Weekend Chat - January 24, 25
 

Good Morning,

Its good to be home :D The meeting went well, boring, and useless but I told them that b/4 I even went that my presence was not necessary. OY. It felt weird being away from home.

I didn't get a chance to read up the past few days so clue me in if you wouldn't mind.

How's everyone doing ?

Today is a pajama day, I'm so exhausted. All I wanna do is pick up around the house and relax. We are expecting alot of snow tomorrow, which is fine, I went food shopping last night :D so I'm all set.

Whats your plans for the weekend.

Hey Cathy...... I was thinking... you might want to put that saying "join me on the food thread" in your signature ????? it would then show up on all your posts and be a great reminder to folks ? just a suggestion. I'm glad your continuing to do the thread...persistance !!!!!

Good Morning
 

Hello ladies.Looks like I will be home all by myself today.The men are going out to do some work YAY!!!!! I will be folding laundry and who knows what else....

hello Leenie

Cathy: The headbands I got were to go over my ears when its cold outside and the other was the hair accessory.

Hi to everyone who comes after me

*hugs*
lynnie

Good Afternoon Chickadees!

Leenie, I know you are glad to be home and be in PJ's today. I'm in exercise pants, a tank top and a sweatband to keep my hair out of my face. I'm cleaning today and all I want to do is get done!!!! I did not get to exercise first bec I slept until 7:30. I never do that. Guess I was tired. Then the phone has been ringing off the wall and it was calls I needed to take and couldn't just let the machine get, so it's gonna take me all day to get done. Oh yea, also took youngest ds driving in the 1994 Ford (standard) pickup truck that his much older cousin gave him. We went riding for an hour so do he could figure out how to shift and all that jazz. He did really good. And we are so blessed that he was given a nice truck to drive when he gets his license in May. Otherwise he would have to wait until who knows when.

Lynnie - I bet you are thrilled to be home without those guys today. I would be turning cartwheels. My hubby is gone today with a bunch of men from our church that go to the prison and they have a worship service this evening. So it's just me and my 2 teenage guys. They have both cleaned their rooms and are playing Sony Playstation 2. It has started raining like crazy here, so don't think we will be doing anything outside of the house today.

Well I just wanted to check in. I need to finish this house!!!!

hugs,
Cathy

P.S. to Leenie - I think that's a great idea about adding that to my signature and will do that as soon as I get a minute.

OH BTW, last night around 9 I went into the chatroom and found Short & Sassy from Louisiana there. ya'll remember her? she is great! anyway, she may join us here on the depression and weight loss boards and catch up with everybody. it sure was nice to chat with her.

And one other thing - I NEED A MAID! :-(

Whew I am wiped out but fully energized.I did a whole mile of Walk Away The Pounds.. 1 mile isn't that awesome..Now I think I am going to read a book for awhile....

Hey there gang!

Lynnie - that is awesome that you did the 1 mile walk. How do you like Leslie? isn't she sweet & perky!

April - man that is cold! cold! cold! What ya fixing for supper tomorrow night?

Hey I noticed that the movie "Radio" is coming out on dvd this week. Did anybody see it? was it a good? It looked like it would be a good story. Just wondering if anybody saw it?

I've got to get my lesson together for tomorrow morning. It's about David and Goliath and tackling those "giants" in our lives!

later gaters!
hugs,
Cathy

Hi Ladies,

hey, where's Kem, Joanne, Liz, and the rest of the goils ?
Just got the bambino in bed ahhh, and I'm sitting here relaxing. It is very cold out burrr. We are expecting a few inches of snow tomorrow ICK!

I went on amazon.com to order a cd, well I really ordered 3 of them, so the bill came to 38.89. when I was checking out amazon gave me the option to open a visa card with them and they would give me 30.00 towards my order... so it only cost me 8.89 (no shipping) for the cd's !! Cool huh. they only offer it to you once so what the heck.

I'm gonna check out chat and then surf a bit b/4 bed.

Have a great night.

Awwwwww Leenie I must have missed you. I didn't get on the puter until almost 10 and by the time I got to the chatroom you were gone. But I caught a few people in there. Sounds like you got a really good deal at amazon.

My oldest ds just left to go meet some friends at The Waffle House in town. They all say they will get up and go to church no matter how late they stay out, but we will see. ;) I'm just thrilled they are all hanging out and having breakfast at midnight rather then all the other joints they could be hanging out on a Saturday night! :D

later gaters,
cathy

Hey I'm just checking out my new signature.
don't mind me. ;)
hugs,
cathy

hi
 

Yes, I am a night owl. My hubby works 3-midnight so I am home alone with the cats most nights. Glad to find this group.
So as for depression. I am struggling. I just recently quit taking Paxil CR. I am trying to get pregnant and have heard so many bad things about it so I just quit taking it. I am doing okay. Keeping busy, but feel it creeping in.
I am starting WW on Monday and think that will help. I am starting to do the ole beat up on myself thing. Telling myself I'm fat and ugly, etc. You all probably know how it is.
I am glad I came back to 3fc. I was on here years ago when I lived in Florida and just started back on here last night. It has definitely grown and changed over the years.

Well, guess I'll leave you all. Hope to get to know you all better!:moo:

Hi Candy, we're glad your back too :D

I just popped in to say hi, gonna dress the wee one and make her go out and play for 20 minutes (its 20 degreese here, can't go out long) but she needs fresh air.

So I'll be back later on ;)

Hugs

Hi Candy - good to have you back! I see your starting weight was 400 lbs and now you are down to 225. Would love to hear how you've lost all that weight! good for you going to WW tomorrow! I know you will love it!
hugs,
cathy

I am here but only for a little bit. I just wanted ot pop in real fast to let you guys know that I am still alive. I have to spend my only day off cleaning and I need to get back to it.

I will check back in tomorrow

April I wear MAC and I love it. I get it at the Mall of Louisiana.

The Green Eyed Monster!
 

I need to get something off my chest. I just really need to throw this out there into cyberspace and no one has to reply if you don't want to.....

But this week I had run into 2 friends from school that recently had the gastric bypass surgery and lost a lot of weight. This morning when we were leaving church I ran into the 3rd friend. She has probably gained about 100 lbs since we graduated and I have watched her personality change over the years along with her weight. As I was getting ready to leave church today I happened to see her and she did not look like the same person. She looked absolutely great! Smiling from ear to ear and all of a sudden much thinner. I went over to her and told her she looked great and asked her what she was doing. She told me she had the gastric bypass surgery down 7 weeks ago and has already lost 45 lbs. She has not had one problem and her only regret was that she didn't do it 10 years ago. She said the doc had told her that the surgery would change her body chemistry but that it was like she had brain surgery too. She said she has no appetite, no desire for food and never thinks about food. She said how good she felt (which was obvious by her face) and even told me that before the surgery she couldn't stand for anybody to touch her and feel her fat, but since losing the 45 lbs she can't wait for her hubby to put his arms around her, because she is already so much smaller and feels better. (ouch)

She is probably about my size now, and I know that attitude is everything, and I am so thrilled for her, I really am, but by the time I got to my car I was almost in tears. It was like somebody dangling a million, no 20 billion dollars, in front of my face and saying "this is something you will never have". Gosh I'm in tears right now just typing this out.

She said she has been on so many diets thru the years and eaten even less then she is now and not lost a pound, but something in her body chemistry has changed after the surgery and she is finally losing the weight.

I mean I know I could never have the surgery done, even if I needed it, I could never pay for it, and even at 5' 3 1/2" and 202 lbs I would never be considered a candidate for something like that, especially since I don't have any health problems (Thank God) except for my knees starting to bother me and I'm not even saying that I would even ever want to have such a thing done, but I would love to lose 45 lbs in 7 weeks - heck I can't even lose 2 lbs in 7 weeks - and I would love to not think about food - love to not have a desire for food (I mean in a healthy way) and I mean I would really really love to feel good about myself when somebody (especially dh) touched me and not be worrying about all the fat!

I guess I just needed to admit how jealous I am of people being able to change their body chemistry and being able to lose weight and being able to feel good about themselves. I feel awful for admitting I feel this way, but thought maybe ya'll would understand.

Don't mean to get anybody down or concerned that I'm having a major fit or anything, but I think I'm gonna dry my eyes and pull myself together and then put on my tennis shoes and go for a long long walk and clear my silly silly head.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings!

Cathy

Dear Cathy,

You aren't jealous of her *hug*.. you are jealous of her situation - her solution. There is a mighty big difference, so please don't beat yourself up for how you feel.

I, too, haven't been able to find anything that works for me... not since I was 22 and lost 45 pounds with WW. At the time, it fell off... I lived on my own, was active, and it just worked. Now? Ha! I've been back to WW so many times I may as well have put the money into a new vehicle... and for what? I weigh more now than I did the day I gave birth to my two children.

Last week, I joined TOPS. I don't care anymore about losing X number of pounds per week - ever seeing my toes again without suckin in majorly - and people telling me I've changed (nice for "my you've gained weight"). I just want to FEEL better. Do I care about the weight? Of course I do. Who am I kidding? But more importantly, I need to FEEL better.

Cathy, I'm your height... actually, 1/2" shorter. I know what you mean. My knees hurt too, but mostly my back. I know it's the weight. I have a hip that gives me trouble too, but I know in my heart of hearts, the weight is a problem for it too.

You're here.. and you're trying. And you reach out and comfort others. Beauty shines from within. Don't ever feel badly about the green eyed monster *hugs.

Hi Cathy,

Boy I do know how you feel. I think 99% of us do. Let me just say this. Surgery is not a cure, ask Jiff on the surgery boards. These folks, after time struggle with the fact that they can return to their old eating habbits. I know that people that have had surgery and easily gain the weight back, they have to be ten times more careful one because of the surgery, two they have to take special care of themselves and three like I said its not a cure.

Now did you know that when you have surgery you eat extremely lots of protein ?? My girlfriends brother who had surgery can not eat sugar, he gets deathly sick if he does. Everyone reacts differently.

Did you ever think about trying low carb or atkins ? Maybe this will help you lose faster. I know you are deeply hurt right now, and who can blame you. The whole world is melting around us and it hurts. We have to decide whats more important food or feeling good ? When your doing low carb, or atkins you can have a day where you can treat yourself, its really no different than any other diet plan. The key is to just not have to many of those days........ It can't hurt to try, but as always, before you start any diet Cathy, talk to your doctor and see if its a good idea, especially with the medications you are on.

BTW, its okay to feel jealous, its very natural and very human.

Hang in there lady, hang in there. We love you !!

Leenie