Hi everyone, how is your day going so far? Mine has been busy! Have I ever mentioned that I hate house work? LOL!
You girls with the growing garden are so lucky! I will have to buy my fresh produce this year There are a lot of garderners around here that sale there veggies, so I will just buy from one of them.
The scale is staying the same, but I am not surprised. I lose slowly.
I would love to stay and visit longer, but I have to move on for now. Take care. Ruth
I'm glad that you are all safe and sound. I will continue praying that you are all staying safe.
Just a real quick fly by. For some reason not being able to breath well again today. UGH! Oh well New Doc appointment is tomorrow, (Friday), hoping he will run some tests.
Good morning all! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Doing great here with exercise and POP! Still working what my plan will be for our opening pool party of the season on Sunday.
Can you believe that May is almost gone? This year is moving faster than a jet for me. You know I am not getting to the place that I wanted to be as far as weight is concerned. I am down from where I was, but I know I should be WAY down the scale from where I started. It is the inconsistences with the diet of course. On, off, on so forth. I don't know how I managed to stay on WW for a full year and never cheat...I lost 109 lbs. Over the years I gained that back plus. If that is not crazy I don't know what is. I did that twice in my lifetime....nutso me.
I do hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Stay OP if you can
Ruth, it's a familiar story for lots of us - me too - just in the recent times, I lost 35 kilos (80lbs) in 1995 - same 35 kilos in 2004 - now trying to loose that very same 35 kilos plus 15 more! We are all mental....
I think for me its an all or nothing ball game. Im either totally in or Im totally out of it. I need to get the same obsession back I use to have for losing weight and exercise. I am doing good right now but dont have the fire I use to have for it. I will get it back.
We had a great visit with 2 of our grandkids last night. We ordered fish and stayed on my plan. I am so excited that even with my grandsons medical issues he is walking. I was so afraid it wouldnt ever happen. He is just a few months behind so not bad at all. I cried when he walked across the room.
I think what Deb said is also true for me - but I'm learning to have some gray rather than all black or white. Life happens and I'm learning to make better choices.
Plan to pick up an extra water class this morning. I do so much better with organized exercise plans.
Carol: I hope you get to open your pool and have your party!
Debi: Thank God for your Grandson walking!!!
Ruth: Hi
MrsTee: Hi
Everyone else: {waving} hi.
I had my cardiologist appointment yesterday and I am more than happy to say that he was soooo positive about not giving up and that he won't just let me go and say that I was gonna die and nothing they can do etc. Joel and I are so thankful to God that we were directed to him and we did go. It is so nice to have a specialist that isn't so darn negative. He says that my breathing issues he thinks are related to my heart not pumping the air out evenly or something like that. I know I should be better informed at the exact diagnosis etc. but I was over the moon with his attitude. Loved it. He even said that I can start exercising as soon as I feel I have enough breath to do it. He put me on another new medication that is part high blood pressure meds and part dieretic meds. It can make your potassium too high so it needs to be watched 3-4 times a year after your body gets used to it. So, I have a blood test coming up in 2-3 weeks to check on my potassium levels. In July he will do a follow up visit with me and another echocardiogram. He may schedule a heart cath at that time or a bit earlier if I am not getting better in the next couple of weeks. He and the pharmacist both said to give this new med a couple of weeks to change how I'm feeling.
New Doc was quite angry at old doc (who happens to be one of his partners) for being so negative and telling me that I am going to die soon. He was quite verbal about only God knows that and we should never just give up like they have been doing on me. He says I'm way too young to just give up and he also said when I reach my goal weight he will gladly write a letter to any plastic surgeon stating I am okay for a lower body lift or tummy tuck!!!! Super excited at that news cause I really want to finish my journey. He says that he agrees with my weight loss surgeon and would like me to only lose another 30-40 pounds. I'm thinking I would like to lose a lot more than that but he says no way that I have lots of extra skin after losing almost 300 and losing 20-40 more will put me over that 300 pounds lost mark which will leave me with lots of extra skin that he says being removed will just benefit my heart even more not to mention my head seeing I've completed a grand journey!
So far I love this doc and I'm looking so forward to having someone positive and that is trying to help me progress towards wellness already. Thank you guys so much for the prayer and love and support. I expect to come back here to continue in my journey to health and goal, hopefully even be a part of the exercise goals we set on here as well. My outlook on life is so much more positive after yesterday even if I physically feel the same I am already feeling better because of the mental!
Thanks to all for the shout-outs! It is such a help to not feel invisible :-)
I have been doing on-and-off ok -- a good couple weeks, followed by a poor -- but not horrific -- couple weeks. I'm getting frustrated with being off plan and am ready to get back to my routine. I guess it's a sign of my age that I'm finding a routine comforting! :-)
I have 2 months minus 1 day before our big trip, and I am getting anxious about achieving everything I want to before we depart. The world won't end if I'm not where I want to be, but it will definitely take some of the luster off the experience if I'm worrying about fitting right and keeping up with the group and doing what I want to do, rather than what I can manage to do.
I have 8 weeks left -- and am determined to make a difference for myself in that time!
One thing that is tumbling around in my mind that I haven't fully processed yet is the question our couples therapist asked both my husband and myself, when we were talking about our frustrations with the weight and with finding time and energy to be active while making room for everything else (and thank goodness we have no kids -- can't even imagine fitting that much more into my life!): What does being overweight give us? How is it benefiting us? She wants us to think about how we might be retaining the weight because some portion of us feels better at this size, and why. It's a question I'd never thought of (and I'm sure she phrased it better than I did here), and coming up with an answer has been surprisingly challenging -- taking me in a whole new direction, thought-wise.
It's good to hear that everyone here is still positive and still striving forward -- it adds a little extra impetus over here to "see" you all working hard over there :-)
Hope you all have a fabulous 3-day weekend! If I'm honest, I'm almost looking more forward to being on plan and on track again on Tuesday than having a weekend away with friends -- I guess having a very specific (and time-specific) goal really helps me!
Hi All!
Seems like everyone is doing well dispite the holiday weekend.
Carol- That will be enough of that kind of eating young lady. Don't you have an Alaskan Cruise coming up?
Annie- Such wonderful news from your new doc. Keep us posted as to how the new meds work for you. I'll be wishing and praying for the best for you.
Hello, Hello to everyone else out there!
Had a good OP week, down another 1.8 lbs. Having issues with various joints aching. Thought my body would start becoming accustomed to the pool exercises by now (been 7 or 8 weeks), but seems like things are feeling worse. I will keep splashing along and discuss this with my new doc on the 6th.
Gonna get back to my day, which will be OP! Happy Memorial Day Everyone!
Hi everyone! I'm back from my conference. It was a good trip, but I was more than ready to come home.
Walrus -- I know there are definitely things I gain from being overweight -- or rather, from being able to eat what I want and not exercise. It's a good question to ask. In my case, the answers are a lot around being lazy...
Annie -- Thrilled over the moon that you found a much more positive doc!!! I honestly think that's exactly what you need: HOPE. And think about losing 40 pounds and THEN having all that extra skin off -- how much does that weigh? Another 20 pounds? Together that will put you in a great place!!!
As for the conversations about where our heads are at: mine is DEFINITELY not where it needs to be. And I've gained back the 5-7 pounds I'd lost this year, and afraid some more. But I know I can lose it again, and I plan to have an OP day today, rather than waiting for the end of the school year (another 2 weeks). Who knows what damage I can do in that time?? So, I need to plan plan plan.
I picked over a pound of greens (lettuces and spinach) from the garden today, and there's more out there. So that will go in whatever we're having today.
Walrus: I love what your therapist said to you! I have heard this in weight loss therapy many times over the past few years and I truly think it is true. We use what we can to protect ourselves. I think that I used my weight to make myself feel unattractive. It really served me well. I think you should really look into it.
Carol: It's a new day so new choices are here
Learn: Congrats on -1.8!!! So sorry that you are having aches and pains still! Hugs.
Heather: Hi. Glad that you are back and that you had a good time. You can get right back on the wagon for sure! Hugs.
Well, Hope you are all op. I am op and having a much better attitude since Friday's Dr. appointment
Clicked on this by mistake but having some input. I know I don't belong here just yet. I think I use my weight as an excuse to not be able to do certain things.
Like push-ups, and my friends are great and they don't let me off the hook. Or any excercises that require to lift your own body up like chinups or dips, mentally my excuse is that I just can't lift so much weight.
I use to use it as an excuse for why I am not attractive, I've accepted by now, as an adult, that obviously there are plenty of overweight people who are beautiful, and well loved, liked, fall in love. So that's not a valid explanation for why I am unattractive, it has way more to do with my personality probably. Since (at least I like to think so maybe I'm ugly and don't know it?) that I am pretty average looking except for the excess weight.
I like being COMFORTABLE, and I am pretty comfy overweight, I have a lot of cushioning. I'm like a delux squishy bed for pets and small children. I like being soft and inviting.
I have a hard time saying no to myself , I am a lazy person. And I don't like conflict, even conflict within myself and my inner voices, the child like voices that want the chocolate, the voice that wants to sleep in in the AM etc. I hate that feeling of constant struggle, I like... going with the flow.
Just to name afew I've thought about this for years, because I've read this for a long time. If i didn't "want" to be overweight on some level then I wouldn't have let things get this out of control. And it wouldn't feel like such a battle to do what I know is good for my health...
There are a lot of garderners around here that sale there veggies, so I will just buy from one of them.
Ruth
