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

[officereg]

My husband always called me a chubby chaser because a good majority of my friends are "curvy" I must just click better with them, maybe we have more in common???

 

[MulanUSAF]

#2 Who knew our Mulan brought to the table some Asian decadence? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller? (I so did but you look so stinkin cute and totally like Mulan. If I had to pick a Disney character I looked like it would be Captain Smede. Not so sexy.



If Mulan is actually from Sweden and just looked tan - please explain it to her.

Aww, thanks Dawn!

Mulan is a very dear story/movie for me. I first heard the tale from my grandmother when I was a little girl, long before the first Disney exec ever started thinking about making a movie out of it. Of course, her version was a bit different and did not include a little red dragon named Mushu or storming the emperor's palace with a bunch of cross dressers.

When the Disney movie was released, it came out the weekend just before I was heading off to the US Air Force Academy for basic cadet training. My whole family went to watch this movie the night before I flew out to Colorado. Very fitting send off movie wasn't it?

Oh, and Dawn, YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE MR. SMEE (from Peter Pan)!!! Because every time I see him, I think of my brother's creepy middle school science teacher, who is currently serving a 15 year sentence in a federal prison for soliciting teens for you know what over the internet. Luckily, none of his victims were students at the school... but I digress.

Resemblance wise, I say you are more along the lines of Cinderella's "bibbity bobbity boo" fairy godmother. But the character you really remind me of is...
<drumroll>








Rafiki!

No no, don't kill me yet... I don't mean that you resemble a grizzled old baboon in looks! I mean that he's wise, witty, respected, can thoroughly kick a$$ when necessary and just slightly to make him all the more endearing. From what I have read about you in your TRs and on here, you totally fit the bill.


Okay... food log for yesterday:

Breakfast: a small bowl of Kashi cereal with strawberries; 1 Yoplait light

Lunch: Low carb tortilla rolled up with leftover chicken breast, roasted red pepper spread and muenster cheese, carrot sticks and hummus on the side

Dinner: Went out to a local Chinese buffet (celebrating my little brother's induction into National Honor Society); tried to eat mainly veggies or low carb stuff, like broccoli and beef, shrimp and asparagus, sauteed eggplant, broiled salmon, etc. Stayed away from all the rice and noodle dishes. I did have some coconut custard cake they brought out for my brother though, deliciously wicked stuff.

Thursday, May 27 Done!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Thanks to everyone who responded about the clothes thing. I tried to find and quote everyone. I felt like you guys would understand, and you did! Thanks! Looks like I'm going to be going shopping!! I'll admit the size... right now, I'm in a size 20 pant. Wow, that number sounded smaller in my head. Those are the pants that are falling off. Hopefully its not just because I've stretched them out! I'm kinda between a regular and a plus size. I wear a XXL (18-20) in most shirts, 1X is too small, but the 2X (20-22) stuff seems almost too big. I'm very busty, so things fit me weird. Forget button down shirts!!

Good luck with the shopping, hopefully with this weekend there will be lots of sales. I'm in the in-between sizes as well. I just went out to try on some pants and I can zip them but breathing all day would be an issue. Try and find a 14WP (short) size and its pretty near impossible. But a regular Misses size doesn't have enough room in the stomach. Guess I better focus some workouts on that area.

Started out ok for the day and then went downhill fast. I am owning it, moving on and am not letting it happen again.

Breakfast - 1 blackberry FF Yoplait Yogurt
Lunch - leftover salad with grilled steak, 2 pcs light rye bread
Snack - cupcake
Dinner - leftover potatoes (cold and tossed with cucumber and 1tbsp light cesear dressing), 2 homemade hamburger patties

* Here is where we crash and burn. Hubby had baseball at 6:30 and hour away from home so we ate dinner early and it honestly wasn't enough that we were starving after so we ate...

Dbl cheesburger, medium fries and a medium coke zero from McD's and then I had a Twix chocolate bar Not sure why I caved in but I did so there it is over and done with. On a good note I drank all my water today.

May 27th DONE (and we won't speak of it again)

Isn't it amazing once you start that slip, you just keep going? I feel like I lost control of my body totally and all common sense leaves me. I swear someone takes over my body and pushes all logical thinking out. HEY, Maybe I'm living in a Star Trek episode and I've been taken over by aliens?? Yeah, that's not going to fly here either...

My day (food wise).....

Breakfast: 1C Cheerios w/ .5c of Skim Milk = 140 Calories
Lunch: Banana (109 Calories) & 2C of V8 Fusion Lite (Strawberry/Banana): 100 Calories
Snack(sort of): Being in NOLA; Beignets (3) (Café du Monde) = 527 Calories (& 11g of fat....why must they be so good?)
Frozen Café Au Lait (Large): 50 Calories (estimate) - (their coffee has only 5 calories per 6 fl oz...and skim milk, can't be too bad)
Dinner: Fazzio's Meatball (just 1) (estimate) 250 Calories & Caesar Salad (Side) 250 Calories (estimate):I guess this is where I'm glad I don't like coffee and/or beignets

Total: 1,426 Calories.... kinda high for me.
Time to go do "The Biggest Loser, Last Chance Workout" twice.... hopefully I'll still lose weight in the morning.

MAY 27 DONE!

(I'm going to try to end every one of my posts with a (hopefully motivating) quote )

"Do you want to be skinny or what? KEEP GOING!!!!" - Jillian Michaels

Love it!

I may come back and edit my previous post to DONE for today's tracking. Still not hungry. Made the boys dinner and didn't eat any. DH called and offered food from his restaurant and I turned it down.

Might be able to salvage this day calorie wise yet.

I'm seriously thinking about doing Southbeach some over the summer. I really need to concentrate on proteins and veggies and quit eating so many dang carbs. And with summer time I think it would be easier to give up processed carbs for a while with all the fresh fruits and veggies out there.

NOT giving up on Bodybugg by any means, just trying to tweak my eating habits some.

LESS carbs more whole foods. I'm really seeing a pattern in my eating habits. Eating way too many processed foods!



But that's what long term tracking is for! So for learning something!

When I started tracking I was amazed at how many of my calories were used up with starches thereby Carbs. I always said I couldn't do without all the bread, etc, but I've cut down a lot and I'm amazed at how much I can tell on the scale when I've gone overboard.

OH! I almost forgot my picture! This is me and DD at the zoo on Mother's Day. One of the things that bothers me most about the way I look is that my SCI has cost me a lot of my posture, which wasn't great to begin with. So couple that with being overweight and being insanely large-chested, I feel like all I am is a set of lopsided breasts and a lap; I have no torso anymore! My reward to myself when I am maintaining goal weight AND done having kids is a breast reduction. I've wanted one since I was 15, and can't wait!

I LOVE this picture - your daughter is adorable and you both look so happy!!

Mitch/Dan (skip this TMI paragraph)
I'm with you on the reduction. I've always said that would be the one surgery that I'd do in a heartbeat. Have you gotten fitted for a bra? I always just went to the department store and tried on a bunch and then picked one that I thought fit. WELL, I recieved a gift card to a store that was know to have a fantastic selection and really good fitters (don't think that Nordstroms are all over the country) so I decided to go in and get properly fitted. OMG!! The girls are much perkier and my back actually feels better.
This was my expression once I saw the size that I was wearing. I had actually gone down in band size but I was wearing three cup sizes larger than I would select at the normal department store. It was expensive but DH says it is WELL worth the $$.

Did some P90X but my C-section scar is literally killing me. I know it didn't heal right. I had 2 emergency sections from hip bone to hip bone. Not the cute little ones that most people have. I may not be able to do the stomach stuff. I'm in a lot of pain & I am moving aroung like I'm 10days post C-section. My other muscles hurt in a good way.

Have you gotten checked out? I had a friend that had some major scar tissue that had to be dealt with.

Breakfast - putting salt in pool (forgot about it until it was too late)
*Got a good work out brushing the salt in the pool to make it dissolve faster. All 310lbs of the salt.

Early Lunch - veggi filled lasagna (home made)- small piece

Dinner (remind me to kill DH) - Chinese buffet

**DH thinks we need full blown meals. We were messing w/ the pool & I didn't get to cook. Instead of sandwiches, cereal......... he wanted to go out to the store ie...eat out

This post just cracked me up. I'm sure so many of us can say we want to kill our DHs for leading us to the dark side with food. EXACTLY!!

what i ate yesterday:
Breakfast: again none 3 cups of coffee. I promise I really do eat breakfast, just haven't had much of an appetite the last few days.
Lunch: Salad with 1/2 cup of leftover taco meat, & some chips w/homemade salsa
dinner:2 of my sweet girlfriends took me out for the evening to help get my mind off of my dad's death. I ate sushi (2 rolls), a salad w/ginger dressing and 1 beer.
I'm trying to keep up with drinking water. I am so bad with this. I try to not make anything else available to drink except water & I still fail. Want to get better at drinking what I'm supposed to.

May 27 done


~bree~

I was going to suggest the crystal light drinks, but Cary beat me to it.

I'm also trying to up my water intake.. but I really try to stay away from artificial sweetners, colors etc... so I was so excited when I saw these the other day.... I use one a day... to relieve water bordem...

has no artificial sweetners , colors or preservatives and only 15 calories each..

I also found this and laughed until it hurt.

It's a good think I wasn't drinking when I saw that! It would have been straight through the nose.

As promised... the leg!

Yup, you win the best bruise I've seen in a while. I hope it only looks bad and the pain is gone.

The car accident yesterday sort of robbed me of my appetite so although I ate my meals...they were tiny. So I still had 12 points left at the end of the day. I decided (since hubby wanted a treat) that I would do ice cream and I indulged in an 8 point cone...and then felt guilty about it for an hour afterward. Still had four regular points left for the day even after the indulgence and 2 exercise points as well as ALL of my weekly flex points. But, I figured that it was like a meal's worth of empty calories and hence a bad choice. You have nothing to feel guilty for, if you tracked the ice cream and you were within your points you are good. Think of all that protein and calcium that you took in. Did it have any fruit? Ice cream is my favorite so I feel like I have to defend its reputation.

Anyway, I've forgiven myself for that...although I may not have if the scale hadn't been nice to me again this morning. Weighed in at 252.8 so down 0.8 pounds overnight. How much longer can I keep this up?? I'm enjoying this daily weight loss posting and I'll be sad when I'll have to resort to weekly bragging...I mean sharing!! You keep sharing away!!

I'm going to ignore all the Jesus comments, I want to have immunity from all of the lightening strikes!! But I think he's up there cheering me on to hot mama-ness. I'm only planning on seducing my own husband so I should be good to go. As long as you use that bod for good (and within the vows of your marriage), he and we will be cheering you along

I've noticed that when I see myself alone in a picture, I often think..."hey! That's not so bad." It's only when I'm standing with my skinny mini friends that I can hear the Fat Albert theme song in my head.

Case in point:

This was taken at Christmas last year. Thankfully these pants are too large now...however you can see DH is still sexy despite his extra 40 pounds. (I'm jealous of that.) I'd like to be able to look at pictures of the two of us and not wonder what he is doing with me. I outweigh him by a lot.

And now that I have just confirmed your suspicions that I am extremely vain, I'll sign off for now!! Please continue to love me.

I wouldn't say you were vain, I wish I had your moxie!

Just a quick drive by. I'm running around trying to pack for me and both boys. Heading to my parents house for Memorial Day weekend.
Have a fabulous and safe weekend!!!

Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

Mulan is a very dear story/movie for me. I first heard the tale from my grandmother when I was a little girl, long before the first Disney exec ever started thinking about making a movie out of it. Of course, her version was a bit different and did not include a little red dragon named Mushu or storming the emperor's palace with a bunch of cross dressers.

When the Disney movie was released, it came out the weekend just before I was heading off to the US Air Force Academy for basic cadet training. My whole family went to watch this movie the night before I flew out to Colorado. Very fitting send off movie wasn't it? What a perfect way to send you off!

Dinner: Went out to a local Chinese buffet (celebrating my little brother's induction into National Honor Society); tried to eat mainly low carb stuff, like broccoli and beef, shrimp and asparagus, sauteed eggplant, broiled salmon, etc. Stayed away from all the rice and noodle dishes. I did have some coconut custard cake they brought out for my brother though, deliciously wicked stuff.

Mmmm...chinese buffet. Good job staying away from the carbs. And CONGRATULATIONS to your brother on the NHS award![/QUOTE]

Today's been pretty good, we get off early the day before a holiday and I went to the Y and did 30 minutes on the eliptical. Now we are off for our Friday night mexican dinner (already tracked it). I'll come back later and post my food journal later.

 

[pwmitch237]

Since I haven't left yet.... I thought I'd post my food journal for the day.

Breakfast: 1 Cup of Cheerios w/ .5 Cup of Skim Milk (140 Calories)
Lunch: Chicken & Rice Healthy Soup (200 Calories)
Dinner: Subway Sandwich (6" Wheat, Turkey, Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumbers, Green Bell Peppers, Olives, & Honey Mustard) (310 Calories) Baked Doritos (170 Calories) and Diet Coke.

Oh, and two tic-tacs (like that makes a difference...3.8 Calories)

Total: 653.8 Calories for the day........and I'm always full..... something just doesn't seem right about that.

MAY 28 DONE!
Alright, time to go hit Last Chance Workout....I will leave y'all with a quote, as always.

"BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS...leave it all on the gym floor." - Jillian Michaels


btw: lizzyb5280, thanks for the warm welcome! Good to see another Louisianian!

 

[pipersmom]

OMG!!! Why are we doing pictures? I avoid cameras like the plague. Accountability!!!!!

Did some P90X but my C-section scar is literally killing me. I know it didn't heal right. I had 2 emergency sections from hip bone to hip bone. Not the cute little ones that most people have. I may not be able to do the stomach stuff. I'm in a lot of pain & I am moving aroung like I'm 10days post C-section. My other muscles hurt in a good way.

Jennifer- Do you like the P90X? My understanding is that it doesn't involve a lot of cardio, mostly strength stuff?

This post just cracked me up. I'm sure so many of us can say we want to kill our DHs for leading us to the dark side with food.

what i ate yesterday:
Breakfast: again none 3 cups of coffee. I promise I really do eat breakfast, just haven't had much of an appetite the last few days.
Lunch: Salad with 1/2 cup of leftover taco meat, & some chips w/homemade salsa
dinner:2 of my sweet girlfriends took me out for the evening to help get my mind off of my dad's death. I ate sushi (2 rolls), a salad w/ginger dressing and 1 beer.
I'm trying to keep up with drinking water. I am so bad with this. I try to not make anything else available to drink except water & I still fail. Want to get better at drinking what I'm supposed to.

May 27 done


~bree~

Bree- I am also horrible about the water thing. I may drink 3 glasses a day..I really need to get on that. I also am good for rationalizing..ie..well..the diet green tea is mostly water.. :

I'm also trying to up my water intake.. but I really try to stay away from artificial sweetners, colors etc... so I was so excited when I saw these the other day.... I use one a day... to relieve water bordem...

has no artificial sweetners , colors or preservatives and only 15 calories each..

Thanks, Cary..definitely going to look for those!

I'm going to ignore all the Jesus comments, I want to have immunity from all of the lightening strikes!! But I think he's up there cheering me on to hot mama-ness. I'm only planning on seducing my own husband so I should be good to go.

I've noticed that when I see myself alone in a picture, I often think..."hey! That's not so bad." It's only when I'm standing with my skinny mini friends that I can hear the Fat Albert theme song in my head.

And now that I have just confirmed your suspicions that I am extremely vain, I'll sign off for now!! Please continue to love me.

At least you know you have someone good looking over your shoulder I never think I look big in the mirror, then I see a picture and it's ! I was very good friends with a girl with an eating disorder in my early 20's, bar hopping days...I used to refer to us as "Mutt and Jeff"! Other than her, almost all of my friends have also been "fluffy".

Just a quick drive by. I'm running around trying to pack for me and both boys. Heading to my parents house for Memorial Day weekend.


I'm out like trout! Will probably post my weigh in Tuesday morning when I return. I'll be reading over the weekend from my phone but probably won't post.

Have a fabulous and safe weekend!!!

I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for the croissant tip, now at least I know why I haven't seen them! We're going to the "Big City" tomorrow though, and I'll look while we're there.

My husband always called me a chubby chaser because a good majority of my friends are "curvy" I must just click better with them, maybe we have more in common???

LOL Sara! I think a lot of it is the commonalities. I also have to wonder if part of it for me was knowing I could eat in front of my fluffy friends without them judging, etc? Something to think about for me, I guess!

Dawn..See you don't check in for a bit and the thread goes crazy..the inmates taking over the asylum! I'm sorry you're having pain issues though.

Okay, my tracking for today!

Breakfast- Bagel thin & Brummel- Brown, coffee
Lunch- 2 Chicken egg rolls, duck sauce, Yoplait Lite banana cream pie
Dinner- Cafe Steamers Beef Merlot, water
Snacks- Grapes, WW Ice cream bar, string cheese, cukes w/ ranch

I think tomorrow will be my first challenging day, we're going to the next city over, and will undoubtedly be eating out for either lunch or dinner. I'm planning on something light for breakfast (fruit or something) and then eating the other meal around where we end up eating. We'll see!

May 28- Done!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Arrrghhhh, I haven't been able to get on all day!!

Didn't do so well today, was busy and broke and got a Pepsi. Then to top it off, I had spaghetti for dinner (tho didn't have hardly anything to eat all day). *sigh* back to the drawing board tomorrow.

I hope you'all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend...and please remember all of those who fought and died for this great nation.

Today....

piece of pepperoni pizza on the run...
Pepsi
bowl of spaghetti.

MAY 28TH DONE (Thank goodness!!)

 

[Duchie]

Hey all!

Feels like I've been MIA for a couple of days. It's all good here, just nuts as usual. I haven't had time to read the last couple of pages but I'll get caught up over the weekend.

One thing I did notice - tlenzendorf WOWZA that's one heckuva bruise! Owwie! I'm going to limp just thinking about it!

OK, the real reason I am posting tonight..... My DD has suddenly outgrown ALL of her pants. Her shorts are suddenly much too tight. Hitting puberty and changing shape you say? Quite possibly true! Anyway we had to go shopping tonight and she wanted to go to Old Navy. As she was trying on shorts I was browsing through their clearance rack. An associate walked by and told me that their entire clearance section is an additional 50% off of the clearance price. I found 3 shirts for her, and the most expensive was $3.24. I didn't get a chance to browse the ladies section in depth but I did notice they had quite a bit on sale. So Crabby Amy and all of those of you contemplating shopping for new clothes, you may want to stop by and see if they have anything.

I love everyone's pictures! I will post one of me soon I promise as soon as I remember my Photobucket login information, figure out how to resize pictures and find one with me in it. I'm sure I'll have a child strategically placed in front of me (as always) but I think you will all understand.

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Hey all!

OK, the real reason I am posting tonight..... My DD has suddenly outgrown ALL of her pants. Her shorts are suddenly much too tight. Hitting puberty and changing shape you say? Quite possibly true! Anyway we had to go shopping tonight and she wanted to go to Old Navy. As she was trying on shorts I was browsing through their clearance rack. An associate walked by and told me that their entire clearance section is an additional 50% off of the clearance price. I found 3 shirts for her, and the most expensive was $3.24. I didn't get a chance to browse the ladies section in depth but I did notice they had quite a bit on sale. So Crabby Amy and all of those of you contemplating shopping for new clothes, you may want to stop by and see if they have anything.

Thanks for the heads up! Most of my clothing is from there, so I'll be sure to check it out this weekend.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Duchie - I'll have to run over to Old Navy this weekend and see if I can find anything. Thanks for the tip!

Here's my food log for the day:

Breakfast - Raisin bran & FF milk

Lunch - LC Angelhair pasta, tangerines and fiberone bar

Snack - Activia peach yogurt & 5 reduced fat club crackers with allouette cheese

Dinner - 1/2 Chicken burrito with black beans & rice

Dessert - SF ice cream, w/SF chocolate syrup & 2 tangerines

Total calories: 1,584 (goal 1,270 - 1,640)

Brendan and his GF Charlotte went with us to dinner (they had already eaten, but they came with us to talk). Then we came home and we decided that we are going to make Friday nights "Disney Movie Nights". I wanted to catalogue which disney movies we have so I put together a list of animated and some live action movies (in chronological order) and we are going to see how many of the movies we have in DVD's or VHS so we can keep a list with us so we don't buy duplicate movies (we already know we have two Wall-E's). Tonight we watched Snow White and Pinocchio. It was very fun! Even if you know the movies, its been so long since we've seen them it was great to watch them again. Next week Fantasia!

 

[zoegirl]

Didn't do so well yesterday, but I'm not going to feel any guilt about it. One day eating like carp isn't that big deal.

Breakfast: banana, 2.5 cups coffee w/hazelnut creamer
lunch: 3 slices deli turkey with slice of cheddar cheese, pepper w/ranch dip, tortilla chips w/homemade salsa
dinner: frozen pizza from Trader Joe's & a salad w/homemade vinegerette

ok here's where it gets bad:I put Lucas to bed & sat down to watch both episodes of Real Housewives (NYC & NJ) that I recorded earlier. My DH jokes that I have to eat trash while I watch trash whatevs, he's right. So I ate some chips & some goldfish.

Like I said, I'm not going to feel guilty about it. When I do, that's usually when I start my downward spiral.

May 28 done

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi Guys - sale again yesterday and Dan was gone till 7 p.m. last night. Originally he thought he was working from home but alas, no luck and so, I was not on the computer long enough to post - I read everyone though!!

Vent/explanation of other stuff:

To top off the suckfest of bad luck lately, the kids Dad found out he was officially laid off yesterday.

And with the job of course goes the kids health insurance unless Cobra is used, to the tune of approx $900 a month. Because Baylor has his grafting and Carsyn has her medical implant in her back and the knee situation, getting other insurance becomes sticky.

Love finding out at the last hour of May. We had tons of appointments set for June once school was out, so they weren't missing more days.

Carsyn knee follow up and surgery. Baylor has his appointment in 2 weeks to meet with the independent panel of docs, who will review his leg and give him the exit review, so we can settle with the homeowners. So June Cobra is an absolute must at least.

Then you have Treyner and soccer in college. He has to have coverage.

So next week I will be making a ton of calls, finding out what we can do to find alternate coverage.

Secondly, I found out that although, in Baylor's settlement, the homeowners has to pay for an attorney to represent Baylor because he is under 18, the attorney will not be involved till the actual court date. So for the next month, I will be the one to do all the leg work an attorney would be doing, having done through their office. Gathering all the reports from the fire chief, social workers, burn docs, school etc. that pertains to Baylor's accident as well as interview him and others about how he has been affected etc. OOP costs for us from Prescriptions to dressings to gas. Time spent, etc. Then I send it to the claims adjuster.

She and her manager offer a settlement. If I do not agree with it, I say ,no, we counter and on and on it will go until we agree. At that point we go to a judge, the "free attorney is present," and the judge can decide if the settlement is fair for Baylor or not. If he/she thinks it is too small, they can alter the decision at that point and actually award Baylor more if there is room left within the policy or take away some from the health insurance company and give to Baylor etc.

If we do not agree on a settlement, the "free attorney" will be in court to help fight for Baylor to prove what we think the settlement is worth. If we hire an attorney, yes the legwork is all done by them, but they also would take 30% of whatever Baylor does get and from all my resources, because of Baylor's age, the judges go out of their way to make sure a child is protected and so the money spent on the attorney is not as crucial as in an adult case.

The maximum of the settlement is already established by the homeowners policy, minus what Baylor's health insurance wants reimbursed.

Re-living it all and having to ask him a ton of questions will not be a fun experience and that piece, I am dreading more than anything.


Well that's the update on the soap opera around here. I feel better when I let it all out. I know for myself when there is stress in my life and I just pack it in, I eat like I have not seen food since, "Pretty in Pink."

I am going to get the roll call updated and the tracking chart done tonight at the latest.

Dan works today from 3-7 at the Disney store so I will be home, alone and have my fingers busy here!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Sherry - I wanted you to know I was thinking about you the past few days and pray that you and your family had a healing time at the zoo and it was all you hoped it would be.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Good morning all!

DD is distracted by the Wonder Pets, so this is a bit of a quick in-and-out post. Hopefully I can reply to more of the discussion later, but I do want to thank you all for the photo compliments! It was unseasonably cool that day, so we really did have fun seeing all the animals without melting in the heat. And compared to the trip the previous year, I noticed I was asking for DH's help pushing my chair a lot less. Hopefully that's due to increased strength and endurance, though I'm sure the weather helped too.

Eagle_mom, I have been fitted somewhat at Lane Bryant. They don't carry my size in the store, but it definitely helped in my online ordering. I am (gulp) a 44, and depending on style, either a G or H cup. One of the things that really bugs me though is that there's at least a cup size difference between my left and right, which at this size is rather significant.

And may I just say that Patrick has me glad there's an hour between me and New Orleans! I'd love to be sitting outside Cafe du Monde right now having coffee and beignets! (BTW, it's pronounced ben-yays for anyone not in the know. I've heard some tourists really butcher that word in the past.)

Okay, onto yesterday's food log. Again, didn't measure things out to plug into spark (some of it would have been tough to figure), but it is what it is.

Breakfast - mini bagel with butter and cinnamon sugar
Lunch - two grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm trying to break myself of the habit of finishing the little bits that DD leaves on her plate, but she only took five or six tiny bites, so I wasn't about to pitch an entire sandwich. Also a bunch of grape tomatoes.
Snack - three GS Thin Mints, spread throughout the day
Dinner - homemade nachos. Used ground turkey and FF refried beans. Also ate a MUCH smaller portion that I usually do.
Dessert - DH and DD made sugar cookies, then he fixed a bowl with 3 cookies, strawberry slices, and light whipped cream.

Friday May 28 done

So all in all not the greatest day, but it's over and done with. Trying to do better today.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

My DH jokes that I have to eat trash while I watch trash whatevs, he's right. So I ate some chips & some goldfish.

I can't turn away from the housewives either - damn that Jill!

Well that's the update on the soap opera around here. I feel better when I let it all out. I know for myself when there is stress in my life and I just pack it in, I eat like I have not seen food since, "Pretty in Pink."

love the movie reference...I hear ya. stress= food.



cereal/skim
2.5" piece of a Lenny's sub, turkey
4 jalapeno chips
.5 choc chip cookie
6 triscuits/cheese
6 tortilla chips w/leftover corn/meat from taco nite
1 cup pasta shells w/krab alfredo sauce, not a ton, didn't go back for 2nds..

so many CARBS and cheese! Need to mix this up a bit.

May 28 done

 

[Dizneydawn]

I also found this and laughed until it hurt.

That is so awesome!!!

As promised... the leg!

That is not sexy.

Just sayin....

But at least you have toes.

I do not have toes. I have stubbies.

They match the rest of me!

Umm... I want a bigger purse just like yours. D&B yummmm....

I'm going to ignore all the Jesus comments, I want to have immunity from all of the lightening strikes!!

Side story - my good friend Melanie, had a husband who could not be faithful if his life depended on it. One of the last hoochies he was with, Melanie paid a visit to before she left Nebraska and headed to Pennsylvania with their 2 kids. Finally done with his sh!t.

Well Angie (said hoochie), told Melanie that she could not judge her, only God could.

Melanie said, you are right. And I would watch out cause it is coming.

2 weeks later (I swear on my life it is true,) Melanie's ex hubby, got hit by a bus Jaywalking in downtown Omaha. Then a day later, Angie, who was running in the rain with her other boyfriend, got hit by lightening.

The boyfriend died because he was holding Angie's hand at the time and Angie's face pretty much imploded and she lived, but never ever looked the same.

Moral of the story: Stay away from pissing off Malanie cause she has connections!

stayhomemom - I just want to say I think it's sexy that you think your husband is sexy.

Well said!!!!

Dawn- hope you start to feel better once and for all!! Is it ok if I post all my trackings for Friday-Monday on Tuesday since our tracking week runs Thurs-Thurs anyway?

Feel great today! Yes - send whatever next Tuesday guys if you are not around - busy weekend for all of us!!! Enjoy it!!

Plus I hate the way it looks, it squishes my arm fat.

Oh TAG fairy!!!!!!!!

Rafiki!

No no, don't kill me yet... I don't mean that you resemble a grizzled old baboon in looks! I mean that he's wise, witty, respected, can thoroughly kick a$$ when necessary and just slightly to make him all the more endearing. From what I have read about you in your TRs and on here, you totally fit the bill.

I thought you were going to say I had a red hind end and like to hit people with sticks! (Ok - the last part might be true)

Isn't it amazing once you start that slip, you just keep going? I feel like I lost control of my body totally and all common sense leaves me.
I think if you are a food junkie, giving it what it wants is a downward spiral in high speed no different than an alcoholic could not walk away and just have one beer.

It totally is a curse.


I LOVE this picture - your daughter is adorable and you both look so happy!!
AMEN!!!

Dawn..See you don't check in for a bit and the thread goes crazy..the inmates taking over the asylum!

I love it actually!!! Crazy people are some of my best friends!!! Thanks for everyone being so talkative. Makes it a fun place to be a part of!!

Arrrghhhh, I haven't been able to get on all day!!

I feel your pain! Hate when I don;t have time to respond to everyone!!

Then we came home and we decided that we are going to make Friday nights "Disney Movie Nights". I wanted to catalogue which disney movies we have so I put together a list of animated and some live action movies (in chronological order) and we are going to see how many of the movies we have in DVD's or VHS so we can keep a list with us so we don't buy duplicate movies (we already know we have two Wall-E's). Tonight we watched Snow White and Pinocchio. It was very fun! Even if you know the movies, its been so long since we've seen them it was great to watch them again. Next week Fantasia!

I so want to do this! Sunday nights might work best here!!

Didn't do so well yesterday, but I'm not going to feel any guilt about it. One day eating like carp isn't that big deal.
Great attitude!!!

ok here's where it gets bad:I put Lucas to bed & sat down to watch both episodes of Real Housewives (NYC & NJ) that I recorded earlier.
I LOVE THOSE SHOWS!!! Love them! Kelly is a phase 3 nut job and hello...can we all get together and rent the Yacht and villa that Ramona did?

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hey! Here is a new picture! The one of me and my friend Kris was from February.

This one was from Prom, (Duh!) with Dan, Carsyn, Ben and his Mom.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Uh, Carysn forgot her shoes...

 

[lizzyb5280]

I have a quick question for all the body bugg owners out there:

I noticed the current sale on buggs is ending on Monday. I'm seriously considering dropping the $$$ to get one, as I really think part of my problem is not knowing how many calories by body is burning now that I'm in the chair. I'm just wondering though, do you think it will still give me accurate readings w/o walking? I know none of you are experts, and I certainly won't hold it against you if I get it and it doesn't perform as expected, just wondered what your opinions would be.

 

[zoegirl]

That is so awesome!!!

That is not sexy.

Just sayin....

But at least you have toes.

I do not have toes. I have stubbies.

They match the rest of me!



Side story - my good friend Melanie, had a husband who could not be faithful if his life depended on it. One of the last hoochies he was with, Melanie paid a visit to before she left Nebraska and headed to Pennsylvania with their 2 kids. Finally done with his sh!t.

Well Angie (said hoochie), told Melanie that she could not judge her, only God could.

Melanie said, you are right. And I would watch out cause it is coming.

2 weeks later (I swear on my life it is true,) Melanie's ex hubby, got hit by a bus Jaywalking in downtown Omaha. Then a day later, Angie, who was running in the rain with her other boyfriend, got hit by lightening.

The boyfriend died because he was holding Angie's hand at the time and Angie's face pretty much imploded and she lived, but never ever looked the same.

Moral of the story: Stay away from pissing off Malanie cause she has connections!



Well said!!!!



Oh TAG fairy!!!!!!!!





I love it actually!!! Crazy people are some of my best friends!!! Thanks for everyone being so talkative. Makes it a fun place to be a part of!!

I feel your pain! Hate when I don;t have time to respond to everyone!!

I so want to do this! Sunday nights might work best here!!

Hey! Here is a new picture! The one of me and my friend Kris was from February.

This one was from Prom, (Duh!) with Dan, Carsyn, Ben and his Mom.

Love this pic! You and Dan look so happy & proud. Carsyn is GORGEOUS! I told ya that on your TR. I think you posted the other day that she's a little concerned about her weight. (if you didn't disreguard what I'm saying) She need not worry, she is a very active girl, at least before her injury. She is beautiful, and she has her mama's smile

Good grief girl! You are at suckfest & you didn't even buy tickets! I really hope you get all this insurance junk straightened out. I'm sure it's stressing you out. You have had one thing after another lately haven't you?

Yes! We can totally go to Ramona's yacht & villa in St. Johns. I'll bring the jellybeans & gummie bears that grow on trees you can bring the 18lbs of chicken salad & nutter butter thingys that you fixed for your spring break trip

Aimee - hope you have a great trip to your parents!

Leen - Love the Mulan story. Who knew it was an old legend before the movie? There goes another wrinkle of knowledge in my noodle.

Jane - I tried to get Lucas to watch Beauty & the Beast last night, but he wanted to watch Veggie Tails: The Pirates who don't do anything

Lizzy - I wish I was outside Cafe Du Monde having coffee and "ben-yays" too. I've never had one but if they are anything near as good and "hot & now" krispy kremes I could probably eat my weight in them.

Ok, so my mom came over this morning to hang out with Lucas & I for a bit. Greg is working his second job (party bus drivier - so many good stories there) all weekend. I decided I'm going to go ahead and eat my one bad meal for the weekend at 5 guys (made to order burger & fry joint). We sit down outside and who should come running by but my "rock hard body" BF & her equally rock hard body husband (of course w/no shirt). I love them, they are awesome, but of course I ate my ONE BAD MEAL for the week with so much self-loathing
Oh well, on a bright note I did have to take a dress to the alterations place to get taken up about two sizes, so yay me!

~bree~

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

One day eating like carp isn't that big deal.

So I ate some chips & some goldfish.

I know you didn't mean this, but I just couldn't stop chuckling It reminded me of a song from the Adventurers Club "I Lobster, Never Flounder" But really, your slope wasn't that bad and you tracked so good for you!

Hi Guys - sale again yesterday and Dan was gone till 7 p.m. last night. Originally he thought he was working from home but alas, no luck and so, I was not on the computer long enough to post - I read everyone though!!

I'm glad you are feeling better, I hope your sale went well. You need to have your friend Melanie talk to her connections to get things going in the upswing for you. I'm in awe that you are able to handle all the things that keep getting thrown at you and you just keep plugging along. I wish that we were closer and could take some of the load off of you somehow. It sucks that Baylor will only get the free lawyer during court. Does Dan's company offer any employee assistance programs? My company will refer lawyers and you can get a 30 minute consultation for free. It might be worth checking out to see if you could any advice after you gather the paperwork to see if the amount you think is fair is what they think will fly with the courts/insurance.

I've been thinking about your dad as well, how is his infection and wound healing?

Good morning all!

Eagle_mom, I have been fitted somewhat at Lane Bryant. They don't carry my size in the store, but it definitely helped in my online ordering. I am (gulp) a 44, and depending on style, either a G or H cup. One of the things that really bugs me though is that there's at least a cup size difference between my left and right, which at this size is rather significant.

It is amazing to me that stores don't carry a larger selection (especially Women's shops). You would think that at least THEY would know that we all don't fit in size 44C. My mom has the opposite problem. She's a 44A. Can't find that size ANYWHERE.

This one was from Prom, (Duh!) with Dan, Carsyn, Ben and his Mom.

Very cool!!! I know they aren't related but Carsyn and Dan have very similar eyes. Like they can see right into you, beautiful.

Jane - I tried to get Lucas to watch Beauty & the Beast last night, but he wanted to watch Veggie Tails: The Pirates who don't do anything It may be easier for me since Brendan is 20 and Charlotte is 18 and we had a running commentary all along the movie. Have you ever noticed how many characters have NO problem breaking and entering?

Ok, so my mom came over this morning to hang out with Lucas & I for a bit. Greg is working his second job (party bus drivier - so many good stories there) all weekend. I decided I'm going to go ahead and eat my one bad meal for the weekend at 5 guys (made to order burger & fry joint). We sit down outside and who should come running by but my "rock hard body" BF & her equally rock hard body husband (of course w/no shirt). I love them, they are awesome, but of course I ate my ONE BAD MEAL for the week with so much self-loathing
Oh well, on a bright note I did have to take a dress to the alterations place to get taken up about two sizes, so yay me!

~bree~

This is EXACTLY the reason my Mom always told me to never go out of the house with your hair in curlers (ok, this was way back in the 70s but I remember that lession) as soon as you are looking your crappiest, eating junk, etc you will run into the one person that you wouldn't want to see...

This morning I got up and made Fiber One Blueberry Muffins for the fam and then looked up the calories. Dang, one muffin was 160 calories. Very slim breakfast for me with the one muffin and a cup of tea. Ate the rest of my burrito for lunch and a banana. Trying to not cruise the kitchen - I'm not hungry, I would just be eating to do something. We're supposed to be cataloging our movies, but Jim and I are both cruising the web instead. I bought some fat free hot dogs and the buns made from Oroweat/Arnold Select. Hot dogs are only 40 cals the buns are 100. Trying to figure out what we have in the house that I can use for side dishes. We need to go grocery shopping...On the plus side the weather is FINALLY nice. We'll be taking the dog for a long walk early this evening.