Is there an uglier word than OBESE? I think not. As I stated in my last post, my trip to the doctor yielded a few things I need to have taken care of. (Heel spurs & Acid Reflux) Once my blood work is back and I talk to the MD, he will send me on to a foot doctor and gastro guy for the reflux. While cleaning out my purse today I found the receipt from the office vist. I paid the bill and left without looking at the slip that day, shoving it in my purse as I dug for the car keys. There is was------ horrible writing and all------- I could make out the word---obesity. A shot to the heart. A lump in my throat. A bitter taste of reality. As if the scale and the mirror are not enough to make me feel like crap--- there is that ugly word. So now what????? No magic beans or genie out there. It is up to ME. Lifestyle change- whatever it takes- to get rid of that ugly word. O B E S I T Y. I would rather be called one hundred other things than obese. Fat is not pretty so why should the word be? I am not looking for a pitty party. I am not whining. I am simply sharing. Ugly, ugly word.

Let's do it, girls! WE WILL!

Hello all I just stumbles across this thread and thought i would say hello. I usually post at the 100 lb club board. Bunna have you ever heard of pcos? There is a board here for it and one of the symptoms is prediabetis. I havent been officially diagnosed but my dr thinks its highly likely that is what i have. Dana have you heard the term MORBIDLY OBESE? That is even worse.

Hi Ladies! I am so happy to come to the board today and say that I have been OP for now a day and a half! The day is not over and I am taking this in small steps. Today for lunch I had to have some chicken tenders and reluctanctly I threw away the toasty french fries. Now I know chicken tenders weren't the greatest choice but there wasn't anything else. As it was a friend was picking up my lunch for me. But I will tell you this it is only day 2 and I am already having carb withdrawal. Now I know there is no real science to this but I do have a awful headache right now.

Anyway...I don't plan on being on here too long. So I will check back later.

Hugs & Smiles, Kina

PS...Welcome aboard new comers and lurkers.

Welcome Bunna. I had seen you up in the other thread and am glad to see you here. you want kick butt???? HEE HEEE HEEE We can do that. We also have the shoulder that understands, So hang on the buss is starting to get rolling!!!

Get your seat belt on!!!!

Kina go around the periferal of the store. all the carbs are loaded in the middle. stick with the meats and vegies, and a few fruits. and then sneak into the pork rinds section.

Pat I got on the scale and saw that it was up then i realized that it is TOM UGH.. As well as the fact that i am low on fluid. (that will cause me to retain thinking my body is in drought)

Girls are you ready????? lets get going!!!

Girls lets start to post our meals too so we can really be more accountable. this is a go and getum thread. add your exercise. too

B- 3 soft boiled eggs on a slice of atkins toast. 10 ecc (you will see this often)
l-eas lemon cheese cake bar 1 ecc
s-omlet 3 eggs and 1/2 c ham and cheese

No exerecise as I still am having a hard time with taking deep breaths with out coughing to death!!!

PSST Dana???

I got to admit I did so good today UNTIL dinner. You all know I have 4 children and my husband to feed besides myself. Well naturally as a mom and wife I have to feed them first. Which I think I learned something. But I was already set up for failure without the right foods and all the wrong foods in the house. Well the mexican food was smelling so wonderful that it took over my stomach grumbling. The only good note to this is that I ate the same amount as my oldest daughter...which is well underneath what I would have normally served myself. So as much as I want to beat myself up...I really do have to applaud myself for doing okay. But tomorrow is another day and I plan to do excellent for the remainder of the days. I can honestly say I stayed away from the cookie counter at work...woohoo!

Intake for today:

B...2 scrambled eggs with sausage water
L...2 chicken tenders diet coke
D...4 flautas 1/3 c rice 1/4 beans diet coke
s...orbit gum


Well I have to do homework. I'd like to see others post their intakes. It would give me ideas.

Hugs & Smiles, Kina

POST FROM PAM, that I brought over from # 50.
Didn't want her to get missed

Darlins.... So much has occured.............I think God figured I needed reminding that you are all still here.
When the world goes crazy I still tend to withdraw. My world went....NUTS!!!
Mom was semi conscious for 4 months and nearly starved todeath as she went down I went up. I have a real hang up about starvation. It looks as though she has come out of it but I was near histaria. I can't spell tonight.
Thank you Sue Bee and Pat for remembering me. I started back a few months ago and many pounds ago as well, but everything went to **** in a hand basket about that time.As you well know I do not tend to get depressed but oh Lord was I ever. My last Siamese Chi who was born in my lap died in my arms, Mom, and Hubby was a wild thing. To much for me. Of course it did not help that Tom came to visit on Dec. 6th and has not left yet. The results came back and no cancer or fibroids but a thickening of the uterine walls was observed. This Wednesday I go to see an ob gyn. I hope they just pull the thing as it has been nothing but trouble since my daughter died inside me three days before her due date and that was back in 1985! My Darlins I am at this point a mess but here I am. I will be 50 in March and weigh in at 306. No I am not back to square one but about half way. I need to be here. I will tell you up front at this point I feel awful, physically I mean. Weak, and rather like I had been drug behind a horse for a couple of miles. I may be going through surgery soon as well but if you all can put up with me in this condition, I will stay or I can wait until this is resolved. I am ready to begin again regardless. I have sorely missed you all so much but well as you can see
I just pulled back into my cave and pulled the rocks down! I will be back tomorrow and hope you all are ok. I glanced through the messages as I came in and Suzie Q. I am so sorry for your losses. It seems we are all rather ashamed of ourselves but together I know we can come through this shadowed place and back into the sunshine. LOve you all.
Pam

I smell enthusiasm!

Dana, reality sometimes sucks. However, it can also inspire us to make life changes! Yes, obese or morbidly obese for some reason have a horrid sound to them. ANd then coming from an "expert". But again, you are taking action on this. You have had success before. We all have! Lets start building again!

Kina, It si so hard to juggle with a woe and family. I decided after my last store trip that DH has to eat like me too. At least in the beginning as right now I can't even have it in teh house. It will come! The carb headache should ease soon. How is school?

Hello Julie

SUe, way to go girl, did you see Pam's post? The bus is filling up. Take care of those lungs! You are doing awesome.

Was OP yesterday until teh evening.

See you all later

I knew I was missing some one when I was posting and the puter was acting up so I saw Julies post but missed it on my responces!!!

Hi Julie!!!


welcome and have a seat on the bus!!!We are ready and starting to roll. julie I have seen morbidobese and let me tell you that the person you are is just inside. Just hiding under the fat suit like dana likes to say. At 5'2"and 1235 lbs rearing at a size 2x or 24's I am boarderline morbid obese. over weight is sitting at 20 -m 30% body fat obese is 30+ and where I have been is up to atleast 55% at times. Pam who had posted here for so long lost from over 300 to around 270 and lower. She also has had many very difficult times with family and cats (kids of the fur) as you can her from her post. She has been such an inspiration to me that I am so glad to hear from her. Not her pain but her voice. Yes morbid obese is certainly a nast word and made to be ugly. come with us as we all work to shed that name.

Kina one meal at a time. Lear from your mistakes. this is a wol so it will take time to get it right and there will be time when there is no choice but just keep at it slowly. you will get it. I eat mexican. I munch out on the meat in a bed of letuce!!! MMMMM smothered with cheese. MMMMMM again.


Pat I am hanging in there. TOM had hit hard!! EEWWW my gut hurts. Holding up for my meals all of them. I am not making any tempting things here!!

Dana I found you once I am not going to lose you again!!! I can find you again!! :sneak:

b-3 eggs on low carb wheat bread
s-p-bar and p shake
l-chicken wrap from subway
d-steak and veggies

My server has been cutting me off all day :devil: Of course they said it is my modem, guess the modem fixed itself tonight huh :?:

I will begin posting meals Monday, just wanted to say hi.

So sorry to hear of your kitty passing Pam. I lost my baby a few months ago at the tender age of two. I miss him so bad sometimes.

I am reading the Dana Carpenter book and she has some really good things to say about lc eating and very informative, very sensible. When I have more time I will share some of those if you are interested.

I have been trying to get my husband to eat right for his diabetes for a while now and he will not do it, he goes all day with nothing and then he will eat two or three maple bars and a glass of milk or just one meal in twenty-four hours. I realized today while working on the book that I can only be responsible for how I eat and have no control of what he does. I must focus on taking care of myself.

Feeling a little better today, gonna wait a few days before I try going to the gym.

Kina: At least you did not eat like you could have for dinner. Any step is better than no step.

OBESE and MORBIDLY OBESE are scary words. I can't help but wonder how the heck I let this happen. Oh well, that is yesterday. This is a new day and I am in control of what goes in my mouth. Just gotta get through the cravings. :(

Good morning all,
Had an OK day yesterday.
b- non fat yogurt w/ go lean
l- soup
d- meat broccoli and my fall ( instant mashed potos)
snack carb solution ice cream bar(not too bad)

Bunna men can be a pain, and lo carb has been recommended as a woe for diabetes.

Dana how goes it girl??
Hey Sue wasn't it nice to see Pam's post?
Kina how goes it with you?

Well you all have a great day.

Good morning all. I am up and around feeling like I am going to live for another few days anyway. Chest and head are still congested but I feel better at least. Managed to keep the weight the same in spite of not eating OP during sick time. Too much OJ, honey and lemon Hall's and definitely not enough plain water.

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round... ;) Let's keep it rolling girls. We can all do this, it is up to us what choices we make today regarding food and exercise. Do we want to continue to feed the fat or fuel our bodies so they use the fat to keep us moving?

I know one of the changes I am going to make in my own thinking is not to allow the thoughts about what I might miss roll around in the head for long. One of the things that Dana's book talked about was setting Indulgence days (about 7 or 8 per year) and you can eat whatever you would like on those days. She also said that after eating lc for eight years her Indulgences changed over time. Now this suggestion was for those of us that are following Protein Power or Atkins as the other programs allow more carbs. Her suggestions were of course, Valentine's Day (she did suggest one or two pieces of choc. not five lbs.), Christmas, Thanksgiving, your own birthday (not everyone elses.) I am also going to try to get the sugar alcohols out of my eating. Now that one is tough because I am a chocoholic but I am thinking when I have learned to cook more lc desserts I won't need to spend the extra money on lc goodies. :mad: They are sooooo expensive.

Everyone have a great day and I will report my meals in after work tonight. Time for breakfast. :hun:

:D Hello All!

Doing well here! Glad to see everyone is staying on the bus!

Not much to share here. I have been eatting right! :lol: YEAH!
Next time I face Mr. Scale - I should be DOWN a few!

I have an appointment with the foot doctor on 2/11. (My left foot is KILLING me!) Hopefully he will tape my foot up and give me orthotics for my shoes so I can begin to exercise. (I hope it is nothing more serious than that!) Right now, due to the plantar fasciitis, I must rest it! I have been doing arm stuff and sit-ups ---but we all know you gotta SWEAT that fat off!

I read all your posts. How alike we are when it comes to this BATTLE. We must fight to win. I hate being overweight.

Stay strong all!

Got to run and get DD2 but Dana have you heard of the slow burn exercise plan?? I will see if I can find a link to similar plans and Wow you can do it with minimal sweat!!!

Where is everybody today? Work went okay, I am pretty tired but we were busy and I didn't give out until about 1/2 hour before the last customer left.

b-turkey rolled with muenster cheese, green tea
l-chicken caesar salad
d-ham, turkey, cheddar, green tea
snack-atkins ice cream bar

May have a small snack when I get off here of almonds. Have not gotten all of my water down yet but we are watching a movie so I will sip on the rest of it then.

Talk to you all later.