Catherine: Hugs to you on finishing the paper you needed to do! I am so proud of you. Don't be too hard on yourself about the chocolate. It is over and done with. You can work it off.
Nancy: Congrats on the -2 more. I am so happy for you. Sounds like you are going to have a beautiful new office to work in.
Luan: Yep, we will have to meet up for sure sometime. How is the foot doing?
Kymberly: Congrats on another -1. You must be so excited to have such a wonderful NSV as never being able to shop in Lane Bryant again unless it is for someone else! Hugs to you.
Heather: Be safe at your Dad's house and good luck sweetie.
Ratkitten: Hiya. I did great at the Dr today.
Battle: Hi sweetie.
Ammi: Hi my friend. How are you today? I am so happy for you being op again. You can do it hun.
Well, it is official. I am finally under the 400 mark! I am so happy that I am almost numb. I do know that my scale is 4 pounds off. So, now I know I need to add 4 pounds every time I weigh in. My DH and niece were not very happy about that when they found out today. lol. All went well with the surgeon's visit and things are still on for the 29th of this month. I am on strict optifast liquid only after this weekend. No optifast bars even. lol. Oh well, I'm sure it will all be worth it.
I am trying to decide what to make my next goal for my ticker. I was thinking 375 what do you all think about that?
Well, I hope you are all doing well. Sharon, Misti where are you ladies?
My body also gave me a nice little surprise gift yesterday of letting go of two more pounds, so I am officially out of the 360s, now to tackle the 350s.
I decided to treat myself to some new bath stuff. Has anyone heard of Bodycology? OMG!!! I found this stuff at Walmart...Vanilla Buttercream. Figured if I can't eat cake, I could smell like it.
Hope everyone's doing well this week. I am kinda on and off the whole exercise thing, my schedule seemed to have heated up a bit this week. Here's hoping that I can get started on reaching my August exercise goal.
My new furniture has arrived!!! That means I can watch Doctor Who tonight in style! I haven’t had a nice couch for almost 6 years. When I was living with Andrew he had this old rattan set that belonged on a sun porch, not in a living room. I thought they were terribly uncomfortable. Now I have a really comfy couch and armchair. The trick will be not spending too much time in them!
Okay – so now I will see how many personals I can do before having to go to work!
Deb – What did you decide about the wedding? I hope you are able to find a way to economize and be able to attend. Could you possibly find a hotel in the suburbs and travel in for the wedding? It wouldn’t be as nice as staying right there, but if you saved a ton, maybe it would work.
Story – Those sound like two great birthday gifts! Getting out of the 360’s and some fancy bath stuffs! Personally, I find that smelling like food things is really distracting. It just adds to my cravings. Have you heard of Demeter perfumes? Some of their scents are wild! http://www.demeterfragrance.com/
Annie - You are out of the 400’s!!!! That is so unbelievably incredibly awesome!!!!! Plus, another great avatar pic – you look so happy!
Ammi – Sometimes it is good to be busy! Sorry to hear the scales didn’t budge this week, but that is great that you aren’t letting it get you down.
Battle – I struggle back and forth with the bringing lunch to work thing. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes I struggle. Guess which side of that fence I am on right now. What I really need to do is get more creative with what I bring because otherwise I get bored. Sorry to hear those pants are still uncomfortable for you, but soon enough you will be swimming in them!
Catherine – The weather where you live sounds really crazy! When I lived in Atlanta, winters could be like that. I remember one Christmas time, my brother came to visit me one week and it was in the 70’s and the next week my dad visited and it was in the 30’s. Changing temps like that can really mess with your body’s thermostat.
Peggy – Where in MA are you? I grew up in Concord and my parents now live in Westford.
Ratkity – You do an annual bike tour? That is very cool. I am still waiting a bit to get back on a bike. My balance has never been great in that area and I am also waiting for my stomach to shrink a bit more so that it doesn’t hit my thighs so much.
Heather – I hope you have a great weekend. If you aren’t back on Monday we will send out a search party!!
Kymberly – Don’t get too hard on yourself that you weight loss is slowing down as you near goal. The fact that you are still losing is so great! Your Banana Republic shopping is so inspiring. In some ways, the thought of being able to shop in regular stores overwhelms me. There are so many more options!
Muse – Thanks again for posting that thing about the WATP special.
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Luan – I hope your injuries are starting to heal. That sounded like one really nasty fall.
John – It is really tough getting workouts in when you have to work such long days. Something is definitely better than nothing, so even if you have to wait for your days off then at least you are getting them in then.
Debbie – Having it be really hot and not having any A/C is an ok excuse in my book!
Tracey – I never said welcome back to you!!!! How inhospitable of me! I am glad to see you back. How is the teababy doing?
OK – speaking of lunches, I need to go put mine together. Today it will be my weird Boca burger special. I take two Boca burgers and top them with a mixture of frozen spinach and cottage cheese. It sounds and looks pretty awful, but I love it! I add a salad and a piece of fruit to that and it is one of my favorite lunches.
Also, I am taking the plunge and getting my eyebrows waxed. I have never done anything with my eyebrows and I figure I want to try it out. There is a nice salon in my office building and I will have them do it – maybe even today if they can squeeze me in!
Wyllenn, you are probably working your tailend off in the attic today. Cool thoughts to you while you are in a hot attic.
Catherine, hope you got your mowing done! Wow, waiting for it to warm up. What a change in weather!
Battle, I have a pile of pants ready for me to lose that last little bit of weight until they are comfy to wear. I'm hoping my exercising is helping tone my tailend and hips (problem areas for me). I have never exercised so consistently in over 15 yrs as I am now.
Ammi, I understand the WI not showing good stuff for you. I've been OP and exercising and staying moderately hydrated (I could do better) and the scale still isn't moving! (well, except when I kick it ow!). My body just holds on to those pesky pounds as long as it can.
Yay Nancy for new carpet in the office! I hope they give the carpet time to air out after they lay it. New carpet makes me sneeze and gives me a headache. Very odd delivery times indeed! Wow, down 2 lbs too! You are doing sooooo GREAT. Yay for new furniture!!!! I don't have a couch because I live in a teeny tiny house that only has room for 2 chairs in the living room. Good thing I don't entertain much. Oh! and I love ALL the Dr Whos. The old and the new. I miss the old Mystery Science Theater 2000.
Annie, I am SOOOO happy for you for being under 400! OMGosh you rock. I think I'd be like Catherine and jump up and down on the scale and break it hehe. You keep up the great work.. GO GIRL!
Story, wow, 2 great bday surprises!! Bath stuf and byebye 360s. Sounds like a good day to me
Xena, hope you got some rest! I slept better last night, but ended up swallowing a lot of air. Good thing I work at home today.. hehe.
Today, I get professionally fit on my new bicycle. I'm excited about it. I've never done this before. I'm hoping my back behaves itself and my foot won't be too sore. Getting old sucketh. My scale isn't budging its numbers. I'm hoping it's because I haven't been hydrating as well as I should. I suppose it could be time to reevaluate my points (I follow WW flex).
Nancy the burger sounds really different lol. Good luck with the waxing. I'll stick with shaving. Had to rip ducktape off my arm a few weeks back I damn near had tears and my arm was red 2 days.
Annie- Grats on gettin out of the 400s. Do you feel full ever on the liquid diet?
Ratkity- have fun with the bike I hope I can get one for my brithday. Tho I will have to lean how to ride. As a kid I could never get the whole keep your balance and pedal at the same time. Heck I was 15 before I could tie my shoes. I used to tie a knot and then pass the laces thru the knot so they would look like a bow lol.
Hey ladies! Its great to see how well u are doing lots of u!! Annie OMG u are doing so amazing, are u still dead set on surgery even tho u are doing so good without? Just wondering..
Nancy - not far at all from 100 pounds off - I know what u mean about that being inspiring that is my ultimate goal too. well maybe penultimate anyway.
Well done to all of you battling thro and getting the weight off!
I am jumping back on the weight loss train. I have not gained an ounce but have not lost in some long time now, been so busy finishing my nursing that couldn't really commit. Now I am ready to get a lot of this weight off. Going to have around 1,800 cals on average and will get back on the exercise campaign too, will set a goal for september and swim most of it away.
I feel so good at the mo, about being a qualified nurse, a mum to two such great kids, having a wonderful hubby, family, I really just feel so so lucky and know that getting some more weight off will be the cherry on the cake
Emily May - It is great to see you! If I didn’t say it before, congrats on finishing your nursing degree!
So, I have been totally avoiding work this morning (isn’t it the weekend yet?) and have been reading stuff on other parts of the site. I totally understand that we all have our own journeys, but sometimes my head boggles from reading certain things. There is this thread where someone is talking about how badly they want a 24 inch waist. Right now, I have a 22 inch calf. OK - I know that my calves are disproportionately large due to both genetics and some amount of edema at my highest weight, but mmm . . . I am not sure what I am trying to say. The whole thing scrambles my circuits. It is like I have changed my whole body perspective. Right now I just changed my goal weight to put me right in the top of the overweight category. I still have trouble imagining I could even be that size. In some ways I know it is a defense mechanism on my part so that I don’t feel too badly about my size. But that isn’t to say I should feel badly anyway. We aren’t all meant to be tiny people. Health comes in lots of shapes and sizes, in my opinion. It is something I can’t help thinking about, yet it also disturbs me. Then when I think about how I am disturbed I know that I do need to think about it more to gain some resolution, but I am not sure that I can do that from my current perspective. I really might need to get down farther before I can really make any true headway in this psychological aspect of myself. Does any of that make any sense?
Anyway, back to work with me! I will go start packing some boxes or something to get me away from the computer.
Hi girls and John
I'm back from vacation. Had a wonderful time and ate like a pig. Skipping my weigh in today. Its now on Monday so I will have to spend the weekend detoxing a bit. Got my tattoo. Its beautiful. I will try to post pics tonight when I have a chance to try and catch up on the posts. Just popping in for a minute. I ended up having to go back to work again today so I am home having lunch.
Talk to you soon
Didn't have a spectaculary good day yesterday. I don't even know why I was stress eating...but I did. Haven't even been exercising. Just sorta at a blah stage of this whole thing.
I DID order the Leslie Sasone DVD's though so maybe when I get those I will get motivated once again. As far as the eating goes.....NO MORE FATTENING FOODS SHALL PASS MY DOORS!! If the people who live here, hubby, son, dil, want to eat junk....eat it somewhere else and not in front of me. I feel I have to be selfish right now to get myself back on track. So the less stuff here...the better for me.
I sorta worry about my dil because here she went thru the lapband surgery about 3 weeks ago, and she is still eating junk and not exercising at all. She claims to have lost 72lbs but I'm just not seeing it and she is still wearing the same clothes pretty much. She was eating a personal sized pizza last night and got two pieces of that down. I thought you could only eat like a 1/4 cup of food?? I guess I just don't get it.
Anyhow, Nancy, congrats on getting your furniture. There's nothing better than getting new stuff for the home. And to know it's all yours!!! It sounds like you are doing so good on your WL journey. Keep it up!! Getting my eyebrows done is one of my NSV's I hope to get done soon too. I've never had them done and think it would be fun. I also want to go to a fancy store and have them put makeup on me, just to see what I could look like if I ever wanted to wear all that....lol...out here in the country there's not much need for it.
Going to Lose, you had every right to enjoy your vacation...food included. Now just hop back on the WL train and you'll do fine. Glad you had a good vacation and really looking forward to those tattoo pics.
Emily May, Congrats on finishing your nursing degree. What an accomplishment!!!
Ratkity, Have fun getting fitted for your new seat. Then peddle yourself all over town and start losing that weight!!
Story, Congrats on losing 2 more!!
Annie, I"m so happy for you!!! Wow, you've come so far. Yes, I think 375 would be a great next goal. I usually do 10 pound increments, but that's just me. Anyhow sweetie, you are doing fantastic!!!!
Well, thats it for me. I have to go out shopping and run some errands.
Have a good day everyone and enjoy life!!
Debbie
Debbie-I had to do the same thing with my old roommate. I did the shopping and cooking. She could eat what I had prepared, or got elsewhere. She went elsewhere for about a year, and I would eat her dinner for lunch the next day. When she saw the change in me, she started eating what I was fixing, and actually liked it better. She lost 100lbs, and she avoided going on insulin. Even her kidney function was impaired, and now they are fine. You do have to be selfish. Sometimes, very selfish. I’ve known people who had the full bypass and regained their weight. It can certainly help, but if you still eat like before, it isn’t some kind of miracle, and your DIL only had the lapband. She would have had to weigh 1000 pounds to lose 72 in 3 weeks without being in the hospital.
Annie-I’m not mad at myself about the chocolate. Sometimes a woman just has to have some. The way you are losing, you are going to leave me in the dust any day now. Don’t be too afraid about the surgery. It will be here and gone before you know it, and you’ll be trying to figure out what to do with all that extra skin in your road.
Story-That aroma therapy stuff just makes me hungrier. They have some new spray bottles of liquid flavor on the market that haven’t made it north of the border yet that you can squirt on top of things to give flavor right where you want it without adding a bunch of calories. I’ve wanted to try those.
Nancy-I think everyone here was sick last week because of the change. It has settled into 45-70 range right now. I can live with that. I have a funny furniture story. We recently refinanced our mortgage to a lower fixed rate (right before stuff went nuts). It meant we ended up with $20,000 in the bank for two weeks while everything finished up. It wasn’t our money, it was escrow stuff, but still. His family had told him that I was just marrying him for my immigration. Now that has come and gone, they can’t say that anymore. They had said I was after his money eventhough I make more money than he does. Doesn’t make me a very good gold digger does it? Anyway when we went to the bank to arrange the transfer finally, he had just gotten back from spending half a week with his parents, and I made the comment in front of the teller that I should have run off to Mexico with the money while I had the chance. The teller piped up that she would have bought new furniture. For some reason that freaked him out. A furniture store here has been running ads with wives going nuts buying a whole house of furniture while they were supposed to just be in the store to use the bathroom. He actually starts sweating. I haven’t bought new furniture in over 20 years. I’m too cheap, I buy used or consignment. His family is officially running out of reasons that I could have married him. I could have made off with the money and had a week head start. I tease him that Raoul is waiting on a warm beach for me, so he’d better fly straight.
John-my dad was practically a walking carpet. It was all blond, but very wookie-like. When he had an ekg once, they ripped off the tape and he looked like he had mange spots all over his chest. He made them shave it first the next time. He said it reminded him of catching flak during the war.
I am definitely going to start cutting out patterns today. Even if I do nothing else around here. I have to get started, or I’m never going to get finished. I think I am going to start with the pants suit. I should at least be able to finish a pair of pants if I start soon. I’m just trying to warm up first. It is 13 here. So much for sleeping with the window open for some fresh air.
Good Morning Everyone. I woke up early but am moving slooooowwwww. lol. I guess it is just one of those days today for me. I am getting ready to go swim but am on “hold” on the phone trying to talk with AT& T. They just hung up on me so......
Storey: Congrats on the -2 more pounds! What a great birthday gift.
Nancy: Oops, my bad. I thought your new furniture was for your office. I didn’t realize it was for your home. How exciting! I love new stuff. I hope it is comfy and beautiful. Have fun treating yourself to an eyebrow waxing. I started to go a few months ago and now I go often as a weight loss treat.
Ratkitten: I am going to have a “break the scales” party for myself actually. Hopefully tonight I will be breaking the cheap scale that I bought to be able to weigh myself on with a sledge hammer. My DH will be taking pictures of me doing it which I will post. Have fun at the bike fitting.
John: Yep. You actually get to a place where you feel very full. There have been a couple of times that I actually couldn’t “eat” all my shakes for the day because I was too full. As with most eating plans I really think the key is WATER drinking.
Emily: I can’t afford the liquid diet anymore that is why I have to do the surgery. What a nice feeling to be so happy with your life. Hugs.
Brenda: Glad your vacation was great. Glad to have you back.
Debbie: I think your DIL isn’t supposed to eat like that after only 3 weeks out. Ask Storey. I’m proud of you for putting your foot down about junk food in the house. If it bothers you shouldn’t have it in your home. It isn’t selfish. It is taking care of yourself and wanting a longer healthier life. Also, thanks for your input on the goal for myself. I will make it 375 today. Hugs.
Okay, our plan has changed once again. We are going to combine walking with swimming at the River today. So. I’ll see you all later.
My pro-fit for the bike was canceled cuz my lady who does it got sick. Alas.. I hope she feels better. I geeked out with the bike mechanics and talked shop with them for a while. They are nice kids.
Emily, welcome back!! congratz on the nursing school completion. I know that's very hard. Time to focus on you, right? BTW, your avatar picture is so cute. You have such a bright smile on your face!!!
Brenda, welcome back!! I want to see a pict of your tat!
Debbie, I wish I could share my motivation with others when they are down... as well as wishing others could spark me when I'm in the blahs. I'm gonna send *motivational vibes* anyway to see if that helps. *hugs* I have a close friend who had a lapband and 3 weeks after her surgery, she wasn't eating pizza. Like Catherine said, it's a tool and there's nothing easy about it. Putting your foot down about the junk food is for you!! You go!!
Wow Catherine, warming up. I'd like to cool down! I'm waiting for it to cool off a little so I can go out and ride my bike. Too funny about the furniture story. Your sweetie sounds like a winner, even though his family leaves much to be desired. Your poor w00kie dad!! ow ow ow.. hehe. Your visual made me LOL.
Annie, have a great day walking and swimming in your fabulous river!!
Nancy, yes, I understand where you are coming from..... (warning.. incoming philosophy!! hehe)
I have always been overweight to obese (even at my lowest weight) and have constantly struggled to lose weight. I'm not sure I ever remember shopping in a normal store, even as youngster. That's why I love you all here and don't go to RL WW meetings (I do it online). You all understand my struggles and that my weight issues are (incoming pun) much larger than wanting a 24 inch waist. It's not to belittle anyone struggling with a body issue, but only people who have been where we have understand the issues of being over 150-200lbs overweight. Our quality of life and our health have suffered because of our size, not just our self esteem and self image. We've had to endure rude comments and outright discrimination because of not fitting into the perceived size norm. Those battles consume so much energy on a daily basis that to hear a normal sized person complain about the 8 extra pounds she's been carrying around for a few months just blows my mind. Again, it's not to discount her feelings, but inside me, I cry. I'm jealous of "the normie", feel angry with myself, I get depressed (anger turned inwards) about my situation and then start over analyzing how I got here. I've heard "don't analyze, utilize"... stop looking at how I got here, but put the energy into getting out of where I am. Doesn't stop the feelings, of course!!
*End of therapy session* Thanks for letting me rant.
I had myself a nice little binge today. Part of what contributed to it was that I got too hungry before eating. I only had a small bowl of Kashi for breakfast, and had a meeting that lasted all morning....I became famished before eating lunch. Lunch started off fine but then it wasn't enough, so I moved to slathering mountains of butter on Ryvita crisps. Man I love butter. I''m putting the after lunch binge at about 900 calories.
thanks for the thoughts everyone, i am feeling much better. i wore my ankle brace today, and prob will over the weekend. my head and elbow are much better, my ribs are not as sore. so i guess im healing
on being out of the 4's!!!! I can't believe your surgery date is so close! Time has flown. 
My new furniture has arrived!!! That means I can watch Doctor Who tonight in style! 
It is great to see you! If I didn’t say it before, congrats on finishing your nursing degree!
lol. I guess it is just one of those days today for me. I am getting ready to go swim but am on “hold” on the phone trying to talk with AT& T. They just hung up on me so......
on the -2 more pounds! What a great birthday gift. 
I go often as a weight loss treat. 
for myself actually. Hopefully tonight I will be breaking the cheap scale that I bought to be able to weigh myself on with a sledge hammer. My DH will be taking pictures of me doing it which I will post. Have fun at the 
bike fitting.
so happy with your life. Hugs.
have you back.
your foot down about junk food in the house. If it bothers you shouldn’t have it in your home. It isn’t selfish. It is taking care of yourself and wanting a longer healthier life. Also, thanks for your input on the goal for myself. I will make it 375 today. Hugs.
today. So. I’ll see you all later.
