out of state was here, and we went out to eat, and it was her birthday so we celebrated. Ate Monterey Chicken at Chili's and then we split a dessert. Had to dip way into my weekly points (but I guess that's what they are there for). Anyway, got back on track yesterday and my WW weigh in day is tomorrow.

So far today, I've had:
Fiber One Chocolate bar 2pts
Slice of Cheese bread 4 pts (not really sure on this one. It's from our Amish bakery and I'm guessing)

Way to get back on track!!!!

Dawn, sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

I didn't lose anything this week. Kind of bummed, but still proud of myself. I went to two parties this week and did without the cake and alcohol. I am sticking to the no added sugar and I do feel a lot better. Hoping next week the scale shows it!

Awesome job doing without the cake and alcohol!!! Sugar really does make me feel yucky too! And the more you eat of it the more you crave it. Evil sugar!!

This week I am -0.6. Considering I was up by as much as 2 pounds this week, I was pleased with it.


I could utter these words verbatim!

I think I figured out why I had such trouble last week. When I entered my weight into WW online, I got a pop-up that said it was time to recalculate my daily points allowance. I figured this was coming - on WW, your daily points allowance is determined by your weight, so naturally if you weigh less you need fewer points. Mine dropped by 2, so now I'm allowed 23 pts/day. It's not too bad and I think I will be able to meet the goal, but I'm still kind of nervous about it.

Everytime you drop under the next tens place in your weight, you'll lose a daily point.

I.e from 171 to 169 you'll lose a point even if it's just 2 lb loss.

But you probably already knew that! You can go in and recalculate your points manually if you don't want to wait for it to remind you.

Hello EVERYBODEEEEE!!! (she says in her best Grover Impression)


3. Gellybean - thanks for letting us know about Dawn. As for tracking those "odd" foods, I always take the total and divide. I guess a little high and go from there. So, 4 bites of a hot fudge sundae would be about 1/8 th of the whole sundae, right? so 1/8 of the calories. For other foods, I break down each ingredient and track them seprate. A lot of work, but more accurate than guessing. When I made Lefse a few weeks ago, I actually added up all of the calories in each ingredient I added and divided by the the total pieces I got. It took my a while, but at least I knew what I was eating....

Thats kinda what I did. I forget exactly what percentage I guessed on the sundae but thats what I try to do.

And I do add each ingredient together and divide by a number of servings when we cook at home. My bugg software has a recipe builder similar to WW e tools.

My problem is when I go out and the restaurant doesn't have nutritional info or I go to someone elses house to eat and I didn't cook it and I didn't see what went into it.

I know a lot of times all we can do is guess, but it bugs me so you can be soooooo off. I guess that's partly why I'm learning that I have to be ok with this being a slower process because there are gonna be weeks I think I'm undertracking and I'm not and there are gonna be weeks when I think I'm majorly over budgeting and I'm not. So yeah, I gotta trust the process, estimate the best I can and try to have as big of a deficit as I can so the exercise will cover any errors in tracking.




Personal update:

I'm down -.6.

Honestly, I'm happy. I only got to the gym 2 days last week. I ate out. I'm about to have a monthly visitor. So yeah. I'll take it. Especially considering this is the first time I've showed a loss two weeks in a row. Well maybe the second time. I think I had a -.2 once after a loss.

Gotta clean house today. Mom is flying back home from Disney and she and her friend are coming over to download pics.

Their flight lands right smack dab in the middle of our workout time. BUT instead of letting this give me an excuse not to go work out, I'm gonna take DS7 with me and leave DS2 napping with his dad, who's off again today. We're gonna go hit the gym and then head to the airport afterwards. Already talked to my sister and she can't get out of work that early so she's gonna work late tonight to try to make it easier on her the rest of the week.

I'm determined to make it to the gym 5 days this week. Here's hoping DS7 doesn't catch another stomach bug from his sister who he just spent the weekend with! Kids and germs ! UGH!

Congrats to all the losers!!! We had some big numbers this week!! AWESOME!

to everyone that's feelin bummed! Tomorrow is another day!!!

Catch y'all later!

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Hey All!

Dawn - Get well soon!

I had a great week, lost 6 pounds!

Holy cow! Congrats!

Congrats to all who have been tracking their food. I have been in a journal, but just haven't made the switch to online tracking yet. I'm just trying to be more aware of what I'm eating and writing down everything. Its been nice to get other people's perspective on weight loss and their ideas for meals. I actually made a different kind of salad today. Started with lettuce, added Hillshire Deli turkey breast, little bit of oregano, just a little bit of relish, and a few splashes of Kraft Light Zesty Italian Dressing. Tasted just like a Turkey sandwich!

This week, I'm -3!! Thats a 10 pound loss in 2 weeks! Also, I haven't had any fast food in over 2 weeks! Thats almost as good as the weight loss! Going through the drive thru used to be a staple of my diet. Painful for the scales and the wallet. Now, I'm not saying I haven't gone out to eat, I just haven't had fast food; and have made healthier choices when I go out.

Great work everyone! Keep it up!!

 

[officereg]

Hi Girls,

Dawn I hope you feel better soon!
I had a great week, lost 6 pounds!

6lbs that is great! way to go!

 

[Duchie]

Hi Girls,

Dawn I hope you feel better soon!
I had a great week, lost 6 pounds!

Amazing! Nice job this week!

Personal update:

I'm down -.6.

Honestly, I'm happy. I only got to the gym 2 days last week. I ate out. I'm about to have a monthly visitor. So yeah. I'll take it. Especially considering this is the first time I've showed a loss two weeks in a row. Well maybe the second time. I think I had a -.2 once after a loss.

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That's nothing to sneeze at - everything I've read has said that a 0.5-2 lb loss per week is good, and you're most definitely in that range. That new dress is going to look smashing on you.

This week, I'm -3!! Thats a 10 pound loss in 2 weeks! Also, I haven't had any fast food in over 2 weeks! Thats almost as good as the weight loss! Going through the drive thru used to be a staple of my diet. Painful for the scales and the wallet. Now, I'm not saying I haven't gone out to eat, I just haven't had fast food; and have made healthier choices when I go out.

Great work everyone! Keep it up!!

Wow - great job!

I'm so excited to see such big numbers this week. Way to go everyone!

 

[ski_mom]

I'm -3 this week! I honestly can't believe it because I haven't been very good about my eating, but I started spring cleaning this weekend and worked really hard at that. I guess if I kept my house clean all the time, I'd be a lot littler to show for it!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Way to go with the losses this week everybody!!

 

[Peace Mickey Lovers]

Great job everyone keep up the good work!!!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

WOW - off the DIS for a day or two and lots going on!!

First - Dawn I hope you're feeling better.
Second - I am -1 this week. It was better before the weekend of course. I had two dinners that were not so great for me, despite the fun. I did get some exercise walking and gardening. I'm getting back to walking during lunch this week now that the weather is good. Hopefully that will help! Plus I got to the grocery store finally on Friday and got more fruits and veggies.

Third - CONGRATS to all of you! You are doing so great!! I don't post my intake etc, but I do read EVERYTHING and really appreciate all the information you all are sharing.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi guys! Please send me your weights if you have not yet.

I have updated everyone I have gotten so far.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Happy Monday everyone!

Had a fun weekend, but a disaster nutritionally. For starters, DH had to go run a call Saturday morning (volunteer firefighter), and on his way back brought breakfast for me and DD - doughnut holes for her, a glazed cinnamon roll for me. Ate about half of that with a glass of milk. Had some leftover pizza for lunch, then left for the church fair. Split some cheese nachos for a snack, then for dinner had a Lebanese chicken pasta (somewhat of a creamy sauce), salad, hummus & pita bread. Drank Powerade and Diet Dr. Pepper most of the day.

No breakfast Sunday morning (as a matter of routine I don't eat before church), then went to the fair right after mass. Had a big taco salad and Sprite for lunch, then later in the day split a funnel cake. Got home around 5, took a late nap with DD while DH went to the fire station to do weekly truck maintenance, then did our grocery shopping. He didn't get home until quite late, and brought rotisserie chicken, baked beans, and potato salad home for dinner at like 8:30.

So that was my weekend. Could have been worse I suppose, esp. being at the fair, but could have been a lot better. At least I know I burned a good bit of calories pushing through all the wet, muddy grass (we had a LOT of rain in Baton Rouge this weekend) for two straight days. Will be back later with today's calorie tracking.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Congrats to all the losers this week! Wow - a 6 pound loss! I must have found those pounds for you. You all are so inspiring.

I didn't weigh in this morning. I just couldn't face it. After seeing the number yesterday, I just didn't want to spoil my partial day off with the anger and depression I had yesterday so I skipped it. I'm not giving up, but I needed some time away from the scale for my mental health.

I hope you all have a great week! I have another week of rehearsals before we begin tech. It's going to be a long one.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Wow, it's great seeing all the negative signs in front of numbers today! I'm happy to report a -3 lbs too! Well, technically it's -2.9 from last week, but I'll round it up

Food journal for today:
Breakfast: half of a banana, 1 Kashi granola bar

Lunch: Salad bar, mixed greens with some chicken drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette and a spoonful of sunflower seeds sprinkled on top; about 1/2 cup of fruits (melons and strawberries)

Dinner: Sautéed squash and onions with yesterday's leftover chicken; stole 3 bites of mint chocolate chip ice cream from my brother

Total: 1116 cal/77 carb/60 fat/77 protein

Monday, May 17 Done!


Water: I bought a new water bottle this weekend so I can keep track of how much I'm drinking. It's 750mL capacity and I've refilled it twice today, so that's at least 1.5 liters already. Will probably finish off the rest of it before bed, so that's about 2.25 liters or 76 oz for the day. It's almost half of my weight, so I'm on the right track.

I'll edit it to add the calories later, but I know it's a pretty good day overall. Went to the gym and was able to jog 2 miles non-stop at 6mph speed (that's about 10 minutes per mile), not bad! I couldn't even run a full mile a couple months ago without stopping and gagging. It's starting to come together, so I'm hoping to be ready for the 5K in September that my department is sponsoring for pediatric brain tumor research.

 

[gellybean]

Breakfast :

2 mini sausage biscuits


Snack: 5 sugar wafers (DH bought them. He was having a craving! I patted myself on the back for only eating 5. Love em)

Dinner: 1/2 lb 93% lean hamburger patty, hamburger bun, 1 tbsp light mayo, 1slice muenster cheese, 1 serving jalapeno lays kettle chips, 1 serving sweet jalapeno pickles

1 Kelloggs Fiber Dark Chocolate Almond Bar

Total for the day

protein 74.2 g carbs 117.6 g fat 76.7 g Cals 1463.0

Went over on fat again. But everything else was in range!

Today was a weird day with errands and sleeping in etc. I know 2 meals and 1 snack isn't good for health or weight loss. Will try to work on eating smaller more frequent meals the rest of the week.

I did make it to the gym tonight by myself!
I should hit over 1000 cals deficit today!

Monday May 17 DONE

Heading to pick up my mom soon. Their flight was delayed out of MCO and they missed their connection in Houston. She's gonna be pooped!

See you all tomorrow!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

WOW! Such great losses for so many islanders

food for today (this is a big deal for me, I said I would do this like a week ago, and am finally getting around to it...)

mini wheats/skim
300 cal (?) lean cuisine chix parm/noodles
90 calorie granola bar
one chix breast
1 cup noodles
1 bag micro popcorn

eeks - lotsa carbs. need to sneak in some veggies tomorrow.

MAY 17 DONE

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Ok, I didn't take really good notes on who I wanted to comment back on.

First, Dawn - so glad you are out of the hospital. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Congrats for everyone that posted losses.

Stacy - I'm going to have to take my own advice and not worry about the number on the scale. Today I'm +1 from last week. What is depressing is that I've actually done better this week than most and actually exercised more than normal. I'm going to just consider this a freak and keep tracking and exercising. But Dang it there better be a loss next week. I really want a palm tree.

Gelly - a scotshmallow is my FAVORITE See's candy and both Brendan and Jim gave them to me for Mothers day so I've been rationing them out to myself very sparingly. They are caramel, marshmallow covered in ark chocolate.

Sharon - Amazingly something quite similar also happend to me as well. I was in 9th grade. The girls that I hung around with actually wrote me a note telling me that they didn't want me to hang out with them anymore. I was devistated. Luckily I asked an acquantance if I could eat lunch with her the next day and we became best friends (and are still friends today) the other girls just faded away. I agree with Gellybean she will look back on this as a turning point in her life (hopefully for the best) but dang it sure is hard when you are going through it. From me to both of you (because I know you are suffering through this as well). Girls can be SO mean.

Here is my food log for today:

Breakfast:
Milk, nonfat, 0.5 cup
Post Raisin Bran Cereal, 1 cup (1 serving)
Lunch:
Panera half Fuji Apple Salad (no nuts/onions), 1 serving
Panera whole grain baguette, 1 serving
Dinner:
Egg white, 2 serving
Egg Yolk, 1 large
Strawberries, fresh, 1 cup, halves
Cider Vinegar, 0.25 cup
Cider Vinegar, 1 tbsp
Beans, red kidney, 0.5 cup
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), 0.5 cup
Snack:
Yoplait Delight (Chocolate Raspberry), 1 serving
Sees Scotchmallow, 1 serving
Dannon Activia Mixed Berry Yogurt, 4 oz., 1 serving

Calories: 1,358
Fat: 32
Carbohydrates: 222
Protein: 67
Fiber, total dietary: 34

May 17 Done

We went to the gym tonight and I really pushed myself on the ellipitcal. My average heartrate was 129 and that is higher than normal for me. I also added weight to the machines to make the resistant higher than normal.

Here is to a good week for everyone.

 

[stitchfan23]

I'm BAAACCCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys did it to me again. I go away and come back and another 12 pages to read. Congratulations to everyone for the large numbers that we saw both last week and this week. I can't weigh in this week as we lent our Wii to my nephew while we were away and he still has it. I think I did ok though as I was really able to control my food intake and I did drink water every day. Maybe not all my water but at least some. I have so much work to catch up on I will be popping in and out of the next couple of days but I will weigh in next week.

Dawn and hope you feel better soon.

 

[luvsJack]

Good morning! Thanks for the hugs for dd and me. She is much better this week so I am hoping the drama is coming to a close. And, yes, girls can be so mean!

On Facebook, I can be found by my college: Pearl River Community College
Hope that helps!


Here is my tracking for yesterday;

breakfast Special K Protein Shake Chocolate 190

lunch Zaxby's Grilled Chicken House Salad 463
Southwest Salad Dressing 100

afternoon snack Blue Diamond Almonds 100 Cal 100

dinner Catfish Fillet 220
dinner Green Giant Seasoned Vegetables 40

evening snack Jello Fat Free Pudding 100

Total Cal: 1303 for the day


Did good yesterday, actually under the suggested calories on LiveStrong.


I have found a sort of odd way of keeping my appetite in check. I bought some new clothes over the weekend and got a "slimming vest" to wear under them. It goes under my bra and down to my hips. Doesn't make me smaller but does make everything smoother. Anyway, I can't eat as much while wearing it!! I realized when I was eating lunch yesterday that there was no way I would be able to finish that salad. And I didn't want my usual afternoon snack. So, I have it on again today and we will just see how well this works. I figure anything that helps is worth doing!!

 

[lizzyb5280]

Here's my food log for yesterday. I did well enough that I even had room in my allowances for a slice of pizza as an afternoon snack! Not the best use of calories in terms of nutrients, but it's what I was craving and I could "afford" it.

Breakfast: Banana and Glass of Milk (231 Cal)
Lunch: Ham Sandwich, Grapes, Wheat Thins, Red. Fat Cheese Stick (455 Cal)
Snack: One slice Papa John's Spinach Alfredo Pizza (280 Cal)
Dinner: Grilled Shrimp with Lemon Pesto Rice (673 Cal)

Totals for day: (Targets)
Calories: 1638 (1,330 - 1,680)
Fat: 60 (35 - 61)
Protein: 75 (60 - 138)
Carbs: 205 (178 - 257)

All those numbers are within my target range. Woo-hoo! Half of that fat came from dinner, but I figure it's mostly "good fats" from the olive oil in the pesto.

Monday May 17 Done