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

[stayhomemom77]

I'm seriously glad WW advocates tracking before you eat. Usually when the family has burgers, I have a 2 point veggie patty but tonight I decided to have a beef patty with the rest of them. Imagine my shock when I check the nutritional information. The patty alone was 360 calories and 27 grams of fat. That's a nine point burger patty and with the bun and the cheese, it was 12 points!!

Thankfully, I tracked it first so I just cut it in half and had extra salad. DD offered to eat if for me on top of her own 11 point burger but we didn't let her. Even Randy didn't want it (I was surprised) so it got wrapped up along with the leftover cob of corn and fries. If you add some greens, there's a whole meal there for someone.

I think I'll stick to my veggie burgers from now on. The burger was good but not THAT good.

Aimee: For my walking DVD's I use "Walk away the Pounds" with Leslie Sansone. Basically it's marching in place with a bit of other stuff thrown into the mix depending upon the workout. The disk I have has a one mile, two mile, three mile and four mile workout which all have a cool down stretch at the end. The one mile is 20 mins, two miles is 30 mins, three miles is 45 mins and the four miles is an hour.

Besides the marching, she has you do side steps, kick backs, knee lifts and kicks as well as a bunch of variations on upper body reaching. Some workouts include small weights (like weighted balls and ones you wear slipped over the four fingers in your hand) and there are also stretchy bands and some other contraption that you strap around your waist that provides resistance (I don't have that disk but I have used my friend's before).

My DVD came with a stretchy band but the one mile workout uses the weighted balls so I just use cans of beans for that one. My kids think it's hilarious.

Haven't tracked since Thursday so here goes...

Friday
B-egg and cheese bagel with yogurt
L-bagel with cream cheese, chicken noodle soup, carrots and celery sticks, rice crackers
D-bacon wrapped chicken, garlic noodles, salad, ceasar dressing, baby carrots
S-rice crackers, whole wheat crackers with cream cheese, ice cream
June 11th done

Saturday
B-egg and cheese on english muffin
L-chicken noodle soup, cucumber, carrots, yogurt, ham and cheese bagel
D-doritos, 2 sliders, baby carrots, cheese slice, salad with salsa and sour cream
S-popcorn
June 12th done

Sunday
B-egg and cheese bagel, yogurt, pear
L-soup, carrots, almonds, rice crackers, apple, yogurt
D-chicken breast, corn, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad with salsa and sour cream, baby carrots
S-ww sponge cake, ww brownie
June 13th done

Monday
B-egg and cheese bagel with yogurt
L-soup, carrots, cuke, hummus, rice crackers, yogurt, almonds
D-chicken tikka masala, white rice, salad with sour cream/salsa, mixed veggies
S-rice crackers, cucumber, carrots, hummus, almonds, ww cookie
June 14th done

Tuesday
B-egg and cheese bagel with yogurt
L-soup, hummus, carrots and cuke, ham and cheese bagel
D-naan pizza (no sauce, cheese, chicken, bacon), broccoli
S-light hummus, carrots and cuke, DQ dilly bar
June 15th done

Wednesday
B-egg and cheese bagel
L-soup, almonds, rice crackers, carrots, yogurt
D-1/2 surloin burger, corn on the cob with margerine, salad with sour cream/salsa, fries
S-ice cream
June 16th done

Whew!! Sorry about that.

 

[Zela]

Aimee, those pretzel m&m's sound awesome! I think I might have to try them.

MulanUSAF-My dog chewed through the cord on my nice dyson vacuum several months ago. It's a good thing it wasn't on or I would have had a fried doggie.

Jane, I am sorry my boss is a poophead, too! But you live and you learn.


I planned to only do 35 minutes of exercise today but I did 45 instead! Yay Me!

 

[pwmitch237]

Hey all, I'm really busy this week, so it's hard to keep up on here.....

Breakfast: Cheerios & Yogurt
Lunch: Sushi (Cooked, California Roll)
Dinner: (Chili's) Grilled Salmon
Snack: All Natural Cheetos (1 Serving), Banana
Exercise: Treadmill, 5K (3.1 miles), 43:30

Totals: 1558 Calories, 50.5g of fat, 43g of Sugar, 133g of carbs, 69g of protein

Good night y'all!

June 16 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"Unless you faint, puke, or die, KEEP WALKING!" - Jillian Michaels

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Amanda - we tried the crustless strawberry pie today. Both Steven and Jim liked it so even though I used the instant pudding it seemed to turn out ok. I used SF/FF pudding instead of just FF pudding so I thought it had a slight SF aftertaste, but for the calories it was good. Really easy to make as well. Thanks for sharing!

I only ate a small sliver 1/16th of the pie so I'm going to have to do some math to figure out how many calories for my tracking.

Why is it the only place I seem to be shrinking is in places that I really don't necessarily need to lose weight. My fingers? Honestly my rings are so loose they are just spinning on my fingers!

 

[gellybean]

Quick drive by post for tracking. My mom's in town so I haven't been online much today and now that I'm home and on the computer hubby's waiting on me to watch Top Chef with him.

Today's food was weird.... off schedule, mom in, cleaning house before she arrived etc.

Breakfast-
protein powder, 2% milk, jello mousse cup 290 cals

lunch -
1/2 of the shame shake recipe from above (mom wanted to taste one) 145 cals

snack -
3 chicken fries and 4 potato fries from BK w/ .25 of a honey mustard package 244 cals

Dinner -
1/6 of hubby's creation of Warm WW Pasta Salad with squash, mushrooms and red bell peppers 342 cals
7 oz grilled chicken breast 210

Snack - 1 Slim Fast Crunchy Peanut Butter bar 100 cals

Total for the day 1331


Wednesday June 16 DONE


Night everyone. Should get time tomorrow night to catch up!!

 

[mikesdisneymom]

Hi, I am new to this thread and happy to find others with similar goals. I have tried for the last couple of years to lose the wait but never stick to it, due to no support. I am looking forward to being able to follow through with the wait lost with all your support. Now time to answer some questions

First Name and Screen name:
My name is Laura aka mikesdisneymom

What your Goal Is for Fitness:
I want to lose at least 100 pounds and get back into the shape I was in before I had my son 13 years ago.

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation:
I find it very difficult to eat Italian food in moderation as well as mashed potatoes.

Favorite Good Food for You:
I love to eat a salad with lots of tomatoes, and light vinegrette

Favorite Form of Exercise:
My favorite exercise doing steps

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island:
I would love to buy a new wardrobe

Family:
My family consists of myself, my son (13), and we live with my parents

 

[pipersmom]

Morning all!

Jane- All the fat free pudding is sugar free, so no worries. I'm glad your fam liked it as well! I would think the cook & serve would have the same cal count as the cooked since you're just counting the mix and not counting it as prepared.

Zela- Sorry your boss was such a witch about your dog, but glad HR was able to help you minimize the damage!

Laura!

Julie- I track before I eat also, and it helps a lot. I did the same thing as you did when I saw the calorie count on ground chuck! Once I picked myself up off the floor, I just have the whole package to my mom! Red meat is probably one of the things I miss the most. I do have some 2 oz steaks in my freezer though, I just pull one out occasionally.

Aimee- The pretzel m & m's do sound good, will have to try them.

Tracking for yesterday-

Breakfast- FF blackberry yogurt and RF peanut butter on sammy thin.
Lunch- LC Cabbage roll & whipped potatoes. (This one was yummy!), FF pringles.
Dinner- Salad w/ ham and FF feta, reduced fat 3 cheese ranch, sourdough bread w/ Brummel & Brown.
Snacks- RF hot dog, FF fig newtons, nectarine, pb cheesecake pudding.

Calories- 1198 (1310-1660)

June 16- Done!

 

[njcarita]

tracking for yesterday 6/16/10

exercise: went on 3 walks (morning, afternoon and evening) for a total of 3.6 miles


Breakfast
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T half and half
low fat cottage cheese , strawberries and honey
Bottle of water

Snack
stoneyfield low fat smoothie
Meringue cookie

Lunch
1/2 wrap of roasted veggies, humus and sprinkling of feta
Bottle of water

Snack
1cup of half decaf coffee with 1/2t sugar and 2T half and half

Dinner
Mixed greens salad with Chicken sausage, toasted walnuts, gorgonzola cheese and raspberry veinagrette
Bottle of water

Snack
vita brownie ( 100calories)
1 pecan shortbread cookie (80 calories)

 

[luvsJack]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome back!! I am really ready to go with this!! I did well yesterday. Lots of water, only had unsweetened tea with lunch and supper.

Breakfast:
Special K Granola
Yoplait Yogurt 4pts

Lunch:
Salad
3 oz. grilled chicken
Craisins
3 Cheese Salad Dressing
Ritz Crackers 8 pts

Snack
carrots 0 pts
baked cheetos 4pts

Supper
Salad
Honey mustard dressing
Chicken leg quarter 10pts


Stayed within my points and drank the water: DAY'S GOALS MET!


Tonight I have to go grocery shopping so will spend some time today on the WW site looking for ideas and low point foods. Any suggestions??

I need a good tasting high fiber bread--any ideas? I will be using it mostly at breakfast (don't like taking sandwiches for lunch at work) for lunch.

Will spend some time reading and catching up with you all and will check in later!

Here is my wish to you all that we all meet our goals for today.

 

[njcarita]

Hi, I am new to this thread and happy to find others with similar goals. I have tried for the last couple of years to lose the wait but never stick to it, due to no support. I am looking forward to being able to follow through with the wait lost with all your support. Now time to answer some questions

First Name and Screen name:
My name is Laura aka mikesdisneymom

What your Goal Is for Fitness:
I want to lose at least 100 pounds and get back into the shape I was in before I had my son 13 years ago.

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation:
I find it very difficult to eat Italian food in moderation as well as mashed potatoes.

Favorite Good Food for You:
I love to eat a salad with lots of tomatoes, and light vinegrette

Favorite Form of Exercise:
My favorite exercise doing steps

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island:
I would love to buy a new wardrobe

Family:
My family consists of myself, my son (13), and we live with my parents

Welcome

 

[zoegirl]

Morning ladies & gents!

It has been a bit of a crazy week here. I am volunteering for vacation bible school at my church so all my evenings this week are taken. I'm teaching arts & crafts to 5 year olds & it is a trip! But they are so sweet, and are worth the 30 minute drive each way

Ok, to try and respond to some posts that have caught my eye the last few days.....

Julie - Contrats on the weight loss. I was holding my breath that my advice would work. And I hear you on not wasting your points on that 11 point beef patty. It's amazing to me since being on WW that I actually think about what I'm eating now. Don't want to waste my points on food that's not worth it. Do you feel that way? And I usually save my flex points and use them on 1 really good meal at the end of the week. Gives me something to look forward to.

Aimee - I read about your breakthrough last weekend. I hope that you are able to work through the issues that have come back up, sounds like you are. It's never fun reliving bad memories but I hope that you come out the other end a stronger woman for it. Thanks for the info on the pretzel M & M's, I'm going to hunt those bad boys down

Zela - I 2nd Jane's comment. Your boss is a poophead. I love my dog as if I gave birth to her, she's my baby & I would be so offended if someone would not even attempt to empathize with me if she were sick. You did the right thing for your dog & I'm so glad that HR instructed you on how to get through all the proper procedures.

Patrick - did you ever tell us how your cardio combat class went?

Laura - Welcome!!

LuvsJack - Welcome Back!! I highly recommend getting a copy of WW Recipe for Success 2003 cookbook. I have lived out of mine since February. It has so many great recipes, even my extremely picky husband has liked many of them. Keep up the good work.

Leen - Do your bunnies roam the house? Are they litterbox trained? I've heard of people training their bunnies to do this.

food for yesterday:
brkfst - greek yogurt w/honey, half cup blueberries added, coffee w/creamer
lunch - turkey sammie on arnold thin, reduced fat pringles
dinner - broiled talipia on salad greens w/homemade vinegarette, cup of pineapple
snack - handful of chips w/homemade salsa

Went to gym ran 2.5 miles & got on the elliptical for 20 mins. Today is a rest day.


June 16 done
veggies done

 

[Dizneydawn]

Morning all. I am so far behind here it makes me a bit sick.

Computer was up last night late finally! The internet acted wonky all weekend and then Monday could hardly get a page to upload and by Tuesday morning, nothing until finally, last night. It was a pretty wide spread issue and most places in our town that have free wi-fi like restaurants and coffee shops were affected.

Then Anderson, SC where Treyner goes to college was hit by bad storms esp. his campus Tuesday night and they have also been without power for 2 days. Can't order books, get online to anything like student e-mail or their inhouse browser etc. and his online classes started on Monday when they let him know what he needed to order. So he has been scrambling trying to figure out what to do - if they are giving everyone an extension etc.

Other than that - he found a job late last week landscaping and has been working form 5:30 am - 9 p.m. and knows he can't do that anymore with online classes and soccer. His boss told him he did not want to lose him and is willing to settle for 12 hour days only 4 days a week.

Carsyn took her ACT's, Baylor is enjoying a few weeks off before summer school (minus soccer) and I am busy with work.

The great news is with Obama's new health care bill - the kids Dad only has to pay 30% of the Cobra price for insurance.

Other FANTASTIC NEWS... My cousin is back from the Middle East in his 3rd deployment. I will have to post pics of the reunion. His wife is so smart and beautiful. They have a photographer friend that took some pics before he left of their family and had her follow them to the airport for the reunion. I bawled and can't wait to see him in July!!

I sent out 9 reminders for weights we are missing - other than that I am ready to post and will get the past 3 weeks food totals done if it kills me this morning!

On a personal level - I sucked tracking and eating this past week. I need to get off my hind end to recover before Monday!

Will read and respond to you all!!! It maybe cliff notes though!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I have to skip tracking for yesterday. I didn't write one thing down and can't remember for the life of me.
I know I ate grapes and greek yogurt with craisins and grape-nut cereal for lunch.
Oh, I think I had a donut at work, (NO Will power!)
For dinner I had a piece of steak and some noodle dish.

Not the best way to track, eh?

I'm going to go write down things for today.

Glad to hear your internet is back up Dawn!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I am quoting from 1998 at this point because as I am getting all the tracking done from WEEK 3 and on ...I am finding things I meant to mention!

Has anybody done a kickboxing class? I'm looking for one, but I can't seem to find one, and I've been trying to hear what other people say before I join. Let me know if you have!
I want to do one but have never really looke dinto it. People I know say they love them. A local boxing club has them and I think the YMCA used to here locally.
As always, ending with a quote....

Well, I may not be losing weight, but I'm getting faster! When I first started working out back at the beginning of this thread, I was only able to walk a mile in 30 minutes. Today, I hit the mile mark on the treadmill at 19 minutes!! I'm not ready for a 5K or anything yet, but at least I'm seeing some kind of improvement.

I am so proud of you Stacy!!! You are kicking my @ss!

As I have mentioned this Sat is my birthday

And I forgot to post a happy Birthday!!!

Does anyone want to take responsibility to collecting birthdays and helping us remember???? I think it would be nice to do it. Gelly has volunteered to help with tracking food/veggies so if anyone else would volunteer it would be appreciated!!!!

So Stitch:
Happy Belated Birthday!!! Here is some fat free eye candy for you!!!









wait for it.......





are you ready???

I figure if your eye candy has some hair on it you will be less likely to be tempted to break your dedication to the new you!!!

I am such a giver...

Okay Dawn...

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

Loove it! Love love love it!!!!

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:

I need to empty my bladder before I read your posts! It got me this time just as much as the first time I saw it!!!

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.

It sucks once you know something that people have said about you because you can never undo it in your head.

Personal Update:

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.

I am so jealous you have that! Maybe I can find a place around here that has the same thing.

hellooooo!!!

Big update for me....check out that signature!! We have decided to not go to Hawaii in January as planned. We are going on a Disney Cruise in November instead!!
I am so excited for you and so excited about how much cheaper it is!!

Plus I love the why in your daughter's answer and you knowing that now may not be the most reasonable of her thoughts!!!

we'll last night while we were having dinner ... one of my lg I at first read this as a leg filling...fillings fell our of one on my molars...while my husband was heading to the phone to call the dentist for me.. he starts calling me from the study... "hon u are not going to believe this I just snapped a front tooth".... I really thought he was kidding.... sadly he wasn't...
Reading this makes me goggle and not feel so alone over here in crazy house 101!!!

Dawn - poor Treyner .......at least he has his looks
Until he is bald and paunchy...someday it will happen. Carsyn swears God will get even someday!!!

Busy day! Mariah's 5th grade promotion today. When did my baby get so big? While you were out hanging at Cruising Chuubby's! Man I am on fire today!!!

Love this one so much!!!

On a personal note, I have lost 46 pounds total since I started my journey and I am seriously excited about it. BUT I get so angry when people compliment me. I seem to find the negative in each compliment. Someone said "you are starting to look nice now" Really? Starting? and I was so hideous before that I should have had a paper bag on my head? And today my boss (who I see maybe once a month) said the forbidden words to me "You have such a pretty face, I'm glad you decided to do something with your weight" I am sure she said some other things too but honestly I wanted to vomit on her skinny *** feet so I think I blocked the rest out.

You have every right to be proud and every right to want to tell them off. I was so mad when I read this for you.

Love this! I have a goal: once I lose 75 pounds, I will take a trip to DisneyWorld. Most likely a solo trip. It would be weird, but I would love to do the things that I want to do with no compromises. I don't know if I would want a solo trip...I admire those who do though!!! Tell me what you would want to do!!

Other question/reply: someone posted about looking to do one of the Disney Marathons/Runs as a motivator?? I can't find the post! I'm thinking of trying to do a half-marathon, I'd like to do the Princess Half-Marathon. I would like to consider this as well.

"Even if you're on the RIGHT TRACK, you'll get run over if you just SIT THERE!" - Will Rogers
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Love this one more than any others. Just hit me today perfectly!!!

Amy - it was me that posted about it. To do any disney race you have to be able to keep a 16 minute mile pace. Good to know! .

Piper is on homebound because of the CF. She was in the hospital for 3 weeks before school started, then back in two weeks after being in the classroom. Her Dr and I decided with so much stuff going around (swine flu, etc), the best idea would be for her not to be there.

I am really proud of her and you both. It is a huge accomplishment to her dedication to her schoolwork and you to her as your child.

K - coming up - I have week 3 & 4 done!!! Need to input them!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Here are the pics for those who need them when I post the weights today!!!

5 pound marker:

10 pound Marker:

15 pound marker:

20 pound marker:

25 pound marker:

Then we have week 3 (May 27 - June 2nd) Food Challenge Tracker's
Gelly - 7
Hanuted - 6
Stitch Fan - 6
pwmitch - 7
piper's - 7
lizzyb - 5
zoe - 7
eliz - 7
stay@home - 7

You all can add the tracking picture to your siggie or additional weeks with a x2/3 if you already have the picture and you have tracked multiple weeks!!

Runners up for week 3 were:
2 Eagle - 4 days
Tlenz - 4 days
mulan - 4 days
Zela - 1 day
ScrappyTink - 1 day
Littlepeppers - 1 day


Week 4 Tracking (June 3 - 9th)
Zela - 7
Stitch - 7
Piper's - 7
Lizzyb - 7
2 eagle - 7
zoe - 7
tlenz - 7
hanuted - 6
gelly - 7
MN Dis -7
Stay@ - 7
pwmitch - 7

You guys can also copy/paste the pic or add the additional weeks by putting a x 3 or 2 or 4 next to the pic!

Runner's up:

Eliz - 2
mulan - 1
Dawn - 2
mstinson - 2
njcarita - 3


This was also week 1 of tracking veggies:

Those who tracked at lest 5 out of 7 days were:
Zela - 7
2 eagle - 7
zoe - 7
tlenz - 5
Duchie - 7
pixie - 7
pwmitch - 5

The picture you can choose to put in your siggie is:

Runners up were:
eliz - 2
stitch - 4
dawn - 1
Mndis - 4

 

[Duchie]

I hate that the brands are so different! I'm pretty much in an Old Navy size 18. The 20s are what I have now, and they are falling off. And I second the duct taping things to the fridge; I think I'm going to have to do that!


So I've lost 20 pounds, and no one who doesn't know that I'm doing something has noticed! UGH! I think that buying some new clothes may help, but I think I might wait until I lose a bit more weight. Tried to go shopping yesterday, and I don't think that I'm quite ready yet. I still don't feel comfortable in the clothes that I'm trying on, so I'm going to wait a bit.

I think I mentioned this before, but I realized recently that clothes that are too big look just as bad as clothes that are too small. Besides, having clothes that you know are flattering to your shape really help boost self-esteem. So even if it's just a couple of things - a new fun shirt, some fun summer capris, whatever, treat yourself to some new clothes.

Old Navy is WEIRD. I have found their sizing to be very inconsistent. I just took my DD shopping there and she had to try everything on. Some 14s were tight, some were huge, some fit perfectly. Same with the 12s. I have found the same thing when I shop for myself there as well.

Hi ladies, I just wanted to drop in and say hello.

During the past couple of weeks, life has been a bit wild. Lots going on at home and at work. I let those things give me the excuse to stop trying to even half way control what I ate.

Last week I finally weighed and it was so depressing. I am back almost at square one. So, after a weekend of crying and being depressed; I picked myself up and dusted myself off and got myself ready to start again. I actually think I know what an alcoholic feels after a week long drinking binge or at least the guilt and self loathing part of how they feel.

My church has started a weight watchers program and last night I joined with them. It was a bit embarassing at the first meeting as I am one of the 3biggest women there, but that will change.

So today is the first day of my new journey and hopefull my last on this road.

I would love to rejoin you ladies but not sure how Dawn could work all that out in the weight loss numbers and I don't want to throw a kink in things.

Just wanted to jump in and tell you all to keep up the good work and stay strong in your journey.

Welcome back! We've missed you around here.

So my boss called me in the office today about the day I took off on Friday. She handed me a Employee Corrective Action Sheet. She said she wasn't writing me up but that she wanted to remind me that you cannot be granted pto for things that come up that are not illness or emergency. I explained to her that my dog being sick was an emergency and that she was part of my family. She still looked like she didn't get it, but she agreed that if I just say I have a family emergency that she will not pry into my business. Towards the end of the discussion I ended up crying like a little baby and then I went to discuss it with the HR department. Thankfully, the lady I spoke with in HR had dogs and understood where I was coming from. She advised me to submit evidence that I took my dog to the vet and a detailed explanation of what happened (with Suzy and her symptoms) to the Corrective Action Sheet so that it would be in my file. I wonder if my boss really would leave a sick puking dog at home all day while she went to work.

I'm sorry you had such a hard time at work. I used to manage a team of many people, and I can honestly tell you that it's usually a few people who ruin it for the rest of us. Someone who came along way before you probably abused the PTO system, and as a result the managers had to put rules in place. Trust me, your manager probably hates it as much as you (I know I did) but probably doesn't have much leeway in the situation.

I'm seriously glad WW advocates tracking before you eat. Usually when the family has burgers, I have a 2 point veggie patty but tonight I decided to have a beef patty with the rest of them. Imagine my shock when I check the nutritional information. The patty alone was 360 calories and 27 grams of fat. That's a nine point burger patty and with the bun and the cheese, it was 12 points!!

Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. We had some burgers from Omaha Steaks that my dad sent us sitting in the freezer. I wanted to use them up so I decided to have them for dinner. While they were thawing I decided to look up the nutritional information and about passed out when I read it. I'm so used to buying the extra lean ground beef (our store has 97% lean) that I forget just how much fat is in regular ground beef. Anyway, I just grabbed some chicken breasts and had hm grill those for me.

Hi, I am new to this thread and happy to find others with similar goals. I have tried for the last couple of years to lose the wait but never stick to it, due to no support. I am looking forward to being able to follow through with the wait lost with all your support. Now time to answer some questions

First Name and Screen name:
My name is Laura aka mikesdisneymom

What your Goal Is for Fitness:
I want to lose at least 100 pounds and get back into the shape I was in before I had my son 13 years ago.

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation:
I find it very difficult to eat Italian food in moderation as well as mashed potatoes.

Favorite Good Food for You:
I love to eat a salad with lots of tomatoes, and light vinegrette

Favorite Form of Exercise:
My favorite exercise doing steps

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island:
I would love to buy a new wardrobe

Family:
My family consists of myself, my son (13), and we live with my parents

Welcome aboard! I hear ya on the Italian food - my mom was Italian and we grew up eating it all the time and I LOVE it.

Yesterday was another camp day for me. Eight hours out in 90+ degree heat - no problems drinking enough water then! Of course, I was sweating it right back out so I drank even more than usual. The boys in our den are some of the most respectful I have ever met (and that's saying a lot for 9 and 10 year olds) but by the end of day 3 even they were getting a bit rowdy. This will be my last son's last year at this camp so I will be kind of sad when it ends tomorrow.

Then on Saturday, I'm taking that same DS to a NASA overnight camp (also with Scouts) in Houston. This will be a total blast for both of us..... but. They are providing dinner, and no outside food is allowed in. The menu is fried chicken and mashed potatoes & gravy. Not exactly healthy!

I'm kind of freaking out about this right now and I need to STOP. Because of camp I only got in 2 workouts this week (normally it's 5). So I tried to be really disciplined in my eating and have done well (I've stayed under points every day so far). Still, I weighed myself today and I'm +2 already. So this NASA thing isn't going to help that. But it's OK, right? This is LIFE and I need to learn to deal with it. Sometimes I might gain a little and that's OK, as long as I get back on the wagon again.

Right?

I've got next week to get back into the workout routine. Then the following week my family starts arriving for the 4th of July weekend. I think this is what's really bugging me - I really wanted to lose 50 pounds before they all got here. Now I don't think I'll quite make that. If you can't tell, I'm harder on myself than anyone.

Ya know, I feel better just getting that out of my system. Thanks for being there - and for being supportive!

 

[Duchie]

Quick question - how do you guys count/track marinades? I'm marinating some chicken to throw on the grill later. I figured I probably added about a cup, maybe 10 ounces, to the bag with the chicken. But how much does the chicken really absorb? Or am I just really over-thinking this?


And I also meant to say..... changing emails is a royal pain in the patootie! We're having to do that now and I can not tell you how many things I have to update because of this!

 

[MulanUSAF]

Update on the bunny drama:
-I won an auction on eBay yesterday so I should get a power cord in a few days for my Wii. Got it for $9 bucks including shipping, so I'm pretty !
-Yesterday, my brother left his laptop on the couch while he went to use the bathroom. When he came back out, JJ was standing on the keyboard, typing out a page of awlkiejtoiraehnoijndskfjnsdlkfjlawofioaecnoadsjfpw3j and ripped out the Esc button. Luckily the button just pops back in, no damage done. I said that if JJ starts hacking his facebook account and changing his status, then we're doomed.

We bunnies!

My first was named Gin Gin. She wasn't very friendly. Her diet consisted of mostly stereo cords.

That sounds like my first bunny Clover! Her diet consisted of food pellets, hay, and supplemented by my dad's home theater system's cords. She knew what she was doing too, because she never chewed on any of the wires in plain sight. Only the ones that are completely hidden behind the entertainment console were destroyed.

MulanUSAF-My dog chewed through the cord on my nice dyson vacuum several months ago. It's a good thing it wasn't on or I would have had a fried doggie.

One of my biggest concern is that one of these days he will chew on a live wire and gets fried. I have also caught him licking the electrical outlets. He must have a death wish or something. So now we have baby safety covers for all the unused outlets. Unfortunately, he has figured out how to pry them off with his teeth. He would pull one out, run around the room with his trophy clenched in his mouth and do his happy bunny dance (mixture of hops and spinning around in circles while shaking his ears). We have stuffed most of the exposed wires around the house in sections of PVC pipes. But sometimes he gets lucky and finds one we forget to put away.

Leen - Do your bunnies roam the house? Are they litterbox trained? I've heard of people training their bunnies to do this.

Yeah, he's litter box trained. He's what we call a house rabbit. Has free run of the house for the most part, but only when we're at home and can keep an eye on him. This is my third bunny that's litter box trained and he's super good about it. He's 4 years old and has never had an accident. The key is to get them when they're little, like 8 weeks of age. I always put them in a bare cage with nothing on the plastic floor and a litter box with straw litter pellets. If they use another area, I just wipe it up with a paper towel and shove the used paper towel in the litter. They want to pee and poop where they smell their past deeds. Usually after they're consistently using the litter box for at least a couple weeks with no accidents outside of the box, you can start letting them out to explore the house. But keep in mind they will get into stuff like little kids and you always have to watch them. I have also trained him to come when I call his name and crinkle his bag of treats. Unfortunately, these days if you so much as touch a bag of chips or anything that makes that sound, you'll have an eager rabbit instantly at your feet and licking his chops.

Since I've talked so much about him, here's what he looks like:

doing what he does best, begging for treats

just like a cat, he always find the most comfy spot in the house

if you're wondering what kind of rabbit he is, he's a mini rex

 

[MulanUSAF]

I haven't been tracking my food or doing my glucose checking for most of this week and last. Ever since I got the good news from the doctor's about my A1C, I was on this "yay, my diabetes thing is going away" mentality which is totally false and dangerous.

Even though I haven't been eating foods I shouldn't eat and I'm still exercising daily, I've let myself slip into this fantasy that maybe I can make it go away if I keep this up for another few months. Unfortunately, I know it's not going to work like that. Once you get it, it'll always be there. Diet and exercise can only control it and keep the complications from developing, but diabetes never goes away. Its kind of like my friend's motorcycle that has some problem with the transmission. As long as he keeps it under 45mph, he's fine. But if he goes over, then all sorts of weird sounds and things start happening. I know I need to maintain this current lifestyle forever if I want a normal life.

It is somewhat depressing to think I can never eat whatever I want, whenever I want, or that I have to keep up with exercise routine all the time. But my rational part reminds me that doing that stuff is probably how I arrived at this current condition and if I want to do that again, I'll be suffering the consequences. Given the choice between eating cheesecake and keeping my toes, I'll take the toes over cake any day.

Okay, my self pep talk is over. I don't know why, but seeing it written out seems to motivate me more than talking to myself in my head. Yeah, I'm a bit in case you haven't picked up on it.

Food log for today so far:
Breakfast: 2 egg whites omelet with spinach, ham and cheese; 4 strawberries
Lunch: hummus and chicken breast pieces rolled up with lettuce and cheddar slice in a low carb wrap; handful of mixed nuts

 

[Duchie]

Leen, I think I'm in love with JJ. He's so darn CUTE!!!