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

[Mndisneygirl]

I have a load of ideas.

"Yes... I did run over your foot on purpose."

"Do you have any idea how big your butt looks from here?"

"If you think you can hide a fart...Make sure my nose is not behind you."

"I may always have wheels but you will always have ugly."

"God has me here so I can tell the world about the atrocity called Muffin Tops"

"Thanks for wearing the butt floss...Gives me something to pull myself outta here with."

Okay - some are better than others but what do you expect in a minute and off the top of my head!

These are HYSTERICAL!!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I would like to share why I am not happy about the money I spent on Treyner's first year of college.

He came upstairs an hour ago and said, "My clothes all smell like @ss and sweat still. I think the washing machine is broke." (He is in charge of washing his own stuff.)

We just bought a new dryer, so I, not happy upon hearing the news, went downstairs to investigate.

I poked and prodded, started and stopped. Put the washer through a light load, heavy, spin cycle and such.

Everything seems to work fine.

I ask el idioto to come in and explain what he does...

"I start the water, put the clothes in, grab this bottle, put in a small amount because I know you have explained the amount of detergent you need to use is 1/4 of what they try and sell you on...blah blah bah."

I just shook my head.

"You big friggin idiot. What does the bottle say it is?"

"Snuggle," he said.

"No ya brain dead bafoon, it also says fabric softener, " I pointed out.

"Well all I knew is it smelled good so that is what I used."

"What does fabric softener do?" I asked, amazed he still has not figured this out.

After showing him the 3 bottles of laundry detergent he had to use and then the little fabric softener ball - he finally got it.

"Well that explains why my clothes are soft but still stink!" He chuckled.



That also explains the truck of dirty laundry that came home with him!

Can I tell you I have been asking who has been using all the fabric softener in the past month and everyone says - not me.

How did I not know I should have asked, "Who is using the Snuggle to wash their clothes?"

 

[Mndisneygirl]

They just don't teach some things in college.

 

[Dizneydawn]

They just don't teach some things in college.

I taught him before he left! I think though we were using dryer sheets last year though predominately, in his defense.

The best part is Dan has been saying his clothes stink for a bit as well - turns out Treyner has been helping out and doing a load here and there of Dan's t-shirts if his load had room.

I just kept telling Dan to put cologne on himself and get out the door!

Seriously though - he is in soccer 5 nights a week, has workout clothes and his normal clothes.

Do you know how many loads he has washed with Snuggle "Cherry Blossom?"

 

[PixiePlanner]

Do you know how many loads he has washed with Snuggle "Cherry Blossom?"

This whole Snuggle story has me !

This is my future! That's if I can get DS to take the stinky clothes off to begin with!

 

[Duchie]

There is not may Campgrounds around the Miamisburg/Beavercreek area is there?

Trying not to spend the Hilton Head vacation fund on Ohio and it might be impossible!

Hmmm.... I don't know, but I can ask around for ya. I assume they're playing at Wright State? Things have changed a lot since we were there so I'm not sure what is around.

 

[Duchie]

I taught him before he left! I think though we were using dryer sheets last year though predominately, in his defense.

The best part is Dan has been saying his clothes stink for a nit as well - turns out Treyner has been helping out and doing a load here and there of Dan's t-shirts if his load had room.

I just kept telling Dan to put cologne on himself and get out the door!

Seriously though - he is in soccer 5 nights a week, has workout clothes and his normal clothes.

Do you know how many loads he has washed with Snuggle "Cherry Blossom?"

OMG this is HILARIOUS! Oldest DS is freakishly book smart. But common sense? Not so much. This will be him in 5 short years.

 

[PixiePlanner]

"You big friggin idiot. What does the bottle say it is?"

"Snuggle," he said.

"No ya brain dead bafoon, it also says fabric softener, " I pointed out.

OMG this is HILARIOUS! Oldest DS is freakishly book smart. But common sense? Not so much. This will be him in 5 short years.

We could start a support group for mothers of intelligent idiots!

 

[lizzyb5280]

I have a load of ideas.

"Yes... I did run over your foot on purpose."

"Do you have any idea how big your butt looks from here?"

"If you think you can hide a fart...Make sure my nose is not behind you."

"I may always have wheels but you will always have ugly."

"God has me here so I can tell the world about the atrocity called Muffin Tops"

"Thanks for wearing the butt floss...Gives me something to pull myself outta here with."

Okay - some are better than others but what do you expect in a minute and off the top of my head!

Oh my God, the farts...sadly that is quite true, and there's no polite way to deal with that one. And one of the reasons I'm glad we're going to WDW at an off-peak time is the obnoxiousness of staring at people's butts all day. I have no desire to watch people pick their wedgies, or see some girl whose jeans are so tight I can tell the dime in her back pocket is heads up.

As well, one of my favorite threats to people is "Don't piss me off, or I'll run you over!

Speaking of going to WDW, I'm wondering if I need one for the cast members;

"No, I can't walk just a couple of steps to the ride vehicle."

Oh! And here's another fart one! "Avoid air pollution, please don't fart!" or "Keep my air space clean; don't fart!"

And for all the people I run into who assume I must have adopted my DD:

"No, she's not adopted. Yes, she's mine, and yes, I made her the "old-fashioned" way." Ha!


And the laundry story! Too funny! Hope he hasn't been doing it that way at school all year! I'm sure he'll never forget it now, though, and you just made someone that much better of a future husband.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Holy cow, have I been good about my food today! I just plugged my lunch and afternoon snack into Spark, and I'm only at 622 calories. 622! And we're making a Cooking Light recipe tonight, that's only 344 calories! I can have a double serving of dinner, and pig out on light popcorn while we watch Top Chef Masters, and STILL come out at the bottom of my calorie range. Woo-hoo!

I may even leave DD with DH and go for a walk after dinner to really boost my deficit value!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

low carb tortilla, one egg rolled into it
turkey/craisins/mayo on 100 cal flat, one serving cheez its
cheese/crackers
orange
2 slices french toast, sugar free syrup, one light sausage, strawberries, small amount of hash browns - gotta love breakfast dinner!

June 9 done

I just want to say how thankful I am that everyone is here to listen and share stories and support!!! I feel safe and accountable and I hope all of you do too

 

[stayhomemom77]

Okay Dawn...

Here are the pics of the new car, as promised:

It's alright, isn't it? I mean, it's no green booger, but....we like it.

I've been eating all my points plus some flex points this week so far and I am STUFFED ALL DAY!! I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow to see how it's working so far so I'll report officially then.

Ohhhh, intrigue!! I'm flattered you were thinking of me on Saturday. You have a pic to post. you say? It's not a scowling Jesus is it?

I'm all over the "I did run over your feet on purpose" bumper sticker for wheel chairs. Funniest one of the bunch in my opinion.

So, I'm thinking that Treyner's new nickname should be Snuggle. Let's do a poll on that, shall we??

All in favour...say AYE!!!

Heather:

That was a truly SUCKY, SUCKY, SUCK birthday present (kudos to hubby crawling on the floor looking for the rest of it...I totally had a visual of that while reading) BUT (don't hate me, please) I think she should score at least one point for attempting to reward you with what she must have assumed was your favourite ice cream flavour. I mean, officially we hate her on your behalf but at least her heart was likely in the right place. Can't you forgive her for the one working brain cell she must obviously share with her husband??

I have a story to share too...

At church this past Mother's Day, the oldest child in each family was given a special gift to take home to Mommy. Here's what I got:

At least she told me before presenting it. "I got a chocolate bar from Primary to give you for Mother's Day. I already had some of it," she stated airily. "You don't mind, do you?"

DH thought it was thoroughly rude and scolded her and she didn't take it very well. She knew perfectly well I was dieting and wouldn't eat the thing but also knew that if she accepted it to bring home to me that she and her brother would get to split it and she wasn't going to pass that up. So, she was irritated with Daddy for getting mad at her for taking a little nibble out of it on the ride home from church.

Most of the time she takes after her father, but once in a while she is ALL me!! Randy really was annoyed with her. I thought I hid my amusement very well, all things considered.

Aimee:

So, how did DS2 do at the Y child care center without his big brother?

Dontcha just hate it when hubby comes home suggesting dinner out and totally throwing you off your game for the day? It doesn't happen often here but it does happen and it's so annoying!!

 

[stitchfan23]

That was a truly SUCKY, SUCKY, SUCK birthday present (kudos to hubby crawling on the floor looking for the rest of it...I totally had a visual of that while reading) BUT (don't hate me, please) I think she should score at least one point for attempting to reward you with what she must have assumed was your favourite ice cream flavour. I mean, officially we hate her on your behalf but at least her heart was likely in the right place. Can't you forgive her for the one working brain cell she must obviously share with her husband??

I don't hate you and would have agreed with you until I was talking to my Mom and she told me that she knew I was getting it but didn't know how to tell me and she was really hoping it wasn't true. Apparetnly that night we were talking about it when my MIL overheard me she had come up to my Mom later and said "oh good, now I don't have to think about what to get Heather for her Birthday. That was so easy"! Oh well. Yeah it was quite a site with my hubby crawling on the floor with the dog joinning him wondering what he was doing. It was pretty funny especially since my hubby is 6'4" tall. Some days (like today) I want to kill him but most days I do love him to death He's waiting till we are in the states this weekend to get me something for my birthday and I am sure he will make up for his parents lack of thinking.

 

[pwmitch237]

I have a load of ideas.

"Yes... I did run over your foot on purpose."

"Do you have any idea how big your butt looks from here?"

"If you think you can hide a fart...Make sure my nose is not behind you."

"I may always have wheels but you will always have ugly."

"God has me here so I can tell the world about the atrocity called Muffin Tops"

"Thanks for wearing the butt floss...Gives me something to pull myself outta here with."

Okay - some are better than others but what do you expect in a minute and off the top of my head!

THESE ARE AMAZING!!!!

I would like to share why I am not happy about the money I spent on Treyner's first year of college.

He came upstairs an hour ago and said, "My clothes all smell like @ss and sweat still. I think the washing machine is broke." (He is in charge of washing his own stuff.)

We just bought a new dryer, so I, not happy upon hearing the news, went downstairs to investigate.

I poked and prodded, started and stopped. Put the washer through a light load, heavy, spin cycle and such.

Everything seems to work fine.

I ask el idioto to come in and explain what he does...

"I start the water, put the clothes in, grab this bottle, put in a small amount because I know you have explained the amount of detergent you need to use is 1/4 of what they try and sell you on...blah blah bah."

I just shook my head.

"You big friggin idiot. What does the bottle say it is?"

"Snuggle," he said.

"No ya brain dead bafoon, it also says fabric softener, " I pointed out.

"Well all I knew is it smelled good so that is what I used."

"What does fabric softener do?" I asked, amazed he still has not figured this out.

After showing him the 3 bottles of laundry detergent he had to use and then the little fabric softener ball - he finally got it.

"Well that explains why my clothes are soft but still stink!" He chuckled.



That also explains the truck of dirty laundry that came home with him!

Can I tell you I have been asking who has been using all the fabric softener in the past month and everyone says - not me.

How did I not know I should have asked, "Who is using the Snuggle to wash their clothes?"

A lesson learned before I go to college! Thanks for sharing that!

Okay Dawn...

Here are the pics of the new car, as promised:

It's alright, isn't it? I mean, it's no green booger, but....we like it.

Nice! I'm hoping I'll get some form of transportation soon..... Get off the road people, in less than a month I'll have my license.

Alright: Food journal Time!!!!!!

Breakfast: Cheerios (140) & YoCrunch Strawberry (w/ M&Ms) (200)
Lunch: Sushi (383) & Snapple (180)
Dinner: Sandwich [wheat bread, honey mustard, turkey, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and green bell peppers.) (185) & Snapple (180)
Snack: YoCrunch Vanilla (w/M&Ms) (190)
Exercise: The Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout

Totals: 1458 Calories, 24g of Fat, 156g of Sugar , 171g of Carbohydrates, and 38g of Protien

JUNE 9 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

I thought about putting one of Dawn's "advertisments" as a quote for today, but instead....

"It's about giving it everything you have, and when you think you have nothing else, that's when you GIVE MORE." - Jillian Michaels

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Tricia – Yuck nuts. I would have passed them up as well. I don’t like the texture/taste. Love PB just not the chunky kind. Although I have been known to pick them out of things. I can pop the chocolate off of a peanut M&M without any problem.

Duchie – Yup, when I joined the DIS we had just finished Brendan’s Eagle Court. Both boys waiting till they were almost 18 to finish everything. We joined Cub Scouts when Steven was in 1st grade and Brendan just followed. We were thrilled that they both stuck it out and completed their Eagle. We really miss Cub Scouts (we were Pack Leaders for 5 years). My advice to you for this next year is to really push the boys to get as much accomplished as possible. If you don’t know anyone that bridged over to Boy Scouts, contact the District and get a list of Troops and their contact. Make appointments and visit a normal Troop meeting. I’d actually suggest you go to more than one for each Troop and see if you can do an outing with them. You should feel comfortable with the adult leadership, welcome in assisting (if you want to be involved) and activities that match your son (Steven was not interested in high adventure, Brendan was and picked a Troop that would go on 50 mile hikes during the summer). Always know that you can switch if you find you don’t like how things are run. It’s been a while since I was involved in Webelos, but PM me if you need suggestions and I’d be happy to help. I also have an expert that I can check with. Brendan’s girlfriend’s father is a Scout Executive so a great fount of knowledge.

Heather – Hugs to you. I’ve heard some stories of in-laws that are similar to yours. Mine didn’t hate me, but wasn’t over the top with me either. I have a friend who has been married for 8 years and has yet to be included in the four person gift exchange with her husbands family (MIL, FIL, DH and SIL). Hopefully now that your husband understands that you weren’t imagining it he can try and be the buffer. Do you think he would feel comfortable talking to them? Anyway at least you won’t have to spend your actual birthday with her. I hope you have a fantastic day!!!

Dawn – you are hilarious!! I love the t-shirt comments. I guess laundry smarts are just not something that you can assume. At least he was trying to be helpful by adding Dan’s stuff to his.

Jessica – We’ve been to one of Guy’s restaurants “Tex Wasabi” near Sacramento. The Baby back ribs were really good, but the Peach cobbler was FANTASTIC!! We are going to hit his other restaurant “Johnny Garlics” in August and one of the first places that was featured on DDD the “Russian River Pub”. I just found out my neice-in-law used to work at a law firm that represented Guy before he became famous and he would bring in food for them all the time.

Aimee – how did DS do at the Y?

Elizabeth – Congratulations on your calories today! Isn’t it amazing how the possibility of a double dose of dinner and dessert AND still be under your calorie goal? Way to go!!!

Julie – Sweet Car!!! Love the red. I also love the story about you DD and the candy bar. It was so sweet that she was saving you from spoiling your diet. Heck, knowing that she was going to have to share with her brother, maybe he wouldn’t want it if it had already been bitten?

Food log:

Breakfast - Raisin Bran w/ff milk

Lunch - Panera Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad & Chocolate chip muffie (the top of the muffin only 290 cal)

Snack - Fiber One Bar

Dinner - haven't had anything yet, I'm actually not hungry so I'm not sure what I'm going to have, it was supposed to be brown rice with spaghetti sauce (instead of pasta, not bad actually).

Veggies DONE
I'll post later my totals after I figure out what I'm eating tonight.

 

[lizzyb5280]

Well, it's a good thing I did so well the first half of the day, otherwise I would have totally been blown off when DH got home. I suppose it's my fault for sending a tired, hungry man to the the store alone.

I got all set to cook dinner, and realized I needed Rotel and green onions. Could have used reg. diced tomatoes, and skipped the green onions, but I had no regular onions to sub with, and worried that taking both out would really affect the flavor of the dish. I knew DH was passing by the store on his way home (usually he does not, but he was coming a back way), so I called and asked him to stop. Got the two things I asked for, as well as a bag of onions for general purposes. BUT he also got an extra can of Rotel, a block of Velveeta (and not the lighter version) and two bags of chips (blue corn Tostitos, and Ruffles light). So instead of popcorn during Top Chef, I munched on chips and cheese dip while dinner was cooking, and didn't eat as much of dinner as planned (one portion is 1 1/3 cups, I think I ate about 1 1/2). Also indulged in a non-diet soft drink; DH had some cans of Dr. Pepper left over from our trip to Houston last weekend, and they were calling me! Still finished fine though calorie wise:

Breakfast - Breakstone cottage double (blueberry) - 100 calories
Lunch - 1 cup cucumbers with 1 Tbsp light ranch dressing, 1/4 banana, 1 serving wheat thins, 1 cup soup (Cambells Select Potato Broccoli Cheese) - 362 calories
Snack - Cranberry pomegranate granola bar - 150 calories
Dinner - Chips and rotel dip, La Bamba casserole, 3 Tbsp light sour cream, Dr. Pepper - 858 calories

Total - 1480 calories (1300-1650)

JUNE 9 DONE

And on a better note, I did go out for a roll tonight. Did about 2 miles in 30 minutes. Yay for exercise!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Really tired tonight, but wanted to post my food for the day

B: Cheerios with blueberries and skim milk
L: OOOH - went to a great Italian place - had an Italian lettuce salad with onions, blue cheese, tomatoes and some probably not so healthy dressing. Plus a penne arrabita (Sp?) (spicy tomato sauce) and garlic bread. I did not finish any of it. Brought it home and DH finished the bread and pasta and I ate the salad and some yellow pepper slices. (that was Dinner)
Diet coke with lunch

Then I had a 100 calorie pack of micro popcorn with cheese sprinkle topping.

Still should have had more water today, but managed my veggies (barely).

June 9 done
Veggies done

 

[gellybean]

FYI: It will be on hulu.com shortly. It's how I watch it if a lot people say it was interesting, I've only watched the Lady Gaga episode (b/c someone said it was really good).....and watched it on there. Normally, the Biggest Loser was in it's spot, so I'd watch that instead...

Thanks! Checked a couple of times last night but it didn't come up before I called it quits.

Watched it today and cried like a baby. I'm such a girl!

Morning all - need to catch up, post a bunch of stuff etc. etc.

Knee is better today so will hit the Y and bike later. Treyner is all set for summer school classes finally, now just getting last minute stuff together for a trip to Dayton, Ohio in the end of the month for Soccer. Coach just sent the travel info on Monday so scrambling to figure out who is going, who is not, where are we staying and all that fun stuff!

I got a few more weight posts yesterday so can get that accumulated today as well!

Glad your knee is better sweets!! Never a dull moment in the Dawn household is it?? Enjoy the planning as any Dis-er does

Very slimming color it is BTW!

Why thank ya m'am! Picked it out for that very reason!

Just have to VENT so please bear with me...

As I have mentioned this Sat is my birthday but hubby and I will be in Philly for a trade show so he arranged last night for his family (brother, sil, niece, nephew, sister and his parents) to come over to have cake and celebrate. Well my inlaws have never liked me (so I say and hubby disagrees) so anyway my neice and nephew (4 & 6) gave me a nice set of solar torches for my garden and my inlaws gave me....

Okay I need to tell a little back story here. This is the same man that when we announced that we were engaged looked at my husband and said "What are you, stupid?" This is also the same mother in law that has struggled with her weight and lost about 50lbs for a knee replacement so she knows how hard it is. Well a couple of weeks ago I was talking with my Mom and MIL was there and we were talking about childhood memories and one of mine was that whenever my parents would take me out for ice cream (we didn't have a lot of money so this was a real treat) and I would always order tiger tail (orange and black lic.). I was telling my Mom that I had just seen a comercial where one of our grocery store chains had come out with Parlour Flavours of Ice cream (like cotton candy, bubble gum) and that they had Tiger Tail. I guess my MIL overheard me because guess what she got me, someone who is trying to loose weight for my birthday... Wait for it... Yup you guessed it she bought me A TUB OF ICE CREAM!!!! That was it, nothing else just a $6.00 tub of ice cream! My hubby was mortified and actually appologized for not believing me all these years when I said his parents didn't like me! After they left I saw my hubby pick up the gift bag and start taking the tissue out of it. When I asked what he was doing he said are you sure there wasn't anything else in there. When I said no there wasn't he picked up the envelope for the card and was looking in it and I said no there was nothing in the card either. He even got on his hands and knees to look under the couch cause he was sure there had to have been something in the card but there wasn't.

Okay vent over!

First off Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!

and secondly about your MIL! My MIL... well she's great in a lot of ways but (as anyone that reads my TRs already knows) she can get on my nerves.

The worst thing that happened was before DH and I were married. She told DH after she met me the first time that she was surprised... she didn't think DH liked big girls... and was he fully prepared to push me around in a wheelchair the rest of my life after I lost my feet to diabetic complications which I would have from the extra weight.

So yeah... that has been a sore spot for years. Especially after the gestational diabetes and the elevated fasting sugar levels.

But she doesn't know that I know she told him that.

Frankly, DH shouldn't have told me. But I guess I'm glad he doesn't keep things from me.

She loves me to death now, claims I'm the best thing that happened to her son, etc. But I'll always have her words in the back of my mind.


So double for having a Drama Mama for a MIL. At least hubby finally saw what you were seeing!!

I have lived that life.

For my first birthday married to kids dad I got a dead plant (had been in the back of their van traveling from S.D. to where we were going to college and literally died of no water and heat/baking plus an orange dishdrainer.

Orange as in carrot baby poop orange.

A few years later - got a bar of soap - it was not Zest mind you but a fancier bar. At least that is a plus.

The good news - she did hear something you had liked. The bad news...

She's a biach.

Oh my!!! A BAR of soap?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a load of ideas.

"Yes... I did run over your foot on purpose."

"Do you have any idea how big your butt looks from here?"

"If you think you can hide a fart...Make sure my nose is not behind you."

"I may always have wheels but you will always have ugly."

"God has me here so I can tell the world about the atrocity called Muffin Tops"

"Thanks for wearing the butt floss...Gives me something to pull myself outta here with."

Okay - some are better than others but what do you expect in a minute and off the top of my head!

You amaze me. A minute ?? Really?

We have a restaurant here in Springfield that was featured. "Guy" actually came twice. The first time, he never made it to the restaurant as he had food poisoning from the previous place he had visited! Thank Goodness it wasn't ours! We eat there every Mothers & Fathers Day. Yum!

Oh no! That would be awful! To be the restaurant that gave Guy Fieri food poisoning!!!!

OMG! I feel your pain.

My bday was a couple weeks ago and I told me sister we were grilling and having s'mores for dessert, because the grill would be hot, and I didn't want to have cake around. So what does she bring? A CAKE. She said, everyone has to have a cake on their birthday. uh, no. I was a good girl tho, I only had a few bites of a piece and threw the rest away after they left.

BTW - Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!All I got you was this message board response...no calories

Why oh why do family members insist on giving us cake regardless of our wishes?!!? WAY To go for eating a little bit and then throwing it away. AWESOME will power!!!

I would like to share why I am not happy about the money I spent on Treyner's first year of college.

He came upstairs an hour ago and said, "My clothes all smell like @ss and sweat still. I think the washing machine is broke." (He is in charge of washing his own stuff.)

We just bought a new dryer, so I, not happy upon hearing the news, went downstairs to investigate.

I poked and prodded, started and stopped. Put the washer through a light load, heavy, spin cycle and such.

Everything seems to work fine.

I ask el idioto to come in and explain what he does...

"I start the water, put the clothes in, grab this bottle, put in a small amount because I know you have explained the amount of detergent you need to use is 1/4 of what they try and sell you on...blah blah bah."

I just shook my head.

"You big friggin idiot. What does the bottle say it is?"

"Snuggle," he said.

"No ya brain dead bafoon, it also says fabric softener, " I pointed out.

"Well all I knew is it smelled good so that is what I used."

"What does fabric softener do?" I asked, amazed he still has not figured this out.

After showing him the 3 bottles of laundry detergent he had to use and then the little fabric softener ball - he finally got it.

"Well that explains why my clothes are soft but still stink!" He chuckled.


That also explains the truck of dirty laundry that came home with him!

Can I tell you I have been asking who has been using all the fabric softener in the past month and everyone says - not me.

How did I not know I should have asked, "Who is using the Snuggle to wash their clothes?"

Oh no he didn't!

I taught him before he left! I think though we were using dryer sheets last year though predominately, in his defense.

The best part is Dan has been saying his clothes stink for a bit as well - turns out Treyner has been helping out and doing a load here and there of Dan's t-shirts if his load had room.

I just kept telling Dan to put cologne on himself and get out the door!

Seriously though - he is in soccer 5 nights a week, has workout clothes and his normal clothes.

Do you know how many loads he has washed with Snuggle "Cherry Blossom?"

Poor Dan!!!

OMG this is HILARIOUS! Oldest DS is freakishly book smart. But common sense? Not so much. This will be him in 5 short years.

I forsee this in my future as well.

We could start a support group for mothers of intelligent idiots!

I don't have a son in this category..... yet. But I have a husband in this category. He has the worse sense of direction. Like seriously, he'd lose himself in a paperbag if he didn't have his GPS.

So I say we start a support group for women with intelligent male idiots in their families.

And then the whole world could join!

Holy cow, have I been good about my food today! I just plugged my lunch and afternoon snack into Spark, and I'm only at 622 calories. 622! And we're making a Cooking Light recipe tonight, that's only 344 calories! I can have a double serving of dinner, and pig out on light popcorn while we watch Top Chef Masters, and STILL come out at the bottom of my calorie range. Woo-hoo!

I may even leave DD with DH and go for a walk after dinner to really boost my deficit value!

I've been eating all my points plus some flex points this week so far and I am STUFFED ALL DAY!! I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow to see how it's working so far so I'll report officially then.

Can't wait to hear the official report.

Ohhhh, intrigue!! I'm flattered you were thinking of me on Saturday. You have a pic to post. you say? It's not a scowling Jesus is it?

It probably is!

I'm all over the "I did run over your feet on purpose" bumper sticker for wheel chairs. Funniest one of the bunch in my opinion.

So, I'm thinking that Treyner's new nickname should be Snuggle. Let's do a poll on that, shall we??

All in favour...say AYE!!!


AYE!
Aimee:
So, how did DS2 do at the Y child care center without his big brother?

He did surprisingly well!! More to come in my personal update!

Dontcha just hate it when hubby comes home suggesting dinner out and totally throwing you off your game for the day? It doesn't happen often here but it does happen and it's so annoying!!

I wasn't very happy about it. I wanted to go to Panera, but he was still in his work uniform and the nearest Panera to us is across from his work place and he didn't want to be seen in there wearing the company he works for blazened across his right pocket. Which I understand. But I would have done way better calorie wise at Panera.

BUT ultimately I am the one eating, making choices, putting food in my mouth. Gotta own it. I'm a work in progress. Every. Single. Day.

Jessica – We’ve been to one of Guy’s restaurants “Tex Wasabi” near Sacramento. The Baby back ribs were really good, but the Peach cobbler was FANTASTIC!! We are going to hit his other restaurant “Johnny Garlics” in August and one of the first places that was featured on DDD the “Russian River Pub”. I just found out my neice-in-law used to work at a law firm that represented Guy before he became famous and he would bring in food for them all the time.


So jealous!!! I wanna go to Guy's restaurants sooooooooooo bad!! DDD is on our road trip plans for this summer.

Aimee – how did DS do at the Y?

He did great!!

Well, it's a good thing I did so well the first half of the day, otherwise I would have totally been blown off when DH got home. I suppose it's my fault for sending a tired, hungry man to the the store alone.

Been there !!! DH brings back stuff he shouldn't when he's hungry!

I got all set to cook dinner, and realized I needed Rotel and green onions. Could have used reg. diced tomatoes, and skipped the green onions, but I had no regular onions to sub with, and worried that taking both out would really affect the flavor of the dish. I knew DH was passing by the store on his way home (usually he does not, but he was coming a back way), so I called and asked him to stop. Got the two things I asked for, as well as a bag of onions for general purposes. BUT he also got an extra can of Rotel, a block of Velveeta (and not the lighter version) and two bags of chips (blue corn Tostitos, and Ruffles light). So instead of popcorn during Top Chef, I munched on chips and cheese dip while dinner was cooking, and didn't eat as much of dinner as planned (one portion is 1 1/3 cups, I think I ate about 1 1/2). Also indulged in a non-diet soft drink; DH had some cans of Dr. Pepper left over from our trip to Houston last weekend, and they were calling me! Still finished fine though calorie wise:

Breakfast - Breakstone cottage double (blueberry) - 100 calories
Lunch - 1 cup cucumbers with 1 Tbsp light ranch dressing, 1/4 banana, 1 serving wheat thins, 1 cup soup (Cambells Select Potato Broccoli Cheese) - 362 calories
Snack - Cranberry pomegranate granola bar - 150 calories
Dinner - Chips and rotel dip, La Bamba casserole, 3 Tbsp light sour cream, Dr. Pepper - 858 calories

Total - 1480 calories (1300-1650)

And on a better note, I did go out for a roll tonight. Did about 2 miles in 30 minutes. Yay for exercise!

YAY for exercise! Your dinner was about what I hit the other night cept I had the Margarita and 1/3 of the fried ice cream too!
Glad you finished in range for the day!! Dr. Pepper is my WEAKNESS Big time! I feel ya!




Personal Update:

We headed to the Y and I walked DS2 in and he had his little back pack on his back. He insisted on carrying it himself. He was so cute!!
He even said backpack! He marched himself in there with a bye mama and away he went to the treehouse slide. Just like that. All my worrying for nothing.
I headed up to the Cardio theater and let me just say it's AWE-MAZING-SOME!!! Loved loved loved it. The quickstart option on the bikes at the Y start an hour countdown. I'm used to counting my time up.

Well, it started at an hour and I made it a whole HOUR!!!! I've never gone that long on the bike. 45 mins was my previous record. Definitely loved having the movie to watch (Monster-In-Law was playing). Time just flew by. I kept expecting them to come in and get me because of DS2 (I had told them where I'd be) but they never did. 1 hour later, I left and went and got DS2. He wasn't crying but as soon as I got there, he marched out the door. He was ready. They said he'd go to the window every so often and say mama and they'd tell him I'd be back in a little bit and he'd go play again.

So overall a great first day at the Y!

We headed grocery shopping aftewards. I did better on my choices, grocery shopping wise. Lots of fruits and veggies. I did get the mini croisssants, again, though.

Turns out I burned more cals the 2 hrs at the grocery store (I went to the super store and took my time) than I did cycling for an hour. Gonna have to work my way up to the DREADmill and the elliptical to see if I can get bigger burns.

Came home and finally finished Grey's Anatomy. I quit watching back in March and just waited for the season to be done with to watch them all back to back. I was getting to mad at the direction it was going. Have to say though, they did a pretty good job getting back to what makes Grey's good. I enjoyed the last few episodes and the season finale was wicked good.

DH made dinner tonight, after he took a 2 hr nap!

It's been nice to only have one kid to take care of this week but I'm starting to really miss DS7. Sunday can't get here fast enough!!

Tracking:

Breakfast-
1 scoop protein power, 1 cup 2% milk, 1 jello mousse cup 290 cals
Snack - 10 small Mexican wedding cookies (I'm approximating. The serving size/cals for a small burger size box of wedding cookies said 1600 cals. There's no way. We're talking 20 cookies the size of a quarter. I looked up individual wedding cookies and am estimating. I HAVE GOT TO BUY A DIGITAL SCALE!!!!) 400 cals
8 ozs regular orange soda 130 cals
Dinner -
5 oz hamburger patty, 1 cup sauteed zucchini, 1/2 cup sauteed mushrooms, 1 corn on the cob, 5 sprays butter, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp butter in the cooking process
Total dinner - 498 cals
Snack- individual size Dreyers Cookie Dough Ice Cream 220 cals

Total cals for the day 1538

Total Burned 2634 as of 11pm

Wednesday, June 9 DONE

This is the first day in a long day that I was able to track everything I ate. And that my burn was 1000 cals more than my consumed.

Feels good!



Night everyone!

 

[njcarita]

yesterdays tracking 6/9/10



Breakast
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T fat free half and half
farina with blueberries 1t fat free half and half and 2t sigar
bottle of h20

lunch
bowl of veggie/spinach /lentil soup
English muffin with 1T orange marmelade
bottle of water

snack
hot chocolate

dinner
orange chicken , wild rice and cream of spinach
bottle of H20

snack
breyers choc chip natural yogart
1 pecan chocolate chip cookie

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi guys - I am missing a few weigh in's from Monday. I will post what I have and I sent pm's to get the ones I do not.

I also deleted a few names that have not been posting for awhile, or that asked me to remove them for personal reasons that they just do not have time to participate right now but will be back.

Also, I am looking for a volunteer to help out this summer when I am gone to at least keep track of the tracking challenges for food/veggies. I know the weights are a tad more personal so I will strictly do those, but I could use help when I am gone for the others.

Just send me a pm if you are interested!

Here - is what I have so far!!! I will just update here as they come in!

Dis Name Name Total Loss
Dizneydawn Dawn -4.4
Grumpyyoungguy Dan -5.8
Stitchfan23 Heather -16.2
Stacybaeasm Stacy x
MulanUSAF Leen -19.2
gellybean Aimee -7
Leash Alicia -5
MNdisneygirl Sheree -10.5
luvsJack Sharon x
PixiePlanner Jessica -6
Shellabell Michelle -10.5
ski_mom Becky -7
eliz 991 Elizabeth -0.8
Hanutedmansionmommna Michele -7
Duchie Barb -25.5
Mom2Faith Amy -5.6
tlenzendorf Tricia -4.1
CrabbyyetLovable Amy x
albertamommyof4 Tammy -14
2 eagle mom Jane -4.4
njcarita Cary -4
zoegirl Bree -1.3
officereg Sara -16
Octoberbeauty Sherry -7.4
Scrappy_Tink Kelly x
pipersmom Amanda x
stayhomemom77 Julie -10.8
adnilele Danielle x
anna114 Anna x
graciejane Grace x
pwmitch237 Patrick -2.4
mstinson14 Megan x
zela Zela x