Good morning all. There was a database error yesterday that didn't get fixed until this morning here on the site, and I couldn't log in. I had MAJOR withdrawal symptoms. I could lurk, but couldn't post.......found out how much I need to put in my 2 cents worth.
UBEE -- I'm so glad my post helped, and I agree. This site does provide the needed support to fight the battle and stick with it through the ups and downs. Love your will power dust, and I hope that some managed to find it's way to me. Judging from the appearance of my desk, it looks like there's lots of dust from something (that could just be my complete lack of desire to clean!). You wrote about decluttering your bedroom -- it is wonderful, and there's something about finishing a room and getting it organized that provides such a boost. I've been working on decluttering the entire house off and on for about a year. The house looks a lot better, I feel better about it, and emotionally it's been a huge lift.
WORKING -- Wow! You really conquered your soda addiction. That's huge to go from a 12 pack per day to zero. Good luck on the sweets. Knowing you can conquer your addictions helps a lot with the mental side of it.
PAM -- Hope you're still on a high from just doing it and walking even though it was raining. Plus think of all the people that you gave them something to talk about regarding why that woman is out there walking in the rain.
JANE -- Sorry you're struggling and I hope the will power dust falls on you and does give you a magical weekend. You are an inspiration to all of us, so know that we all love you and support what you're going through.
WHEEZYPI -- WOW! You've got a lot on your plate. You definitely need a vacation and a chance to chill out.
My kids are coming down today to borrow my RV for their summer vacation. So a good part of the day will be spent making sure it's clean, taking out my personal stuff, filling with propane, etc. I also need to work in the garden. Tomorrow I'm going to spend the day at our local Co-op (it's my volunteer group and I'm the treasurer) trying to get a whole lot of things done. Hope everyone has a great weekend and is literally dancing through the will power dust!
Wheezypi, it all sounds like a good plan. I think it is a good idea to enjoy yourself and not obsess. Everyone, hop over to the NSV thread and see wheezypi's new picture. She looks awesome!
Betsy, I understand. This place is so important to my success. I enjoy your 2 cents, so I am glad you are back. You have an RV!!! I am going to have one someday. Enjoy the nice weather and working in your garden.
Well, I am procrastinating. When I was cleaning I found ghosts in my closet. I was about to toss them back in but I put on my big girl pants and acknowledged them.
I'm so glad other people besides family members notice that I've lost weight. it's such a motivation! I can't wait to get in that nice pool water and get a whole body exercise... and a tan! What do you mean found ghosts....!?!? Hopefully not literally ghosts! Yikes.
Wheezypi, my ghosts are all my emotional baggage from the past. By decluttering I have to pull out all that old stuff and decide to hopefully let most of it go and start living in the present. All of it has to do with the fear of loss.
Today I wore my new pants for the first time. I had to hold them up and look at them and be amazed at how small they are. (Compared to the old ones. )
Oh. I get that. I'm just one of those people that doesn't deal with it I guess. Also helps that I live 3 hours away from my family and all my stuff that I attribute towards closet ghosts (most of it probably got thrown away by my mom). Congratulations on the new pants! I'm still gradually fitting into pants that I could barely or couldn't at all squeeze into. I've lost so much weight already but unfortunately I'm all hips and all @$$ and big all over so I'm losing it from everywhere instead of just where I'd really like to lose it first
So attempting to beat the sweet addiction has not started yet. I came and told everyone I was going to do it, and guess what then I can't seem to stop eating them! I do remember it happening with the soda habit too. But, it's a new day and time to chew some gum! I'm really worried about the month of July. My birthday is the 15th, my mother in laws the 16th, my daughter's the 20th, and my nephew the 21st. So, we will go out to to celebrate my and my mother in laws birthday, and then the next weekend my daughter will have a pool party, and then very next day Hunter my nephew will have a pool party. And then on the 26th, we will leave for 8 days at the beach. We will eat out 90 percent of the time while we are there. So, I'm really worried about it!
Ubee, I can completely understand trying to declutter and having a fear of loss. I feel the same way!
Wheezy- I am so glad that other people are noticing your weight loss. I can imagine that it's a great feeling for you! Way to go!
Whew! For once I'm glad the weekend is over and things can get back to normal! Of course, since I'm retired, every day is like the weekend, but......
Ubee -- I'm so glad that you feel I add something to the overall discussion. I'm so much older than most of the posters that sometimes I wonder if we're even on the same planet. I'm not wrong and they're not wrong, but our perspectives on things do change with the aging process. I completely understand the ghosts in the closet. Mine have several real life friends in the form of dust bunnies! Yes, I have a small RV that I bought in 2010. I saved for 30 years to buy it, and am still happy that I did. Right now the kids have borrowed it to go on their family vacation.
Working -- Ah, sweets addiction and trying to break that cycle. It will happen. There are just some days when this whole approach is easy and others where I swear the little devil sitting on my shoulder is force feeding me. July does sound like it will be a challenge. And while I should be good and give you all sorts of advice on how to get through the month, this sounds like a month of memory makers, so taking a break and trying to minimize any weight gain might be the best approach. While you're at the beach, take some long walks and maybe limit the size of the birthday cakes. But also enjoy the time with your family. Sounds like you've got a special relationship going with them and that's really great.
Wheezypi -- Yes, it does feel wonderful to have others notice your weight loss. We all love to get that positive reinforcement!
Today is my first senior yoga class. Hopefully it won't be the last, but the teacher is offering it free to people in the hopes that they'll sign up for the six week course. I already paid for it, but she said that she needs at least six people and only 4 had signed up. She offered today free to try to get others to join. I'm hoping it will help with alleviating some of the pain with the arthritis in my hips and knees. Other than that, it's raining so guess I'll be doing inside work today. Have a great one.
Betsey Thank you and good luck on your first yoga class!
I think my body is still changing even if the scale won't move. I think it's just that huge lower belly pulling up, and that makes it really hard to measure. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I feel different.
Wheezypi, did your family gush over your weight loss?
Workinghard, how is giving up sweets going? I really have to watch them they turn me into a monster emotionally and hunger wise!
Betsy, of course you add a lot to the discussion. It takes all of us to make the world go round. You help keep me grounded and the younger ones make me believe. I am still learning not to give into immediate gratification. Your story with the camper is a nice way to think of it. You saved for 30 YEARS to get it. I surely can wait for special occasions to have a treat. How was yoga?
Jane, you are so lucky your belly is pulling up. Mine is -blah I don't even want to think of it. My body feels like it has changed and then I lose a bunch of weight and then it just sits there forever until it happens again. It was not like that in the beginning but as time goes on that is its new routine.
I am tossing so much clutter out of my house! It feels so good. Like my weight I have a lot to go. The more I clean the more weight I lose. I hope to keep it up.
Ubee -- The more I read your posts, the more I think that I'd love to be at a retreat with you just to hear your perspectives on life. A bottle of wine wouldn't hurt either. Sounds like you're making great progress on the cleaning out. Do you find that physical cleaning also helps clean out your mind?
Jane -- You're not imagining things -- I've noticed my body changing even though I've been battling these same 10 pounds for seemingly forever. You haven't been posting as much on the site lately -- hope you're doing ok and it's just life getting in the way.
The yoga class (it's one specifically for seniors) was good and hilarious at the same time. I'm sure the instructor was wondering if saving money to put her kids through college was really necessary! There are only four of us. One lady is 93, but probably the most agile in the group. Two of them wear hearing aids, and that meant that every instruction was given 2 or 3 times. Two of us have very arthritic knees, and some times the stretches hurt like heck. I'm sore this morning particularly through the shoulders. I recently bought a DVD on yoga for heavyweights and one for pilates as well. I'm going to try to do those a little each day until class. Just wish I'd started doing yoga back in my 20s!
I gained 3 pounds over the weekend with the kids here. I have gotten to where I'm pretty good with sticking on plan except when there's a family event. But I'm back to eating like I should and want to get those 3 pounds off this week. Of course, want and will sometimes don't connect!
Ubee Decluttering feels sooo good! I've noticed that since I started taking care of myself, I do a lot better taking care of my home.
Betsey It's mostly just life. I've been busy at work, but I'm also fighting off a touch of depression brought on by many things, the slowdown in my losses being a part of it. I recognize it as a depressive phase, so that's a start. I'm hoping to pull out of it soon.
I am terrible at keeping up with these threads. I've been away, trying to rest my back. Still haven't heard back as to whether I've been approved for insurance or not so that I can go get it seen. I thought it was getting better, and then two days ago I woke up crying. The back of my shoulders and area around my collar bones were hard as rocks and painful to touch, my spine hurt like mad, my lymph nodes seemed swollen, my sides hurt, my right inner thigh was stiff, and my range of motion was next to none. My mother gave me some of her muscle relaxers and two other random pills (she's a nurse), but neither helped. Don't know what's going on. Haven't been exercising much. I gained a little weight back (only 1 lb and 7 ounces), but I'm not worried about it. Hopefully I can get it looked at soon so I can exercise again. I've come to the conclusion to just start doing low impact and seated exercises until I can get the clearance from a doctor.
I'm not in as much pain today, but that's because I hadn't been on my psych meds.. and long story short I ended up jumping on my bed in a way that hit my back against the wall as I landed and cracked it in a few places. Somehow when I woke up this morning that helped me out a bit, so maybe it's a reeeeaallly compressed nerve and that gave it a little relief. lol
@Ubee - wtg with the decluttering! I've been finding a little time here and there to do the same. Threw out a lot of clothes that were too small for me. (They keep me in wish mode, instead of action mode.) I also went through my sons stuff from this school year (including his clothes) and all of the products I've accumulated over a while. It definitely feels a lot better without all the excess laying around.
@betsy2013- glad you liked the yoga! I like yoga. Always have. Even when I first started out exercising when I had no idea what I was doing, I used Sara Ivanhoe 20 minute power yoga dvds and Leslie Sansone walk away the lbs dvds daily. The inches (not sure about lbs because I didn't have a scale back then, and when I say back then I mean YEARS ago during my first attempt at weight loss when I was about 220) used to come off really fast.
@Radiojane - I hope your depression lifts! I'm in a bit of a depression myself.
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Life was too crazy yesterday and I didn't post on this thread. My day did not feel complete. Another couple crazy days to go. (Ah "Heck" my whole life is crazy days!)
Betsy, this place is my daily retreat. I understand the wine. I've driven many to drink! Decluttering helps me to think through my past, what I want for my future and the changes I have to make to get there. So similar to losing weight. I think your yoga class might make a great comedy show.
Alyssa, I hope your pain goes away and your depression lifts.
Jane I woke up this morning and the Universe let me know that you are about to get your mojo back! You are going to lead us on The Jane Train. It is leaving Fatville with this group of losers . Once we leave today it is going to get Stephen King's Dome slammed on it. Bring all your good stuff and leave all the crap behind because we aren't going back EVER! There will be hills and valleys, sadly even plateaus. We will keep chugging along sometimes pushing, sometimes pulling each other. One day we will look down and there at sea level will be our final destination Slender City.
summer is moving right along. I am back in control of my eating. I had a really bad few weeks post wedding.
Scales are slowing moving back down again. Hubby had 6 teeth pulled and we are eating soft foods and its really hard for me to find soft foods for him to eat and not be tempted myself. I also struggle because all soft foods are carby. He doesnt like most veggies which makes this such a challenge.
The sweets are currently in control. I think I've got a bit of raging pms, so food and I are not getting along, because I can't seem to quit eating!
Betsy- I was thinking that maybe not gaining for the month of July should certainly be my goal! How was the yoga class? I've been wanting to try yoga.
Jane- I have those depressive stages also, so I can understand where you are coming from there. I hope that you are able to pull out of it soon. You've done such a great job so far!
Ubee, I know you wrote that Jane, but you just inspired me to try a little harder today! You have a great way with words! Thank you!
What do you mean found ghosts....!?!? Hopefully not literally ghosts! Yikes.
I get that. I'm just one of those people that doesn't deal with it I guess. Also helps that I live 3 hours away from my family and all my stuff that I attribute towards closet ghosts (most of it probably got thrown away by my mom). Congratulations on the new pants! I'm still gradually fitting into pants that I could barely or couldn't at all squeeze into. I've lost so much weight already but unfortunately I'm all hips and all @$$ and big all over so I'm losing it from everywhere instead of just where I'd really like to lose it first 
