300+ And Ready To Try Again...#533
 

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We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We recently started a Topic of the Day.

Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday.....Wednesday Weigh ins
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

WELCOME!

Wow, tornadoes on the ground about an hour north of us. Its headed for one of the more popular boating and camping lakes in our area. Hope its a calm night tonight.

I just finished doing a Tae Bo workout. My first in about six months. I am pleased to have been able to do it all except for the last round of double time kicks. I like to sit and watch those. :rofl:

I had a nice nap this afternoon. I must have been tired because normally I only nap for 15 mins but this was about 1-1/2 hours. I've been downstairs since getting laundry going and my desk cleaned off. Geez, how so much paperwork can stack up is beyond me.

DH is making chicken kabobs for dinner tonight. We did have brats at lunch but we paired them with WOW chips and we've done no in between meal eating. I feel we've done good with food for this day. And we've got good food planned for this weekend but will make the effort to make it small and healthy. I am going to make a WW german chocolate cake as soon as I find the recipe.

Kat - Come on down! After you attack my yard work, I'll take you on a nice long boat ride. :lol3:

This will be a short note to just let you know what is going on. I have not read any posts so I cannot reply. I am only home for a quick change and get more of my own medications and then I am going to be gone again.

My sister is in the hospital and is only given a 35-40% chance of surviving.
I have been in Missouri with her and just came home to get more of my own medications.
My brother is with her as I type. She is holding her own. She is stable but in critical condition.

Basicly she was having a terrible time breathing. When she went to the doctor her oxygen level number was only 76. It is suppose to be 90 or more. They admitted her for tests. They found spots on her lungs but they were not like pnemonia or cancer. They had to do a biopsy to determine what was wrong. The results is some kind of lung disease probably caused from having pnemonia at a previous time. She is in such bad shape from all the illnesses of the past, (cancer, spleen, blood problems )and the treatments. She has suffered soooo much. She was soooo afraid when they took her to surgery of dieing. The doctor told her she only had 40% chance of surviving. I can only see her for 5 minutes at 9am,1,5, and 9pm.

So you can see .. I am not avoiding anyone.
I am asking for everyone to please stop right now and pray for her. She has suffered sooo much. She needs a break. She needs a MIRACLE. My heart is breaking for her. She wants to live so bad. I hope that desire pulls her through one more time. I don't know how she handles all of this. She is a stronger woman than I am.

I don't know when I will be back. Please keep praying for her. {{{ HUGS }}}

Prayers for your sister and {{{hugs}}} to you, 2cute. Please take care of yourself, (I'm glad you came home to get your meds) you need to be strong and healthy to take care of your sister.

Lots of love,

2Cute -

I'm so sorry to see about your poor sister. I've said prayers for you both and you will be on my mind this weekend. Be strong for her and take care of yourself too.

God Bless you all!

Morning all! :wave:

It's been a busy week here and this weekend proves to be just as busy. I need to get out and get some long needed grocery shopping done. Decided to invite my mom and my in-laws over for a barbeque tomorrow and I suppose it would be good to have some kind of food to prepare, ya think? :o

2cute: I'm so sorry to hear about your sister not doing well. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours at this difficult time.

Terri: Wow, you guys have really been plagued by storms out your way. All we've had is the rain and wind. No tornadoes so far *knock on wood*. It sounds like you've got somebody playing on your boat. My folks had their boat parked in a little marina up north and they had the same thing. Found they had to empty it of everything each night or stuff would dissappear. It's really too bad that people can't leave stuff alone that doesn't belong to them.

Barbg: What a GREAT accomplishment, turning down the pizza party. AND then the trip for pancakes! WooHoo! I'm SOOOOOO proud of you!!!! Those are the moments that success are made of. :yes:

Katrina: Glad you got some of your yardwork done. Neither honey OR I like to do yard work so I have to really force myself out there to do it. I like the end result of how nice it looks, but I sure don't like doing it. :( We spent the day at the theatre doing trailer checks.

Andria: It's so good to see you back here. :) AND you're doing so well getting your trips to Curves in. I'm still paying, but I haven't gone since January! You'd think I would be better since the money is going out of my checking account every month!

MOVIE REVIEW: We were able to stay and see Day After Tomorrow yesterday. If you like disaster movies it was pretty good. It was slow in some sections, but overall pretty entertaining.

Well, my dears, I think I will head to the basement and put in some clothes and then see if I have anything I can make for lunch. Then I think I'll get dressed and go hit the grocery store while the men in my life sit on their A$$E$ all day and watch the Indy 500 and then the Nascar race. HoHum! :yawn:

I'll catch up with you all later. Love :love: ya bunches!

Somebody mentioned a WW version German Chocolate Cake. Did you ever find the recipe you were looking for????

I was looking for a jicama salad I had seen and found this Upsidedown German Chocolate Cake. Don't know if it's the one you needed, but thought I'd put it over here anyway. Check out the recipe thread. That's where I posted it.

Hope you're having a GREAT weekend.

That's it!

Thanks, Thin! :)

This is a very good cake. :yes:

My thoughts and prayers are with you too, 2ute.

Well, I am at home. Usually we take my Dad to the Memorial Day parade and the cemetary but it is COLD, windy and rainy here so we didn't go. I feel a little bad for not going but I also hurt terribly today so I feel I have a good excuse.

Are we staying on chapter 4 with Dr. Phil? I feel I could do more soul searching on this chapter and since so many have been missing and since I am the last person to post on that thread on May 27th!!!! I just wondered what we were doing???????

My friends visit Saturday was fun and graduation yesterday was emotional but L O N G.

Well, before I continue I have to have some :coffee:

Lucky, isn't this pain the pits? I find it hard to plan ahead because I never know how I'm going to feel. Today every join in my body hurts and I'm supposed to go shopping with my Mom and sister and maybe some more people. I'm always torn between going ahead and pushing myself, or just staying home and resting. I never know which is the right thing to do.

Well I haven't posted anymore on the book thread because like you I'm still soul searching on the things I've been reading. I do think I'll probally move on, but since 2Cute has been our leader in this quest, and I'm sure she hasn't had time of thoughts to really get into it, it might be nice to wait on her. Whatta you think?

2Cute, you know you are in my thoughts and prayers this weekend.

Thin, I think you are a better woman than I, or at least more energetic! I have been determined to get some things on ebay, but just can't seem to get it done. I've taken some pictures, I looked at the templates, I've decided on my seller name, but that's about all I've done. I really want to do this, but I don't want to have to do it. Too bad I don't know someone that I could say you do all the work, I'll supply the items to sale and we'll split the profits! That's really what I want. Know any one like that?

Terri, I haven't done as well as you in the food department this weekend, but I haven't been as bad as I usually am on holiday weekends.

Hi everyone! :wave: Just a quickie post. I have everyone coming at 4:00 and don't even know what I'm making yet. :o

Honey and I are running around the house trying to straighten up. YIKES! I've got toilet bowl cleaner in the front bathroom, Honey's cleaning off the dining room table (since it seems like it will be too dang cold for a picnic :( ) And what am I doing you ask??? I'm sitting here talking to you all and checking my eBay stuff. Ooops!

Honey and I should have cleaned yesterday but NO, we photographed more clothes for eBay and I stayed up until 1:30 this morning getting it all posted. Sheeesh!

Barbg: I know what you mean. We started at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon photographing, and then it took me forever to post it all and that was using old listings as a template. Very time consuming. But I figured that if anyone that was bidding on the stuff I had up that was closing tonight chose to look at the other items I was selling, I wanted to have this batch of clothes listed too. So there I sat with my fingers going a mile a minute and my eyelids not wanting to cooperate.

Lucky: What is with this cold and windy weather? I'll tell ya, go see the movie Day After Tomorrow and you'll wonder how far fetched the movie is after all the crazy weather we're having.

On Dr. Phil: I can go and start your chapter 5 thread for you guys if you want to move ahead. Just let me know.

Anyway, gotta run before Honey yells. See you all later and have a GREAT day!

Good Bless America!!!
In Loving Memory of Those Who Have Lost Their Lives to Keep Us Free!!!

2cute, your sister is in our prayers. *HUGS*

Andria

Hi ladies!

DH and I just got back from a few hours on the boat. It was windy and a tad bit chilly. But we had a good time anyway. Our lunch was fat-free hot dogs and light homemade potato salad so we're still on track.

As far as Dr. Phil, I am done with Chap 4. I also have his food plan book and started reading it today. My vote Thin, is to set up the next chapter for those who are ready but if anyone still wants to do soul searching on the Chap 4 thread, they can. I don't want to leave anyone behind either but don't want to lose our momentum. I think Chap 5 will be another important chapter to spend lots of time on. That's my two cents. Thin - That gives you time to catch up too! :D

Like I said, I started reading his food plan book today while out on the boat. I really like what he said about counting calories and that if we get right about the portion sizes and the kinds of foods we eat, we shouldn't have to count calories. As much as I liked the WW program, sometimes I did feel almost obsessed about how points I had eaten, had left or how many acitivity points I had earned. Sometimes I felt like I traded one obsession for the opposite.

I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike before heading off to the boat this morning. Before its dark, I will have my outdoor bike down for a ride. I'm sure the dog will want to be walked before bed too.

Have a great day and don't eat too much!

Today has been a bust. I have a terrible sinus eeee thing going on - yuck.

The only thing I have done today is help my nephew fill 250 water balloons for water fight on the last day of school tomorrow.

Off to lay on the couch. My head hurts along with the rest of me today.

We have had 40 mile an hour winds with 65 mile an hour gusts - the house SHAKES.

Hello all!!!

I know I've been MIA for the past week, but I've been adjusting to my new job (...and the 60 hour weeks that I'll be putting in twice a month..gah!)
I've been working 8-6 (with half an hour commute each way) all week AND WEEKEND. I had today off which was nice, although I had NO IDEA what to do with myself. I wanted to go car shopping cause my car kicked the bucket (well it seems to do this every month or so...)

This week should be relatively normal, just doing normal 10-6, and I'll have this weekend off. My back has been KILLING me this week..probably because I'm readjusting to the whole health care field (there's a lot of heavy lifting involved ...they lied to me at the interview :-D) So EVERY DAY feels like a Motrin day :(

So tomorrow morning I'm going to look at some toyotas, I sat in a Matrix today (the door was unlocked..imagine that!) and I LOVED how it felt. Do any of you have recommendations for roomy cars for us larger folk? I don't know if any of you have experienced discomfort while sitting in smaller vehicles, but I have. Anyways, I don't want a gas guzzler, but i'd like something that i don't feel squished in. I sat in a Subaru Forester earlier this year and my butt like MOLDED into the seat it was so small.

Well kids, I'm off to bed for now..but I just wanted to let you all know I've been thinking abotu you!! :)

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well i am back my computer pooped out on me thurs, had to get a new cd rom drive then the wonderful people at dell got me back. don't understand these computers but i could not even get on my windows. my computer is 6 years old and dell has wonderful support.
enough of that i have been op for 2 days now. feels good.
it has been raining almost steady here since last fri. we need some sun.
terri my sister is moving to the springfield area. they were down looking for a house this weekend'
2 cute prayers for sis and hugs for you!
everone else have a good week. pat

holy crap where is everyone? i have a hard time believing no one posted between now and last night when i was here!

2cute,you and yours are in my prayers.

:(

Hi everyone! :wave: WOW, I expected the weekend to be slow, but WAKE UP, it's TUESDAY (well, now it's WEDNESDAY!) Where is everyone?

I tried really hard to do well today, but that didn't happen. :( I'm the only one to blame. My head wasn't in the right place. Tomorrow (today) will be better. I'm sitting here trying to finish up my last glass of water before I go to bed, but you know what THAT means! :yes: I'll be up every hour! :lol: Oh well, each time I get up, I'll just repeat to myself "one more pound, there goes one more pound!" :D

Pat: Good to see you checking in. Good to hear the Dell provides such good customer service. That's what it's all about.

Melissa: Pat posted since you were here last night. :) Hey, I gotta tell ya, I got a "safety" letter from MCA today and it reminded me that I was going to call the home office and complain about Anne. So I did and they gave me her district manager's name and number. So I phoned her and I actually got a "live" body on the other end of the phone. Well, I told her that I really like the jobs I get from MCA, but that there is no communication at all from Anne. That I have left phone messages and sent e-mails with no communication back. I told her that I had someone else I was talking to from the east that had some of the same complaints. Anyway, she said if you wanted to talk to her about Anne that I should give you her phone number. If you're interested, let me know. I would still like to get some work from MCA. Their jobs are fairly easy and don't pay THAT bad!!! :lol:

Ok, the rest of yas (that's plural for you alls ;) ), I started the Dr. Phil Chapter 5 on Monday night and no one has posted to it. Needed it really bad, eh??? Just kidding you guys, but it is really, really slow around here. I know 2cute and BarbPA are out of town, but geez. I would like to have someone to talk to. :o

I'm running to bed. Got an early call in the morning. See you all later. Love :love: ya bunches.

Hey everyone :)

Ok, I have a great excuse to not have posted. I was working! Monday I work the night job for 10 hours, then I come home, sleep for an hour, get up and drive the 45 minutes to my other job and spend the next 5 hours there. I still managed to get my Curves in, and when I was driving home, my neighbor was just setting out to walk with her munchkins. She stopped and waited for me, and we walked a good mile and did a lot of chatting. :)

I'm seriously wilting on the vine here, but did want to check in with you all. :)

Andria

Good morning ladies!

It has gotten very slow around here and its hard to maintain enthusiasm. We need to whip up POSITIVE, CAN DO, WIll DO, NO WHINING attitudes. :drill: We need to support one another not enable. When several of us are down, it tends to take others with us. We need to be cheering each other on and lately that tends to get missed. Everytime you succumb to food, just put the thought in your brain that you could have exhibited control and said no. That you do have the power to plan your food and stick to your plan. Then next time, just say NO! As Dr Phil says, everytime you allow yourself to binge and not exercise, that you are not requiring enough of yourself. It's time to require enough of yourself to put your health first!

Thin, I've started on the next chapter of Dr. Phil, Healing Emotions, just haven't had the time or initiative to post. We were gung ho for awhile but like our food plans and exercise, its easy to slack off on working on mental selves. Come on ladies, no more slacking!

Andria - :bravo: for still going to Curves and working your plan. Also a belated :bravo: for your 4.5 pounds gone. Keep up the good work!

Make this day a postive day!

Good morning all! I'm finally able to sit down for a few minutes & read/post. We came home from camping a day early - it was WET! Still had a pretty good time. Each time we go camping we have a camping "story," well, here's this years:

We left Wednesday and all went well until we set the tent up (a new $200 one). The stupid pole broke - first of, and it was a bugger to set up. THEN in the middle of the night I woke up to a thup thup on my sleeping bag - it was raining and the roof was leaking! UGH! SO, Thursday morning we go into town and find the laundromat to dry out my sleeping bags. No problem, right? Wrong! The dryer that my sleeping bag was in MELTED my sleeping bag! Luckily I was able to get a hold of the owner and he reimbursed me the $$ so I could replace it. Well, after that fiasco we had to drive about an hour (one way) to get to a Target to get a new sleeping bag. No big deal. We just wasted a gorgeous sunny day in the car. Anyway, the rest of the day was pretty good. We went to go to bed & found out that my new sleeping bag won't zip with my other one (I always zip two together - more roomy). So, my daughter and I had two blankets and two sleeping bags just laying on top of us. It got BUTT cold that night (must've been 35*), but we stayed pretty warm. Friday was beautiful, spent the day canoeing and hiking.

Saturday we laid around the campsite and it rained again Saturday night. So . . . we came home Sunday.

Gotta run, a daycare mom is here . . . hope to post more later!

Have a wonderful day all!!!

Good morning ladies.
Terri... I loved that your post was the last post I read.
We do have to take this journey SERIOUSLY and start reprograming ourselves.
Our old way of thinking kept us fat... it is time for a NEW WAY OF THINKING and ACTING. It is time for a change. It is time to quit procrastinating and time for DOING.
Thanks for the kick in the butt. Keep them coming.

My sister is STILL in ICU and not improving at all. :( She is still on a respirator too. I fear having her not get well and having to make a decision of removing life support. I know it is putting the cart before the horse but that is what fear does to you.
BUT she is not getting worse either.
Her blood pressure dropped to 68/44 one day... but they have it back up to 107/60.
They lowered her sedation medication to try and improve her blood pressure and during that time she wrote out letters in the palm of my hand we got to communicate for a day. She spelled out I A M D Y I N G. Then she spelled out T E L L A M Y L O V E H E R. followed by H E L P A M Y. Amy is her daughter. Tears were running down her face as she spelled out those words. Tears are running down mine as I type those words. This is a heart breaking experience.

I want US here in 3FC to really try harder to get serious about our weight issue.
I keep seeing this as my future if I don't get this weight off. I don't want to wait soooo long to get serious that I waited too long. My sister is in her 50's. Her weight is playing a role in her recovery. We have all heard this before. I don't mean to sound preachy... but last Saturday she was at the wedding and this Saturday she was on life support. We don't know how many more Saturdays we have.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU !!!! I will stop preaching. I need to keep myself in line and not preach to all of you. Sorry :^: I just really do CARE. {{{ HUGS }}}

Well, so Miss Thin has not posted Chapter 5 in vain, I'm off to read will get a post in tout de suite! :write: sheesh...

Yay, Terri! Our cheerleader and major motivator!! :cp: :cheer: You are so right about...ENABLING...We all do it. "Oh, that's okay, here's what I had too! :hungry: I'll just start again tomorrow, Monday, next week..."

THE TIME IS NOW! Put down that danish, get off the butt and let's give this plan an honest try! NO ONE is going to do this for us! Not even Dr Phil...he can only tell us what to do. It's up to us to DO IT!

I'm going to make some coffee and read now. I already had my walk. I'm trying to form a new habit...the morning walk. I get home from work around 7:20. I wake my son, put on the sprinkler, grab the dog and go for a 20 min walk. By the time I get back, my flowers are watered, my son is showered and almost ready to go to school; the dog is happy and I've gotten some exercise in. I don't plan on limiting myself to just that as my exercise, but if a day is too hectic, it's good to know that I had accomplished something, instead of saying, "Oh well, I didn't have any time."

Okay, I'm outta here...I'll be back.

OOppsss... Lisa , we were both posting at the same time. I have had many of those kinds of camping trips in the past. They are memorable.

It just showed me one more joy in life I no longer get to do because of my weight.
This OVER EATING has cost me a LOT.
I keep saying my weight is the problem. BUT.. it is not my weight....
It is my eating. My weight is the result of my eating and lack of exercise.
I have to quit blaming my weight... and start focusing on my actions.
I need to improve my food choices. I need to get this body moving.
When I do these things... my weight will take care of it itself.

I WILL NO LONGER BLAME MY WEIGHT. I WILL FOCUS ON MY LIFE CHOICES.
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Kat... :lol: Now you are posting while I am. :lol:
If I keep typing maybe everyone will get in here. LOL

Totally off topic, has nothing to do with weight at all, but I wanted to tell my friends my tale of woe.(NOT way of eating!)

We had a bad storm come through last night. Our elecricity went off about 8:00, about 8:30 or so son Mark came down to the house to use Alvin's truck (his was in his garage, and he didn't want to hassle with unwiring the garage door opener etc) He had gotten a call from the alarm company that they had heard breaking glass coming from our business.

We have spent the last month redoing the front of our business to make a really nice "showroom" We had carpet and new tile flooring, and lots of merchandise on display. Well seems the storm blew out three of our thick plate glass windows and besides there being 3 big gaps in the building, all the inventory is wet and ruined ( we had about 8 seats that are soaked)

I know the good news is no one was here so no one got hurt. (the night crew leaves at 8:00) We do have power here, the whole east side of Dallas is without power and they say it might be 3 or 4 days before it is restored. And we do have insurance. But...

The good news is that without electricity for a couple of days the icream in the garage freezer will melt, and will no longer be a threat!!!

2Cute you and your sister will remain in my prayers!

I have a sinus thing going on that is keeping me down. Plus I have been trying to find my Dad's Army discharge papers from 55 years ago!!! :mad:

I hopefully will feel better tomorrow.

Hi ladies,

Its been an emotional evening. As you know, we recently was able to get our horse moved closer to home. We almost lost her last year and the prognosis for her being a fit horse in the future has been questionable. When we got her to the stable she came up lame. I've been scared that its a reoccurrence of the problem last year and that the vet would recommend putting her down. I have been very tense about her health for the last month or so. We got to see an equine doctor who specializes in legs today. He was wonderful. He spent at least two hours with us checking her over and talking to us. When he said, 'we're in a management phase now', I cried. I was so relieved that he offered hope. Yes, she has had a reoccurrence but certainly not as severe as last year. He gave us meds and hope. I wanted to hug him.

I even asked this guy if, when she's ready to be ridden, it was going to be a problem that it was me that rode her. He sort of hesitated and then said no. I have been afraid that I'm too heavy to ride her now that she has lost a lot of weight. DH asked me later why I would even question if I was too fat to ride. I explained that, if you're an overweight woman, you have no body esteem. I have always felt self-conscious about my size. I look at other overweight women in the department at work and feel like I am bigger. He keeps telling me that I am not the huge person I think I am. So, while I look in the mirror now and see that I look smaller, that message hasn't gotten down to my core feelings.

Then, the gal across the street called me over and said that she heard I want to get started bike riding again. She asked me to train with her. She is training to ride in the Mutliple Scleroris bike ride in September. Funny because I had decided that I am riding in it also even if I can't ride the whole thing. We have two people in our department who now have MS and I want to raise money for them. Anyway, the whole time she was going on and on about training, I was thinking "look at me, what makes you think I could keep up with you?" Again - that distorted body image.

My perception is that when people look at me, they are thinking about my weight and how big I am. When in reality, they see a person. Yes, there are those who do think something but if so, they are creeps anyway. Tonight shows me that I need to quit being self-conscious about my size.

2Cute - I'll keep your sister and you in my prayers. My heart broke for you when I read what she can communicated to you. Take care of you too!

Lucky - Do you have a sinus infection? Sounds like you need an antibiodic. Get better soon!

Barb.G - Yikes, you're not having a good time down there. That is a good way to get rid of that ice cream! Hope you get everything resolved soon.

I need to go walk the dog then bed.

Good night!

Hi ladies!

Not much to post about; have been busy on the book study thread.

2cute - so sorry to read about your sister; my thoughts are with you.

Hope for all a good day.

hi i need advice! i have a heel spur and i am having a horrible time. i have a heel cup. has anyone had experience with this, whatdid you do. dr. says surgery if it doesn't get better and i am not for that. pat

Hey everyone :)

I am so frustrated/angry with one of my friends right now. We have known each other for 9 years now, and even though we sometimes drift apart during moves and such (military family), we have always maintained a level of contact. I have been so proud of her this last year. She has lost over 100 pounds and is looking really terrific. She kept telling me all sorts of things she has done to lose the weight, and I have been really supportive of her and truly thrilled for her progress. Well, today it comes out through a mutual friend that she has had WLS and just didn't dare tell me. I feel... betrayed? I'm not sure exactly what I feel. I know I feel hurt and angry that she didn't trust me enough to share such a huge thing with me. It also stings a bit that she has made herself out to be such a saint, to the point where sometimes I have felt a bit put down by her. I understand that she had a lot going on physically, and WLS was evidently a good choice for her. She is a size 6 now, for heaven's sake! I don't know... I'm still happy for her, but since she still hasn't chosen to talk to me about this, and I'm not supposed to know... aaarrrggghhh!

2cute, you weren't preaching, darling. Those words came straight from your heart, and I thank you for them. I'll keep up the prayers for your sister and family. *HUGS*

Pat, I've had heel spurs before. The doctor had me do a few weeks of ultrasound therapy. It worked really well. That combined with really supportive shoes did wonders for me.

I've got to run! The family has plans tonight. :)

Andria

Pat: You will never believe my cure for heel spurs!!! I had done everything there was to do, had many many cortizone shots in them all kinds of "treatments" and was finally to the point where I knew surgery was the only choice for me, but I didn't want a podiatrist, or some other kind of doc operating on me. I finally made an appointment with a very well know orthopedic surgeon and on my first visit told him I was there to have him operate on me. He talked to me for a while, and said I might not need surgery if I would do what he told me to do exactly. He had me wear high 3" or higher heel all the time for 2 weeks. I even had to get some that I could wear in the shower. He said to keep them by my bed so that the minute I got up I put them on and didn't take them off until I went to bed that night. I laughed and told him that was crazy and that if I did that I wouldn't need to worry about my feet anymore because it had been so long since I'd worn high heels that I'd fall and break my neck :lol:

But anyway I did it, and after two week, he took me down to 2 1/2 inch heel, the 2 weeks after that 1 1/2. He said that it wasn't the actual spur that hurt, it was the fact that the spur dug into the fleshy part of the foot and caused inflammation in the foot. by wearing the high heels it kept the spur from digging into the flesh and finally the inflamation went away and I have never had to have the surgery. I still have "flare ups" every now and then, and when I do I go back to high heels for a while, And I never wear completelyt flat shoes, even when I wear sandals I make sure they have a little bit of a heel. Hope this helps.

Andria: don't be too hard on your friend. There are so many different psychological aspects to WLS that it's hard to understand unless you've been there (or in my case, lived with it!) As crazy as it sounds she may very well have felt guilty that she had the surgery and you were still struggling (and failing, and struggling some more) while the weight seemed to be falling off of her. Also a lot of WLS patients do not want to admit to anyone that they have had surgery. And probally all the things she was telling you she was doing to loose the weight, she probally WAS doing that. The surgery will not work, if you don't work with it. Just my thoughts!

Terri: glad your horse is going to be okay. I want you to know that some people do look at the person, and not the weight. Just keep up the great work you are doing, and soon no one will know you ever had the problem of being overweight. You are doing great, and are a good example for all of us here.

Aren't you glad no one else posted so I can stop my novel!

Hello to One and All......

I know I haven't been the best at communicating...but please know I read and catch up on the "news" every few days....I am still not feeling the best and so tired all of the time...My weight loss has been pretty constant but too slow of course, and I am not wanting to eat as much...that is good...I hope to be in the 290's by the end of the month. My scales says I am just under 300...the dr's scale says a little more...so I want to get to the point where the 300 mark is no where near the line when I stand on the scale!! I am giving myself a goal of a month.

My friend, Ed, was coming up the second week of June, His plans may have changed...I am not sure what is up with that...He did say he bought new tires for his truck today and maybe he is thinking of taking a little trip!! I don't like surprises so I hope he doesn't just show up on my door step....

BarbG, so sorry to hear about the storm damage, but very glad to hear you are alright!!

Dear 2Cute your poor sister, this has to be so very hard for her and your family....I hear you about the unwise eating decisons we have made for so long needing to stop for our HEALTHS SAKE! Let us hope and pray we can find and keep the strength to stay determined to beat this addiction! You and your sis and families will continue to be in my thiughts and prayers! Let us know how she is doing when you can.

Terri: Horses are so much work, but isn't it funny how we can love them so much...? I sure miss mine since I am no longer in the country...it has been at least 15 years since I rode but I sure do miss it

Andria:I m sorry your friend hurt you by her not confiding the truth to you. Who knows what makes people act and say the things they do sometimes???

It is getting late, past my bedtime anyway....Love to all....