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

[pwmitch237]

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.

Prayers, pixie dust, and good thoughts headed your way! I hope that your brother gets better really fast!

I believe it was pipersmom who asked for the pictures of Colorado:

 

[pipersmom]

Jane- Keeping you all in my thoughts and sending lots of pixie dust.

Patrick- Very cool photos, looks and sounds like you had a wonderful time!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

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)

cruise would be a great motivator!! We were thinking about one next year, but are thinking we could stay at a deluxe for a WHILE (poly is my dream resort) for the same price as a Dis Cruise...hmmmm. fun to dream! still working on the planning, the most fun part

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.

Colorado pics are great! Looks like a place you could relaly relax and breathe

So, I've been rethinking this tracking thing. I haven't really lost anything since I started tracking (overall), and I really freak myself out about it throughout the day. It almost is pushing me the wrong way, if that makes any sense. Example...a little hungry at 3 pm. Go to have a cracker, then think, no, then I"ll have to write it down, then I have only one. Then I walk away, then I think about crackers some more, then I get two more. I think, well maybe I don't have to write this. Well, if I have 6 more, it's a serving, then I will write it. AHHHH! All day! Too much obsessing. I'm going to try to eat reasonably for a few days without tracking and see how it goes. I've been exercising regularly, and that feels good.

I have a feeling I'll come back to tracking, but need a vacay for my sanity. Will still get on here and say hi, but not track. We'll see how it goes

TGIF! Have a great day everyone

 

[Duchie]

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!

Oh Amy

OK first of all take a deep breath in and try to relax. Feel any better?

Honey, I could have written parts of your post myself. I'm a perfectionist myself, have been since childhood. I didn't realize until recently that it's a learned behavior (watching my DGM beat herself up for hours over the littlest mistakes was eye-opening for me) and I'm working hard to change it.

One big advantage is that you're aware of your triggers and are already making smarter choices. So keep it up! Hang in there!

 

[Duchie]

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.

Jane, I'm so sorry to hear this!

 

[tlenzendorf]

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.

I'm sorry to hear this Sending good thoughts your way!

 

[tebi73]

Jane & Amy - Prayers, Pixie Dust , and hugs to you both! Keep your heads up and hopefully things will look better soon!

Patrick - Colorado looks beautiful. DH and I have always talked about going there, but can't ever seem to get ourselves headed west!

My week has been pretty calm, however, I did have tater tots and a scoop of Ben & Jerry's last night. I got frustrated because my grilled chicken sandwich from Sonic (not my fave place anyways) was only half cooked(closest I could find to a pukey face) so I had to throw it away. The tots & ice cream didn't make me feel much better about it though. Better choices next time hopefully!

Tracking
Thursday - July 15th
Bfast: Breakfast Burrito w/ Egg, Low fat cheese & Salsa
Lunch: Boiled baby shrimp, Baked potato w/ LF Ranch Dressing, 1/2 c. cole slaw
Dinner: Sonic Grilled Chicken Sandwich (NOT ), Small order of Tater Tots
Snack: Scoop of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked Ice Cream

Total cals: 1462 (not bad, but I would have rather spent my calories on something better for me)

 

[stitchfan23]

Originally Posted by 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.

So sorry to hear and we will keep you in our thoughts.

cruise would be a great motivator!! We were thinking about one next year, but are thinking we could stay at a deluxe for a WHILE (poly is my dream resort) for the same price as a Dis Cruise...hmmmm. fun to dream! still working on the planning, the most fun part

We looked at the Disney cruises but for the money they really didn't stop anywhere. This ship will cost us significantly less than a Disney cruise (and we can get a balcony) plus this ship will have the Dreamworks partnership. Similar to Disney (noone can do it as well as Disney) but with the Dreamworks characters (Shrek, Madagascar etc). Plus they have a broadway version of Chicago (which I love).

Okay on to tracking - I had a minor set back last night but they are going to happen and I just have to move on and try harder the next time.

Breakfast - Yoplait source yogurt
Lunch - kalbasa sandwhich with mustard, lettuce, 1 slice of skim cheese, 4 doritos
Dinner - 2 chicken thighs, mashed potats & fresh peas
Snack - 100 cal thinsation cheesecake bar, 15 timbits (mini donuts) (yes 15, that is what happend when they are sitting beside you open in the car, you just start nibbling)

JULY 15th DONE - JULY 15th VEGGIES DONE

 

[Funball]

ok well i guess i will do the get to know me part...



First Name and Screen name: sara, funball

What your Goal Is for Fitness: umm i don't have one

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: jack in the box, mac and cheese

Favorite Good Food for You: cheese, veggie burgers

Favorite Form of Exercise: walking disneyland park, walking to and from the parking structure

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: umm i don't know, yet maybe try and keep it off i know that if i gain it back i can't fit my skinny clothes

Family: my family? i am single, not married, no kids.

i just wieghed myself yesterday morning, lost 1 more pound, now at 130, last time i posted i was at 132, my goal wieght is 125, i think i am almost there

everytime i shed 4 pounds i buy something i can fit, as a reward! so i got a new tshirt in a medium, but it was kinda tight, but i can still fit it!!!

My food blog.. as of yesterday

Well I will start with dinner: I had a the small chicken rice bowl from flaime broiler and a small raspberry ice tea with minute maid lemonade light mixed in.

Yesterday lunch: did not have lunch, was busy

Yesterday breakfast: half a breakfast burger from jack in the box and a monster energy drink( that is my weakness)

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Having a couple of not so great eating days!
Jane - so sorry about your brother!

Tracking for yesterday (I don't think I posted.)
B: 2 pieces muffin bread toast w/PB, coffee, banana
L: raw veggies (about a cup), yogurt, string cheese
S: Luna bar
D: croissant w/turkey and pepperjack cheese
S: two cookies and an ice cream bar !!!! Oh my! I went on a garden tour with friends and there were too many treats for my tiny weak will power. Also had a glass of wine.

JULY 15 done

Today:
B: Blueberry muffin, string cheese, peach/mango V8 fusion juice
L: luna bar, pretzel nuggets (yeah, not much lunch)
D: pizza, salad
S: movie popcorn, whoppers, and sprite - we went to TS 3 tonight!

JULY 16 done

Cool pictures of Coors Field Patrick!! I love to go to other b-ball stadiums! Have not been there yet.

I just was looking at some old pictures from WDW from 1999 and 2000. Boy, did I look fat! I remember I was trying to get pregnant then. Wonder why it was so hard? That's how I always realize how heavy I got - seeing it in pictures. It didn't seem so big a deal before I'd see a picture.

 

[pipersmom]

Just a quickie tonight! Piper and I watched the "family movie" on NBC..I swear if another walmart commercial had come on I was going to scream..LOL! We had a good time though, made homemade pizza and had 100 cal popcorn. Good thing after we did our walk this morning I did CardioMax! I went up to level 2 and it kicked my butt (in a good way)...

Tracking-
Breakfast- Cantaloupe, 1 tbs peanut butter on 100 cal english muffin..yummy!
Lunch- Eggroll & yoplait FF yogurt.
Dinner- Pizza w/ tomatoes, mushrooms and LS/LF ham, tossed salad.
Snacks- popcorn, LF coffee fudge brownie ice cream.

Cals- 1631 (1390-1740)

July 16th- Done!

 

[pwmitch237]

Food Journal time (Sorry, I haven't been keeping up on here much.....I'm incredibly busy (it's getting really close to my bday!) and I'm trying to get some stuff done for the insurance for a car, so I can drive. Anyway:

Friday, July 15, 2010:
Breakfast: Cheerios (140)
Lunch: Double Stacked Turkey Sandwich (300)
Dinner: Tong Cho Chiken & Vegetable Fried Rice (800)
Snack: Nutri-Gran Bar (160)
Exercise: Cleaning

Totals: 1400 cals


July 16 DONE!

VEGGIES DONE!


"You can tell me that you choose not to. You can tell me that you choose to quit, that you choose to be less than what you are and less than what God intended but DON'T EVER TELL ME THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT!" - Jillian Michaels

 

[pwmitch237]

Patrick - Colorado looks beautiful. DH and I have always talked about going there, but can't ever seem to get ourselves headed west!

Pictures don't do it justice. I spent the week in Denver & Breckenridge. It truly was amazing. I'd suggest visiting any town up in the mountains (Breckenridge, is my personal favorite)...and in Denver, the Rockies games are awesome (because of the fact that the stadium is really nice, and that because of the thin air...the baseballs fly even further, and it's just really pretty.) The first 3 pics are from Denver, #4 is from Breckenridge, and #5 is near Hoosier Pass.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Thanks for all the well wishes. My brother is doing better; he was taken off the ventilator and is breathing on his own. His vitals are much better. They still don't know exactly what happened, but they are going to watch him in ICU probably through today and then they might move him to a regular room. His kidneys are working some (not to full capacity) but they haven't shut down completely which is really good. They are watching to see if he might have some pneumonia.

Heather – a cruise sounds fantastic! We’ve only done 2 Disney cruises, but we had a great time. Good luck on your new motivation for exercise! You can do it.

Amy – I can totally understand your feelings of being overwhelmed. You have a lot going on this summer. Going into Mom advice mode: Regarding your schooling. Since you realize that you are postponing your work you have a great opportunity to change some behaviors. Start right now and give yourself some deadlines. Knowing that you are postponing and will be swamped at the last minute is just adding to your stress. I know there are projects that I dread and then when I finally just force myself to work on it I feel much better even though the project itself sucks.

I think applying for the outside positions are a great idea. Nothing says you have to take them if they are offered and you decide to stay doing the assistantship if they don’t offer to pay you. I mean the company must realize that you have bills/school to pay for and would understand if you had to turn them down. Don’t worry about that decision till you have to make it. Call your leasing department at the apartment and ask them what your options are, you haven’t made a decision, but at least if you call and find out if it might be a possibility to stay where you are, is there a date that you would have to make that decision by? I always tell my kids “find out as much information ahead of time instead of worrying about what answers might be” Ok, getting down off my soapbox…

Michele – I’ve been there with you on the tracking freak out. When I wasn’t tracking I did best when I planned all my meals so I could sort of “pre-plan” the amount of calories/points that I would be eating. Good luck, sometimes you just need to take a break.

Sara – Good to know you! You are getting SO close to your goal! Congratulations!

Sheree – I’m absolutely amazed when I see old pictures. I wonder, how in the world did I let myself get that big? It’s a great motivator for me to have one of my pictures sitting out and I look at it when I need motivation.

Patrick – good luck with the insurance prep stuff. Do you already have your license or will you be getting this on your b-day?

As you can imagine this week has been a non-tracking week for me. Although I haven’t had much time to eat, when I do, it hasn’t quite been the best of foods. Yesterday I caved and ate a bunch of candy at the event we were having. Lunch was hamburger, fries, sweet potato fries, cookies and more candy. For dinner I really didn’t want much so we went and got SF/FF frozen yogurt with mini-marshmallows and about 10 M&M’s.

Today I’m regaining control. We don’t have any candy in the house and we are going to plan our menus for the week and then run errands.

 

[pwmitch237]

Patrick – good luck with the insurance prep stuff. Do you already have your license or will you be getting this on your b-day?

I'll be getting it Monday, pray it doesn't rain in Louisiana please! My bday's tomorrow, so the DMV isn't open.

 

[pwmitch237]

Food journal:

Saturday, July 17, 2010
Breakfast: Heavenly Ham Wrap, Pasta Salad, and PB Cookie (500 calories)
Lunch: NONE
Dinner: McDonalds Classic Chicken Sandwich, NO MAYO, & Fries (750 calories)
Snack: NONE
Exercise: Striking a stage/heavy lifting….

Totals: 1250 calories

And now I get one day of "food Freedom" ---- it's my b-day.. cake and Ice Cream will be had....

July 17 DONE!
VEGGIES DONE!

"What is it so hard to say 'No' to? Food? or Cancer? Diabetes? Death?" - Jillian Michaels (losing it with Jillian)

 

[pipersmom]

Happy Birthday, Patrick!!
I hope you have a wonderful day today! Enjoy the cake and ice cream. :

Good day for Piper and I yesterday, we did our 2 miler in the am, and then took a leisurely walk after dinner when it had cooled off some. Piper is down 6 pounds, from 95-89, so that's half of what she had put on at her Dad's. We have another two weeks before she goes back, we'll see what happens. Today is our "off" day from exercise, it feels odd, but we both need the break.

Jane- So glad your brother is doing better! Good for you for taking control again, you should be proud of yourself.

Tracking for yest-
Breakfast/Lunch- 100 cal eng muffin w/ egg beaters, 2% american, and LS/LF ham, yogurt, cantaloupe.
Dinner- Salmon, peas, mashed potatoes, 1/2 sammie thin w/ Brummel & brown.
Snacks- Chili w/ FF cheddar & FF sour cream, peach, granola thin, mini peppermint patty, FF cheesecake pudding.

Cals- 1409 (1390-1740)

July 17- Done!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICK!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME DAY AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TEST TOMORROW!!!

 

[pipersmom]

Evening all! Slow here this weekend, I hope it's because everyone is having a wonderful, busy weekend! Bad food day today, as of 9:30pm I was still 400 cals short. It's my own fault, we were out and about most of the day and I didn't take snacks with me. I made up for it somewhat..ate a piece of FF pudding pie, and some turkey pepperoni & 2% mozzarella, but we'll see. I honestly feel crappy sometimes complaining about not getting enough cals on here, but that's my biggest struggle..trying to balance all the food stuff out. On the upside, today was our day off for exercise, so I burned less than usual. Anyway..tracking for today...

Breakfast- Rice chex w/ banana and cantaloupe.
Lunch- 2 chocolate rice cakes. (This is when we were out & about..Piper had lunch at my mom's, but there wasn't much there I could eat.)
Dinner- Chicken stir fry w/ brown rice.
Snacks- Mini pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, FF cheesecake, 100 cal Mocha frappucino.

Cals- 1,131 (1390-1740)

July 18th- Done!

Patrick..Good luck on your driver's test!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

GOOD MONDAY MORNING YOU SEXY, SKINNY, BEACHES & CREAM PEOPLE!!!!!!



I am back from the land of the lost. Or as in MN, we like to call the Boundary Waters. Burn Camp was amazing. Really good resources and discussions and the kids had a great time as well when it was just fishing, kayaking or playing games.

Our cabin was in a valley though and so no cell service on any phones minus Treyner's. His worked if it was on speaker phone, on one exact spot on the coffee table. I should have snagged a pic of him trying to talk to Taylor (his GF) while hunched over the phone not moving an inch!

There were some pretty serious storms that rolled through and wi-fi connection at our neighbors on top of the hill was wiped out as well. So no even peeking at this last week and Treyner got his professors to re-open his tests he missed since they knew he would be at camp ahead of time and service might be sketchy.

I am awaiting your numbers for this week! I need to get back and catch up with you all!!!!! Hope your week was great and you know how much each of you make a difference in my life!!!! YOU WERE MISSED!!!!!!