Good morning! I’m just keeping an eye on my little man for a bit before I head out to go for a hike with my boyfriend. Mom left for a couple of hours, and don’t want to leave him (still unnamed!) unsupervised. We have two other cats in the house, and they are not taking to him well, yet.

Have a GREAT Friday, everyone, and I’ll check back in tonight!

Bashful - Did you manage to avoid the temptation? I’m bad when it comes to Mac & Cheese. It’s such a comfort food for me, but just not very good for me. Heh.

Sharon – I’m thinking either that, or perhaps he was born, and wandered off, or his mother might have died, and so he didn’t know what to do. A friend of mine once told me about how she picked up an entire box of kittens off the side of the road, as someone just left them there. I don’t understand how people can be so cruel.

Is Slimming World the diet that you had the most success with? I know you were rockin’ it for a while back a couple of years ago! Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Heather – A big congrats to you!! Keep up the great work, and I have no doubt you’ll blow that goal out of the water!

Tracy – Feel better!

Yes Kayleystar I made woot 1 day down so happy and ty for asking. I am gona try hard for another day down may seem petty but it isnt for me so every night i make its great. Small steps for me.Very nice you go hicking great job

Hi everyone,

I have been pretty drugged up due to panic attacks. I got my blood test back and my vitamin d is almost non existent so I am not on vit d 5 days a week. Need another blood test in 6 weeks to check it.

Bashful: just take small steps, one day at a time. You can do it hon.

Kayley: woo hoo on the -.8 a loss is a good loss.

Debi: I miss you too. Hopefully I will be able to come back a bit more now.

Cyn: Feel better soon sweetie.

Catherein: Hi there.

Sharon: I'm glad you enjoyed your time with Ammi. I wish I could have been there with you ladies and had a real good sitdown group hug.

Tracy: Enjoy your time off.

Peggy: I'm so glad to see you back around here.

Zelma: I will continue to pray for Daryl. Hugs to you and hang in there hon.

Hbieber: _4 is awesommmmmmmm! way to go.

I have been going forward with my plan to teach water aerobics. I will be signing up to job shadow water aerobics teachers this next week. That is exciting and then after I shadown them enough time they want me to teach my own classes. I am going to sign up to get my red cross lifesaving certificats soon. The classes start in Sept on the 14th and go through the 14th of October so I can be working as a lifeguard before I have completed my water aerobics instruction trainging. I am so happy. I actually went swimming the other day ina swim suit. It was a size 14 and I didn't look horrid in it. I was so surprised and the best part about it is that I was able to just ignore my thighs and arms and how awful they look and just swim my heart out for an hour. It was such a blessing from God to be able to block it out. I feel so happy about it.

In the mean time I have been really having panic attacks badly. So badly that I passed out at work and they have me on leave until my Dr. approves my comback to work. She is not going to approve anything until she sits with me and talks with my next Thursday so, I am off work but not fired. I honestly don't know what will happen with my job, I only know that they are going to try to work with my disability as much as they can and in the mean time, I am going to work super hard to finsih my schooling to be prepared to teach in the water and help other people get healthy and for them to feel comfortable in their own skin like the ones who helped me feel comfortable when I was 510 pounds. I am so excited.

I also have an application in for the "Doctors" tv show for an extreme plastic surgery makeover. I am waiting to hear from them.

That is about all the news for now.

Blessings,
Annie

Kayley -- I hope the little guy is adjusting. Can't believe you just found him like that!

Annie -- From everything I've heard panic attacks are so debilitating. I wish you luck in dealing with them. But you sound so excited about some of the other news -- water aerobics especially! I think you would be such a lifeline and inspiration to others, so good luck with it!

Good Morning everyone!

Kayley- I hope you are right about me blowing my goal out of the water cause i am trying really hard and there is 5 weeks left until the golf outing so if i lose 2 lbs a week for the next 5 weeks i would definately be where i want to be!

Dogpal- thanks i couldnt believe it when the scale said 4 lbs i actually stepped on it a couple times just to make sure i wasnt seeing things and congratulations on your 297 lb weight loss that is terrific!! I still have a ways to go i have to lose about 170 more lbs to be where i want to be but i know i can do it this time!

Well, i am off to go workout today i am going to try doing one of my firm dvd's i know they are hard but i can do it yesterday i did one of my slim in 6 dvd's only made 35 mins out of 60 but im proud of what i did.

Have a good day!
Heather

Hiya Peeps!

I've been in the background, lurking.

Nooch, I love your wedding photos. You look radiant and are absolutely shining in them.

Kayley, OMG that little one is so PRECIOUS. Awwwwwwwwww, I just want to hug him and kiss him and protect the little guy. He's lucky to have you.

Annie, I am sorry to hear of your panic attack coming back with a vengence. I'm glad I am not prone to them or I'd be in the midst of them as well.

Hugs to everyone!! I lubs you all.

Luv,
Ratkity

Annie to bad its like a 28 hour drive from here to there. Cause I would definately be in your aqua fit class!

OMG OMG OMG..i just had to come on here and tell you guys my NSV...


A couple of years ago my MIL gave me some clothes that were too big for her cause she had lost some weight but most of them were 1X and at the time i was wearing a 2X-3X but i kept the clothes to get into later on..its a long story but at the time i was doing WW but i had to quit because of financial reasons and i gained a bunch of weight until this past June ( sorry im rambling)

Well, there was a denim jacket that she gave me that also has hearts on it and it is from the Quacker Factory ( if any of you watch QVC you know what im talking about) anyway, it didnt fit me back then at all and i tried it on about 6 months ago and it was tight in the shoulders and not even close to buttoning so i put it back in the closet. Well, today i was looking for something to wear in my closet and came across the denim jacket and thought to myself " i will just try it on to see how it feels" well i put it on and OMG it isnt tight at all in the shoulders and i can buttong it just barely it is still to tight to button i can meet the buttons tbut not button it yet but i started doing a happy dance cause i am so excited

So, i think when i lose another 10 lbs i will be able to wear it! My goal is to wear to an event coming up in t he middle of october!!

Sorry to ramble i am just so totally excited i had to come tell someone!

thanks for reading my long story
Heather

Hey all, just stopping in for a quick hello. Been busy all week with things and yadda yadda. I hope everyone is well.

I've spent the entire week eating whatever I wanted, and eating sensibly, not counting calories, and my weight is down down down. I'm now at about 270, getting rid of that TOM weight at the moment. I even had a chocolate bar last week, though it took me the entire week to eat it hahaha. I can't eat that stuff in one sitting...awesome chocolate, which can be good for you , dark hazelnut and black currants organic chocolate. Yum. It was my treat for the week, so next week I'm doing another treat which is going to be these raw cinnamon balls that I make out of flax seeds and some nuts. Sounds good! I basically just eat when I'm hungry and until I'm full now and I feel like I'm eating all the time. Hehe.

Been experimenting with recipes this week and having a blast. Made a few nut cheeses, no dairy, just nuts blended with other ingredients. That was tasty and nice . So, basically I'm changing my attitude toward things and having fun doing my little food experiments and all on a budget. WOO!

I hope everyone is doing well! *HUGS*

Added WOOHOOS: Congrats on the jacket almost fitting Heather! I love it when things start to fit!

Hope you are all having a nice Saturday. It rained all day here, so I just stayed in the house, got in my hour of cardio, my half hour of yoga, and watched movies all evening.

I’m starting to feel my belly getting softer; not as firm as it was when I first started. So that’s a good thing! I’m looking forward to my weigh-in on Monday. Hoping for something good! I did well with eating today. The weekends are sometimes a challenge for me, not sure why, as my schedule really doesn’t change day-by-day…at least not until I’m in classes again on Wednesday.

Annie – That is so great about the shadowing. Be sure to tell us how it goes! Not only will you be an inspiration to those in your class, but you’ll never be able to just ‘blow off’ the exercise, which is good. Good luck!!

Wow….I’ve started to get panic attacks lately, but I can’t imagine passing out due to them…that’s gotta be so scary. I don’t know if I missed something, but do you know the cause of the panic attacks, or have you always gotten them?

Heather hb – I’m going to start calling you that, since we have two Heathers on the board. Way to go on that Non-scale victory! You’ll have to take a picture once you fit into it! 35 minutes is great. I know whenever I start working out again from not for a while, I can never do the whole dvd. Just takes time. You’ll be doing the whole 60 minutes in no time!

Jacquie – Good to see you; and with good news! Congrats! Keep up the great work. Save some of the Cinnamon balls for me. Sounds delish!

Heather: THANKS, so nice to see you around. I hope you have been enjoying your summer off from teaching.

Rat: I sure miss you. Glad to see you here.

Julia: You make me smile

Hbieber: Woo hoo for the jacket news. Way to go.

Kaeyley: I have always had panic attacks but they come and go so I have to stay on top of it.

Jacquie: Way to go on the weight loss.

Tomorro is my official weigh in day and I'm hoping for it to be just as good as today or better. I am at 212 today! Yipee only 2 more to go and I'm at that dreaded 300 pounds lost. lol. I can't wait and then to get past it will be awesome too.

Blessings all,
Annie

evening chickies...

Annie: I had a spat a while ago with panic attacks..they are not fun! HUGS!!

Kayley: It rained here too last night and this morning..so awesome for us

Jacquie: nut cheeses with no dairy?? Sounds interesting.

As for me: took my friend to the er last night ..turns out she has an infection in her small bowel. We were there until 330 am. I also went into work this morning at 9am for some overtime. So I am going to relax this evening and do a little sewing.

Annie-The new medicine I'm on has helped me so much with panic attacks, even in the middle of this difficult therapy. I don't think I could have done the Prolonged Exposure Therapy without it. I do understand how freeing the water can feel. It's the only place I don't feel like a cripple.

Cyn-Don't give up complaining about your back pain until you have a cause for it. I know what causes mine, but back pain without a known source can be a silent symptom of ovarian cancer. We tend to be such people pleasers that we don't want to put the doctor out asking for tests, so we get substandard medical treatment sometimes.

Zelma-I'm still praying for your brother, and will put another round out to my prayer circle about his new hurdles.

I'm back from Calgary a day earlier than I expected. I'm going to enjoy tooling around tomorrow in the rental car (truck actually, they were out of cars) running errands since we can't take it back until Monday. I only have 3 sessions left of the PET therapy. We are passed working on the attack itself. He knew I was better when he heard I had made a joke about it. One of my friends was telling me about taking some vines out of her backyard, and they kind of attacked her around the neck like out of a scifi movie. I told her she could come over and we could compare neck scars. So the last 3 sessions are going to be on grief issues, about losing the person I was, the person I could have become. The big test though will be tomorrow. I'm going to call my mother for her birthday. I have not spoken to her on the phone is almost 5 years. Guess we'll see if I end up in a body bag.

Hi all....thanks everyone on your comments about my NSV


Kayleystar...i have been exercising for the past two months 5 days a week but i have been doing leslie sansone's walk away the pounds and it was my first time doing slim in 6 in a while but thank you for the encouragement i can always use it! and i will definately have to take a picture of me in it when i wear it which will probably be october but just seeing myself in this jacket made me see how much my body has changed in a way that i havent noticed before because outside of that jacket i dont think my body has changed much but that made me see how much it has!


Dogpal- thanks! and i hope you have a great weigh in tomorrow! i got my fingers crossed for you!

Well, this morning i decided to do the 3 mile walk instead of the firm cause i just really love doing my walks and it seems to work for me. I ate pretty well today until dinner time..we had spaghetti w/ roasted parmesan garlic sauce and for some reason i had a second helping but im not too upset about it because i put it on my daily plate and im under for my calories for the day and i will just make up for it tomorrow by not having hardly any carbs but other than that it was a pretty good day!

Have a good night all!
Heather