HELLO LADIES ~
~ After several days of rain, we finally had some sunshine today; a little cool, but lovely! I hope some of that rain made its way down to Georgia & Florida and put out those fires???
Well, I'm doing pretty well keeping OP this week; I'm sure perseverance is the key here. Was looking around the site and noticed that many people hit plateaus after losing 75-100 lbs. DH thinks that my body is just taking a short rest; and that it will continue on down very soon. Have been doing really well keeping up my exercise goals; surpassed them in May again ~ and that feels really great!
TERRI & LILION ~ I'm glad we don't get that show about those POOR DEAR SOULS who have struggled so with their weight. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on those who brought food and SABOTAGED them as they were reaching out for SOME HOPE AND HELP! Where was the staff; and, was there no monitoring or security to protect them???
As I read the many stories in these forums, threads, and pages, I start to wonder if the doctors really know anything about how to help overweight people. If these diets really worked, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE TODAY! We would have been cured a long time ago, right??? Why is it so much easier for us to blame ourselves?
I think WE are the ones who are trying to find the answers; WE keep trying different plans, methods, recipes, ideas, etc; in the hopes that today might be the day that WE find the secret to prolonged, successful weightloss!
UBERCONTRALTO ~ love that poem; thanx for posting it. He mentions the trickery of the world (read it after I wrote the above paragraph); seems related to me, but I still look up each day and my hope is ever rekindled! I'm still trying for balance and moderation; and good health is the payoff!
RUTH ~ hang in there, girl; I know it's really tough what you are going thru right now. DH's mother had Alzheimer's and now his memory has been giving him some real trouble lately, and I know that he's upset about it; so I'm trying to encourage him to enjoy every minute of every single day!
ANGELA, LUJA, SUSAN & EVERYONE ELSE ~ we all slip sometimes, but just keep on going; good for you all ~ the fact you are here means you really care and want to be healthier.
GARDEN UPDATE ~ everything is up except my potatoes; will wait to plants the green and yellow beans mid-late June. All the rain helped the garden to start sprouting earlier than usual. Got my tomato plants and will put them in the greenhouse this week; just watching the cooler weather. I would rather wait a bit as I got extra early varieties. Picked up three kinds, including TINY TIMS ~ plus a few Marigolds.
Well, that's about all the news here; just doing housework, laundry, cooking, the finances, and other chores as usual. DH has been helping my Dad build a small cabin (DH says he's really there for moral support and to be a kind of gopher; but he says that's OK since my father's in his mid-seventies). I'm amazed how he (my Dad) keeps going like an eveready battery ~ LOL!
ANYHOW ~ take care all; and just keep on doin' your best ~ your fellow encourager ~ ROSEBUD.
And remember ~ inbetween these goals, life still goes on; so, let's enjoy it as much as we can!