300+...and ready to try AGAIN!....#511
 

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Good morning ladies!

I hope that everyone is having a good weekend. Its been a beautiful, spring weekend here.

Yesterday, we launched the new boat and spent two hours putzing around the lake breaking in the motor. It was windy and cool so it wasn't exactly fantastic but it was nice. I'll probably have sinus problems because of the wind. :( And we learned how difficult landing the boat at the marina is going to be in the wind - especially when all the other boats are there too. The way this marina is designed; there are no planks between the boats so it very difficult to keep from being blown into the boat next to you until you are tied off. I better be working to develop my arm muscles!

Today, I've been hemhawing about going to a Party Lite party this afternoon. Since I didn't get anything done yesterday, I've been gritching to myself about losing all of this afternoon too since its a 45 mile drive one way and its at 3 pm. Well, I solved that problem. I looked at my email for the directions and the party was YESTERDAY! I did not read very carefully because I read April 3rd and my mind processsed that as Sunday. I just read where she said "See you on Saturday". I do feel bad for saying that I would be there and then not showing without calling. What an idiot.

So, that means today will be spent going to church then doing stuff around the house. I've got bill work to do and laundry plus general clean up stuff. Of course it doesn't look like the wind is blowing now. Maybe we'll take the dog over for his first boat ride. He will love it.

On the health front, DH and I went to WW for WI yesterday morning. He made fun of me because I took my shoes off. He weighs with his on because its too hard to him with the neuropathy. I lost 7.2 pounds and almost squealed. He lost 3.6 and he said he could have lost more too if he'd taken his shoes off. He felt better after I reminded him that I had weighed the last time with the cast on and part of my 7 lbs was the cast. He was thrilled for me when I said that I finally hit the 25 lb mark and that I got a prize. :lol: And I wasn't going to let her end the meeting without giving me that damn magnet either! :rofl: Now I am less than 3 pounds from my 10% achievement.

We went to Wal-mart after the meeting for boat supplies. I picked up a 20 lb anchor and handed it to DH and said, I've lost 5 more pounds than this weighs and you have 2 of those to lose. He was speechless. Any wonder why our bodies ache so much?

Yesterday the topic of the meeting was our reasons for losing weight. She asked us why we first joined WW whether it was years ago or recent. Many people said it was for an event. A wedding. A vacation. A class reunion. Etc. She told the story of one member who came in with a 100 pounds to lose and her daughter was getting married in a year. She asked if she could achieve that. Dixie, the leader, told her that she couldn't guarantee a 100 pound loss but they could certainly help her get closer than she was then. The lady was very motivated and very dedicated to losing the weight before the wedding. About a month before the wedding, Dixie tried to coach her about finding another reason for losing the weight because the reason was about to run out. The lady didn't really buy into it. By the time of the wedding, she had lost an amazing 92 pounds. But when the wedding was over, so was her motivation. And she gained 100 pounds. The moral of the story is that we need to be viewing this as a lifelong practice of health. We need to approach this as living healthy and doing the things it takes to live healthy. It isn't a diet to get us to an event. We need the exercise to keep our joints lose and muscles firm as well as build bone mass; we need the water to keep our bodies well hydrated and cleansed; we need to eat the healthy foods full of vitamins, healthy oils, and antioxidants. Counting points; weighing foods; tracking minutes are only tools to get us going in the right direction. Its too easy to lose our focus and then think, well my chick friends will understand because we have all been down that road. We come in and dump our feelings of failure and get rewarded by the hugs of friends. We need to take the hugs and tackle the emotional struggle that knocks us off our course.

I challenge everyone to take the time to deal with the mental attitude that is keeping you from doing what you want. To really focus on if you really want to buckle down and use the tools and turn your health around or just talk about it. Its a conversation I had with myself. Either I was going to focus on being healthy or quit wasting my time and making myself miserable with failure. There are down days and the key is whether a bad day turns into many or else you overcome the bad with positive action.

I did not say anything this morning to offend anyone. It was just an eye-opening message.

I need to go get DH up and ready for church. Have a great Sunday!

Shoop, shoop. I have no idea why I say that word, I think it sounds funny..and it reminds me of that episode of Friends where Rachel talks about skiing in NH. She uses "shoop" to illustrate her moving down the snowy mountain.
Anyways..where has everyone been all weekend?? I thought *I* was MIA. I've had a crummy weekend and I'm going to make sure I make up for it today and next week.
I have a YANNI concert to go to tonight (I've been looking forward to this for like five years..) and normally I'd think that would give me another excuse to eat badly, but I don't want to go that route.

Ouch!!!! :jig: Terri you are stepping on my toes here!

Unfortunatly I know everything you said was the truth. But that is really my problem. I was not "fat" as a child or a young adult. I only gained this weight since I turned 30, and no matter how hard I try or how big a size I have to buy I do not see my self as fat.and let me assure you at almost 300 pounds I AM fat

I consider dieting my hobby. I know that is terrible and I know the reason I can't lose weight is that I cannot commit to the hard work involved. I love to exercise, so that's not a problem for me. but sticking to any kind of eating plan is. And the fact that my DH was always so much bigger than me also aided in my illusion, but since his WLS he's lost about 150 pounds and everyone is always making over him, about how good he'd done and how good he looks, etc. That just makes me eat more. I have to show him that I can eat more than him now!!!

Well, I think I need to pay attention and think about all that you've said, and get off my FAT @&& and get serious!

Terri, thanks, I needed that!

hi all youve got me confused now one minute im posting on 510 and the next i see a 511 please tell me where im meant to be im getting hopelessly lost BARB G if i could still exercise and do the things i want to do then i would probably have a heck of a time sticking to any eating plan either infact when i started putting on weight i workrd and was bringing up two small kids and still went out dancing and out with the kids and i though healthy eating was something i didnt need its only now that im so ill and unable to do much of what i want that im desperatly looking for help and i think having an ulterior motive like illhealth does give you that kick up the backside i needed it can get so upsetting when people keep telling you your killing yourself

Terri, That was an excellent post, well said!! I think you'd be an awesome WW leader!No offense whatsoever, taken here. You're so right. We come here and rant about how bad we were and it's all, "That's okay, Honey!" \

That's NOT what I need!

How about we post each day about how GOOD we were...what we did to contribute to our weight loss...how we moved our bodies, how we tried some new healthy dish, how we meditated instead of feeding our hurt feelings/bad moods/etc...

Talk is cheap. Let's DOsomething to make a difference this week!

Hi ladies!

I'm with you, Kat. I am so close to my 10% achievement and I want it at next WI in two weeks. And after that, 30 lbs. I want those things before summer. I know I have to focus and work the plan if I am going to achieve this.

Linus - We start a new thread when the old one reaches 30 posts. Sometimes that every couple of days; sometimes a little longer. Glad to have you here!

I need to go next door and see if I can help the neighbor (our painting neighbor) figure out his Quickbooks so he can do his taxes. Maybe if I help him with the books, I can barter to have him paint the rec room! :D

Have a great evening!

P.S.

Don't miss that I lost 7.2 pounds and got my 25 star magnet. Together we lost 10.8 in two weeks!

Terri: Congrats on the weight loss. Boating sounds so peaceful. I love water. I can see one of our 10,000 lakes from my house!!!! :D

Well, Kat..something I did good - It all depends on how one looks at it. Some would say I did good but some (like my brother) would say I was just nuts. :lol:

Saturday I went outside and started moving stuff and raking & hauling leaves at 9AM. I went in the house at 2PM and had a sandwich. Back out to the leaves until 5PM. I then took an shower - HOT - sat down and couldn't get back up!!! I hurt everywhere! Plus I am still black and blue from when I fell a week ago. But not being one to pass up a nice day outside -
this moring I got up, did laundry, talked to a friend I hadn't for awhile, ordered a chain saw & pole saw and was back outside at 11AM. I raked, burned and hauled somemore. Oh, and I did some digging in the dirt too. I came in at 5PM and took another HOT shower. Now I REALLY hurt!!! Tomorrow should be fun - if I can move.

I did have to stand back and admire the part I did get raked - it looks so nice.

Tomorrow I have to start on my medicine for my tooth - Amoxicillin and Metronidazol - I have an infection in one of my capped teeth. I didn't start taking the medicine Friday because I wanted to be sure I was in good form for raking. :lol: :lol:

Anyway, I already have a good thing to report for Monday - it says on the Metronidazol information it can cause "loss of appetite". A side bonus, I figure.

BarbG: You stole my story!!! I have the same scenerio - I put this weight on late in life and just never think of myself as overweight until I look in the mirror.


Off to reserarch some plants.

Thanks Terri
 

:o I needed that. I have not been on plan at all. I have kept up excersise, however not like I should. Blue is doing so well. She has also developed what I call the "mother look' Her grandmother had it, I thought I did, and she definitely does. I'm embarassed to say how many things she has taken out of my shopping cart recently.

Okay - once again time to dust off and kick some wieght loss butt!

I'm going to do my band excersises before bed tonight, and get with it.

thanks again!

PS. - Major step - Blue waxed my eyebrows. Now I know that hasn't got anything to do with weight lost (they weren't THAT bushy) However I am 47 going on 48 and I have never had them "done" Kat (blue) also told me I really don't look fifty, which is a good thing as I am not there yet ;)

Motivated Monday
 

Terri, I hear you loud & clear...10 years of management training & motivationg other people- time to turn it to work for myself.

Today's successes: staying on plan. Doing some form of exercise, despite a stupid ankle injury. Grocery shopping tonight, and not letting any bad items fall into my cart. Stopping at the 2 cups of tea I had this morning for the much needed caffeine boost. Getting all my water in.

longer term motivation for me...I'm *just thiiiis close* to having a new middle #...originally my goal was to be under 350 by the end of April. With a lot of hard work, and kicking up my exercise for the Easter Challenge like I've been planning, I'm hoping I'm under that. Working hard for that, too.

Ok- now to tell you how stupid I feel today- I haven't hurt myself lifting weights, or on the bike, or even tripping over the cats doing the WATP videos. Nope- hubby & I went shopping at the mall this Saturday, and sure enough, in the parking lot, on the way out, I stepped down wrong- the sidewalk was supposed to be flat, not a ramp...and the ankle buckled. Yowch! It's really tender- it stiffened up almost immediately, and I kept an ace bandage on it the rest of the weekend, just to try & keep it supported. Today I have my "granny" shoes on- I love them, but the fashion plates here at work think they're old-fashioned. They give a lot of support, so I'm hoping that by tomorrow I can try the 1 mile WATP and just baby that ankle a few more days.

Ok, dragging my sorry self off to feign interest in my marketing stuff on my desk...tonight I better be able to fall asleep- the first few days of the time change really kill me :dizzy:

Well yesterday was a looong day....I went to a Yanni concert and I MET YANNI. Let me say that again..I MET YANNI!!! :clap:

Hey everyone :)

Have I mentioned lately that this is the best bunch of women in the world! Thank you for all the super positive posts. I feel totally empowered just reading them! :D

I've been working my program, and it feels great. I didn't get to WI this morning because I was too tired to drive down the hill and back, but the last jump on the scale Saturday morning showed me down 5.75 lbs from Monday! You all know I'm dying to get back to the scale and see if it is still sliding down. I am within 16 lbs. of breaking through the 300+ wall. I want it so bad. But even more than wanting to break that barrier, I am loving how much better my body feels. I actually RAN up a flight of stairs this morning!!! Losing this weight is doing phenomenal things towards the healing of my knee. :)

I'm falling asleep at the computer because I haven't had a chance to sleep yet. Will try to get back in later. *HUGS*

Andria

im motivated
 

hi all how are we all? right i got on the bandwagon with this motivation thing ive set mt diet goals and took all my gory :censored: :yikes: measurements and i will post them in my journal so i have an online record of them and as i always weigh myself on a monday ive lost another4llbs so ive actually lost 21 pound since the first of march i also had a very unpleasant phonecall to the leader of the local ww apparently after she heard what weight i was "theres no really new people there and theres nobody quite as big as me there so i would be on my own "so i joined slimming world and my first meeting is on thursday im a bit scared as ive never been to anything like this before but im going
hope thats motivated enough
kirsty

Kirsty - let me get this straight -

Someone from weight watcher's called you and said you would be on your own because no one is quite as big as you???? That is a serious problem, i'd contact someone in WW corporate and tell them what the WW's are doing over in Scotland!! That's nuts and is ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Mel

Linus: What is Slimming World?

hi i di i sent an email right off i was just about in tears heres me thinking i was doing brilliant and she made me feel like s**t barb slimming world is just like ww but a different plan you get green days and red days and as im a total meat feind the red days will suit me just fine quite a lot of the girls on uk are doing it with some really good results
kirsty

Good evening ladies!

How did we do today? I had a pretty good day. I didn't walk the dog tonight because my foot hurt some and after jacking with the boat, just ran out of time.

Food was very good today. DH made a good dinner - a new dish from a WW'er cookbook. Sirloin, asparagus and grape tomatoes over egg noodles. We're getting better at keeping our portions real.

I'm headed off to bed to read for awhile. DH is watching basketball and probably won't stay awake for long.

Goodnight!

Posted by AmazingShrinkingGirl
 

Just thought I would bring our newbie over here for all of you to meet.

Posted by AmazingShrinkingGirl on 04/04/04

Hello all! I have been observing this Web site and forum for the past couple of weeks. Despite the fact that I have never participated in a message board before I felt I just had to join. I found the support and level of caring to be quite exceptional and I am so excited to be here! I am really struggling with my weight and eating and could use all the help I can get. Sometimes just the ability to express the frustration and pain of being overweight to people going through a similar struggle is enough to make me feel understood and not so horribly alone. I have a lot of weight to lose and a lot of years of bad eating habits to undo and I am hoping to do this with your help. I look forward to being a part of this community.
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Posted by Coffeedogs
 

Coffeedogs posted this on the bio thread, thought I would bring her over.

Posted by Coffeedogs on 04/05/04
Hi I'm new

I just found this site after researching for about an hour. I am almost 40 and have been overweight all of my life--actually since I hit puberty. I have tried every weight loss program and only get so far and then my body stops. This is so very frustrating. I need to find answers now. I have requested hormone/thyroid tests from my doctor and will be doing them soon. I can go all day with absolutly no hunger and still gain weight. Is there anybody like this out there? I am pulling at my last straw.

Good morning ladies!

Tuesday Tip day. Hmmm. Hey, have you all seen the "LaTortilla Factory" tortillas? They are excellent. One is zero points. They are great for a snack. I tried one with fat-free refried beans, bitz of cheese and a few black olives. Good jolt of protein with few points. I tried the garlic and herb flavor.

Okay ladies, we've got some great enthusiasm going. Let's try to keep it going. Pick out your success behaviors for today and do them! Help motivate someone else by posting the good things you're doing for yourself. You don't have to have perfect days. Just pick out what you can commit to today and do it.

My goal for the day is to keep my food within point range. DH will be gone tonight so I'm planning on doing housework tonight, walk the dog and maybe do pilates or the stability ball. Lots of water today!

Make today a great day!

Hi Ladies!
Wow, the enthusiam is great around here!!! Keep it up!!! I am sorry to say I only have one goal for today - rest....I did something to a muscle in my back while painting on Sunday and I can barely move. I had a massage last night and she tried to work it out a bit, but it's still painful. So, I am laying on a heating pad and not moving much. I am gently try to stretch as much as I can .... I guess that's my goal for the day - stretching. I should probably throw my body into a shower as well! ;)
Have a wonderful day!!
Love Ya!
Barb

RISE AND SHINE !!!
I have two pages of notes to reply to and just can't find the time.
I have avoided posting at all because I don't have time to reply.
I finally decided to at least say hello.
I am sorry I missed your birthday Miss Meliss and Duckie.
And I am sorrry for your nightmare Barbg. :lol:
I am sorry I have not responded to you about American Idol Terri... and here it is Tuesday night again. LOL boy I really have not written often lately.
I am sorry for not welcoming the newcomers... WELCOME !!!
I am sorry for not congratulating everyone for their losses.

Gee... I don't feel any better after all of that apologizing. LOL
just know I love and miss all of you.

Hey everyone :)

My success behavior for the day is going to be treating my body right. I am eating a light, healthy meal right now, going to drink some water, and then I'm going to get some sleep! I haven't been getting anywhere near enough of that lately, and without sleep, it is harder to gauge my real hunger needs. After a proper rest, I plan to get my happy backside in to Curves and do some working out.

Andria

:faint:

Long absence
 

Hi Friends
Sorry for the absence :( but I've been so busy with school midterms and doing some major house cleaning. Everything is done now, so I have some time for me.
I've signed up for WW online, which has been great. I just love being able to enter my food and getting the points and everything added daily. So much better than to have to look it up or even having to calculate it. It's just the not having a groups support thats not cool.
But I have you :grouphug:all, again I want to apologize for not checking in and supporting you.
I wish for you to have a successful week :wizard: I'll be back soon

Hey girls..I don't have much to say except I feel really crappy about myself because I haven't worked out in like a month. Maybe more. I've been eating really well but I know I'm not going to lose until I get moving, I just can't seem to motivate myself. I'm just so down about lately, too :(
Anyways, food's been good today. I had an odd breakfast but I still counted the calories..kinda pigged out on those Quaker BBQ rings but stopped myself before I inhaled too many....I had some rutabega and salmon for lunch..not too many calories there..and hmmm..I ended up dividing the fish in half because I was full and wanted to save my calories for later. I'm trying to get myself to cut back to about 1200 a day, ideally. Does that sound like too little? Hmmm.

2cute i meant to mention this last time you said it - i can't believe you take notes!!! no wonder you manage to respond to everyone...that's dedication if you ask me. :)

Ahh well I know I haven't replied to anyone at all lately but I've been icky. Even meeting Yanni was a short lived exuberance. :lol:

Miss Meliss ... dedication is all the people here taking notes of what they eat on a daily basis. Those notes are far more important than my notes. :yes: But thanks for the nice comment. :)

I came in here now to pass a note to BarbPA.
BarbPA .. did you see Dr Phil today ??
The beginning of the show was about an couple and IVF.
There is a location were they charge $20,000 but if it does not work...
YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK.
I do not know if your insurance is covering this for you or how much it is costing you .. nor do I know where this place is... but the info can be found on DrPhil.com.
It is a new program and they refund your money so you can use it to adopt or whatever.
Hope this helps

hi all well another crappy day too sore to do much of anything been drinking lots of water though ive discovered that if i crush lots of ice fill the glass then fill with water im getting nearly double the amount and for someone who doesnt like water this is a good thing miss meliss whats a rutabega and who is yanni ????

Hi all.

As always I apologize for being gone for several days. As I always mention, I don't have a computer at home and when I'm busy at work I don't always have free time to post.

My time today is limited but I had to stop in.

Congrats to everyone on their success in dieting and for sticking to it! I'm a firm believer that if you stick with it, it will work eventually. We all have (and I'm sure expect) highs and lows but I think we're all doing great!

Sorry I'm running off but here are my current stats. (Ignore the signature stats because I haven't updated them yet).

Height: 5'11", starting weight: 350
Diet start date: 1/12/04
Lost last week: 3 lbs
Lost total: 37 lbs!
Mini goal: under 300 by May 31st (or sooner!)
Goal(?): 200
Ultimate Goal: 170 (unsure of this but it's my goal according the height/weight charts)

Talk to you all soon and thanks for being here for me. :)

STOP

I started a new thread..come join us at 300+ and Ready to Try Again #512 :)