Ammi and Xena, Also anyone else if you are interested

Maintainers and Support

3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community
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3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community
– Success Stories
– Goal

Go to the Sticky: Here It is My Big Weight Loss Secret

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- Meg’s Story
- Milestone Reached – 300.4 pounds
[After reading Charles Scott post go down the post
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3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community
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– Living Maintenance

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– Maintainers
– Living Maintenance

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Some Answers about Genes, Environment, Obesity and Maintenance
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Sure hope I've written these up right and you can find them.

It’s made quite a difference for me reading these and many others. There are so many more to see. All I did was go around the different Forums, Threads and posts to find some of the best information you can get from ladies and gent who have accomplished their goals and have been able to maintain it.

Hope this helps you out Ammi, Xena and anyone else . Good Luck hunting and I hope it inspires you too!

All the best.

Misti -- Wow, losing weight after a cruise! No wonder with all the walking and keeping hold of the eating! that's awesome!!

Kayley -- I've lost almost 90 pounds and nearly 30% of my body weight. Many people do notice now, but others don't say anything... I think sometimes they don't notice for a while when we're so heavy OR they just don't know what to say. What's important is that YOU know and you're taking charge. And trust me, you keep going and people will finally say "I didn't recognize you" or in other visible ways gape at you...

Ammi -- Another 2 pounds!!! You are really clicking and I couldn't be more happy for you!!

Hi, I'm back, I've been reading posts but coz of visiting my parents, having to pack & get all the boys' clothes clean & ironed, then coming back, unpacking, laundry and mowing the lawn there's been no time to post.
Nancy, I know what you mean about accidents during exercise, I'm scared to leave the house for more than half an hour for the first couple of days of my period. Steve got me an exercise bike so there's no worry about a 'flood' coz of jumping around, so it helps keep me active without the worry. I hope you are relaxing prior to your op, it's not long now is it?
Dogpal, sorry about your back, I hope it gets better soon, don't get disheartened, you are doing so well losing weight and inches!
Ammi, WOW, you are steaming along!!!
Misti, on a cruise and LOSING WEIGHT!!! you must have been pounding those pavements & decks, cruise food is so good, especially as it's not you having to cook, I hope you get to go again, you certainly look well on it!!! late birthday wishes too.
Kayley, you have such willpower, I wish I were half as determined as you! I'm sure you'll see a loss this week.
Crock, only a couple of beers? I went out Friday and had about 8 pints of Bud and boy did I feel ill on Saturday!!!!
I can't remember what else to put, Valerie, we went on a carriage ride and were pulled by the most beautiful Fell pony, he was about 15 hh and jet black, lovely feathered fetlocks, no white markings at all and really gentle with the boys, even though they kept patting his head and making sudden movements. I didn't ride as TOM was still here and I felt too ill to be bumping around a saddle.I gained 5 lbs, but lost 2 just from yesterday, by Saturday they will all have gone, there's no more holidays at my parents 'til the Summer so I can get on with this weightloss seriously now.
I hope you are well Zelma, & healing nicely.
xxsharon

MISTI!! I AM SO IMPRESSED!! YOU ROCK!! WOOOWOOO GO YOU!

At work--I will praise you more later and everyone else too! Still, wow!

~Dusty

I missed 3-4 days and as many threads, and we have the truck back & I needed to pack it, so I have to be brief...

SHARON! A FELL PONY!?!?! I LOVE Fell ponies!! WAY cool, and I'm SO jealous!

DOGPAL! Tremendous job at that bar-B-Q! It's GREAT to be in control! I hope your back is feeling better and you're able to go back to Curves.

KAYLEY - Yup, it's a bummer when no one notices. But I know when I look at people, especially people I'm really fond of, I don't see their weight. I have a girlfriend that I've known since high school who could (and did) eat everything in sight and stayed tiny. When she was in my wedding & we were shopping for dresses i finally noticed she had gone from little to large. She'll never be more than a size 5 in my mind, so if she loses 50 pounds I probably won't notice that either. That story doesn't help you though I guess, cuz it STILL STINKS when no one says anything.

NANCY, When he said yesterday "Ready to go to the Yamaha Dealer?" I said I wanted to go over the finances because I wasn't clear on them. We spent some time looking at my budget, the overall budget... and our total debt and annual interest payments. He saw debt of $142,000 (which Doesn't include the truck payments) and annual interest payments over of $20,000, which means we'd have to earn $30,000 before taxes JUST to pay the interest. After that I couldn't talk him into even a used beater bike. He looked like a beat puppy and I felt absolutely AWFUL. I Did tell him about the horse being leased out and the payment my friends made towards Steega's upkeep, so that he could see that I'm serious about doing my part too. He was addiment that the friesian wasn't going anywhere (which is good cuz so am I.) But at least we have some financial focus and things are a lot clearer. We also talked about getting me home and off the truck more, and he pointed out - rightly so - that I need to buckle down on my schoolwork more, because it's my ticket off the truck... but that means I better spend less time on-line. So. There it is. Things are better (I hope) but I still feel like scum about the bike.

On the weight loss front, I didn't bother with the scale this morning. I enjoyed the holiday and had a few ribs & some cake, and since I wasn't losing before that, I didn't dare look. I DID, however, have an absolutely GREAT workout on Mem Day morning. It was the best ever because there were several parts of the routine where I have lost my place or had a hard time keeping up, but I did really well. AND there was a cute little bitty 20something girl right in front of me who's been going there longer than me, but she kept taking breaks... while the fat lady was powering thru the moves. Ever time she took a break I just felt a surge - woo-hoo! It was awesome to feel how much stronger I'd gotten in just over a week of really trying to.

Well, off to finish the laundry, and the banking, cook some stuff for the road trip, and pack the truck. Who knows when "the call" will come and we'll be back out on the road. C-YA!

where is Ammi? i need my moral support! hope all i alright with you!

Hi everyone!

MistiWHOOHOOO ON LOOSING ON VACATION! I hope I can have that kind of motivation when I go.

KayleyYou did so well! That is so awesome! And you know what? They noticed. If you noticed, they noticed. It would be nice if weight wasn't such an issue for people to talk about but unfortunatly it is. You are doing so well! You are an inspiration to me!

XenaYEAH FOR OP! Keep it up girl! You can totally do it. IT CAN BE DONE! And we are gonna show them how much it can be done, right?


So...yeah. I am in a baaaad mood today. I got called into work so I have to leave in about a half an hour. And I have way too much stuff to do to be going into work right now, when its going to be slow and all I will be doing is standing there, pickin my nose. My friend C will be here tomorrow night and I have to clean the house and get laundry going and start packing and I have to work tomorrow as well! I am just totally irritated. It isn't even the TOM and I am so irritable that it might as well be. I am trying really hard not to emotionally eat. I ate my lunch op so luckily I am full enough not to be like OMG I NEED TO EAT. I really hate this. I hate that when I get upset all I want to do is eat. It is such a battle that I wish I hadn't gotten into in the first place. But I guess the only thing I can do about it now is try to control it and change my patterns. The other lucky thing is that there is no junk food in the house so even if I wanted to go down and gorge all I could do it on would be cottage cheese and fruit. Heh. Ok enough complaining, I better go get ready for work. I hope everyone is having a better day then I am. <3

Ammi – You asked me about TV a few posts ago. Doctor Who still has a few more episodes from the 1st season that will be on the next few weeks and in July Stargate starts again. Other than that, I don’t know what I will watch – probably mostly stuff on DVD from Netflix. We are watching 24 (season 4) and Lost (season 1). I also want to watch all of the episodes of Firefly before getting the movie Serenity and I also really want to see the entire Farscape series.

Kayley – I know how you feel about no one mentioning your weight loss. I have not had ONE person who doesn’t know that I am working on losing weight comment. I even saw some friends on Monday and I could tell he had lost some weight so I said something, but he didn’t say anything back. I keep wondering when someone will say something. Don’t be discouraged though, I definitely think people feel touchy about the subject. I try to think about the opposite. I am really glad that people didn’t constantly tell me, “Wow – you have gained a lot of weight since I last met you!” before.

Crock – Glad to hear you had such a good time.

Xena – Not sure if this will help for you, but one of the ways I get through things like office cake and cookies is I ask myself “If you could have any cake in the world right now, would you really want this cake?” 99% of the time the answer is no. I give myself permission to have cake if I want it, but I want to make sure that if I eat it that it is the best possible cake I can get my hands on. Mostly office cakes do not fall into that category. Also, is the office the environment you would want to enjoy your cake in? Probably not - it would be much better to wait and have it at a lovely outdoor cafe on a sunny day. This works for me because by the time I get to the point where I could have the cake, I usuallly don't want it anymore anyway.

Misti – That is fantastic about the 2 pounds! That was a HUGE amount of walking.

Elaine – I am another lurker in the maintainers’ forum. They have some of the best advice over there! I originally found 3FC because I did a web search on weight loss success stories, and the maintainers’ forum is full of them!

Sharon – I made it through ok, but that was partly because I normally wear little shorts under my skirt and I just wore my workout pants over them so I had multi layers! I am so hoping that my period won’t be as bad after the surgery. It is on the 19th, so a couple more weeks to go. Although I will actually be on alert until the thing finally dies and falls out ( I have started calling it my alien baby). I have a feeling it is going to happen at the worst possible time.

Valerie – Congratulations on having that hard discussion. I totally know what you mean about the beaten puppy look. I feel so badly sometimes, but I can’t not say anything. It’s not like it’s my fault that the debt is there, but somehow I turn into the puppy killer for bringing it up. Don’t feel bad. It was the right decision not to get it.


Today has been really stressful at work. I took my iPod out and am listening to some tunes to try and calm down. I get really riled up when things don’t go right, and I was yelling at a Dell technician earlier for not coming by yesterday to fix a machine that is under 24 business hour response time service (called it in Friday) and they can’t come until tomorrow. Then we are going through contract **** with this one company and every time we are about to complete the process they pull something else out of their hat that we have to do. So frustrating!

I finally went shopping last night, but I only bought stuff for myself. All of the old convenience foods my BF and I used to eat together don’t appeal to me or are not within my calorie allowances any more. I need to get back to Trader Joe’s and I also need to start cooking more. That’s hard because I usually don’t get home until 8pm since I go to the gym after work. Oh well, I better go. I need to make sure all invoices are in the system since it is the last day of the month.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Sharon: Welcome Home!

Thinthinker: Thanks a bunch for the links. What a cool site. I will check it out more later.

Val: Try not to feel too bad about the bike. I know how you feel. My hubby is a biker. As a matter of fact, we belong to a motorcycle ministry called, Reborn Riders. Right now we are on the shelf because we are bikeless. I know he wants a bike too but it is so good to have to abstain ourselves from soemthing we want badly and can't yet afford because when you guys are able to get it. Wowie Zowie how much more precious it will be to him. Big hugs and know that you guys are doing the best thing not getting into more debt. At least until you can pay some down. About your schooling, come on girl. You can do it. Everytime you crack open a book think about that is time off the truck for you soon! Hugs.

Patty: I'm wondering where our Ammi is too but, we are here for you doll! How are you today?

Idril and Nancy: Hugs to you both on your bad day at work. Hang in there. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Misti: Wow, I've never heard anyone say, " I lost weight when I was on my Cruise" You are so dedicated. I'm very proud of you!

As for me, I'm feeling better today with my back but still not a bit tight. My hubby massaged it last night which helped sooooo much. I hope tomorrow I can start June with a good workout at Curves and start fresh towards my monthly goal of exercise since I didn't make my May one. UGH!

Blessings all,
Annie

thanks dogpal i am doing fine exercise was just a little hard to do today but i did it! how are you doing/there isnt much things worse than a back ache hope you feel better soon.!

Hey Ladies!!

Man the end of the term is coming up much faster than I had expected. Next week is my final for this class that I am in now! Yes, you heard me right. I’m typing to you all from class again it’s been a hectic week… my memory is like swiss cheese!

Flady – Hi there, I’m glad your headache is gone too!! Man those suck! Specially the migraines :’( Hey I didn’t know about the reply and quick reply stuff too

Dogpal – Hi there, I’m hoping it will go through for that softball thing, not a lot of responses for signing up…. Crossing fingers and hoping all goes well… but I definitely want to play again! Don’t worry about your goal for May… just remember your health is more important. You’ll spring back in no time *bug hugs*

NotTheCheat – I hate it when that happens. I often find myself fighting with myself as well. Lately its been mild. But good for you for not giving in!

kayley – Hey don’t feel bad… I felt the same way. Even tho I had pictures to show 30lbs gone and it was noticeable! My mom asked me “When are you gonna start loosing weight” and this was after I told her I lost 30lbs. *sigh*

Thinthinker – Hey! Long time no see! How you been? Really good links you have there… very interesting! Thanks for sharing them.

I just got back form work about 30 minutes ago. I shouldn’t’ call it work really… I was chaperoning some of the kids to a baseball game… woohoo! I’m a big baseball fan so it was a vacation for me I can’t stay too long tho, I gotta finish up my paper for tonights class *grin* nothing like waiting til the last moment to get thigns done LOL! Tonight I’m jumping on the treadmill… I feel kinda weird today tho. Like Aunt Flo is ready to visit, but I could of sworn she visited last week… well, I won’t swear, but I know she did… yet I have that feeling like she’s planning to come visit again. Maybe it’s the heat? I’ve been drinking way to much soda too… I’m addicted to Diet Dr. Pepper both the vanilla cherry and berries and cream flavor. I must stop! Alrighty ladies, off to my paper. I might check in during class if I get bored

Take care!

Hi All,

It's late here so this is just going to be a quick post. Sorry I haven't been on for a couple of days. It's the kids school holidays and it seems I don't have a minutes peace lately to sit and concentrate on posting. Plus we have been going out as well, so I have just been too busy or too tired to post. I am sorry that I won't be able to do personal replies. Not tonight anway. I am so behind, but I will try to do some tomorrow as I have no plans to go out, phew, lol. I just want to say that I have read what you have all said. For those that have lost weight, especially Misti for losing weight while on a cruise, a big

Oh and I have to say PATTI, thank you for missing me, sorry I was AWOL. How are you doing? Still keeping away from those scales??

Bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi

well the scales are tempting me but i am trying to wait!

Well I did it. Or should I say I DIDN'T do it? I did not eat any of the birthday cake at the office today! Part of it was that I had made a promise here in writing that I wouldn't and it kept me honest. I did not want to report that I had failed on my one weight loss mission for the day. Plus there is another girl I work with doing WW and we both agreed that if she wouldn't, I wouldn't and vice versa. So it worked out! Feeling good about my choices today.

I am also really happy with myself for walking for 30 minutes when I got home from work. Wednesdays evenings are usually my days to teach my ESL class but tonight there was no class. I had forgotten that and was headed to the class when it dawned on my I didn't have to go. So I got home earlier than usual thinking...."Hmmmmm, what do I do with myself now?" And I decided since it is not horribly hot today I would just get myself out there and walk. Plus, I knew my little pooch would love it and that is an extra bonus. (Love my pup, ya know.) Anyway, good day for me overall. Plus tomorrow is my last day of work and then I am on vacation starting Friday and all next week. I don't have alot exciting planned, just some simple fun things I enjoy and some general "me" time and relaxation.

Misti - You know you had a fun time on a vacation when you get home and need to rest up! Way to go losing weight on your cruise!

Sharon - sounds like a nice time you had on the carriage ride. Hope those extra pounds disappear quickly! I know nothing about horses. What is a Fell pony? Your description sounds beautiful.

Valerie - I know you feel guilty from the puppy dog look, but you really are doing the best and the wisest thing. Someday when you are debt free and able to save some money it will all be worth it and hopefully he will see that too. I've been where you are with a hubby, so I really do understand.

Ammi - Nice to see you out here again. Hope your days calm down a bit soon!

OK, I am off. Later, gaters!