Hey guys!
I have been so extremely busy, it is not even funny! It seems like every day that I have off......that I am slated to do
something! 
Have you ever pulled apart your day and looked at one moment and said..........
This can NOT be my life? I experienced this yesterday. I am trying.....notice I said
trying, to take a bath and I've got the whole frappin family in the bathroom with me! Here's the scenario: I'm sitting in the tub, with bubbles all around, (I would like to say at this point, that I no longer touch the sides---which is very exciting) and I hear this banging noise. I look out from behind the curtain, and dh has a hammer and is banging away at the linen closet door facing. I ask him what in the sam hill he is doing and he said he noticed that the facing was coming lose, so he decided to fix it. In the meantime, Brian (14 yr. old) comes in and says, "I need you to help me find something nice to wear to my banquet Saturday night." So, then my bath turns into a fashion show..........dh is helping Brian try on different pants, shirts and jackets. Once again, I am not understanding why this has to be done in the
bathroom! So, when I am just about at the breaking point, Trey (9 yr. old) comes in with a pot and an eggs and wants to know how long eggs are supposed to boil. So here I am, soaking wet, bubbles deminishing, soap scum building, with two kids and a dh in the bathroom..........all I need now is the partridge in the pear tree! At this point, I DEMAND everyone leave before I either a. jump out completely naked and scare everyone to death, or b. drown myself. And I must say, option "b" was beginning to look pretty good.
We had some friends come over tonight and they brought a TON of boardgames and we grilled hamburgers and had a really nice time. After they left, I headed out to Wally World and got the old layaways out and here I sit now.
I would like to also mention that I finally got some more cards!!
I have received cards from Mary, Sara, Kat, Lucky, Michelle and 2cute! Everyday gets better and better. I was majorly disappointed taht I have no pictures of
Kat, or
Michelle. You guys better get on the stick and I mean it!
Sara: You are very lovely. The difference between you now and your wedding pictures is very startling. Isn't it nice to see all that hard work pay off?
Kat: I loved my card.....the sentiment was so nice. I do have one word for you though:
PICTURES! Oops, was that too loud?
Don't want to wake up your subconscious..........P.S. Congrats.
Lucky: How very pretty you are and I absolutely love the collage. Your creativity was awesome. I would like to say though........I feel as though I have been mislead. I have felt the need to help you find a man, when it is painfully obvious that you can do that on your own. You are a beauty.........inside and out.
Michelle: I was also disappointed that I had no picture of my buddy......perhaps you will get with the program soon!
All kidding aside, what you wrote on your card meant the world to me! I almost started bawling!
Don't you know that you are my inspiration too?
2cute: What can I say about your card? I was absolutely honored and so moved that you would share your life with us in such intimate detail. I know that, that was probably pretty hard for you and that makes me love you all the more for the sacrifice. And by the way, YOU ARE 2CUTE!
You know ladies, I have done a lot of thinking the last couple of days about this weight loss thing and the support we give to one another. I am so thankful for the day that my leader at WW said, "There's a really good website out there called 3 Fat Chicks on a diet." Of course she also said to be careful when looking for the site............she said she reccommended the site to her pastors wife and when she went looking for it, she only typed in
"fat chicks" and left out the "3". Can you imagine what she found?
The thing that I have been thinking about and what I would like for you to think about also, is that.............we can be just about everything to each other on this site except for one thing. If we have a bad day, there are friends here to listen. If we want to celebrate a loss or an OP day, we have friends here to celebrate with us. We share recipes and good ideas, we offer inspiration and motivation............BUT, when it all comes down to it, the only one that is truly responsible for actually making the decision to lose this weight and
doing something about it....... is ourselves.
Sara is a huge inspiration, but (and please do not be offended, Sara) but...........Sara will not be there when I am tempted to eat a piece of cheesecake. She will not slap it out of my hand and say, "Get a grip lady!" Now, this is not meant as a slam towards Sara...........I'm only using this as an example, sweetie. What I'm trying to say is that WE are ultimately responsible for what goes into our mouths. We can look at Sara and see what a remarkable job she has done and that can spur us on...............because we can see that it is possible to reach our goals. But WE have to be ready to take that step and be strong on our own.
How many of us here does not know what to do to lose weight? Raise your hands............come on, raise em high. Hmmmm, not one. We ALL know that we have to reduce the calorie intake, drink the water, and exercise. I have spent 33 years of my life placing too much importance on
FOOD. The very thing I have loved so much, was killing me. Food should be used as fuel and nothing else. I have resigned myself to the fact that I will have to watch my weight and my food intake for the rest of my life and that's fine. I'm ready to do it. I will never let food take control of me again. Food or the overindulgence of it has already cost me so much. So many things I have wanted to do and I have stood on the sidelines and watched everyone else pass me by. All the things dh would have liked to do, but I always felt so tired and bogged down that he had to do them by himself. My kids are 14 and 9 and have never even been to Six Flags. Mom's too big to ride the rides and can't be walking around all day. We can't go to a baseball game, because Mom's too big to fit comfortably in the seat. Mom can't come to school to help out because she doesn't want the other kids to tease me because they will call her FAT. All these things and more I have missed out on because of FOOD. I have taken action ladies and control of my life and food will NEVER control my life again. Are you up for the challenge? Will you take my hand and join me?
I look at how small Sara is and I think I have so far to go to reach that point. I remember thinking just the other day, that I weigh more NOW than Sara did when she first started. But do you know WHAT ELSE? I DON'T weight 347 pounds anymore........and that's what I weighed when I started. I am now in the twos and looking forward to the ones. And I WILL do it.
Ok, that's enough
for now.........I guess that's what happen when I go two days without posting. These little fat fingers have just been flying! I hope I haven't offended anyone. I just have a very strong sense of power right now and I wish I could send it through this internet line to each and every one of you. I love you all so much.
I will try to hop back in tomorrow afternoon. Not sure if you guys are chatting tomorrow night or now, but once again, I will be a no-show.
Dh and I have tickets for The Nutcracker. We are going on a
date. I am very excited. We hardly ever get to do this kind of stuff. We have reservations at J. Alexanders, then we're going to the show and if it's not to late, we are thinking of going on a carriage ride. I'm very happy about this. We don't get to do this kind of stuff very often.
So, if I don't talk to you guys tomorrow night..........don't talk about me, ok? Well, not too much.
300+ and Ready To Try Again... #252
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Soooo...there ya go! Look for me in your mailbox in about a week or so. The most recent one is about 4 years old though...I am about 20lbs heavier than I am there...BUT NOT FOR LONG! 
Thanks Michelle... it was so exciting opening another 3fc card. 
I wish I had been there....
But so far ... so good. I feel good about my food... and I have been keeping myself more active. I even parked away from the door a couple of times . 
