futurediva yes my leg is back to normal i am proud to say!

Jill-I stopped posting for a long time because I didn’t feel like I had anything to positive to add. I also put away my scales, big mistake. I out of sight, out of minded myself into about 80 pounds. There is a story about a man who stopped to help a little old lady with a flat tire. When he came back from taking it to the service station to get it fixed, and put it back on for her, she tried to pay him. He wouldn’t take the money, saying that she couldn’t buy back how nice he was feeling about himself. My point is that we also help each other by allowing ourselves to receive help when we need it. I’ve needed it a lot lately.

Motherof3angels-The scale I have is rated to 380 but registers upto about 390. When I was above 400 on up, I used 2-3 scales with a piece of plywood across. It wasn’t as accurate, but did the job until I was smaller, and it was a lot cheaper than buying an expensive hospital model.

Welcome Melperimeter Everyone is pretty friendly here. There is so much going on in this weekly thread, it's easy to find a place.

Jill I am glad you started posting again though. Maybe that will be a little inspiration for you. I am sending all my willpower to you with plenty to spare for myself right now. So, you can have some and return the favor at some later date! I am sure I will need it. ;)

Hello to everyone new and I wish I could spend more time reading and writing. But things are going so well. The girls are all on spring break, so we went downtown with my oldest daughter and her family, my grandson namely. It was fun, her husband is the head of the green party here in our county and just inherited this ridiculously messy office. So we went in to help him clean up. That was pretty fun. Then my daughter and I went shopping for wedding dress pattern stuff. I get to sew the dress. SO EXCITING! Anyway, I am almost silly happy right now. So I love ya'll and am sending all my sunshine and love to each and every one of you.

I made it over my March minutes with two days to go!

Carolyn

when you guys talk about making it a certian amount of minutes a month what does that mean and how does it work ?

motherof3angels -- We're talking about the monthly exercise goals some of us set. Basically, it started for me as a way to keep myself accountable for my exercise. I figured I was counting what I ate... how about how much I moved? Now many of us set monthly goals and report them to the group. We also keep track of how many minutes we exercise as a group! That's fun! This month we're over 16,000 minutes and are shooting for 200,000 minutes for the year!!!!

Take a look at the March Exercise Thread stickied at the top of the 300+ page. We're also setting goals for April and there's another thread for that, though it's not stickied yet. Everyone is welcome to join. Just figure out how much you want to do and join us!!

Melperimeter -- Welcome! This is a such a great place and you did perfect just jumping in!

Jill -- :hug: You were doing so great! I hope you can get back on track!

You guys are the greatest :hug: I really think hiding the scales for a while (and knowing that I have a specific date on which I will take them back out) will be a good thing for me. I'm going to focus on eating healthy foods, sensible portions, and just making healthier choices overall. This past week has basically been a giant binge, and I'mnot sure what set me off. Yesterday, I went to 7-11 on my way to work. I got 2 cheese danishes, 2 Reese's Fast Break candy bars, 2 giant Reese's white chocolate peanut butter cups, and a berries and cheese croissant. And I ate it ALL as soon as I got to work. My stomach was fine with it, but after a while, my head was spinning. I could barely keep my eyes open/head up, and I just couldn't focus on ANYTHING. I started telling myself I was just tired and hadn't slept well the night before, but then the lightning bolt struck--duh, it's because of all that CRAP I just put into my body! It's funny how easily we can mask those realizations and truths when we don't want to face them.

Anyway, the binge didn't stop there--I proceeed to have a Chipotle burrito for lunch (which isn't horrible in and of itself, but in addition to what I'd already had that morning, there were an infinite number of better choices I could have made). After that, I felt like I had a rock in my stomach that was growing and trying to break free. That's the only way I can emplain the pain--not a sharp pain, but not feeling like I was going to be sick, either. And yet, I ignored it. Jeff and I went to P.F. Chang's for dinner, where we shared chicken lettuce wraps and then I had ginger chicken and broccoli with brown rice. It was a great choice for a meal if you look at it alone, but when added to everything I'd had that day...not good.

My stomach hurt all night. I never got sick or anything--it just HURT. It was an odd pain--not like stabbing or queasy or anything. But I hope I've learned my lesson for now. How is it I am able to ignore PAIN in my stomach and just continue to eat? It boggles my mind.

But on to today--I had my lower sugar oatmeal for breakfast and have a Lean Cuisine in the freezer for later. I'll probably go to the grocery store at lunch time to get a box of croutons to have with the soup in my cubicle drawer and maybe make a salad from their salad bar there. For dinner tonight, I already have some chicken breast tenders thawed and some Trader Joe's frozen brown rice (cooks in 3 minutes!), so no excuses today. Everything else in my life is falling neatly into place--I'm newly engaged, we're getting the diamond for the ring tomorrow, I finally have a job I don't hate, we're not in a horribly tight financial crisis--so now it's time to get my health in the right place, and no better way to do that then to have a healthy diet!

running through, just letting you iknow about my weigh in... not bad all things considered. Had a pretty crap week with food and water and TOM. I was still -1lb so I will certainly take it!! I am ALWAYS up during TOM... weird!

Off to work.. i'm home tonight so we'll catch up then :)

Brenda.... :wave:

Hey everybody!

Jilly, You aren't any more a slacker than many of us! I've had a hard time getting on my various boards and posting too. I'm also having a hard time getting focused again. While my binge hasn't been quite as extreme as what you've posted, I've certainly been eating more than my share of stuff I shouldn't. Chocolates (darn Easter :mad: ) and a donut (wanted more but only bought 1) and nuts and just FOOD that I know I shouldn't have, gyro meat and pita bread and fried stuff and pizza - you get the idea! I like to blame the fact that we're so busy, renovating the house and helping a friend move and etc., etc. but I find time to sit on my butt and watch TV for an hour or two a night so I suspect busy isn't the culprit. :hug: and :kickbutt: and lets get back on track you and me! :D

Kymberly - I didn't do a darn thing to celebrate the 100 except stop eating as well as I should! :( I had all these plans, but we're spending so much $$$ on our new bathroom and there's so much stuff I want to do, just didn't feel right to spend on myself. :shrug:

Going back along the lines of what I was saying to Jilly, I've been so scattered lately. I get that way - so much to do my brain just freezes and I don't do anything. My DH, bless him, tries to keep me on track - "One project at a time!" he'll say. I went to a seminar yesterday about "dealing with angry customers" - total waste of time since I've been conducting hearings for 12 years and I probably have had to "deal" with more angry people than the trainer ever will. But part of it was quite interesting, they did a "social style" quiz which told you whether you were an analytical, driver, amiable or expressive personality. I was expressive. DH was analytical. It was right on target really - with me all over the place and tossing out ideas and him trying to reign me in. I'm there right now, wanting to do the house and the yard and garden and get OP and help my friend and get the garage organized and I'm so unfocused I'm not accomplishing any of my goals, including being OP and coming here like I ought for support and accountablity.

I haven't totally lost it and gained too much...but I still am having trouble with motivation. Hopefully that will get better soon and I'll get my focus back where it needs to be!

If anyone has any desire to find out their "social style" and read about it, here's links to a test and a paper on line I found, although the paper goes into handwriting styles that not what I studied yesterday.

http://www.swonlibraries.org/files/ce-2006-11-09.pdf
http://www.keithrosario.com/images/N...lStylesWeb.pdf

Oh and Torrister- I see a big difference in your photos! You're looking good!

I have absolutely nothing to say just now. It's just that this morning I was .2 pounds under 335, which means I now officially have LESS than 200 pounds to lose. Okay, so it's only .2 pounds less, but still!

You can ignore this, I just wanna see my ticker say I only (lol) have have 199(199.8 really) pounds to lose.

:)

Hello girls...just stopping by to say a big HELLO :)

DJCJ-I sewed my own gown, and enjoyed the experience. I did a whole Lord of the Rings type gown. The only problem was the outer sleeve was so long and drapey, that I kept sitting on it by accident.

Jill-just reading the junk you ate made me sick, so I can just imagine what you went through. Once our bodies get used to the good stuff, it really rebels about going back to the bad stuff.

Lillion-If Jill’s post made me sick, yours just made me very tired. My brain would freeze too.

Originally Posted by Torister:
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Thanks everyone who commented on my pics. It took alot to put those up there...like Catherine, I erased them at least once! This is the only place I feel "OK" about posting them. You all are the best!! I mean it.

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Torister, I just checked out your pics. For a woman over 300 pounds you look surprisingly good in jeans! I carry so much of my weight in my lower belly and in the thighs topping my somewhat short legs that jeans (or any pants for that matter) are a total eye gouging nightmare until I'm about 220 pounds.

Just think of how great you'll look in jeans when you're closer to your goal. God- jeans! I can't wait. Except I have to. :)

Lisa: Congratulations on the weight loss! That's awesome, I hope to be joining you there soon.

Kymberly: Thanks for the welcome. I have to have something pretty to look at while I'm at my computer and GB fits the bill! :D

Jill: Way to have positive thinking! Congratulations on your engagement. That's the biggest thing for me, is remembering that no matter what I ate yesterday, or for my last meal, this meal (or this day) is a different one and I have the choice for this meal, too. Just 'cause I had a bad breakfast doesn't mean lunch has to suck, too. Easier said than done, of course. :)

Brenda: That's great that you didn't go up. What I love is when I weigh during TOM and find I'm the same or slightly less, then weigh after to see I really lost 5 pounds, but TOM made it seem more. :)

Lillion: I don't have time to take the personality quiz right now, but I suspect I'll come out much like you. I have a tendency to overload myself with so much stuff that I can't accomplish the simplest of tasks. That's how I end up eating nasty convenience foods or fast food. That's my number one on my list of weight loss goals, to eat good food no matter what I'm doing with myself.

MetaChick: No need for us to ignore it, we know what it feels like. Congratulations on the loss and being that much closer to your goal!

As for me, I had an okay day yesterday. I didn't overeat at all, but I did end up ordering pizza for dinner. It was raining when I was on my way home, so I didn't feel like stopping at the store and getting groceries for dinner and breakfast today. Shows me right, it's raining harder today and I have to stop and get food. C'est la vie!

Andrea

I must say it is such a blessing to be around other women who are around my weight and tring to lose I have friends who are stick thin..have always been and talkto me about how they need to lose weight ,that reallyhurts! I would love to be in their shape! I am gonna get there !