GOOD MORNING LADIES!!!!! Rise and Shine!!!
It has been ages since I started a thread! It's just after midnight so I figured it is officially Thursday and I will still be up for a while.......so here goes.
First, I want to THANK some special people.
Sherri, What can I say??????? You are always there with such wise, encouraging words. Thank you for understanding every thing that I have had to deal with.........especially being tied down for the past 18+ years with few breaks. It slapped me in the face a while back that so many years have been wasted since we can't do things as a family....you know all together. Someone always has to be with dd at home. {for those that don't know, she cannot go out much due to medical susceptabilities} There isn't much fun when the freedom isn't there to just go out. Our saving grace is that she is such a love.......and has such a wonderful, beautiful personality. Not a mean bone in her body and she just goes with the flow enduring everything that is thrown her way. As DH says, 'her smiles make it all worthwhile'.......but I tell ya, it's TOUGH. We also know that if it wasn't for our vigilant care, she wouldn't be with us....and that would hurt even more. Thanks for encouraging me to vent [yep, my eyes are welling up]. Hey, you got your hands full too. Sorry the boys are teething at the same time. That can be rough. Megan is getting big, WOW molars!!!!! Sounds like she is a great big sister! Give her a hug for being a good girl!
Wendy, First off, CONGRATULATIONS on Garret!!!! Brandon sure is a proud brother, I bet! Thank you also for your support with words to think about. God continues to give me the strength I have.......if it weren't for that, I wouldn't be perservering like I do. Most people would have given up on their child [statistics prove it], but I could NEVER put her in a 'home'. I think often that my nursing background is behind that. I KNOW the lack of care that is given..........and she would never have the personality she has....let alone be alive. I think you said you lost a sister, may I ask what she had? Hey, it sounds like you are doing well with taking off your 'baby' weight. Have patience, it will come off and the tummy will get smaller. Don't forget that our bodies change after having kids and our bellies may never totally go away, especially with C-sections. Crunches are probably the best, but not too many people enjoy them........I know I don't!
Hang in there dear! Yep, we do need to be honest with this weight loss game.
Penny, I love the cute attachments you have on your postings. You're busy also with your 3.....but it sounds like you are doing well. GREAT GOING!!!!
Eleni, LOVE YA sis. Hang in there...........get better. We all look forward to seeing you back......but take your time...........and get that BIG HEART of yours straightened out!!!!
Nita, I have missed you too and think of you often. How is your dh doing? I can relate so much about having lost our 'drive' to lose weight. We get on a roll and do great......then something happens and we get off track. Hang in there and we will turn the corner and get focused again.
Susie, Welcome to the board. You have done GREAT with your weight loss. In regards to the Elavil, it may cause weight gain, but only if you allow the food to pass your lips. I think it was nice of the doc to warn you that this could be a side affect, but maybe you can control yourself and keep up your losing ways. You already have a plan in place to keep up the exercise. It may not be as much as you were doing, but it is still something and that is a biggie!
It's getting late and I know I'm having a brain %#$^
and forgetting some of ya by name.........forgive me....but you're all wished the best with 'losing'.
Me, I finally had a loss last eve....a little one.....but still a loss. It has been difficult with not being able to walk much. I can't believe I went over on my left ankle yesterday and tourqued my bad knee again. It is so sore! Even walking down the ramp out of the house can't be done right. My range of motion is very limited in it. My luck has been horrible this year. I hope I can put off whatever needs to be done to it till late spring when the snow and ice won't be around. I fear it will be a knee replacement. I have been on crutches, with the ice picks on them, one time too many during cold months ....plus dh would have to take a lot of time off to care for dd. School is about to restart and he can't take off work, not till next summer when the 'kiddies' are out. SOOOOOOO, my focus is to get some of this weight off to make moving around easier, put less stress on the knees and help with the rehab time. Well, I have a plan, now I need to enforce it!!!!!
Gee, I wrote my book!!! [sorry] My butt is getting numb
from sitting too long. Think I'll get to bed. Dh gets up in 3 1/2 hrs. Luckily he's a big boy and gets his own breakfast. I am blessed with him and I know I don't let him know enough.
Have a great day everyone. Here's to us losing together and helping each other through life!!!
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Summer
Thursday 8/12
