aww its beautiful !!congratts!

Originally Posted by Sharvanne:
LAnneCarrington Wow. Liquid diets must be so hard. But it must be nice to kind of get rid of the whole food thing while in this process. How long have you been doing it for? Is it a special program?

Well, at the moment, I have no choice in the matter since I had lap band surgery a little over ten days ago. I'm doing full liquids still, but will be going on a diet consisting of soft food beginning this coming Thursday, so it will become a bit easier, though I still have to make careful choices.

my ticker finally moved back down!! i lost 1.6 this week. all that walking all over the lot!!

Hello Everyone!

I am a newbie and just posted my bio in the bio section :)

I am really glad I found this board. It is hard to find people who fully understand what it is like to be 300+ pounds. I am currently 451.5 and looking for a new buddy who might want to team up as a buddy system who is around or close to my weight range. I know support is very key in a successful journey so I am really looking forward in getting to know everyone out here.

I am from Canada, 38 years old and on a waiting list for WLS. I am currently following the Weight Watchers program. Not really sure what else to write about so just a hello to everyone out here.

:)

Carrie

Congratulations Luan for your loss!!! WOO HOO on making that ticker move too!

Carrie

Carrie - :welcome: We do have some ladies in our group who started at over 400 pounds. I'll let them introduce themselves next time they post. I hope you will feel comfortable posting here. It's a very welcoming group. :) Look forward to getting to know you.

Jilly - :congrat: on your engagement! Your ring is beatiful. I have always loved the look of diamonds and sapphires together.

Michelle - Glad the kitty is OK. Sorry to hear they need to check your hubby further. My fingers are crossed for you.

Not much to report here. We've had beautful weather this weekend after several days of pouring rain. The grass and the trees are so green and the flowers are blooming. Makes me feel so happy. Nothing too much planned for today. I am fixing some lunch right now and then plan to go get a pedicure and read a book. I also want to go to The Avenue and pick up a pair of beaded capris I passed up yesterday. I hate paying alot for clothes that I (hopefully) won't be able to wear much longer. But after I got home I found a 25% off coupon I didn't realize I had so I will be getting them afterall. That's good, my wardrobe is in dire need of a boost. I just hate buying clothes at this size because it's not like anything really looks all that good on a body this size.

Struggled this weekend but am not beating myself up over it. Have been batting around the idea of switching from Flex to Core so I can quit counting points. Haven't totally decided yet.

Anyway, that's about it. Have a fabulous Sunday everyone!

Hi there everyone

Hope you are all having a good weekend. I am just stopping in to read before you all get too ahead of me. Maybe tonight when I get home I can post more. We spent today cleaning, building our new bed (platform type with 6 drawers in its base) and now its time to get supper and go to class. I am not sure if I posted this or not yet but... I'm taking bellydancing :) Tonight is the first class. Should be super funny :)

Anyhow, Jilly, your ring is Beautiful! More posts later....
Brenda :wave:

Ammi where are you?

Sharvanne-I’m also in Canada, but not yet a Canadian, although I do pay taxes here. It is possible to change your health with diet and exercise. I have been able to cut my HBP medicine 6 times since I’ve been losing weight. My former roommate was putting off protein in her urine, having kidney issues, and was one appointment away from going on some type of diabetes medicine. She went on my diet, lost a hundred pounds, her kidneys and blood sugar are fine now, and she’s kept the weight off for almost 2 years now. There is hope.

Jill-The ring is beautiful. How many people have had it flashed under their noses so far? Enjoy it.

Carrie-Welcome, I hope you find what you need here.

Annie-Where did you run off to?

Hi Everyone!

It's been a boring weekend. I spent Saturday sleeping on the couch on an off throughout the day. I was really tired. Today, I got up and went to church with my aunt, then to the plant store, and then to a movie. That was all before 1:00 and I ran out of things to do, so now I'm bored. I'm doing well on the liquids, but this is week four and I'm really getting tired of them. Oh well! I have to get past it because I have at least 6 more months to go. Next Sunday is Easter and there will be a bunch of food at my aunt's house. My plan allows me to have an "emergency meal" but it has to be chicken and greens only. So, my aunt is gonna make that for me so at least I can eat real food with the rest of the folks. At this point, lettuce with salt or vineger on it sounds gourmet!

Hope everyone is doing well. Take care!

Lisa

Jill: :congrat: Your ring is absolutely beautiful. Do you have a specific reason for sapphire? I see your b-day is in Feb, so it's not your birthstone. I love the color blue, so if I ever get a real ring (We've always worn plain silver bands due to $$), it would probably have sapphires. I do have to say that I am fortunate in that I'm proportionate. Except for my head, my forearms/hands, and my feet, the rest of me is pretty evenly fat. I don't have saggy butt problems, cause I have a huge butt. In fact, I wear a size 28 jean, even though my waist is not proportionate because of my butt. Also, because of the aforementioned, I do not get belly rollover on my jeans. It all fits neatly into the waist part. My jeans come up over my bellybutton and I just fit most of my tummy in there. :)

Luan: Yay!! I forgot to weigh myself this a.m, will have to do it tomorrow.

Carrie: Welcome to the board. I would love to buddy, but I don't meet your weight requirements. I am fortunate in that I don't think I was ever over 330-350 (never had a good scale until I was down to 304). I like buddies, though if you don't find someone else in your weight range.

Xena2005: I've heard from most people that core is alot easier, especially when you have a family, you just put the right foods in the house and then everyone eats together. I have a friend who wasn't very overweight (never went over 200 and she was 5'10"), but she lost all her weight on core and still eats like that now.

I'm doing pretty well. Still eating out a good amount, but I've been eating mostly at healthy/organic places and keeping my portions reasonable. I forgot to weigh myself this a.m, will have to do it tomorrow.

We celebrated Easter today since we're supposed to be leaving on vacation this Friday and will be on the road on Easter. I did spectacularly well. I only ate about 15 pieces of candy. This may sound bad, but it is a huge improvement over entire bags of the crap. I let my husband make himself sick. Did the hunt with the kids, they went wild for it.

:easter2:

Instead of buying a bunch of candy, we put pennies in the plastic eggs with 1piece of candy (they can hold about 3-4 pieces) and then we make our own gift certificates that the kids can trade their pennies in for. This year, we gave them the option of turning in 3 pennies for $1, they liked that, too. The gift certificates are cheap to make (print them on our PC, take to Kinko's to laminate) and we can tailor the offerings to our kids. We homeschool, so we have some that give them a day off of schoolwork, some for quality time with either one of us, etc. The kids think they're better than the candy. We think next year we may not do candy in the eggs at all (just in the baskets), then put just money and tokens for gift certificates in. I meant to do something like that this year, but it snuck up on me because we celebrated early and I didn't have enough time to get rolls of coins, so I compensated with bags of candy. :(

Anyway, hope you all had a pleasant weekend, see you on the next thread!

Andrea

Awww, thanks everyone for the welcome messages!!! And I am open to any buddies out here!!! I just thought it would be neat to find someone in my weight range but heck...I am not picky, hehe..Whether we have 5 pounds or 1000 to lose, it is all hard work!!!

I am looking forward in getting to know everyone!!!

:)

Hugs,
Carrie

Andrea I homeschool also ,this yr is my first to try it,do u have any good tips? Carrie I would love to buddy with you ,I am around 400 pounds
Catherine:what diet do you follow?

Just a quick one... Oh, and my formatting problems are back, so it won't be a very 'exciting' looking post.

Peggy - I just looked at your pics and I can DEFINITELY notice a difference. Your face/neck is showing more defined features. It is hard to tell with the jacket on, but I am sure that you look smaller all over as well. And I LOVE your hair style the way it is in the latest photos. It really suits you.

Jill - Your ring is BEAUTIFUL! Very special design, and I love the mix of stones.
I'm glad your weight is doing the right thing. It is lovely when we get pleasant surprises, instead of the shocks that we are expecting.

Andrea - Your ideas for Easter sound great. It is good to see things OTHER than chocolate being given. I haven't decided what I want for Easter yet, because I don't eat chocolate and hubby doesn't eat much now either. We'll have to think of something different. I have only just worked out what I want for my birthday (Thursday) so my mind is kinda drained for ideas.

Lisa - It sounds as though you had a busy Sunday morning. I love days like that. I am a morning person, so I don't mind getting all my things out of the way in the morning and then resting in the afternoon.
How often do you get to have an 'emergency' meal? I am glad you are able to do something like that for Easter. I am afraid that I would see EVERY occasion as a need for an emergency meal. I just love my food too much. I can't believe how quickly the time is flying by though. It is amazing that you are already into week 4 of your program.

Brenda - The new bed sounds lovely. I hope it is comfortable. There is nothing worse than having to break in a new bed. My back isn't that keen on new beds.
The bellydancing sounds like a wonderful idea! I wish I was more into 'group' types of things, as I think bellydancing would be fun. I may look into getting a DVD on it to try it out. It is supposed to be great exercise.

Xena - It is amazing how some good weather can make you feel so much better. We are looking forward to a lovely warmer week here and I already feel better than I did last week when it was cool and damp.
I am glad you were able to get the capris. I loved buying clothes when I was losing weight, even if I didn't get to wear them for long, because it always made me feel better to wear a smaller size and people commented more when I wore something that was more fitted, instead of being baggy.

Carolyn - Your efforts in the garden sound fantastic. I wish I had more room for a vegetable patch. We have quite a small back yard and it is mostly paved. I have been thinking for a while that I may try to grow some things in very large pots, but I'm not sure how that would work. I love going to my mum's and having freshly grown tomatoes and oranges. I eat SO many vegetables, that I would imagine it would have to be cheaper in the long run, but I would need a LOT of pots to keep me in enough veggies.
I hope you had a lovely time in Pendleton. I love going to places with an interesting history like that. Western Australia is so 'young' that we don't really have too many places with much of a history.

Katt - You must be getting SO excited about the opening of your shop. It sounds like you will have a lovely assortment of goodies. I will have to send you a PM so I can look at your stocks. I would imagine it would be hard work setting everything up, but I am SO envious of you for being able to work for yourself. I am not really game enough to do something like that. I have been thinking lately that I would LOVE to work in a bookstore, particularly in the children's section, but I don't think I would ever be game enough to actually own my own store.

Michelle - I am glad Alex came out of his ordeal fine. I am sorry that DH is still awaiting results, but I still think that it is better that it is caught early, as there is a MUCH greater chance that they get it all. I know that I was scared silly when I was told that I had cancer, but the fact that the doctor could cut it all out was such a relief. Yes, there is the chance that it could grow back again (mine was a 'rare' type that does this) but she still says that she will be able to cut it out if it does grow back, so I am not as worried as I was at first. I truly hope that your hubby's results are great and you have your minds eased.

Oops... I'm not sure what happened to my 'quick' post. I just tend to get a little carried away.
Things were a little better at school towards the end of last week (after I did a LOT of crying on Wednesday afternoon/evening) and I had a good weekend (birthday shopping), but today the whinging started again. Still... only 2 more days with the kids, then one day of Professional Development, then just over two weeks off. Mum wants me to go and visit, but I'm not sure what I'll do about that yet, because I think I want a TOTAL break, but I know that she is lonely at the moment. I'll have to decide some time I suppose.

Sorry that I missed a lot of people, and WELCOME to all of the new people. I hope those who have been a little quiet (like me) are just too busy to post at the moment. I also hope that you all have a wonderful week.

Take care,

Zelma