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12-13-2007, 01:43 PM
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Kelly M
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: midwest
Posts: 1,629
S/C/G: 246/147/150 WW Goal
Height: 5'5"
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I'm having a moment....rambling...
OK, so I just got off the phone with one of my good friends. She called to wish me a happy 40th and as I'm the youngest of all of us I got the whole "you're 40 now, over the hill, yadda, yadda, yadda" stuff. Cool, no problem, we were laughing together. But then I started thinking. Wow. I'm 40. When I was 38 and 8 months old I sat at this same computer crying thinking my God, I've got to do something. Anything. What I wouldn't give to be healthy by the time I turn 40. Look at me now! I actually achieved that tremendous dream I dared to dream less than a year and a half ago. Here I am, on my 40th birthday, sitting at the same computer and crying again. Happy tears this time, because I did it. I reached my goal. I exercise almost every day. I have the energy of a 20 year old again, and I feel good....better in fact than I've felt on the last 10 birthdays. What a difference 16 months can make in your life. Oh, dear, better go fix the makeup before somebody sees me!
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12-13-2007, 01:44 PM
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Just Me
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 14,707
S/C/G: 364/--/182
Height: 5'6"
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You have accomplished something very awesome You should be very proud of yourself.
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12-13-2007, 01:55 PM
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so close, yet so far...
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: O'ahu, Hawaii
Posts: 3,478
S/C/G: wanna be 135
Height: 5'3"
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12-13-2007, 02:17 PM
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No description available.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bat Country
Posts: 6,915
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You are an inspiration to many. Enjoy your wonderful accomplishments!
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12-13-2007, 02:17 PM
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Red Team Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,535
S/C/G: 289/206.5/140
Height: 5'4"
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You're so inspiring! Happy birthday!
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12-13-2007, 03:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Parrish, Florida
Posts: 210
S/C/G: 185/123/120
Height: 5'5
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Wow! Boaterswife! I know exactly how you feel. I am 38 and the
same thing happened to me. I (like you) feel better now at almost 40
than I did 10 years ago. Go out and have a great Birthday and celebrate
your accomplishment!!!!!
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12-13-2007, 03:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 2,585
Height: 5'5"
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Great, great post, Kelly. I would like to write a post similar to yours on my birthday in May. Thanks for proving that it can happen.
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12-13-2007, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Northern California
Posts: 988
S/C/G: 292/144/145
Height: 5'10"
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This is what's so great about this forum. Somebody right now is where you were more than a year ago and feeling the way you did. They get to read posts like this one that give people a lot of hope. Needing to lose so much is so overwhelming that hearing the success stories can make all the difference in getting started.
Hope it was a fantastic birthday.
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12-13-2007, 04:18 PM
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Sleek and Fit. Finally.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 620
S/C/G: 159/139.4/135
Height: 5'5"
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Oh Wow!!
Congratulations, not just on acheiving your goal, but on acknowledging the difference you've made.
This is a post has inspired me and made me very happy.
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12-13-2007, 04:20 PM
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Just Yr Everyday Chick
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 10,852
S/C/G: Lost 50 lbs, regained some
Height: 5'3"
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Jay
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12-13-2007, 04:47 PM
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One life, live it well
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Washington State
Posts: 2,052
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Height: 5'6½
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Amazing stuff! Very inspiring.
Hope you had a lovely Bd as well!
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12-13-2007, 05:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Idaho
Posts: 4,735
S/C/G: 261/158/below 160
Height: 5'8" (Dang, I shrank an inch!)
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That's a wonderful, inspiring story! Definitely tears of joy.
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12-13-2007, 06:31 PM
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Former Quitter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 5,500
S/C/G: 310/310/180
Height: 5'7
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Kelly, you're one of those fabulous women that I watched lose a ton of weight and I am in awe of you! You give us all hope that we can achieve our dreams, also. Thank you!
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12-14-2007, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 436
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You rock!
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12-14-2007, 01:57 PM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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Simply Amazing. Yes!!! You did it! You DID it. You really, really did it. Anything is possible when we set our minds to it. Congratulations and thank you for sharing your thoughts. Not only did you "do it", imagine how many people you just may have inspired to "do it as well"?
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