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

[Scrappy_Tink]

Can I get a what what for crunching sleaze bucket bones?? (And let's pretend that we wouldn't be thrilled to think that we'll be sexy enough to attract the sleaze buckets in the first place.)

WHAT WHAT!!!!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I'd like to join! (I'm nice, I promise) I'm new around here (W.I.S.H.) that is, and I'm already half-way to my goal...guess I could start a new goal here.

Welcome!! It's great that you are working on this now while you are young.

Celebrate her successes and NEVER criticize. If she's wrist deep in a tub of ice cream and you stumble into the kitchen, just ask her if she wants you to act as her conscience or leave her alone and then abide by her decision.

My mom did the following things: (Oh yes she DID!!)

I could go on but I think you get the point. No matter what decision I make, it's the wrong one. And she isn't like this about ANYTHING but dieting. And her comments get stuck in my head, so even when she's not here...I hear her judging me for my decisions.

Can I just say....

If I want to have dessert EVERY DARN day and I have the points for it, then I CAN!! (I don't of course, but I COULD do it on weight watchers and still lose weight, that's my point.)

Know what she'd say??

It's just empty calories.

Sorry...that sort of turned into a rant.

You rant away...I'm so sorry your family isn't more supportive. It seems you tried a variety of ways to get them to be supportive, they just aren't wired that way. I know as a Mom I try and watch how I'm reacting to some issues (not pushing and be supportive) but its something that I have to constantly think about. My mom is more underhanded in her sabatoge. She'll tell me how good I look and then she will bake "the boys" a HUGE plate of brownies - and then I have to look at them sitting on the counter.

I appreciate that advice. I have offered everything and nothing and told her it needs to be her program and her time and her choice.

I think giving her all the options and being supportive is a great suggestion. If she loves to work out half of her battle is won. I think getting a trainer to work with her is a great idea.

Our chihuahua puppy that we'd only had 5 weeks was outside taking a potty break at my parent's house at Christmas. I thought my brother's German Short Haired Pointed was in his kennel but he wasn't. Well.... by the time I heard her yelping and got outside, he already had her in his mouth and was shaking her. She was a tiny thing, 3 lbs, and there was damage internally. It took a while for us to figure it out, there were no outward signs of damage but her breathing never settled. We were in the middle of no where on Christmas Eve so by the time we found a vet that was open on the holiday and drove the 45 miles to get there, the vet said she could hear fluid on her lungs and that she needed surgery and that they couldn't do it there, we'd have to go on into Austin, another 45 mins. The likelihood of her surviving until we got to Austin was slim and if she did, there would most likely be oxygen deprivation. IF we made it through those two hurdles, the likelihood of her surviving the surgery and being 'normal' afterwards was even slimmer. So we just decided to put her out of her misery.

Making that decision, feeling so guilty for letting her out to potty on her own, not checking to see if the dog was out (not that we had any expectation that he was violent, he'd been around tons of other dogs and honestly I think he was just trying to play) then coming back to my parents house without her and telling my son on Christmas eve that his puppy was in heaven ...yeah... it was hard.

My mom told me over Mother's Day that she knew I was starting to gain weight in jr. high and she purposely didn't try to help steer me in the right direction diet wise or stop me from overeating etc, because she figured if I was overweight I wouldn't get in "trouble" with the boys. She said she saw me going in the same direction that my middle sister went as far as boys and rebelling went and she felt that she could avoid those issues if I was heavier and therefore not attractive.

The irony of it is I found a guy that liked me anyway and I did the same thing my sister did - dating young, etc! I can laugh about it now... but yea it bugs me a little to know she 'let' me gain weight. Ultimately it was my choices and my mouth I was stuffing, but it would have been nice for her to cook healthier and try to gently led me in the direction of healthier eating.

My father actually asked my husband one time how he could be attracted to me, physically. Literally came out and asked him. He's intoduced my other skinnier sister to his friends before and not introduced me at all, much less as his daughter.

My sister told me once when I was around 13 that if any boy showed interest in me that I needed to know he wasn't really interested. That boys just said they liked chubby girls to get in their undies.

So yeah... family dynamics and weight loss are tricky subjects, for sure.

Dawn, you're gonna be fine. It sounds like you have a great relationship with Carsyn. The fact that you are even aware enough of the delicate nature of the situation shows that you are 5 steps ahead of the game.


I'm about to make dinner. Yes I said I'm about to make dinner. I'm cooking tonight. For all of us, Mr. I included. Wish me luck! Will be back to track in a bit!

everyone!

I'm so sorry about your puppy as well. How sad for your holiday. Also sorry your family isn't as supportive as well. At least we've all found each other to support and commiserate with.

Good luck on the dinner! I'm sure you will do fine - let us know how it goes.

I'm not a Joisey native....... but I play one now.....
and I wisH i could say that i had an Olive complexion..... but its just the exposure / lighting on these picture.... I'm actually more aptly described as pasty white...


Just sending a big out to everyone...... and does anyone have any ideas how they are going to handle the non stop barbeques this weekend......I'm starting to freak.... just started to get my eating undercontrol after my horrible week..... any suggestions........

Pasty white - ME TOO! I ususally call it Nordic White (German and Finnish decendent). I'm loving all the pictures. I'm going to add them to my grid so I can "get to know" everyone.

Ok, so the ice cream social was a big success. I tracked it all and the total count was 670 calories!!! I had the fat free sorbet, but then added M&M's, gummi bears and then ate some good & plentys. We did go to the Y tonight and I upped the speed on the treadmill and was able to finish 2.09 miles in 35 minutes. Also, since I put away so much sugar I'm not really hungry. I may have some soup in a little bit just to get some veggies in, but maybe I'll just skip it and go watch the AI finale.

Right now I'm at 1238 calories (goal 1240 - 1670) Surprisingly still low on fat and protein but maxed out on carbs.

May 26 DONE

 

[gellybean]

I'd like to join! (I'm nice, I promise) I'm new around here (W.I.S.H.) that is, and I'm already half-way to my goal...guess I could start a new goal here.

First Name and Screen name: Patrick - pwmitch237
What your Goal Is for Fitness: to be able to run a 5K.
Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: bread...(especially @ Outback)
Favorite Good Food for You: Any type of vegetable.
Favorite Form of Exercise: Biking/Running
What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: Shatter through my goal of 180 lbs (upper edge of normal BMI). Once I'm at a width (not weight, width) I'd like, stay there.
Family: My mom, dad, and myself (I'm a teenager...trying to tackle this early on in life.)

Glad to be joining, if you'll take me. I'm hitting that part, where I need the motivation, on the plus side, just bought "The Biggest Loser Scale by Taylor, with CalMax" which tells you how many calories you can eat to maintain that weight, any less, and you lose.

I'd like to end with a quote: "What have you done today to make you feel PROUD?" - The Biggest Loser theme song.

Love that song. I need to add it to my workout playlist. And now it's in my head. Gee thanks.

So happy that you are tackling this when you are young. I tried to tackle it young but did it in the wrong way entirely and then just gave up for basically all of my 20s!

aboard!

You're a brave soul for taking on all us women.

Here are some recent pics of me. Just got my hair cut about 2 weeks ago, and the bottom one was taken Sunday at the Royals game.

Love seeing everyone else's pics and putting a face with the names.

Welcome to the even newer new people! Congrats on making the decision to join in and working to get healthy.

Gellybean, my little guy will be 2 next month and he is a handful! Such a curious child. The twins together didn't give me as much trouble as this one. lol I had to remove the drawer out of the kitchen to keep him out of it!! He's always into something and he hates being confined, but he is just the sweetest little boy.

You are gorgeous!!!

My little one is wow just into everything. I SWEAR my oldest was never like this. Maybe it's the baby of the family syndrome or maybe as I get old I forget.

Mine is a sweetie too, most of the time, but is into the mean stage now. UGH.

Gelly - so sad about your puppy too. What a rough Christmas that must have been!

Thanks! It was really hard. But I think I learned some important lessons from it and for whatever reason, it was meant to happen the way it did. Sometimes we may never understand why, but there's a reason for everything. I truly believe that.

We don't have big plans for picnics or barbecues this weekend, so I think for me it will be normal eating (my weekends are so hard anyway). I like the idea of eating watermelon! I love melon and fruit, so I plan on stocking up. Maybe if you're going to a BBQ you could bring fruit or veggie trays so you know you have some healthy choices rather than a gooey potato salad or chips.

I wish I liked melon. One of the few fruits I don't like. We're planning on grilling out Sunday at my parents. Prolly burgers. I'll choose wisely for toppings.


Ok American Idol is over, the Twins are done (lost), and I did not win a podcast cruise, so I guess I could go do some situps and go to bed. Big field trip with my third grader tomorrow!

Were you happy with the American Idol winner?

Jeeze Louise, this thread is active...I blinked and then there were three more pages. Reading it though, I thought "Oh, I have to reply to this, oh, I have to reply to this...three pages later I just don't know where to start!!


I know exactly what you're saying. I try to mark my little quote pluses as I read even if I end up deleting most of the post I at least have that reminder of wanting to comment on it.

The photo was taken last month with my 6'2" baby Jacob (he's 16). He won Colorado State competition at SkillsUSA for computer programing. Yay Jake!!

YAYAY Jake!!


Thank you all for your support today, it's so nice getting to know you better!!

Kel

It's great getting to know you too!! Nice to put a face with a name!

Oh Gelly!! Your story just made me want to cry!! Your family is terrifying!! I think I'd have trouble keeping my fork out of my dad's eyeball at all family gatherings if he asked my hubby that question. (Eyeball, crotch....whatever!!)

I know. Really.. they aren't as bad as these isolated instances make them sound to be. My parents are a lot older than I am and definitely a product of the way they were raised. My sister meant it to protect me, she just needs to work on her delivery. But no she and I aren't close now either. We had a huge falling out a few years ago over something totally unrelated (never go into business with family. Nuff said) and she told me she knew why I was so mad at her, it was because she was the skinny sister and I hated her for it.


ARE You freakin kiddin me? It was so not because of that. But that's her perception of the kind of person I am and how 'fat' people have it in for all 'skinny' people. Kind of that don't hate me because I'm beautiful thing.


So yeah.... there's that.

My mom is super supportive now and I don't think she did as much to sabotage me as she thinks she did. She was watching Ruby with me and I think it made her feel like she needed to confess something. I'm the one that went out and ate with my boyfriend after school and then would go home and eat dinner with my family too. So I can't blame her for everything. She thought she was protecting me too.
As far as my dad, well. It's hard. He loves me in his own way. But he doesn't understand why I'm overweight (he's never had a weight problem) and he was raised by his mother that overweight people are the worst kind of lazy people and lazy is a sin.

The sad irony is he quit chewing tobacco within the last year after chewing for 60+ years and low and behold he's starting to gain weight and realize that it's not that simple. So I think he is slowly beginning to see that there's a whole lot more to it.

My mom drives me crazy but she does it out of love. She thinks she's advising and helping. My dad never says a word. He got the lap band a year ago Christmas and has lost like 130 pounds or so since then. He weighs less than me now (yikes!!) but he has never said anything negative to me or about me...EVER!!

I'm glad that you have a supportive dad and that you know what you're mom is saying is out of love!

for gelly for all she has suffered. Thank heavens we have one another here on the WISH boards.

Awww. Really though, I've dealt with most of my baggage regarding it and don't view it as suffering. Just a part of my life that has made me who I am, for better or worse. I played the victim way too much in my life. I'm done with that. I was just trying to share the damage that a family/friends can do... I'm sure we all have stories we can add in the same vein.



When I was 13, I could pass for 18 and I attracted a lot of unwanted attention. A LOT of unwanted attention. I'm married and mature enough to handle it now though, so I say BRING IT ON PERVERTS!! Ooooh, I think I've just found my new slogan.

I had the same problem and was too stupid to realize that meant I was attractive. All these older guys hitting on me = you're hot. DUH. But I was too buried in my own low self esteem to realize it. Oh to go back and be hit on again.

Okay everyone, I have an announcement!! I've decide that part of our journey should include some form of martial arts...it'll be a work out during the weight loss process and then our form of protection from every sleaze bucket lurking on Skinny Island for once we get there.

"Hiyay!! Take that, you low-life." <Insert bone crunching sound here>


Can I get a what what for crunching sleaze bucket bones?? (And let's pretend that we wouldn't be thrilled to think that we'll be sexy enough to attract the sleaze buckets in the first place.)

WHAT WHAT!

Thanks!

So, I'm kind of "floating in the ocean" looking for the path that all of you are on... anybody want to fill me in on what's going on. I've searched the last 5 pages, and can't find anything.....

I'll try to help. It's all pretty steam of conciousness but most of us post our weight on Mondays by saying + or - our differences from our last Monday's weigh in. We send a pm to Dawn with our actual weight then she plugs it into a spreadsheet to get everyone's total loss and our groups total loss.

Some of us are working on tracking our foods on here (as well as WW or sparkpeople or whereever you track) We're working on 5 days out of 7 (minimal) to get a little tracking picture in our signature. Some of us do a food journal, some do point totals or cal totals or a combination of any or all of the above.

Neither are mandatory to be part of the thread. And you are welcome to do either/or or both.

Other than that, jump on it. Somedays the topics are pretty heavy, some days we laugh our butts off, but there's no rhyme or reason to our topics of convo.

HTH!

Thank you so much! That is so nice of you to say. I logged out and back in and it's working now.

We love the Royals. They're not that great, but we love to go to games.

Hugs to everyone having issues with unsupportive families. As soon as I told my mil I was doing WW, she started trying to sabotage me. Same day I told her she went and bought pie and ice cream and then got mad when I wouldn't eat it.

Don't ya hate saboteurs?? Hubby does that sometimes, even if he's not doing it conciously.

First of all..thank you ALL for the great suggestions ie..protein/fat/calorie snacks! I'd never even thought of some of them, which I'll admit made me feel a lil bit like a dope! :lol:

gellybean and stayathomemom (I think I'm going to have to print out a cheat sheet for the names!)- I'm sorry about what you guys have had to go through support-wise. With my mom it's always been a passive-aggressive thing..either "that look" or something to the tune of "didn't you just eat such and such?" or the ever popular "I don't know how you can be hungry" I honestly just got to the point where I tuned it out.

Gotta love passive aggressive behavior.



My holiday plan...We'll prob grill out at my Mom's for the holiday, and I'll just take my own diet friendly hot dog/sausage/steak with me. I'll also eat around it that day..will lay low on the carbs, cause she makes potato salad to DIE for! Do the best I can, and then let it go. Life is too short to stress over an off-diet day, just get back on the wagon the next day. DD has Cystic Fibrosis, and one thing it's taught me is not to sweat the small stuff.

One of my best friends in high school had CF! to you. I know how challenging it is. Way to see the silver lining of not sweating the small stuff!

I LOVE TATER SALAD!

So good day here, I got back on the wii fit after way too long off it..did a total of 40 minutes, the Around the Island run, advanced step, and free step. My body felt like a Morton factory afterwards, but it was worth it!

way to get back on the Wii!!
Sounds like you rocked it!

(That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) Food-wise..for the first time that I can remember..literally..I ate no bread today! Not a slice, a roll, a bun, a croissant, a biscuit, a scone..ohhh..shouldn't have mentioned scones..almost drooling here! I did though, eat a cookie..just one. So here was my epiphany today...how the h*ll many calories a day was I eating before???

EXACTLY!

I'm in awe. I mean if I'm eating this much now watching what I was eating, how many cals was I consuming when I wasn't giving a youknowhat?

HOLY CARP!

That's a rhetorical question..I don't want to know. I would say I had to have been taking in 3,000 + calories a day though, which is just scary. Never mind the fat grams. I'm one of those girls who would go through Mickey D's and get the double quarter pounder with cheese meal..eat all the burger, the fries, etc.

ME TOO! But supersized with a LARGE regular coke!

It seriously almost made me lose my lunch when I was browsing fast food calorie counts and saw where it weighed in. As the saying goes..ignorance is bliss. Okay, so tracking for the day:


I am willing to bet there were days I was hitting over 4k cals a day. EASY.

Y'all look so happy!!!!

And Piper's a doll!

I'm so sorry about your puppy as well. How sad for your holiday. Also sorry your family isn't as supportive as well. At least we've all found each other to support and commiserate with.

Amen! So glad I found you guys! And at just the right time too!

Good luck on the dinner! I'm sure you will do fine - let us know how it goes.

Dinner was good, not great, but good. I saw a few things I could do differently but we all ate it and DH got seconds so I'll take that as a positive.


Pasty white - ME TOO! I ususally call it Nordic White (German and Finnish decendent). I'm loving all the pictures. I'm going to add them to my grid so I can "get to know" everyone.


I'm pretty pale too. But I'm English and Scottish so I don't know what kinda pale that is!

Ok, so the ice cream social was a big success. I tracked it all and the total count was 670 calories!!! I had the fat free sorbet, but then added M&M's, gummi bears and then ate some good & plentys. We did go to the Y tonight and I upped the speed on the treadmill and was able to finish 2.09 miles in 35 minutes. Also, since I put away so much sugar I'm not really hungry. I may have some soup in a little bit just to get some veggies in, but maybe I'll just skip it and go watch the AI finale.

Right now I'm at 1238 calories (goal 1240 - 1670) Surprisingly still low on fat and protein but maxed out on carbs.

WAY to track it and work it into your daily cal goals!!

May 26 DONE

My tracking:

Breakfast - 1 mini croissant (100 cals) with 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 tbsp of butter and 2.5 slices turkey bacon ( I bought Jennie O brand this time and it's only 20 cals a slice )

I've been wanting a croissant breakfast sandwich ever since we went to Mimi's Cafe this weekend. I didn't order it there, (1200 cals or something insane like that) but bought the things to make a mini version. I think the total for my breakfast was 300 cals or something close. I have it tracked.

Snack - banana with 1 tbsp of peanut butter

Dinner - 1/2 link of beef sausage, rendered and drained but I tracked it as full cals and fat
1 small sweet potato, cubed and oven roasted with 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp of brown sugar and 1/2 tsp of cayenne, salt and pepper YUM!
1 cup steamed broccoli

2 soft and chewy choc chip cookies

Wednesday, May 26 DONE


Night y'all!!

 

[cheerful chickadee]

Welcome stayhomemom77 and pwmitch237!!!



Dawn I emailed you around the beginning of the month with my stats to get started on the skinny island list, I'm assuming that e-mail didn't go through because I'm not seeing my name on the list so I'll re-send the e-mail! Gotta just LOVE road runner mail and it's bootleged-ness sometimes



I haven't had much time this week but finally got a chance to jump on the computer...now that's it's freakin 1 in the morning! I weighed in last Saturday and was down another 2lbs!! I'm now down a total of 38lbs!

This week has been hectic, DH is working one of his crappy schedule weeks where he gets out anywhere from 8-9pm and since we're down to one car and no babysitter this week (long stories all around that I won't bore you with) that has made getting to the gym extra difficult BUT I'm happy to say I've stayed on my routine!! I just do the treadmill at home and use my resistance bands to do my arm exercises, when I get to the gym I work out on the elliptical and use the machines and then save the treadmill for home. I've also been walking with DD a lot this week, I've doubled the length of our route and we do it 2 - 3 times a day. I walk and DD alternates between walking with me and having me push her in her little pink car. The only bad thing is that like tonight...I'm not getting done with work out, shower, laundry and etc until very late. Unfortunately next week is going to be like this too, yuck.

It was so nice today (90ish degrees....in May....in New York?!) Soooo we went to the beach and the whole family had an ice cream as we walked the pier I know, I know, what was I thinkin?! I loved the day with the fam but the ice cream SO wasn't worth the cals and fat! I guess a treat every now and then won't kill us though so I'm not gonna stress it. I'm gonna go on the theory that the ice cream (kiddy size chocolate soft serve btw) was totally taken care of with the LONG walk up and down the pier and boardwalk, right? RIGHT? lol



gellybean: I'm so sorry for the un-supportive family, especially what your father said to your DH, that's ridiculous Family truly has the ability to hurt us more than anyone in the world.

Octoberbeauty & gelly looks like we both have 2 year olds! My DD turned 2 last September so she's turning 3 soon! They grow up so fast Two has been....interesting, that's all I'm gonna say lol

 

[GaRain]

Nice to see you here again!!! I will add you to the roll call in the second post of the thread!!!

Are you doing a water aerobics class? I bought swim gloves a few weeks ago and a huge difference in muscle tone in my arms already shown! And soreness but no pain no gain and the pain is more of a muscle soreness, not a pain that makes ya want to cry.
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I have not been weighing or tracking myself as of late. Had to focus on helping my mom after her hip replacement surgery....she is recovering quite well!
Yes, I do water aerobics and the teachers kicks our butts on a weekly basis!
What are swim gloves?

I don't mind posting a picture - there are pictures of me all over my trip report!@

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Just a quick "What I ate" post....

Breakfast: Banana
Snack: yoguert
Lunch: Salad
Dinner: WW Pasta dish (can't remember what it was called!!)

MAY 26TH DONE!!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Holy Thread Growing Batman! I went from 4:30 yesterday to just reading now and whooaaaa man I have a lot of catching up to do! Well, welcome to the new people first thing!

I did not too bad yesterday for food.

Breakfast: Bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch w/Skim

Snack: 1 small Gala apple

Lunch: 1 (BIG )Diet Pepsi, 1 stuffed Burrito with beef from TAco Bell

Dinner: 1 salad with a small amount of shredded cheddar and some fat free Ranch dressing, 2 pieces of Red Baron Pizza. This was a huge accomplishment for me! Normally its 4 pieces(half the pizza) and NO salad. I was so happy to have that will power, even when Brent was waving the last piece in front of me saying "are you sure you don't want it?" NO, I did not. Unfortunately, that meant he ate a salad and SIX pieces of pizza He says he wants to lose weight, too, but then he does that instead of wrapping it up and saving it for lunch Oh well, its his decision.

We were going to go walking/running last night, but it rained for over 2 hours. We went for a walk in the rain instead so we didn't ruin our sneakers.

Right now I'm also having kind of a hard time with exercise since I got hit in the leg with a softball Friday night. I kept the ball in front of me at least It hit me mid shin, gave me a nice skin tear and a HUGE bruise. I have a huge lump where it hit, I am swollen past my ankle and I am bruised from an inch above the hit(about 3" below the knee) to my heel to my toes!! And it hurts something wicked.

So that will make ball interesting tonight. I have Mariah's team practicing tonight from 6-7:30 and then I play at 8 tonight. Wish me luck!

May 26 DONE

 

[tlenzendorf]

Oh, and sorry about not getting a picture posted last night. Mariah had a game and then with dinner and laundry and exercise, I didn't have time to get on the computer! I will do my best tonight to post a picture of me AND my leg Work has photos blocked...

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hey girlies,

I was having a great morning. I've been on track all week and I weighed in at 253.6 which means I'm down over 6 pounds since Monday!! Who hoo! What a great start!

I was on a high today, until my hubby called to tell me he had been in a car accident on the way to work. Say what??

He's fine, unhurt although he may feel stiff and sore tomorrow but I guess the car is in bad shape. The car in front of him stopped suddenly and he was able to stop in time but the lady behind him couldn't so she hit him and the car got sandwiched in between the other two cars.

He asked me to call work and let them know to cancel his class (he's a lecturer at Windsor University) and to tell me that they are having the car towed to the dealership but he was borrowing someone else's phone (I have our cell phone) so I don't know what's going on beyond that and I have no way to contact him.

Oh! He just walked through the door. The lady that hit him gave him a ride home. He's quite chipper for someone that was just in an accident. Although he DID get to take the day off of work, so...

On a happier note, I chatted with him this morning about my weight loss rewards and he told me not to pay for them out of my pocket money. We each take $120 a month for our personal spending money and we can use it for whatever we want. He says a reward that I pay for out of my spending money isn't really a reward, so I asked him what the budget for these rewards should be and he just shrugged. I guess it's up to me!!

I've decided to reward myself in 10 pound increments. Starting with 249. I'm going to be there fairly soon, I think. So, what should I get? Shoes? A new outfit? A pedicure? A new purse? Jewelry?

Better go, he wants to talk.

 

[GaRain]

So good day here, I got back on the wii fit after way too long off it..did a total of 40 minutes, the Around the Island run, advanced step, and free step. My body felt like a Morton factory afterwards, but it was worth it! (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)

Do you have the Wii Fit Advance? I have tried doing some of their planned workouts and some of the yoga stances they want you to try are just not right for big people - just sayin'!!!
I love it though - love the boxing!

 

[GaRain]

Ok, here is me on my last trip - yup, solo trip as a birthday present to myself

One of my fav pictures of myself (despite the extra chins) from my solo trip in 2007 - Getting on Soarin' during out FutureWorld Tour!

 

[zoegirl]

Hey guys, just a quick "drive by" life is so crazy trying to get my father's funeral plans made/told. His wife is being uncooperative & I have so much family calling me wanting to know info that I don't have to give. So frustrating. I just want all this to be over with.

I really haven't eaten much the last couple days & I tried to run 6 miles today & bonked terribly. Oh well I was outside in the beautiful sunshine with one of my best girlfriends so the company & weather more than made up for the crappy run.

I hope to really be able to have more time to jump back in there with comments & responses soon. But thank you so much for all your kind words and well wishes. And a big fat WELCOME to all the newbies.

My pic is in my siggie. That's about 5-10 lbs from what I look like right now. Of course I have my child strategically placed on my lap which is the biggest part of me. Have always been pear shaped. I wish we could pin-point what areas we could lose in.

My food stats for yesterday: still don't have much of an appetite
brekkie: none 3 cups of coffee
lunch: turkey sammie on arnold sandwich thin w/steamed veggies
supper: half cup of taco meat with tortilla chips & some home made salsa.

May 26 done

 

[stitchfan23]

Holy posts! Wow we are a talkative bunch over the last couple of days.

First off WELCOME to the new joiners. You will find a great and supportive group here.

I can relate to what everyone here is saying about unsupportive family. I have had the same thing with my Dad. Growing up he always harped on and on at me about my weight (both my parents are skinny as can be and work out at the gym regularily) and even told me that he was embarrassed to go out with me. He was doing it out of love and concern and thought he was helping me. I guess it was his form of tough love but all it really did was drive me back to food! I have realized that I am falling off the wagon recently and I need to get back on. I was so proud of the almost 20lbs I had lost and gainning +2.4 of it back has really made my see how easy it is to gain weight and that if I wasn't weighing in regularily how easy it would be to put on 10+ lbs in a year and not even realize it. I am going to start tracking my food now since I think I am tricking myself into thinking that I know how many calories etc I have consumed in a day when in reality I have no idea. As someone said before I am scared to think of the calories that I consumed before starting this.

Okay as much as I hate to so this, here is a picture of me (I hate having my picture taken. Why does my chin stick out so much? It is all I see when I look at the picture)...

This was taken end of April at Disney

 

[tlenzendorf]

Almost forgot to ask! What do you all eat when you go to the movies? I know there really isn't anything great, but I MUST have something or I will over indulge after the movie starts... Its a total weakness...

We're seeing Sex and the City 2 tomorrow night Like Amy said on Facebook, I wish you guys lived closer so we could have done a group outing(for those that loooove SatC anyhow...)

 

[Octoberbeauty]

On a happier note, I chatted with him this morning about my weight loss rewards and he told me not to pay for them out of my pocket money. We each take $120 a month for our personal spending money and we can use it for whatever we want. He says a reward that I pay for out of my spending money isn't really a reward, so I asked him what the budget for these rewards should be and he just shrugged. I guess it's up to me!!

I've decided to reward myself in 10 pound increments. Starting with 249. I'm going to be there fairly soon, I think. So, what should I get? Shoes? A new outfit? A pedicure? A new purse? Jewelry?

Better go, he wants to talk.

Sorry about your hubby's accident, but glad he's okay.

I think 10 lb increments are perfect! We were out to lunch yesterday and I was eyeing the Miche handbags and hubby said that could be my reward when I hit 20 lbs lost. I'm right at 10 right now depending on what time of day I weigh. lol For some reason I'm weighing less in the middle of the day than morning and evening. Now I really want to get to 20 quick!

 

[stayhomemom77]

At the movies??

I sneak in the thins chocolate bars (100 cals) or a 100 cal bag of chocolate pretzels, chips, cheezies (whatever I'm in the mood for.) Then I buy a bottle of water there to assuage my guilt (of breaking the NO OUTSIDE FOOD rule) and add a packet of crystal light. And I take tiny bites and chew realllllly slowly so that it lasts a little longer.

Hope this helps...

 

[stayhomemom77]

I wanted to put up my "Hot Mama" pic...just for fun!

The skirt was my first sewing project ever!!

 

[Octoberbeauty]

I have a few of you on FB, but if anyone else wants to add me, my name is Sherry Downs Honeycutt. Just let me know you're from this thread.

 

[stitchfan23]

At the movies??

I sneak in the thins chocolate bars (100 cals) or a 100 cal bag of chocolate pretzels, chips, cheezies (whatever I'm in the mood for.) Then I buy a bottle of water there to assuage my guilt (of breaking the NO OUTSIDE FOOD rule) and add a packet of crystal light. And I take tiny bites and chew realllllly slowly so that it lasts a little longer.

Hope this helps...

You sneak food into the movie theatre? I'm shocked Just kidding. You need to sneak food in at those prices. Those are some great ideas that I never thought about. Thanks for the tips.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Wow, we got some lovely ladies in this group! I'm so honored to be on the same as you!

This is me in my happy place last year I'm planning to go again later this year so I can take another pic at the same spot and hopefully it'll look like one of those "before and after" photos.