Good morning!

I went to the bathroom this morning and Dh was gone! I thought he'd gone to sleep on the sofa watching sports hilights But then he came back in the door! He'd been for a run (crapper) and he ran the whole way. Harumph!

Good morning everyone.

Welcome Shane! It's nice to see you here in the maintainers section! Congratulations on your weight loss.

Did any of you catch "The Biggest Loser" last night. They had on previous contestants to see how their weight loss held up.

Last season was the only one that I watched. It began when I was just in the throes of my own weight loss journey. So, it was only natural that I gravitated towards it, I suppose.

I enjoyed watching it a lot. Though, I knew they weren't losing weight in the "normal" way. I mean being in that environment, away from family and your job. Having those trainers and exercising all day long and having that kitchen and all those supplies right at your fingertips. Not to mention the monetary incentives. But nevertheless, I loved seeing the transformations right before my eyes. Especially those last before and afters.

I was extremely disappointed that practically no one was able to maintain their full weightloss. I'm not 100% sure, but I think there was only one. Given the conditions in which they lost their weight, I wasn't totally shocked, but nevertheless, I was throroughly bummed out. Thoroughly.

Hey everyone! Hey Shane!

Well, my weight is staying the same, more or less--but my food choices seem to be going to ****. I'm still in the middle of moving, so I've been eating out more than usual. I really feel the need to get back on track with my protein/carb/fat ratio.

My new community has a fitness lounge, so-called. Mostly it seems to be a collection of discarded exercise machines! But, they work well enough that I can get a workout. It's free, and it's a short walk from my house. I went yesterday and it seemed fine. They also have a weight machine and some free weights.

Jay

I skipped the cookies yesterday, and I ran this morning! Not feeling quite so perky today, but haven't had my coffee yet. Off to walk my dogs, shower, caffeinate, and go to work.

Score! on the free workout Jay.

Robin, it seems that very few people maintain every pound of their weight loss. I usually maintain about 5-10 above my lowest low (which happens to be my lowest adult weight). I think even the success stories in Thin for Life tend to be like that. I didn't watch the show, since I don't really have time for much TV, and haven't caught any of BL since the 2nd season. How much did they gain back?

Anne

Awwww thank you everyone for the welcome! to al!!

JayEll - it is SO hard to stay on plan while moving. Last year, all my food choices were already IN ****, though I remember going out to eat at the worst of places during my move to my new place. I went to WAFFLE HOUSE for lunch and then a Japanese steakhouse for dinner, then more Waffle House for breakfast the next day, then Dairy Queen, then Arby's... yeah... baaaaad food choices. I've been making some questionable food choices lately myself, though I'm staying within my calorie range. Still, I know I might lose more weight if I ate less questionable things. Congrats for staying the same weight, though!

My community has a "fitness lounge", too, and it sounds very similar to yours: run down, rugged, old, used exercise equipment. A lot of it, unfortunately, is broken, but I just use what works.

rockinrobin - I watch The Biggest Loser occasionally, though it doesn't inspire me much because I know most of them gain a good chunk of their weight back. I prefer Celebrity Fit Club for the inspirational factor. Infact, I got so inspired by that show that I bought Dr. Ian Smith's book, The Fat Smash Diet. I tried it for a couple weeks, but it was just not for me. Calorie counting has become my best friend, though... I like eating what I want, just in smaller portions.

Meg - I've actually heard mixed reviews regarding CGM, so who knows? Either way, I'm sure it's better than Glucowatch, though, considering it is actually under your skin like an insulin pump ...did you ever hear about that[glucowatch]? I think it was inspired by the movie Panic Room, which was an awfully inaccurate portrayal of diabetes - why the **** were they giving the girl an insulin shot when her blood sugar was LOW?

Yup. Type 1 since I was 16. Your son and I are the same age.
I have a necklace and a bracelet, but I don't wear either very often, to be honest. I know I should, but they're just not... cute. I did, however, get a dog tag type thing made and put it on a spikey collar (though I can take it off the collar and put it on any neck accessory), but I only wear that when going to shows and hanging out in bars... I'm pretty careful about drinking and whatnot, since I've learned the hard way that drunken lows are potentially dangerous. (Let's just say it involved a trip to Cancun, MTV Spring Break Fantasies, puking on an MTV producer, and a whole bunch of paramedics... )

I'm really glad I didn't watch that Biggest Loser show--if only one of them kept the weight off. But, it's true--they lost the weight under conditions that certainly I would never undertake, and it's quite artificial.

Jay

I agree 100%!

My sister was diagnosed Type 1 when I was born. Growing up around it made me a lot more aware than other folks. But I have to agree that there are a lot of misconceptions about diabetes. I remember being in a creative writing class in college and we had to write about what we knew, and I told a story about a diabetic who was having an insulin reaction and that person ended up in the hospital on a glucose drip. The whole class had to read all the stories, and then make comments (written) and turn in the comments to the author. All the comments on mine totally berated me for not knowing anything about diabetes and that there would be no way any diabetic would EVER get a glucose drip in the hospital. It really made me mad.

My weight is almost back to ticker after the kind of disastrous weekend. I made a great turkey chili for dinner last night and halfway through, DH got sick. He's staying home today, too. I'm sure it wasn't the food! None of the rest of us are sick. There is just something that keeps going around our shop--another employee called in sick yesterday and again today.

The kids had a good 1st day of school, but DD's schedule got all messed up. They only gave her 3 of 6 classes and totally missed putting her in band! Imagine that--the musician without a band class!

hi LWL,

Victory ! I managed to install the 2 new HDDs in our PCs. Why they should deliver these things without ikea-like instructions is beyond me, but I managed to figure out what to do to make my PCs acknowledge that they had new stuff in the end.

No further news from my side. no excercise yesterday and today...too tired. i have to figure out more rest in my day.

have a great day all,
Rabbit

Hi everyone,

My food, exercise, general health & well-being are all good right now. I have been having trouble eating my raw veggies at lunch (and other veggies just aren't appealing either) so I've been making light dips with sour cream, herbs, spinach, etc. to keep my taste buds happy. It's working so far as I really like all my dip recipes. My favorite is spinach, feta, light sour cream & cream cheese. BF totally forgot about a wedding of some of his friends that we're supposed to go to this Saturday. Luckily my hairdresser can fit me in for a trim, and I went shopping a few months ago and bought some cute dresses so I have something to wear. He's in charge of getting a gift, since he forgot about it. I think I will volunteer to be DD for the reception, that way I can't get too wine-makes-me-want-more-food-happy.

baffled, I think you posted earlier this week about how it's ok to not be totally strict and eating well most of the time is fine, in response to several of us kvetching about the junk food in our offices. I wanted to add my 2 cents - I totally agree with this philosophy. But the 80/20 idea just doesn't work for me. If I get a little bit of cookie or whatever (usually a simple sugar), I just want more and I turn into this white carb sugar craving demon. I can't stop at one serving or even four of cookies, cake, chips...mostly 'white' carbs. Also part of my kvetching is my office's placement of the junk - on the coffee stand, which is right next to my desk, not theirs, and I have to stare directly at the snacks all day long. Lately I have just moved them down the hall to the kitchen, even if they complain. But that is the end of my whining, I just wanted to explain why I try to be so strict with my food intake.

Meg, I'm sorry to hear your son had such a bad night. Hope he is better now, and this new pump helps him. I don't know many details about diabetes, though, I'm certainly not trying to pretend that I do.

Jay, free is good!

Jessica, sounds like a nice weekend.

Anne, way to not eat cookies! They are evil - you are 197% correct.

Robin, I didn't see the program, but I read an article...maybe also saw a segment on a TV show...about some of the Biggest Losers and how they hadn't maintained their losses, acknowledged unhealthy weight loss tactics, and one even admitted to taking laxatives. I wish I could remember where the article came from. I was very into season 1, as that was when I was losing a lot of weight also. I would be interested in seeing the statistics on the biggest losers. It is sort of disappointing, but it's not going to affect my determination to keeping my weight off!

I hope everyone is having a good week.

Megan: There was an article like this on Biggest Loser in the NY Times. I found it earlier today by googling "biggest loser time," but of course didn't save the link. I don't remember anything about laxatives per se, just a woman who, for a few days before weigh-in, ate nothing but asparagus.

I've never seen BL. Doesn't seem like I'm missing much. Fat March sounds more interesting, and I like the idea of cooperation rather than competition. That's probably why I like 3FC so much -- weight loss is not a zero sum game, and there's no reason to treat it as such.

Kim

I just had to double post.....I didnt know it was my goal until I made it!

Panic Room - oh yeah, very inconsistant. And for gods sake...she knew about the panic room so why when you have a fragile diabetic daughter was there not cold storage with glucose and insulin IN the panic room. I mean come on, whats the point of a bunker if you cant live in it for a few hours.

Megan - oh I am the queen of the 80/20 rule and I would kvetch about work junk too. Because you go to work every day so its not like an occasional thing. I eat a lot of what most would consider "treats" but I am very structured in how to make it an occasional thing. Like I would never eat a donut at work because that opens the door for me to eat donuts at work every time. If I ever wanted a donut (I dont like them) I have to GO to a donut shop, buy ONE and sit down and eat it there. No treats anyplace I am every day. (Except for my daily chocolate)

ennay--I LOVE your goal numbers!

Jay

HEY GALS ~

Well I managed to gain a pound over Labor Day week-end even though Angie and I did 2 of our 3.5 mile walks with the dogs to Starbucks and back, and I also added at least 12 miles over the long week-end on the treadmill. Oh well, I am still happy with my loss from 201 to 188 in 40 days. I WILL maintain that! and lose some more

We had about 16 family members over for Labor Day BBQ. Fun to have my son and daughter in law and daughter and son in law , my brother and his family and a handful of other nieces and nephews here to end the summer. Our usual shuffleboard, basketball, baseball catch and bocce ball games. We ended up playing more board games though because of the heat outside. Battle of the Sexes...us guys always lose since our women know their sports! (Lord knows we shove it down their throats )

I am really trying hard to get my miles in each day, even when I don't feel like it...which is most days ...only 53...WHAT? happened to my energy

Welcome SHANE!

Angie and I watch The Biggest Loser...I missed last night...dang! Didn't even know it was on. We were watching the DODGER game before and after taking the dogs on a walk.


Have a great THURSDAY LAdies! ~ Gary

Hi everyone, I had spent yesterday on a rather disappointing trip to see my hepatologist. I weighed before leaving the house and my scale said 144 lbs. so I was happy with this. I arrived in OK City and had lab work at 9AM, a liver US at 10AM and then we went to lunch. I stuck on plan with my meal and then had my Dr. appt. at 2:30PM. Lo and Behold his scale weighed me at 151 lbs. I was hugely disappointed. After weighing me , the nurse took my blood pressure. It was WAY up at 173/94. (I figure this was just from the scale shock). My Dr. goes over my US report and says my liver enlargement has gone down some, so this much is good. Then he reports that my liver enzymes are More elevated and my Bilirubin has doubled since my last visit. (Very good reason why my eyeballs are yellow). He does my exam and mentions that my feet and calves are very swollen and indent easily. He puts me back on a diuretic and lowers my prednisone dosage some more. We discussed my wt. gain and he then casually mentions that his scale
seemed to be about 6 lbs. off. (DH also weighed at home before the visit and he was 173 at home and 180 on Dr.'s scale). Anyway my Dr. wants me to try to follow South Beach Diet to get back to my goal and to maintain my wt. loss. I agreed to give it a try and bought the book on my trip home. I've read about half of it and it doesn't seem all that much different from what I have already been doing just to get back to gaol). Right now I'm super-confused cause I don't know for sure if I'm at goal, below goal or above goal depending on which scale I step on. I'm not sure that I'm not just retaining some extra fluid right now. I know that my size 4 capris were falling down on me today and they don't do that when I've gained FAT.

I guess my plan will be to drink a bunch of water, take the new diuretic and weigh in on Saturday morning and try to get an accurate weight. If I'm truly above goal, I'll start South Beach, if not, I'll continue to do exactly what I'm doing and see if I can maintain my weight. I felt good that my Dr. didn't gripe at me this time about my weight, he only asked me to try SBD and see if I felt it is something I could use for lifetime maintenance. I'll mention that since I have Insulin Resistance and am on Glucophage, he is VERY BIG on me staying on a Reduced Carb plan and going by the Glycemic Index for which carbs I choose to eat. I have learned over time that he is trying to Help me, not hurt me.

In other news, my son moved out today. I'm sad, but I'm sure it will be good for his self-esteem to be back out on his own.

As far as the problems with DH, I ended up filing a police report about my missing rings. The police contacted every pawn shop, jewelry store and loan company within a 100 mile radius of us and my rings aren't in any of them. DH still swears he didn't take them and is now attending his counseling sessions (I'm going with him, just to make sure he goes and is totally honest). The guns I thought he's sold or pawned are here, they were Behind the gun case, not in it. We still have the matter of the loans he had taken out and he is now volunteering for more Overtime to pay these off. I refused to allow his mother to "help out" and am holding him 100% responsible for paying them. I talked to him about internet gambling and he voluntarily blocked every gambling site from our computer while I watched. We both agreed no more lotto tickets and dreams of hitting the jackpot.

I may be a total idiot but I'm starting to believe him about me simply losing or misplacing the rings. I had quit wearing them cause they were too big now. I also had thought he had sold Samantha's wedding rings too and he hadn't. He opened the gun safe and proved it to me. He wasn't at all upset about me filing a police report about my rings missing and acted genuine that he hopes I find them or he'll buy me some more. I guess what I'm saying is, if he had chose to sell any rings, I think he would have sold Samantha's first since she is getting divorced and wouldn't have known they were missing. The police were able to find out for me that our riding lawn mower and some other lawn service equipment (gas weedeater, edger) is what he put up as collateral on the loans, not any jewelry. (which of course, still irks me to no end, but not as bad as using my jewelry).

Things between us still aren't back to normal, but they are a little better than they were a week ago.