Hi girls! Well, it HAS been quiet in here and I know that I am partly to blame! Sorry about that.
JOYce - I know that your doctor's diagnosis has really thrown you for a loop and scared the heck out of you! I am so sorry you are feeling so down - wish I could join the others here for a huge group hug! We have all been in that place where we have endangered our health because of our weight! Carol's advice was excellent & I am glad you are sharing the news with others. Water aerobics is supposed to be great fun, and I am so happy that your friend is going to help you get started! Boy, between your garden goddess & your health, you have had a lousy week! I am so sorry. But perhaps this is the wake up call which will get you going down the right path. You know we are all here to help. I guess you won't get this until your return, but I wanted to say it anyway!
*Listening* to Linda, Jan & Carol all discussing how difficult it is to stay on the straight & narrow is hitting home for me, too. ! What is it with that? Sometimes I think (OK, perhaps I KNOW) that I think - "It's OK, I can eat that. I will lose those few extra pounds next week." Only I don't and then, of course, there's another extra pound! I think I "pat" myself on the back for the 75 pounds lost and "forget" about the 0ther 40 that still needs to go. I have been slacking at this for almost a year now. It's definitely time for me to get back to business!
Well, I bought myself a Christmas present Tuesday evening. A new car! I got a Toyota Camry LE - it's so beautiful & rides so smooth. My Mazda 626 was getting to the point where it needed a little more maintenace work than I was willing to put out the $ for. I looked at another Mazda but they haven't changed much in the six years! that I have had my old one. I wanted something that looked different! Anyway, its a beautiful medium blue color & I just LOVE driving it!
Carol - What's up with Janet? Have you heard from her at all? Guess you are getting ready to go to Florida in a few days. Hope your job search goes well. ANYONE would be lucky to have you - you just have to convince them of that!
Jan - Sorry about dh being sick. Did he get a flu shot? I have been meaning to get one but I somehow keep putting it off. I think it would be great to have dh join you at the meetings. I think a major key would be to find a meeting that does have some guys as regular members. The men always lose so much more quickly than we do - it would be great support if there were some others there too. I think it would be great to have another get-together - our "second" annual 3FC gathering! How do the rest of you feel? Any chance we could all get together - even our California coalition?
Michelle - Welcome to this wonderful group!!! The weight loss journey is difficult & we all need all the support we can muster. There are ladies here who have lost a LOT of weight - a couple are at goal & managing to stay there. A couple of us lost a good deal of weight & have not gotten to goal but are maintaining our loss - well mostly, anyway!
Some of us are in the process of losing - we are all at different points in the journey & hopefully can offer you our own wisdom & support.
Guess Saara is so busy with school that she can't get back here as often as we would like her too. There's so much on TV about the winter Olympics - I think about her a lot. I hope she will be able to get into some of the events. Saara, let us hear from you!
I am cooking Christmas Eve dinner for dd & sil, my Mom, & sil's parents. My Mom's sister who have joined us from Louisiana for the past many years is unable to come this year. I know Mom will miss having her here. They have such a good time together
Tomorrow we have one more post-wedding event. We need to go to the place which is preserving my dd's bouquet & pick out the framing and design. Then, other than getting the wedding dress out to be heirloomed, we are officially out of wedding duties. A new year looms....... now, if I could JUST find something to do with all this leftover "wedding stuff" in my dd's old bedroom!!
Girls, I may not be back in before Christmas. Let me wish you all the best in the world & a blessed Christmas. I will be thinking of you all - kind of neat, thinking about friends residing from coast to coast - all enjoying their own Christmas! Even though some of us have never met in person, I feel I know you all so well and feel truly blessed to have made this connection.
I did take your advice, already. Sitting next to my friend at meeting this morning, I leaned over and whispered that I am now under Dr. orders to be there, and why. She immediately asked if I want to go to water aerobics with her. She will take me as a guest the first time. and she stayed after wards explaining more about it. I plan to go the first opportunity in January...I'll see her at meeting next week, and arrange the time.
