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Hi ladies. Just noticed it was well past time for a new thread, so I thought I'd stop in and get one set up! Things are going okay here. I got Yourself!Fitness installed today so I thought I'd try it out. I did my first 15 minute session and absolutely loved it. Tonight though, my legs are feeling it. I think I'm still going to try to do another session, but will probably focus on a different area
Hope everything is going well for everyone! Congrats to all the losers, hello to all the newcomers, and happy holidays if I don't post before then!
Hi everyone. It has been ages since I've posted and I'm not promising that I will be regular again just wanted to stop in and say hi. I kind of took some time off from all the pressure I was putting on myself trying to lose weight. Maybe because a new year is approaching that I am giving it thought again but you all came to mind so I wanted to see how everyone was doing.
Obviously not much has gone on on the weight loss for me, but that is okay. For the first time in a long time, that is okay. I started working which has been a great thing. I work part time and it is just perfect because I am home in time for my daughter so I don't have to pay a babysitter.
I am going to post again in a little while (hopefully) but just wanted to share this 'item' I found on another site. It gave me a chuckle.
***** I'm starting a new diet before I pack on those holiday pounds
I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for Lola
(my dog) and was in line to check out. A woman behind me
asked if I had a dog........Duh! I was feeling a bit
crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting The
Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because
I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost
50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care unit
with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in
both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her head. I went
on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally
buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive
diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or
purse with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every
time you feel hungry. The package said the food is
nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the
line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a
tall guy behind her.
Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had
poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.
I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my
butt when a car hit me. I thought the tall guy was going
to have to be carried out the door.
I have had the most wonderful past few days. It all started on Friday when Neil and I took a couple of special girls (8 and 12) into the city for a walk around. We go into the city all the time, but things look different when you have kids with you, enthralled by all that they see. These girls call us Uncle and Aunty, which is always lovely, as our nieces and nephews are all grown up.
These two girls are even more special because we have asked to be ‘adopted’ Godparents for the 8 year old. These are my dietician friend’s girls and the 8 year old’s Godparents have very little contact with her, whereas the 12 year old’s regularly make her feel really special. So, Jodie has asked us to be the 8 year old’s substitute Godparents and to watch over her. Well, we won’t be ‘official’ Godparents, but we will have that same role. We feel so honoured to be asked to do this.
Anyway… we had a beautiful day in the city. We caught the train in and spent about 4 hours just pottering around and having lunch.
On Sunday Neil and I went into the city again and we spent ages listening to a men’s choir (Men in Harmony). They sang in various parts of the city and we just kept catching up with them to listen to more songs. The purity of their singing was simply magic. They sang a number of Christmas carols as well as a few classics. They loved seeing us again and again and even pulled me into their group at one stage to sing along with them. I would NEVER have been game enough to do this before, but I had a wonderful time. We are taking the girls to listen to them again this Friday afternoon. A few of them are starting to sing at a train station just past ours, so we will go there to listen to them first, then they are singing on the train into the city I think. They will then meet up with the others to sing in the city again. I am hoping to get a CD of their music.
Sunday night we went to watch “our” girls while they sang in a little choir at Carols by Candlelight. I’m not sure if that is something you have much of over there, but we have such warm nights, that people often get outside to sing carols in parks or some such place. People used to always take candles, but lately torches in the shape of candles are sold, as candles don’t last long in the wind. We had a lovely evening.
These last couple of weeks have been great as far as exercise goes, because I have been getting up early and going for a walk outside. That in itself is an achievement as I am usually an ‘inside’ exerciser unless Neil is walking with me. Neil has had to work, so I walk the 10 minutes to school for him to work (he is the head cleaner there and is doing bits and pieces up until Christmas when he will get 3 weeks off) and then I continue on and do another 50 or so minutes. It is lovely and cool at that time of the day, and I am getting to see some familiar faces, which is nice. I was thrilled with myself the other day, because it started to drizzle while I was walking and instead of using that as an excuse to go home, I just saw the beauty of the rain, remembered how much we needed it as our dams are low, and told myself that I would be having a shower when I got home anyway, so what would a little rain hurt. Wow!!! That was a breakthrough. I am getting sore toes with all of the walking, so I will have to watch that, but I am truly enjoying it at the moment and don’t want to stop.
On Monday we were at a local mall and I had a lady stop me and congratulate me on the great job I had been doing. She had seen me in magazines and on TV and said I was SUCH an inspiration. I was SOOOO happy that she took the time to stop and talk to me. What a boost to my morale.
Another NSV last night. We had a power cut, and instead of worrying about it, my first thought was “Great, now we can just go outside for a walk in the cool night air.” Another “Wow” moment. Usually I wouldn’t have wanted to do anything much and would have just sat around and moaned about the power being off, but this time I saw a positive side to it. We walked and visited Jodie to talk about taking the girls out today, then we kept walking. We walked for about 45 minutes and it was a lovely evening. The power was back on when we got home, which was handy.
Today we took our girls into the city again and we walked around the museum for an hour before going for lunch and a walk around the shops there. We saw a number of buskers and generally had a lovely time. Once again, we spent about 4 hours in the city, so we were tired when we got home, but it was a beautiful way to spend a day.
Neil and I have bitten the bullet and we are going to the small town where I grew up for Christmas. My sister and brother and their families are still there and they often ask us to visit them for Christmas, but I have never wanted to before for a couple of reasons. First of all, even though they have NEVER said anything about my weight, I always felt uncomfortable around them when I got to be so large. Secondly, I am NOT a good traveler. I don’t like driving in busy times, and I hate driving in the heat. Well, hopefully that will be easier this year, as I am not feeling the heat as much as usual. We have decided to travel early in the morning, so hopefully we’ll miss most of the traffic. It is only a three and a half hour drive, so shouldn’t be too bad. Now that I have made the decision to go, I am actually REALLY excited about seeing my hometown again. I often have dreams that are based in that town, so it will be interesting to see how close my dreams are to reality.
We took photos last weekend, as we always take some around Christmas. I will try to get Neil to upload some of them to his site, so I can post them. I am really pleased with a couple of them and already have one framed. I now just have to decide which one I want to give to the family.
Oh, and I also have to decide what to wear when I see the family. My parents will be there for Christmas and most of them haven’t seen me since I lost all my weight. Some have seen me part-way along the journey, but none of them have seen me in the last… oh… maybe 12 months. And that is when I ‘fined up’ my features and kinda tightened up a little. They have all said that they wouldn’t recognise me if they hadn’t seen me in the magazines or papers or on TV. So, getting back to my original point, I have to work out which outfits I want to wear to ‘show off’ in. They have to also be cool, as I think we will be expecting temps around the 100F mark.
I also have to think of some yummy food contributions to make for the few days we are there. My family does NOT consider health when they prepare meals, so I am going to take a lot of stuff myself. They have said that they understand I have worked hard to get this far, and I don’t want to stray too far over the holidays. I know that I COULD have some (or most of) the special food, but I am CHOOSING not to. For one, I just know that I don’t NEED it, and for another, I don’t think my body/system would appreciate it. I don’t think lots of rich/fatty/sugary food will go down too well after restricting it for so long. I am taking a number of ‘treats’ that I know I can eat, but that I think will also be appreciated by the family. We’ll have to wait and see what they think. They will have lots of ham and chicken that I can eat, and we will probably have a barbecue or two where I will have some nice meat. I don’t want to eat like I used to at Christmas anyway, because I remember how awful I used to feel after stuffing my face all day. I never had any energy left for enjoying myself, as I just wanted to sleep the food off.
I am hoping to go for lots of walks around the town, so should still be able to keep my exercise minutes up. My sister-in-law said they would take us around to check out the Christmas lights on the houses, which should be lovely. It will be nice to get outside in the hot weather.
Well, I think that is about all my news for the moment. Now I should be able to go back (probably only over the last couple of threads though) and write some individual responses. It may take me a couple of installments though, so I may not get it posted until tomorrow.
I hope you are all having a wonderful pre-Christmas week and your lives are full of positive Christmas spirit and you can see the ‘good’ in moments, as I have managed to do this week. (Although I DO confess to having a ‘fat’ moment on one day, and I wasn’t awfully nice to myself, but it didn’t last long, so I’ve forgiven myself already.)
Just a real quick one, ZELMA, YOU ARE A DEVIL, lol. As Dick Emery (I hope you had him on TV there) said 'I Do like you, but YOU are awful'! Difd you confess that you made it up, or left them thinking about trying the 'dog food' diet? Your trips sound great, I hope you get some rest and it's wonderful that you are visiting family, you are bound to get tons of compliments.xxxxx
Tacey, glad you are ok.xxxx
Anyone who's worried about Ammi - she is ok, got a bad tooth removed which is very sore and she has mouth ulcers again, poor thing, she's not very happy about it, but has some meds & hopefully will be feeling better soon. What a time to have a sore mouth! She's bearing up & eating lots of soup but has been resting & sleeping a lot, I'm sure she'll be back with us soon. We all know rest & sleep are the best things for any illness.
Gotta go & sort stuff out.
ALL OF YOU TAKE CARE & hugs.xxxx
xxsharon
As Sharon said I have been having terrible problems with my mouth since having a tooth extracted. That was a week ago and it still kills! To add insult to injury I also have a mouthful of huge ulcers which are even stopping me from talking because they are so painful. I have some steroids to take to hopefully get them under control and all I can say is that it better happen before Christmas. I have been SO looking forward to coming off my diet and really enjoying my Christmas treats, to not be able to will be a killer. Anyway just wanted to pop on and say hi, and as I doubt I will post again before the new year HAPPY CHRISTMAS to everybody, and here's hoping we all have a healthy, happy, THIN new year. You are all special people and I am honoured to know you all
Zelma - funny story!!! I hope you have a wonderful time visiting home. Hope you see lots of folks that will be green with jealosy at how hot you are now! At least, that's what I hope for when I think of going to my home town!
Ammi I'm sorry you aren't well! I hope that you heal up quickly so you can have a Merry Christmas!
Nothing else to report, other than getting on the eliptical again this morning. That's six days out of seven! Go me!
So sorry to hear about your mouth! Mouth pain is the *worst*! From my own experiences, have you tried rinsing with a very mild solution of sea salt water? Or drink chicken broth? The salt helps to heal the wounds, and reduce the swelling. Poor thing
I'm such a slacker. Been eating junk. Company lunches and things like that. I am hoping to get back OP by the weekend!
Thanks Lilion, thanks too for the laugh, love the cartoon. Melissa, thanks for the tip about the sea salt, I have been using ordinary salt, does it matter? As for the chicken broth, living on the stuff at the moment
Zelma- thanks for the laugh! That was so funny about the dog food! And thanks for the card/stuff and pics! Such a great pic!
Ammi-Ouch! I hope you feel better soon!
Not much going on with me. TOM is killing me at the moment. I just feel so horrible. And want to eat everything in sight! *lol* But I have actually been pretty good with staying OP. Just haven't been doing ANY exercise. I need to get moving!
We found out they are flying our car to Spokane. So we won't have to drive all the way from Seatlle to Spokane. It was only a five hour drive. But driving in the car with our cats is not fun! They hate it! Poor things have to be on a flight/airport for 12 hours! I feel so bad! But nothing else I can do.
Also..just a vent. Don't you just love how people seem to think you forget you are overweight? My mom thinks because my weight is not flying off that I have just forgotten about it. I can't stand that! Its like...wow no really? I didn't realize I was carrying around an extra 200 pounds! Thanks for reminding me! *rolls eyes* lol
Newbie to this section of 3fc.
I am struggling to get back on the diet bandwagon. I have started every diet there is and I have failed. But I'm not giving up I will keep trying until I get it right. I am a binge eater which makes dieting for me a nightmare. I have seen a nutritionist who gave me another diet to try. It is a simple eat 6 small meals a day. In the hope that I will stop binge eating and learn new healthier eating behaviors. Look forwarding to making new friends and reaching our goals together.
Whew, I survivcd holiday party #1. It was lunch at a restaurant, so I ate before I went, and I ordered a dish with mushrooms (which I hate) and took 95% of it in a doggy bag for Jeff for dinner. I literally ate fewer than 10 individual noodles and that was IT. I drank a bunch of diet coke, so the carbonation kept me feeling full (now to go drink some extra water). I passed on the bread and bruschetta (it was an Italian restaurant) and passed on the free dessert. MAN, I feel good!
I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas and a lighter New Yearrrr!
Popping in to grab some strength and inspiration . Thank you all. I am soooo happy for all the losses and NSV I have seen here . WAY TO GO GANG ! I hope Santa brings each one of you just what you asked for .
MY NEWS: My oldest neice is just that. ..Mine. The court gave her to me on Dec. 12 th. I get the other 3 on Jan. 2nd. It feels differnt to know their mom is not in the equation any more unless I say its ok. It's gonna be tough but I've been practicing for a year now . Anyway, running around crazy trying to make this holiday time fun . Boy, you can see I'm not doing it for my health...lol. Good luck and sweet kindness to all .
DOGPAL: xoxoxoxo thank you for the PM. Please keep em coming. You always make me smile Love ya sister .[/COLOR][/COLOR]
WAY TO GO JILL! I wish I had faired as well...this holiday crap is for the birds! Our work xmas party was today and I didn't do great, BUT, I didn't do as bad as I would normally and for that I am thankful and proud. Typically, I'd eat two full plates then full serving of deserts...I opted to do very small serving of the buffet (I filled up with turkey, fresh green beans, salad and SHRIMP!) and only had a SMALL portion of what wasn't good for me. I even only took tiny SLIVERS of the three different deserts, and when I mean tiny, I mean less then two full bites. I am full now, but drinking lots of water to hopefully flush it away. I'm going shopping tonight and aiming to get to the gym (I don't care if I don't get there until 10:00 at night, this butt is working out today!)...hope everyone has a wonderul evening!
300+ And Ready To Try Again.. #1077
I wish you a merry Christmas, 
I wish you a merry Christmas, 
I wish you a merry Christmas and a lighter 
New Yearrrr!
and inspiration
. Thank you all. I am soooo happy
for all the losses and NSV I have seen here
. WAY TO GO GANG
! I hope Santa brings each one of you just what you asked for
.
..Mine. The court 
gave her to me on Dec. 12 th. I get the other 3 on Jan. 2nd. It feels differnt to know their mom is not in the equation any more unless I say its ok. It's gonna be tough
but I've been practicing for a year now
. Anyway, running around crazy trying to make this holiday time fun
. Boy, you can see I'm not doing it 
for my health...lol. Good luck and sweet kindness to all
.
thank you for the PM. Please 
keep em coming. You always make me smile
Love ya sister
.
