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Discussions about issues, challenges and strategies for people who plan on losing 200 or more pounds.

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November 4, 2005, 3:29 am PST

Megan's post sure made me think!

When she wrote that's all I am (negativity).  Oh boy, we are so much more but sometimes really hard to see for the clouds.  That is why we have all the things in place to make sure we have a place for reality checks! Of which, I need one!  The board, friends, some people lucky enough to have supportive family, journals,  the WLC book , our faith........many avenues! But you can still stick your head in the sand.............I think I'm getting a PHD in that lately. 

  

I'm completely back to eating sugar, bread ........and letting changes at work get the best of me.......the good thing is I am moving more so have gained no work but I do know that I am just one mouthful  away from putting it all 60 back on.  My staff and friends have noticed that my eating habits have changed and my son has noticed that I'm not walking and working out...just vegging!   

  

So the next questions are mine..........do I want to gain the weight back or do I want to continue on this journey, commit to it and quit playing around with my life. When I see it written like that it almost looks silly........I'm the only one that can do the work to be healthy.   I know how.  I need to decide to do it. 
 
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November 4, 2005, 8:46 pm PST

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Hi everyone!  I just wanted to get my new picture up.  I just got them done today.  This is how I look now and I think you can tell I've lost some weight.  My hair isn't curly anymore either.  I hope you like it.  The board automatically resized it for me so it's wider than it should be.  But it's very close to what it should look like.  Have a good night, Dee!
 
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November 5, 2005, 1:24 am PST

Hi Deb

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Hi Deb!

 

Boy, this is going to take some getting used to! 

 

If you are new to the board I offer you a hearty welcome and tell you that you have come to the best place for support you can find.  We understand what you've been through and how it feels probably better than anyone else, so stay a while and you'll see quickly how much care, love, and kindness can be found here.

 

My name is Millie and I have been on this board since the beginning of the weight loss challenge in Sept. '03.  I lost A LOT of weight and then gained A LOT back, but my friends here have seen me through and been faithful.  I'm currently maintaining a 53 pound loss, for which I'm very grateful.

 

It's good to be back.

 

Love,  Millie

My name is Kay and I just signed up yesterday and I'm very happy to find this message board.  It looks like a really nice place to be.  You all sound positive and supportive.  I knew there were other people out there that had some of the same feelings I do, but didn't know how to find them.  I think I just did!  I am 52 years old and weigh 260 lbs.  I am changing jobs on November 14th and it will also change my lifestyle.  I am a dispatcher for the police department and have been for almost 6 years.  It is a very rewarding, challenging, stressfull and no life, kind of job.  I work shift work and we rotate every 3 months.  I have put on and taken off 40 - 60 lbs since I started, several times.  Fast food, shift work and caffeine are not the healthiest things in the world for you.  When I started working her, I did not take any medications.  Now I take six.  I was taking eleven different meds before my surgery this past June for an incarcerated hernia.  I have put on about 20 lbs since my surgery in June.  NOT GOOD!  I do have hope that things will change when I get back to a semi normal life.  I had stomach staple surgery in August of 1985 and I almost died.  I was in the hospital for 2 months and in intensive care for 3 weeks of those 2 months.  I am grateful to be alive.  I would like to stay that way, but this weight is going to kill me if I don't take care of it NOW....I am grateful to find you all and hope to hear from you soon.   

  

okayk53@myway.com 

Kay 
 
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November 5, 2005, 1:29 am PST

Wow

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Hi everyone!  I just wanted to get my new picture up.  I just got them done today.  This is how I look now and I think you can tell I've lost some weight.  My hair isn't curly anymore either.  I hope you like it.  The board automatically resized it for me so it's wider than it should be.  But it's very close to what it should look like.  Have a good night, Dee!

Dee, 

I don't know what your old picture looked like, but you are a very pretty woman.  My name is Kay and I am new to the board.  I am looking forward to meeting and making new friends.  Have a great weekend, Kay 
 
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November 5, 2005, 2:09 am PST

Hi Woodman

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It is nice to share with people that understand. I appreciate everyone who responded. It makes me feel like you all just understand--and thats nice. The news of the day is that I took a really big step in my weight-loss journey. It turns out that my trainer had the idea of calling a couple of the local papers and see if they would be interested in my journey. I admit that at first I didn't think it was such a good idea. I mean who wants to hear someone who is overweight talk about how they want to lose weight. After I did lose some weight I started thinking about being accountable and admitting were I am at. You want to talk about getting real - I couldn't believe that he actually got an interest from our local paper The Plymouth Observer. It must be because of all the weight loss shows on TV. 

  

The photographer and one of the writers came out. I was kind of nervous at first and then I just started talking about everything. I guess they are interested on following my weight loss journey. On one side it is such an opportunity to help myself and others reach there goals. On the other hand I had to reveal everything like my weight and what I used to eat. It was like one big therapy session I have no Idea how it will turn out. They stayed for an hour and I have no Idea what they are going to use and how they will tell my story. They took my picture with a 45lb weight in my hands to show how much I had lost so far. All I can say is it was crazy! 

  

You can sure say the cat its out of the bag. This just proves that there are emotional changes going on as well as physical. There is no way 12 weeks ago I would have told anyone what I weigh. Now everyone will know. There is no turning back I will reach my goals.-wood 

Wow, that's pretty cool.  I am new to the board and I just read your story.  I don't think I could have been as brave as you are. I admire you.  You are great and I'm rooting for you.  I live in a small town and my picture has been in the paper a couple of times, but thank God it was only my face. And I didn't have to tell them how much I weighed either.  I broke off a relationship a few years back and he still lives in this town.  I must say, he is the real reason that I don't think I could do the "newspaper" thing.   However, I think if my self esteem was better then it is, I would love to go for it!  What an incentive!  Keep up the good work....Kay
 
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November 5, 2005, 2:48 am PST

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Just a quick note to say hi and let you know we arrived fine and had a good trip (long, but good==1400+ miles). Our son and his girlfriend should arrive tomorrow night to help us unload the cars and trailer and we should get keys to our new place tomorrow afternoon. We're busy shopping for furniture and sort of finding our way around town--it's really quite spread out but I'm beginning to know my way around now. 

 

Linda: We've heard some people say their memory foam beds had a smell to them. Did you notice it? Is it just because they are new? Does the smell, if it has one, go away? If so, how long did it take? We are getting a memory foam bed, but will probably go with one of the less expensive ones. It has the same guarantee as the tempur pedic but the cost saves us over $1000, which is a lot to discount on the price of the bed. we also shopped for furniture for the rest of our house, but we'll probably hold off until our Montana house sells before buying much more.  

 

I hope you all have a terrific day and weekend. I may not be on again until my own computer is online again which might happen early next week. Talk to you all soon. 

 

Cherie 

 

p.s. the fresh fruits and veggies available here are fantastic!! I'm really going to enjoy eating healthy and can't wait to get into my own house so i can plan those healthy meals and use lots of the local fresh produce! 

Welcome to Arizona....wow, I was excited to read this and find you have moved to Arizona.  Where in Arizona?  I live in Payson, approximately 90 miles Northeast of Phoenix.  I am new to the board and excited to be meeting new friends.  To find one this close is really exciting.  Have a great weekend.  You picked a good time to move to Arizona.  Not sure when you moved, but in November it is nice.  Have a great weekend.....Kay 
 
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November 5, 2005, 5:37 am PST

Now I know!

Hi Kay!  Welcome to the board.  There's lots of really nice people on our board.   

  

Cherie!  Congradulations on the move!  Are you closer to your kids?  I'd like to do some travelling sometime but right now isn't feasable.  I hope you really like the place you've moved into and get your computer set up soon.  I have been doing the diabete low blood sugar thing so I don't trigger my insulin.  I've been having less dizzy spells which is great!  Thanks. 

  

To everyone!  Hi!  I got my before pictures as well as a new me photo done yesterday.  To the newbie's  I was 340+lbs at one point in my life.  I couldn't breathe.  I crawled up the stairs when my legs gave out at step four and I hurt all the time.   I'm 257.5lbs right now and I'm getting way more active.  I walk with my toddler and I can do stairs.  I breathe way better and don't use my inhalers every day.  Life's not perfect but it's not supposed to be.  The best part is life is way better than it used to be for me physically.  Mental blues are way easier to deal with without  carrying the extra 12 year old on my body ( that's the 84lbs+ I've lost, the approximate weight of a 12 year old).  I get to do things with my kids and enjoy life more.   

  

If you're new to the board, whatever you decide to do, I hope you give yourself the time to shine. You can do this by staying with it today.  People are here to cheer you on.  I believe we reach for our dreams and they become real.  Man walked on the moon because we dreamed and went for it! You can too. 

  

Virtual hugs from Dee! 
 
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November 5, 2005, 6:05 am PST

Hello Kay!

I'm new too- Welcome. Thank You for your kind words. The newspaper thing is really scary but I'm am just focusing on the fact that it will help me so much. It really is an opportunity.  I know that there will be people out there that will just think I'm a fat pig but I have cared about what other people think for too long. I mean look at were that got me. I'm working on me now and your either in one of two categories. Your with me or your against me. If your against me you got to go. I don't need the negative energy. I am tough enough on myself as it is and I don't need anybody else to join in.  

  

ANYWAYS- It is just nice to have some control now days. I forgot what it feels like and it feels great. Yesterday I moved a bunch of furniture and it just felt good to be able to do it and not be all out of breath. I just have to remember that this is my journey. The changes I see now others may never notice. I know whats going on and its good. I'm glad I fired my old life manager and hired a new one because it feels good to have a little success.  

  

I am having a 30th Birthday get together tonight. I know I'm not going to be perfect. The important thing is I am planning on managing the night and I will not allow myself to go of the deep end. Wish me luck! LOL -wood 
 
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November 5, 2005, 6:45 am PST

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I'm new too- Welcome. Thank You for your kind words. The newspaper thing is really scary but I'm am just focusing on the fact that it will help me so much. It really is an opportunity.  I know that there will be people out there that will just think I'm a fat pig but I have cared about what other people think for too long. I mean look at were that got me. I'm working on me now and your either in one of two categories. Your with me or your against me. If your against me you got to go. I don't need the negative energy. I am tough enough on myself as it is and I don't need anybody else to join in.  

  

ANYWAYS- It is just nice to have some control now days. I forgot what it feels like and it feels great. Yesterday I moved a bunch of furniture and it just felt good to be able to do it and not be all out of breath. I just have to remember that this is my journey. The changes I see now others may never notice. I know whats going on and its good. I'm glad I fired my old life manager and hired a new one because it feels good to have a little success.  

  

I am having a 30th Birthday get together tonight. I know I'm not going to be perfect. The important thing is I am planning on managing the night and I will not allow myself to go of the deep end. Wish me luck! LOL -wood 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...with the positive attitude you have, you will do wonderful at your get together tonight.  You have a wonderful time and thanks for the uplifting message....Kay  
 
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November 5, 2005, 9:05 am PST

welcome to Kay and Woody

Last week I wrote a long message and welcomed you, Woody, but in my stupidity (didn't get timed off the board--just stupid) I hit a wrong key and lost the whole thing. With the move the computer time has been very limited and it took forever to get it working right, but now that it's working we're heading back to Montana to finish clearing out that house and to stay until Thanksgiving with family there, then return to Arizona.

Yes, WE LOVE IT HERE IN YUMA!!! I can't say that enough. Each day is a new adventure and it's all positive. I'm still waiting for the bad part (doesn't everything have good and bad?) but so far it's all good. People are very friendly and I've been offered 2 jobs (not even LOOKING yet). We decided I won't go back to work until after the first of the year--it would just make settling in more difficult and stressful and then we'd also have to file income tax in 2 different states. This way I shouldn't have trouble finding a job here--lots of them--and get totally settled in to the new place.

All week we've been buying furniture and shopping, finding our way around town, meeting the neighbors and people at church, visiting a cousin who is a snowbird here in the winters (we grew up together and then lost touch). I hate to think of leaving and go north to snow and icy roads, but it must be done. And I can try again to coax my mom into moving down here with us. I do hope she will do it--it would be so good for her arthritis too (I'm even WALKING all over the place here!). My mom-in-law wound up in the hospital less than 48 hours after we left town with vertigo. She stayed there 5 days and then DH's siblings placed her in a nursing home. We both knew they wouldn't give her the level of care we had done, but we hoped they would do a bit more than this. She is very distressed and confused. I tried calling the nursing home to talk to her--to reassure her and comfort her--and the nursing home's phone had no amplifier so she couldn't even hear me. Wouldn't you think a nursing home would have an amplifier phone of all places?? I was so frustrated, but we'll spend as much time as we can with her on this short trip and we'll still take her with us for thanksgiving day. It breaks my heart that she is so confused and DH's siblings just explain it away as her being "stubborn". She does have Alzheimers (or some type of dementia) and gets confused by any changes to her routine and the changes frighten her. She does quite well if someone just comforts her a little and explains things to her in a kind voice--she won't remember it 10 minutes later, but her fear is comforted and she adjusts much better. They've been just arguing with her and telling her to quit being so stubborn. I could SCREAM!! But there's not much we can do from 4 states away.

My mom is right, I think, when she says "It's hell to get old".

I hope to get back more regularly in December and will check in again while we're up north on DH's laptop, although that may be spotty. I hope you all have a terrific weekend and I'll talk to you again soon.

Cherie

p.s. Megan, I'm glad to know you are among the living, but you need to get over that idea that you can spread negativity--you are MORE than your moods and feelings and we want to be here for you, to be your sounding board when you vent. So please come back for more than just a dark "hello", ok? And Dee, I still see your old photo--did you change it back again? It has your same smiling face and curly hair. And Stef--the black hair looks pretty good to me too, but if you truly hate it, go to a GOOD beauty shop and they can put on a color "lifter" that removes all the dye to its previous state. It IS hard on the hair though and may cause breakage or worse damage. And what was wrong with the previous color?
 
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