Heather, I understood your long post exactly! :) I too am thankful for how far I have come... and am amazed at myself as now I don't dodge the cameras but am kind of glad for them because it is a chance for a progress picture. :rofl: Especially since I look at myself in the photos and am thrilled with how far I have come... except LOL now all I can see are boobs and stomach. :yes: But even through the shoulders and especially butt and down I look pretty good although I still want to be skinnier there.

BUT I want to keep losing weight too... this is not enough and I don't want to settle for it. And it feels as if the scales are not moving at all... but long term they are going down; just super slowly. And I was wrong in what I said earlier... I hit 228 on 10/10 and again on 11/11... this morning 232 again. But I am starting to log it every single morning on my Excel database so I can see the gradual downtrend. For example now I hardly EVER hit any higher than 232... I used to fluctuate a lot higher. Just have to keep working. LOL now I am talking in circles, oops. :rofl:

One thing I have really noticed since I got my thyroid meds all adjusted properly and am exercising, getting lots of fresh air and eating right... is how much my hair and complexion are improving! I used to have really shiny hair but it got SO dull and dead looking when I had the thyroid tumor and was eating all kinds of junk, etc. I can really see an improvement.

Oh well... better go get on the Gazelle!!! :yes:

Sue (Misti) -- I'm so glad you understood me! And I'm glad to see you're seeing SOME kind of progress (tho small). You have come too far to give up now, and I know you know that!

And, you've motivated me to get OFF the computer and ON the treadmill. I'll be back with at least 45 min of exercise behind me. Gotta get moving on that exercise goal!!!

Hey guys
Just popping in and catching up before I head off for a bite of lunch, do my nails and a trip to the salon for my hair appt! Yeah!

Hope you all have a great day!! Talk to you tomorrow!!

by the way... sandy, the pics are GORGEOUS!!! and the bride is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Brenda :wave:

LOL Xena... I jumped on the Gazelle for 30 minutes too when I read Heather's post. I was "planning" to do it anyway but it did get me to jump right on! :exercise:

It also inspired me to "up" my goal to 2000 minutes. I've done that for several months in a row so NO reason I can't get in gear and do it again.

In fact I was debating today whether to go out jogging or to get on the Gazelle which I have not done lately. But I did the Gazelle and NOW I am going to go out jogging too. Usually we go to the pool on Saturday but my friend could not go today and last night there was still some ice out so I decided not to go either.

Heather, thanks for the encouragement. One thing I didn't say before is that in the past month or so I am amazed at my strength progress. Now I usually go out jogging (be it slowly and kind of wimpy) LOL but I can keep moving. NO WAY I could have done that just a short time ago!!! \o/ (those are hands lifted in praise to God). :)

Misti: I wanted to tell you that I was looking at the photo page and you look amazing. I can't get over how much younger you look now with all your weight loss! Please don't feel like you can't come here and complain. Believe it or not, sometimes complaining helps me to feel normal like when I work my butt off and don't loose I'm not the only one. Please just be yourself here and say what ever you feel like saying! You are loved!

Mechelle: Cool. Is he like a TV weather man or radio or like behind the scenes?

Jen: Wonderful NSV. Very encouraging for me.

Jilly: Hang in there. You can do it. I'm very proud of you for not sitting still for doing something besides TV. I get caught up in that too. You have really inspired me to spend my time more wisely.

Mellissa: OH, what kind of puppy are you getting?

Nancy: Be proud my friend. At least you lost weight this year! I am weighing more right now than I ended last year weighing. UGH! So, at least you weigh less than last year.

Andie: Welcome back. Glad to see you back.

Lori: Good luck with the blood tests.

Sandy: Brag all you want about your lovely daughter. The photos from her wedding are so beautiful. Who are the two darling little girls in the one photo? The are so darling. Congrats on having such a special daughter! Congrats on having the wedding turn out so beautiful.

Lilion: I will do what ever I can to help out with the exercises too.

Blessings to you all,
Annie

Sue -- Two great NSVs!!! Love the: \o/

And Xena motivated me (50 min on the treadmill) and I motivated you to exercise. Anyone else???

Also, I agree with Annie. Come and complain. And then show us how you're going to kick that FFM to the curb anyway!


My NSV is that my hubby just saw my triceps -- I have some REAL MUSCLE there!!!

Whew, well I went out and dig my walk/jog route. LOL at first I could not figure out why I had to stop jogging partway down there going up the hill and start walking... then it dawned on me DUH because I had just done 30 mins on the gazelle. :) I am going to beat this fat off of me if it is the last thing I do! :yes:

Glad we are all getting each other in :kickbutt: mode LOL I was thinking about the same thing you kind of said about motivating each other. If some of us can all challenge ourselves to do just a little bit more this month, we can still make the goal!!! Hopefully some new people will join in too... anybody out there lurking please come in here and help us!! :lol3:

Annie, thanks too for the encouraging words! You are a super duper encourager!!! :hug:

Hello all!

I should probably start a new thread, but I'm not gonna!

Thanks for all the kind words. I know DH and I will get our motivation back...you all are right...at least I'm still plugging along. If I didn't care at all I'd not even think about eating and that at least is a huge improvment over the old lifestyle.

We got pounded with snow in Central MO. On the up side...I got a lot of exercise yesterday, first lumbering around in the 14" or so and having a snowball fight with DS...ever try to RUN in 14" of snow? Can't be done. :lol: Then I used muscles I haven't in years shoveling out the drive!

Hope you all are having a fine, warm! day!