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

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Hi all! quick drive by post here...my laptop is burning my lap! need to get off soon!


cereal,skim
1/2 chix salad sandwich
made oatmeal cookies....ate too many
boca "meat'" carb friendly tortilla w/ veggies
July 12 done


XLcereal,skim
cottage cheese, cheese n crackers x 2
turkey burger,potato salad
nachos
July 13 done
very carby day today! it's like I was driven to eat today. Trying to analyze why. Not really stressed about anything. Just back from vacation, DH back to work Monday. Maybe it's cause I'm alone w/ fridge during the day? hmmm. Also started up w/ jazzercise again since back from vaca. That usually sends me to the pantry the first few days.
UGHHHHHHH

lap on fire...ttyl

 

[pipersmom]

Just a quick tracker & quote tonight-

Breakfast- Rice chex w/ blueberries & bananas.
Lunch- Chix breast on sammie thin, salad w/ RF ranch.
Dinner- Turkey sausage, egg beaters & RF cheese on english muffins..yum!
Snacks- Granola thin, dry cocoa puffs, york peppermint patty.

Cals- 1463 (1390-1740)

July 13th- Done!

Quote of the day-

"The road to success is lined with tempting parking spots." -Unknown

 

[tebi73]

Just a quick tracking post...

Tuesday - July 13th
Bfast: Dannon Light & Fit Peach NF Yogurt (YUM!), Quaker Popcorn Cake w/ 1 tsp. RF Peanut Butter
Lunch: BK Whopper w/ no cheese or mayo (BAD ME!) with BK Apple Fries & Unsweet Tea
Dinner: Chicken & Rice made w/ RF Cream of Mushroom Soup & Chicken Broth

Total Cals: 1465 (still not bad considering the whopper was 520!)

JULY 13TH DONE

 

[pwmitch237]

Aloha to all! Just a quick reporting back in post.....

I'm back from the mountains of Colorado....and boy were they beautiful. I also am glad to hear about all the results on Monday!

Now then: from the last weigh in, I am -3...and from my vacation...NO CHANGE..(I call that a good thing) (193.8 lbs)

I'll be back on later to track....

Have a good day y'all.

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hello all! It's been busy around here so far this week!! On Monday, I just relaxed and vegged out after the craziness of the weekend. Then yesterday's project was to thoroughly clean and organized both kids' bedrooms (it took 5 hours but that looked good when I inputted it on ww online...7 points earned!! ). Today is was the same treatment for the garage. It was only 2.5 hours but out in the heat so it felt more exhausting as well as being more intense because of all the lifting and sweeping, etc. I also earned 7 points for that too!! Tomorrow I have regular housework to do as well as go help decorate for a wedding reception and Friday I tackle the basement .

Anyway, I decided I needed to sit down and make time to post the pics I've been promising (besides, I'm still pooped from this morning) so here goes!!

My latest addition to my shoe collection...HAD to get them, they were only $20 and they're my first pair of metallics!! From Sears catalogue. Wore them to church this past Sunday.

A dress!! My first in I don't know how long. Usually I stick to skirts and tops to camoflauge the tubby tummy but I'm slowly thinning there and in about 10 more pounds (I think) I should be confident enough to wear it!! $25 from Sears catalogue.

Various jade pendants from off of ebay. Didn't pay more than a dollar for any of them!! Still unused so far.

And...the purses!! From Aldo, of course. I think the black was $6 and the silver $9 and the blue/green was like $18. Haven't used any of them yet.

Of course, it means I'm broke...AGAIN!! But I'll have money on August 1st and can begin shopping for more treats at that time.

 

[Funball]

HI new the wieghtloss thread ( i assume this is it?!)

i started 4 months ago at 156lbs, i am 5 foot nothing and 30. had VERY high blood pressure and was on that stuff that makes it lower. that was 4 months ago, i am now down to 132 lbs, but i need to loose 20 lbs more or so. i don't enough exercise, but i have been eating my portions(small ones).. so what else other then exercise is there to do?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Okay - I didn't go back to read everything today - but wanted to quick post my tracking for today:
B: Life cereal w/blueberries
then at meeting - a mini scone, a biscotti and some coffee w/sugar and cream
L: also at the meeting - pasta salad, fruit, turkey wrap sandwich w/lettuce, tomato and bacon, one brownie, diet pepsi
D: chicken, noodles w/sauce (Lipton Chicken Noodle pack), blueberries and Greek yogurt
S: popcorn

The sad thing about the brownie - it wasn't that good of a brownie and I ate the whole stupid thing anyway. I should not have taken it because I was sitting at the meeting mindlessly breaking off pieces and shoving them in.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Michele – I’ve had days where I just can’t seem to stop eating starch/carbs. Did you eat a lot of carbs on vacation? I think its almost like detox where once you have carbs in your system it takes a while to get rid of the cravings again. Oh, I put a pillow on my lap to stop my lap from heating up.

Patrick – Welcome back from the mountains! You are going to blow through the 190’s soon!

Julie – Wow! I need to do the cleaning that you've done in my kids rooms but it is just too overwhelming. You would think that a 23 and 20 year old would be able to keep their rooms clean. NOPE - at least not my boys. I love the new purchases! How in the world do you find jade for $1?

Funball – Welcome!! Unfortunately reducing calories and increasing activity is really the only surefire way of losing weight and keeping it off. Are you using any specific program to lose weight? A lot of us use some sort of online tracking program to know exactly how many calories you should be eating per day. You might not be eating enough. Right now as you can see some of us post our food log daily. Feel free to join us and post your daily journal. A lot of us don’t like exercise but really adding any amount of activity will help.

Yesterday was really busy. I had to be at work by 6:00am to set up for a meeting and of course that meant less than normal sleep for me and then I was worried that I wouldn’t wake up so I kept waking up to check the time. Total hours of sleep probably 5. I did stay away from the candy all day! Last night was another Italian cooking class. I had double serving of salad and only tasted the pasta. Luckily the dessert was made with hazelnuts so held no appeal for me at all. Didn’t track anything just tried to watch it as much as possible.

Today was much better. I had to take Steven to an appointment so I was able to sleep in. 9+ hours later and I feel MUCH better! Once again I stayed away from the candy today (Yipee!).

Food log:
Breakfast: RF Peanut Butter, sandwich thin & banana
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on ww bread, grapes, ¼ cup pasta salad, raspberry cookie
Snack: Fiber one bar
Dinner: Pork chop, corn on the cob, orzo spinach pasta salad
Dessert: LF ice cream with berries

July 14 DONE

 

[pwmitch237]

2_Eagle - thanks for the welcome back, and the encouragement!

As for this post: just a quote... today was busy, and I tracked...just haven't done the math. and I'm going to bed... so, without further ado:

"Fitness to me isn't about a crunch or a push up. It's about taking your POWER BACK!" - Jillian Michaels

Night y'all

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hey Jane!! My motivation to clean their room came because DD has a birthday this month and will get a bunch of new toys so we needed to clean out some of the old ones to make room.

DS (the FIVE year old) keeps his room tolerably clean so we started with his. I have an unfinished basement but we've begun working on it anyway and have made them a playroom down there so the kids were told that they had to decide if it was keep up, keep down, or donate and of course anything broken irrepairably (sp?) was garbage. He did quite well. He donated a lot voluntarily.

DD on the other hand is like her father...a pack rat. She didn't let go of much easily. I told her she could only keep half of her stuffies (she had over 40!! ) and that was tough and it only got worse from there. Eventually, I just stuffed a bunch of items in the bag without her noticing. I know that seems harsh, but she has so many toys I guarantee she won't miss them.

I think the cleaning is like dieting...if you think, I need to lose 100 pounds, it's tough to get started. If you think, anything I do in this room will improve it...then it's not so bad.

As for the jade...I just go on ebay, look for the jewelry items that are ending soonest, scan the ones that have no shipping costs and then bid on things that are cheap. Sometimes you get lucky and no one else bids. If that's the case you get your minimum bid which is often just $1. I do this all of the time.

Hey! I just had a thought! This would be a great thing to do for fish extender presents!! Imagine someone being able to wear their present to dinner that night!!

Alright! I guess that's enough ME stuff!

 

[pipersmom]

Morning all! Good day yesterday, Piper and I got our walk in early, and I did cardio max when we got home while she was doing meds. We spent the rest of the day at the pool. We've done our walk for this morning as well, and are going shopping later at a warehouse sale.

Patrick- Welcome back! Colorado sounds awesome, maybe you could post a pic or two.

Julie- Awesome shoes and bags! Good for you getting on the cleaning, I need to do Piper's room badly.

Jane- Sounds like a busy day for you yesterday! Great job avoiding the candy

Funball- There are several free online tracking programs, for me, tracking what I eat had made a huge impact. If you look on the first page of the thread there's a bio you can copy and paste so everyone can get to know you better

Tracking for yest-
Breakfast- Nutrigrain waffles w/ maple syrup & banana.
Lunch- Salad and chicken eggroll.
Dinner- Steak, mixed veggies, & cantalope.
Snacks- Peach, LF ice cream, baked cheetos.
Cals- 1406 (1390-1740)

June 14- Done!

 

[tebi73]

Just another quick drive-by tracking post today. My home computer got a virus, so DH is working on it and I am having to use my office computer. Yes, I'm DISing on company time. Shame on me!

Wednesday - July 14th
Bfast: Leftover Chicken & Rice from Tuesday dinner (I know - I'm a weirdo)
Lunch: Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwich & Small Fries from Hardee's (bad, bad me)
Dinner: Mini cup of Spaghettios & 1 microwavable mini chicken sandwich
Snack: Planters Nut*rition bar

Total Cals: 1634

JULY 14TH DONE

 

[stitchfan23]

Good morning all,
Hope everyone is having a good week. I have even more motivation to loose weight this week and going forward. Hubby and I always go away in Jan and this year we have pretty much made up our mind already that we are going on our first cruise. We have picked (I think, unless we change our minds) the new Royal Carribean Allure of the Seas (sister to the big Oasis of the Seas) and I will need to get dressed up at nights. I want to wear some really cute dresses both casual and formal so I want to loose another 50-60lbs by then which would put me between 70-80lbs lost towards my goal. I really want to have a beautiful romantic trip this year and not be worried about what I look like and I want to join in with the events and not just sit and read. So wish me luck everyone, my body is not going to know what hit it. (best exercise on I could find)

Tracking for July 14th
Breakfast - Yoplait Source Yogurt
Lunch - double serving of Special K Blueberry cereal with a peach and skim milk
Dinner - leftover chicken sandwiches with FF Mayo, lettuce and the first tomato from my garden and 6 Doritos
Snack - frozen yogurt

JULY 14th DONE

 

[stayhomemom77]

Good luck Heather!!

There's nothing like a cruise to get your behind in gear, is there?

That's something else we have in common (besides being fellow Ontarians).

Next fall DH and I will celebrate our 10th, so we decided to take a Mediterranean cruise in the summer (as long as we can afford it) in recognition of this milestone!!

Whenever I'm having a rough patch with food cravings, lack of motivation or an increase in stress etc, I just close my eyes and imagine myself in a size 10 dress on the cruise ship or walking around the ruins with a trim little backside and I'm able to square my jaw and blast through the troubles.

It also helps that I have to answer to my skinny island pals each week. There have been tons of times when I've asked myself, "what would Aimee (or Dawn, Jane, Amanda, Heather, Sheree, Tricia, ETC) say if she knew I was contemplating this move (eating a whole bag of chips, skipping my workout, having a second helping of fries, etc)? And then I tell myself what I would say to her if she were in the same predicament and the danger passes.

Maybe you can do what I've been doing in terms of rewards? Since you need to get bits and pieces for the cruise anyway, maybe you can use them as your milestone celebrators as you shave off the pounds.

Aldo's having a sale right now....

Just sayin'!! :

 

[CrabbyYetLovable]

Ok, so I'm probably totally out of the loop, but what the heck is Aldos?? That purse is super cute btw!

Ok islanders... I need to vent... I'm having a rough week. Yes, the doctor's appointment went fairly well on Monday, but I need to see another md to get it checked. But I'm feeling totally overwhelmed with everything else. School is majorly kicking my behind. I'm doing my best not to eat these feelings away. I went grocery shopping on Monday, after the appointment, so I bought good things. Actually found a taste for celery with a certain kind of dill dip that I love! So when I'm feeling munchy, I eat some of that. Also bought some carrots and a cucumber to munch on. Even though I'm eating them with dip (low-carb dip), its still veggies, so I don't feel guilty. Its WAAAAAY better than the 1/2 gallon of ice cream I used to eat when I felt like this.

So I'm overwhelmed, I've procrastinated most of this summer semester, so I'm going to be crazy busy in the next few weeks. I'm worried that I won't be able to finish my grad program, but I think thats just because I usually feel as though I'm incapable of completing things... especially when they get tough and overwhelming. I get to be a perfectionist. If I can get it done right and perfect, then why do it. And thats not a way to go through life. Sometimes things can't be perfect, they will NEVER be perfect. But I need to do them anyway.

On a positive note, I finally got off my duff and called a few places about finding an internship for this fall. Hopefully I'll be able to find something... I'm stressing about that too. My advisors want me to continue my graduate assistantship working at the child development lab on campus, but i think i'll be overwhelmed with an internship at an outside site, an assistantship on campus, and studying for the comprehensive exam, which is a huge written exam that I'm taking in leiu of doing a masters thesis. UGH!! I really don't want to do it, but the graduate assistship would pay for my tuition and would give me a weekly paycheck. Not sure if I would be paid for my internship or not, but it would be nice to get paid, kwim!?

So I'm definitely in freak-out mode this week. There is one place that I'm hoping to work at, but if I work there, I probably would stay in my apartment instead of moving in a month... but... I'm not sure if I would even be able to extend my lease now!! There are other apartments available in the complex, so I think I should be able to extend the lease on short notice.

If you've read this far, thanks! Sorry for the long and kinda rambling post.... but I just needed to vent to my friends!

 

[tlenzendorf]

Stick with it Amy! If you're summer semester is anything like mine its short, so its almost over. Just get your stuff done, stick a fork in it and call it done! Thats how I'm looking at mine right now. One more exam and I'm done. I wanted an A, I will get an AB so I'm kicking myself right now, but hey, passing is passing is passing! Good luck with your jobs, internship and apartment!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Amy:

Hooray for munching on veggies instead of ice cream. THIS is what willpower is all about. I'm sorry to hear that things are all coming down on you like a ton of bricks. Chin up, soldier...take it one day at a time and before you know it, the summer will be over. Here's some love to get you through until then.

If it's meant to be...it will all work out so just make sure all your ducks are in a row regarding the internships and one way or another, they'll all work out, hopefully to your satisfaction.

Oh!! And Aldo is a shoe/handbag/accessory company that I am obsessed with. I buy most of my stuff from there. I just assumed they had them in the states, but it might be a Canadian only company.

 

[pipersmom]

Amy- Awesome job choosing veggies! I understand the procrastination thing, I do the same thing, but I always end up getting it done, and I know you will too! As for the internship/assistantship thing, just take it one step at a time and things will fall into place.


Julie & Heather- I am soooo jealous that you guys are planning cruises..I know you'll have a blast, and that's def a great motivator!

Tracking for the day- I feel like all I've done today is eat when I look at that snack list, LOL!

Breakfast- Egg beaters omelette w/ leftover steak, tomatoes, and FF cheddar, cantaloupe.
Lunch- Lean Cuisine Cabbage Roll & FF yogurt.
Dinner- Chicken, asiago & spinach sausage, mashed potatoes (Betty Crocker instant..only 80 cals per 2/3 cup!), sugar snap peas.
Snacks- Peach, granola thin, RF bologna & cheese on sammie thin, string cheese, WW latte bar, York PP mini.

Cals- 1391 (1390-1740)

April 15th- Done!

 

[pwmitch237]

Hello to all... I feel so out of the loop, but I'm finally keeping up with the tracking.

Thursday, July 8, 2010:
Item
Calories
Fat (g)
Sugar (g)
Carbs (g)
Protein (g)
Breakfast: Cheerios (2 Servings)
280
4
14
52
16
Lunch: Heavenly Ham Wrap
345
2
33
58
16
Dinner: Cheesecake Factory (.25 of Louisiana Pasta)
298
18
1
19
30.5
Snack: 2 Honey Nut Cheerios Bars
320
8
32
52
12
Exercise: Walking around airport/Denver





Totals:
1243
32
80
181
74.5


July 8 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!



Friday, July 9, 2010:

Breakfast: Omelet (Mushroom, Bell Peppers), Waffle, Omelet (Mushroom, Bell Peppers)
Lunch: Mad Greens "Veggie Hamlet"
Dinner: Louisiana Chicken Pasta (Cheesecake Factory….1/2)
Snack: 86
Exercise: Walking around Denver, Cheering for the Colorado Rockies

Totals: 1591 cals


July 9 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!

Saturday, July 10, 2010:

Breakfast: Omelet (2)
Waffle,
Lunch: 86
Dinner: Chili's Grilled Salmon
Snack: Frap - DCCF - NFMilk - 86W/C
Snack: Ballpark Hotdog
Exercise: Walking around Denver/16th Street Mall

Totals: 1632 cals


July 10 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!

Sunday, July 11, 2010:

Breakfast: Omelet, Waffle, Omelet
Lunch: 2 Rocky Dogs, Dippin Dots
Dinner: Shrimper's Heaven, Bubba Gump Hush Puppies & Onion Rings
Snack: 86
Exercise: Walking around Denver/Breckenridge

Totals: 1812 cals


July 11 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!

Monday, July 12, 2010:

Breakfast: Cheerios, Yogurt, Eggs
Lunch: Burger
Dinner: Salmon, Bubba Gump Hushpuppies
Snack: 86
Exercise: Walking around Breckenrdige, Alpine Sliding, Hiking approx. 6 miles (over 5K)

Totals: 1090 cals


July 12 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010:

Breakfast: Frap, Eggs, Cheerios, Yogurt
Lunch: McDonalds: Chicken Classic…86 Mayo
Dinner: Taco Bell: 2 Hard Tacos
Snack: NONE
Exercise: Walking around Denver/DIA

Totals: 1400 cals


July 13 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010:

Breakfast: Cheerios
Lunch: Heavenly Ham Wrap:
Dinner: Subway: Sandwich Only on Flatbread
Snack: Nutri-Grain bar (2)
Exercise: Cleaning

Totals: 1190 cals


July 14 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!


Thursday, July 15, 2010:

Breakfast: Cheerios
Lunch: Nutri-Grain Bar
Dinner: Big Times Burger
Snack: Diet Snapple
Healthy Choice Chiken & rice soup
Exercise: Cleaning

Totals: 1110 cals


July 15 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!


"People who work together WILL WIN, whether it be against complex football defenses OR THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY!" - Vince Lombardi


Night y'all!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Just a quick drive by to give an update I spent the afternoon in the emergency waiting room with my Mom (my brother was taken to the hospital with trouble breathing) after 6 hours I'm just too exhausted to think. He's in ICU with a breathing tube and kidney failure, pixie dust and good thoughts appreciated.