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Old 01-15-2012, 09:30 AM   #1  
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Hello new and old friends.

I fell away from the site, largely because I got busy. I got down to 145 pounds last Summer and currently stand at 165. I still go to the gym daily but I've struggled getting the diet under control. I started seeing my high school sweet heart again after TWENTY TWO years! And I have been enjoying feeding him. LOL! He lost weight...I gained it. He's a pilot and has a pretty horrible diet on the road, so when he comes home he enjoys my homemade, healthy meals. But as has always been my problem, I tend to eat too much of a good thing.

It has taken me several months to figure out the problem, but I seem to be on a roll again now. It hasn't been from lack of trying! But I have been trying to get the pounds down by starving myself, and I just kept gaining. Plus, when I starve myself, eventually chocolate wins, and that's never good.

So right now, I am eating six mini meals a day, just like I used to, and I have cut out the chocolate. I'm down three pounds this week, and I hesitate just a little to celebrate that. I've done that several times since Summer, but it always comes back, usually with a few friends. This time though, I feel like I'm back to my old myself.

I have recently discovered the most wonderful evening snack in the world! True comfort food! Hot chocolate. I've been drinking half chocolate soy and half regular soy for a total of about 75 delicious calories. I love it.

I have to get this weight off, as much as I can. I have a wedding dress to buy in March.
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Old 01-15-2012, 10:04 AM   #2  
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I am just coming back too. Glad you are back, and congrats on the upcoming wedding!
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Congratulations on the wedding and on getting back on plan. It sounds like you have it figured out, so just keep at it. Be happy and healthy.

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Old 01-15-2012, 10:13 AM   #4  
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Eliana!!! Welcome back!

Regain is tough, but yours seems pretty small (you'll see from my ticker that I'm quite a bit further off the rails...)

Nice to see old friends.
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Old 01-15-2012, 12:01 PM   #5  
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I have a wedding dress to buy in March.
wow, congratulations! Lots of happiness to you.
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Eliana - first off, CONGRATULATIONS! Weddings are so exciting, and I'm so happy for you.

Second, welcome back! It sounds like you're moving along swimmingly.
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Old 01-15-2012, 12:38 PM   #7  
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Hello new and old friends.

I have to get this weight off, as much as I can. I have a wedding dress to buy in March.
LOL. Call me clueless. I was thinking "a dress to wear for a wedding..."

Congratulations!!
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Old 01-15-2012, 12:55 PM   #8  
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Eliana- Hiya I was thinking of you the other day & wondering how life has been treating you! Woo hoo on the upcoming wedding, how wonderful you guys have re-ignited the flame! What a wonderful thing to get yourself back on track so you can ROCK that wedding dress! CONGRATS chicka, CONGRATS!
You'll make a beautiful bride!
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Old 01-15-2012, 01:09 PM   #9  
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Welcome back, Eliana! And congratulations!
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Old 01-15-2012, 01:34 PM   #10  
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I was just thinking about you the other day and missing your cheerful words on this site! Welcome back!!! Granted, I wish it wasn't for a regain, that always stinks, but you can totally do this.

And that is the best news, that you and your high school sweetheart are really working and going somewhere. After the heartbreak with your husband this is nothing but beautiful news.


Yay!
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Welcome back Eliana!!! Join the club. The regainers relosing club, that is

Congratulations!! So good to see you.
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:43 PM   #12  
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Yeah, well...it doesn't stay gone very well, does it? We all know that. It just means we need to buckle in for the very long haul. And it will be a long haul because we're all adding years to our lives!
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:50 PM   #13  
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Welcome back, and congrats on the upcoming wedding! You'll have those 20 pounds off in no time!
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Good to see you, Eliana - glad things are going well for you. You had a wonderful and inspiring attitude of commitment during the time when you lost those 90 pounds, and I know you can get right back on the horse and get back to where you want to be.
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Old 01-15-2012, 07:23 PM   #15  
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Welcome back Eliana! And congrats on your upcoming wedding--you'll be a beautiful bride!
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