Losing 100 Pounds in 2007 - 9/17 - 9/23

[thewhitehouse]

Penny and everyone else- I am serious about the Oprah thing and at the same time laughing. But what a story to tell. Wouldn't it be cool if we could all meet in person and especially at Oprah's expense!! She knows what it is like to be on a weight loss journey. She encourages this kind of thing. But not only her, other media would love a story like this to cover. It's a happy ending story with mystery in it. It is also encouraging to others. Of course those of us who want to can also give a testimony to Christ and bondage of food freedom. AND maybe we will get some new clothes and a cruise or two!! i bet we could get more than one show to cover it. Seriously...who's in? I will organize it with you all's approval and suggestions. Let me know who wants to do it. Only those who want to will be included so those who don't, won't have to worry. Besides, this is just the initial story to them. If they bite...and then you would like to jump on board, the more the merrier. Let me know if you are in for the initial letter.

Yes, lots of energy.

[Dreamcometru]

Tiffani: The Oprah thing would be cool, but only if we got a new wardrobe. But yes, meeting at her expense would be awesome. We could also pump our LC WOE. MMMMM, Pizza buffet. Yummy. I had DQ this weekend (one of those brownie earthquake thingy's and no, it's not small by any means), but OMGOSH! I felt awful after I ate it. Not guilty because it had been so long since I had had something like that it tasted so good. But it made me jittery from all the sugar and gave me a lovely headache for two days. I didn't eat dinner that night because I didn't want to consume any more calories for the day. I didn't gain anything from it, thank goodness.

Penny: What a rough day yesterday. I hope today goes better for you. What a great DBF. My DH rarely sends me flowers to the office, but when he does, it makes me sooo happy!

Lisa: Hope you are feeling much better today.

Bug: Great tat. And YES, I can see a difference between the two pictures. Thanks for sharing.

I'm finally DOWN this morning to 188.4. That's a big jump for me. I had left my salad regimen for a while but am back at it. I switched to the spritzer instead of regular salad dressing to cut calories back, and because my salad doesn't last until the next meal, I brough snacks to keep my metabolism going. I'm trying to keep calories under 1,000 a day. I also did my morning workout, a whopping 10 minutes, but its enough to get my heart pumping and work my muscles.

Kbetz: Hang in there. I have heard the second time around on LC is a lot harder and the weight comes off slower than the first time. As for a 3 lb drop a week, I did lose 2 to 3 lbs a week for the first three or four months. Then everything slowed dramatically. I'm not sure what your calorie needs are. I've dropped mine considerably from when I weighed 250 because apparently the less you weigh, the less calories you need. Divine is your expert there.

Hi Divine, Jennay and anyone else.

[thewhitehouse]

BUG- nice low riders!! JK. I like your tat!! I can really tell the difference in 30 pounds in that pic too. I have a small one on my ankle. About as big as a silver dollar. It hurt a bit. Right on the bone. I do not want another one! I think.

Kbetz- Someone was telling me about a no bake cheesecake. I forgot who, I think someone from church. Oh yeah, now I remember. I will see her tonight and ask her. She said it was awesome. As far as the weight loss goes, and the stalls...maybe it is your body's way of maintaining this weight for a while. Which is a good thing, because then it won't come back as fast. I don't know. I hope the cheat day goes as good for you as it does for me. btw...learn from my pizza buffet story. I still have 3 days to lose those, it would be totally cool if I still lost an additional 3-5 pounds. hehe. But still, lesson learned here. Ok, sister, my oldest son was diagnosed ADHD at a very early age too...3 1/2. Like Penny said, he was just bored and very smart. he is so brilliant now. The bad thing about it is, he went through a lot of pain and suffering because of being bored and goofing-off. He was always singled out and everything was always his fault even if it wasn't him. He was stereo-typed. I had one teach say he was ADHD and that he needed to be on meds. I asked her where she got her psychology degree and that she had no right or knowledge on how to diagnose him. She just wanted a stepford class that was "perfect". One time she safety-pinned a disciplinary note to hs shirt and made him wear it home like that. I was fuming. The next day I safety-pinned (and sewed on) a ribbon stating "I am a great kid". She sent a note home that he shouldn't be wearing a safety-pin, when it was hers to begin with. Needless to say, we had a meeting with the principal and the teacher. Didn't go as well as I wanted, but I was younger then and didn't realize all my rights as a parent in a school district. I had never had any real problems with him at home. He was golden for me. But I challenged him all the time. He has a goal to finish high school with 36 credit hours of college completed too. What I did have to do with him, though, is behavior modification. Basically...hold him accountable for the things he did wrong and reward him for the right. It took a long time to do. But worked. I believe in the Bible and God's word. And at that particular time, I did not spare the rod, because it was the best way to get through to him. Now that he is 14, I just take his music away. Or other things. But like I said, he is usually golden for me.

[thewhitehouse]

Dream- WOW...looks like the brownie worked, you lost!! Wouldn't it be nice if we could just eat brownies and lose weight!! oh well. I know what you mean about the jitters. I felt so sick. I thought I was going to throw up. I don't want to feel like that again. yukkkkkky. So, are you in with Oprah, or who ever. yes, I think we could get a new wardrobe out of it. But I really think some one might cover the story, don't you? I am going to keep a list of the peeps who say yes to having there stats and story formatted to send and we will go from there. Any ideas please post!! The end of the year is coming up quick.

Mycattz- hey girl. Glad you are feeling a little better. Please tell me what a frankenfood is... only thing I can think of is a hot dog. And that sounds good right now. it doesn't help that the kids are eating corn dogs. Turkey corn dogs matter of fact, my husband makes them at work. We can even get them with whole wheat batter. Pretty tastie!! But...oh well. I could take the breading off, but what's the point. blah blah blah.

[PoorAggieMom]

Kbetz - My personal opinion is that doctors are too quick to label/prescribe. I think what's wrong with society today is people don't discipline their children enough! I have no patience for the parents who let their children sit and scream and throw fits. Why make everyone around them miserable? But when I asked my 8-year-old niece why she threw fits, she said, "Grownups throw fits too, Aunt Penny!" She had me there!

When I first low-carbed four years ago, I lost almost 15 pounds on induction alone. I lost 40 pounds, and then my willpower fizzled, and the weight came back on quickly. I tried several times to start again, but I would only lose like 2 or 3 pounds after two weeks of serious induction, so I didn't feel like it was worth it to continue. This time I stuck with it. It seems like every time I get discouraged, I'll come in here and Dream will post about going three weeks without losing a single pound, or Lisa will give me a cyber hug, and encourage me to keep going. So even though I've only lost 30 pounds this time, hey, that's SIX bags of sugar! Once I start looking at it in a different way, it's the motivation I need to keep going. And I knew my clothes were fitting loose, but I didn't realize that you could actually see a difference until my boyfriend took the pictures. I was so excited that I had to post them! And once again, it was the encouragement I needed to keep going. I'm really busy, and I don't always have a lot of time for research, so I am thankful to DMM for her investigative reports! I've tried several of the things that gave her success. Some worked, some didn't, but that's what you have to do when you have 100 pounds to lose. My body gets used to things that worked before, so I do what she says and "shake things up". So just keep with it. Your whoosh will come soon!

Tiffani - You can count me out of the "testimony to Christ" and the Oprah thing. Perhaps others might be interested.

Dream - Congrats on the scales moving again! I have hit a stop sign and have to regroup!

I'm headed to my first physical therapy session today, so hopefully I'll be back to walking again soon, but I REALLY need to start doing something about this sagging skin! Gross!

DMM - I know that you said that the water workouts have been helpful. (Congrats on not having to use the cane, by the way.) I still don't want to go down there by myself. Maybe I could get my boyfriend to just come and watch the women in the bikinis or something!

[Jennifer]

Don't have a lot of time to post, just want to say to everyone!

I should be able to catch up tomorrow

[thewhitehouse]

Penny- good luck at PT. Hope it goes good.

It is such a nice cool day here. I love it.


Hey...btw...you don't have to use the Oprah thing to testify about Christ. That is just something I personally would do is thank Him for it. But...you can thank whom ever you want. I really want a new wardrobe!!

[Divine Miss M]

Well, I haven't been able to get to my regular Water Workouts of late, and I realized that the exercise wt. I've been gaining has been slowly dropping since last Thursday. So today I'm back to what my signature says...67.6 lbs. off.

But I feel awful...without my Water Workouts, my energy plummets and my bones and muscles start to complain.

My problem is the same one I've had for years; with homeschooling and keeping an eye on Mom, I can't get to the community center pool. Each time I do go, I worry that something will happen to Mom while I'm gone. I'm nervous the whole time.

One option is to go at night, with the result that those rambuctious boys will jump on me throughout the entire 1.5 hrs. Not only is that a disagreeable thought, so is going into the cold winter nights, after a swim and a shower --- the perfect way for me to catch pneumonia. (Ask me how I know...!) I'm always amazed that everyone else can give their hair a cursory blow-drying and walk out within 10 minutes. Not me. It doesn't matter how well I dry my hair and cover up like an Eskimo, I always get sick when I do that.

I think I'll have to return to Plan A and just make time for the lunchtime swim; it's hard to do during the week now that we are homeschooling again...

Tiffani: Sweetie, I can't yet offer either a "yea" or a "nay" on the Oprah idea; although I am a Christian, I can't really say my wt. loss is a testimony to the good Lord. I didn't ask specifically ask Him to help me lose weight but, this past spring, I finally did ask Him to help my health greatly improve, something I never before asked in all these years. Until then, I only asked Him to help me bear it, because He bore many crosses throughout His Life, too. That I found a way to improve my health (I realize it is not a cure, for there is no cure for my condition) can be seen as a blessing from God, but so can many other things in life, both the good and (what seems to us) the bad.

For me, slowly regaining my health and losing the weight is simply a matter of learning more of what I needed to learn, outside of the usual medical mainstream advice. Did God lead me to it? It's possible, for all good things come from Him.

Neither have I any idea of whether or not Oprah would be interested in weight loss via a Christ-like perspective, but my own convictions dictate that no kind of earthly reward can be my motivation in bearing witness to the Lord our God. I have no need to make any public testimonies, unless God makes it abundantly clear that such is required of me; I don't care for public attention in any way although I am not in the least shy. Believe it or not, I have been on television (quite an experience), I write and I am also a professional speaker on the subject of Christian home education. All those accomplishments are nothing; I only share that info since I am trying to relate that shyness and fear of doing anything (or not doing anything) due to false human respect are not issues for me.

Rather, I hope that my simple little life itself bears some witness to Christ to those who may happen to know me. I have found that, in the majority of cases, what He said of Himself is true of all Christians; that is, we are persecuted for our belief in Him due to the little things we do or don't do, especially when the Lord knows our intentions our good. Such things happen because He Himself told us that the servant is no better than the Master, Who died for us.

Loving Christ for His own sake and following His Commandments ("If you love Me, keep My commandments") is testimony enough...and only He Who knows all things really needs to know the little things we do for His sake. In the end, all we can say is "God's will be done." God love you, girl!

Btw --- Hello to all the girls...I wish I could read thru all the posts I've missed, but I'm trying to visit every thread before the dinner-time rush!

[thewhitehouse]

Miss Divine M, Penny, & Everyone else-- I am sorry, I must have wrote something wrong. I am not saying to go on a show just to give witness. I am saying LET US go on about our weight loss. Lets go on about how we all came together on this forum. How we never met in person. I think it would be cool to be able to meet someday. and why not let someone else be inspired by our stories and our WOE and encouragement to each other. What I was saying about Christ is that I personally would love the opportunity to tell people that I put it in His hands and He got me through it. It doesn't matter if you have Him in your life or not, relied on Him for this or not, or anything else about Him. This is about you and your story and then us as a group on this forum. How we supported, inspired, and cheered on each other through this change of life. It is not a faith in Christ story. I just would give Him credit because I did give it to Him and btw it is the first time I am succeeding in it. So again. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to offend anyone or mislead anyone. Sometimes my words come out wrong to others. Probably because I can babble my thoughts. Did I make it clear this time? I hope so, if not, please let me know. Sorry sorry sorry. I feel bad now. Did I offend anyone?

[PoorAggieMom]

Tiffani - I'm getting the impression that you see me as a non-believer, which isn't the case at all. I've stated here before that my faith is very private to me. I'm not going to come in here and defend my faith. You, on the other hand, are very passionate about your faith and want all to know. If you want to scream from the mountain tops, then go for it...whatever blows your dress up. Remember, I was the one who said that if you don't agree with what someone is posting, then just skim over that post and move on. I come in here for the tips, recipes and mostly the encouragement. Perhaps you might start another thread for those who want to praise God for their weight loss. I have no doubts that there are others who are as ardent professing their faith as you. You might even have some takers in your quest to go on Oprah.

[Bug]

everyone!
Trying to get caught up on all of the posts. I had to take my DH to his 6 month check up at the doctors yesterday so I was MIA. He's still stable - that's all that matters!

Thanks to Divine - I have practiced mixing up my food intake a little here and there. It seems to be working a bit. I won't know officially until Saturday morning when I way but I actually felt my stomach growling last night!

I have questions for you today -

Does anyone feel it hard to eat the 'right way' on the weekends or when they are around the family more? At work, I have no problems but when I'm home - wow - I really, really have a hard time.

Also, the second question - everyone that works out - do you find when you 'don't' work out one day that you ache really bad until you work out? When I don't walk one day, my lower back kills me. When I start to walk, it like works it out and I feel so much better.

Originally Posted by kbetz0419

Bug- did they say were one of the less painful spots is. I was thinking my upper butt, so only my hubby sees it, but I would be ope to other places. You know, something that only he knows is there! Does your DH have one? What made you want it? Mine dosnt have any and thought at first I was nuts. When he realized it was for flirty thing for him, he was all for it.

I'm sure other people can jump in here - anywhere there is not a bone/spine You're forearm or upper behinney would be good - there's cushion there. My DH is the only one that sees mine. No one at either one of my jobs even know I have one. It's just for him - only him. Of course, if I ever get down to a bikini clad bod then someone might see it. (I don't think we have to worry about that anytime soon ) DH does not have one. He's thought about it, has something picked out but has not totally decided yet. They are permanent. I've never wanted one until my birthday this year. It has some meaning to me. I probably won't get another one.


Everyone and have a great day! Will check back in later.

[thewhitehouse]

Penny- I am not saying anything about your faith, I am saying it about mine. Like I said, I didn't mean to offend you or anyone else. I love the diversity of God. And I respect that your's is a private, personal one for you. That is why I came on to apologize earlier. I guess I wrote that wrong too. Again, I am sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. I was just trying to make it clear that that is what I would do. That this is me. Just like yours is personal and I respect that, well mine is open and I respect that. Everyone is different. And btw I did start one up on the faith thread and I like it there too. But this one is different. Here we come on and all talk about what ever floats our boats. I am not trying to sink anyones by all means! Do you forgive me for being so confusing? I honestly didn't mean for it to come out like it did.

[PoorAggieMom]

Bug - I agree. I'm fine at work, but when I'm at home, my boyfriend is eating things that I can't have. Saturday morning he made those orange (cinnamon) rolls. He told me that he ate all eight of them so I wouldn't be tempted! But that's okay. I've lost 30, and he has gained 15!

And since I've been wearing these braces on my knees, I haven't walked as much and haven't taken the stairs at all (per therapist's request) and I have been so tired that I've been going to bed around 9:00 p.m.

My sister has several tats, and she said the ones that hurt the most were on her ankles, where there is mostly bone and no fat. I agree that if you're going to get one (or some), get them in inconspicuous areas that don't show when you're at work! I can't believe these kids who have tons of them! How are they gonna look when they're at a job interview...or when they're 80?

[Bug]

Penny,

That was one of the biggest things - I didn't want anyone to see it - just DH. Of course, I look at it everyday to show myself why I got it - because I am on my way to losing weight!

When I was off yesterday with my DH - it was a horrible eat fest. Okay - well, I tried to behave up to the point of last night when cinnamon doughnuts with cream cheese were brought into the picture They were good - that's all I can say. I.will.do.better. We give each other strength - I can't toss out what I've already gotten off!

[mycattaz]

goodmorning everyone...... well I am up on the scales this morning...... but other then that I feel alot better..... I think alot of the problems was the medication that the nurse practioner put me on... I called the doctor office this morning and request to go back on my other medication.... at least it doesn't make me want to stay in bed all day long....

I am eating Low carb today.... Yea for me! I started off with 3 eggs and a piece of ham and two piece of low carb bread.... and coffee .... hopefully today will be my day for getting back on plan.....

I have alot to do today.... we are doing a craft show next week and we have alot of preparing to do.... so we have to get busy..... OH did I tell you I am making fudge and brittle all next week We do this every year about this time.... we do 12 different fudges.... but for the show I think we are going to only do about 7 flavors.... we are also doing pork rinds and boiled, fried, roasted peanuts.... It will be a tuff week next week....

hope everyone is having a wonderful day..... will be back later

[Dreamcometru]

Hi Ladies:

I’m down today too! That’s two days in a row. Albeit only .4 of a lb, but being the slowest loser on the planet, I’ll take it. Yay. Even after my DQ disaster. I do think my body needed a shock and hopefully that did it. But remember, I always have to lose the same lbs 5 or 6 times before they stay off. What is this, round 3?

Bug: All I can tell you is that when I don’t exercise I crave it. And if I’ve exercised like crazy the day before, I need to do something to loosen the muscles the next day. OMGosh, when I go skiing, I’m so sore the next day. If I don’t do some type of exercise I pay the price dearly. So yes, it does loosen you up. Don’t fret about the donuts yesterday, although they sound sooo good! Jump back on the wagon and start all over. That’s what this WOE is all about.

Penny: Your comment about kids when they are 80 with tats made me giggle. That was what we said to our DD2 when she got her first one (yes she has about 4, and tons of piercings). It seems many kids are getting them these days, so they will all look the same when they are in their 80’s. To bad we won’t be around to see it (ewww, maybe we won’t want to).

Lisa: Hopefully your meds will be regulated soon. No worries about being up under the circumstances. Today is another day.

Hi: Divine, Tiffani, Jennifer and anyone else I missed!

[kbetz0419]

wow. I miss 2 days and I need to glasses to catch up on all the post.LOL
Life has been a bit crazy again and I have some things to deal with again. I have no clue if my weight is up or down rite now. I'm not weighing for a while. At this moment I dont care. I am eating as clean as I can and I am still doing my walking. I ditched my strict plan and I am probbably close to 35 carbs a day. Yippy skippy, I am even eating a small spoonfull of penute butter each day. Iv decided that my body can either shrink or stay the same. I do now that when I eat the garbage I dont feal well. When I dont walk I feal more tired and stressed. So I am foccusing on what feals good.

I wanted to report that I bought 3 pairs of jeans yesterday. #1 thrift and slightly snug.#2&3 new. They were all a size 20. My husband got annoyed with me because I wanted the 18s to fit and they dont. He asked when was the last time I wore I 20 and I said 3 years ago when I lost. He asked when besides than and I said 9 years ago before I had first child. He keeps telling me it takes time to get it off. I know all that but I know if there was a way to get the loose skin off I could wear the 18s. I am wearing 16s in tops from the missy section with no problem.My chest used to be overflowing a DD now it gets lost. Everything has fallen south.
My misson for the next few weeks is to lift and walk as much as possible to get rid of some of the skin. Than it will be back to strick induction to drop some more. The really weird thing is that the areas of my self that are the thinest are the upper half that doesnt get as much of a work out. I used to be balanced and now I am butt heavy, opps, I meant buttom heavy.
Sory for not much in the way of posting lately. I should be back on track when things calm down again.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying the nice weather. ( atleast I hope you have nice weaher, we do!)

[kbetz0419]

I wanted to let you gals in the 12 week challenge know that I have had to accept the fact that I am not able to loose 30 pounds in 12 weeks. I do not want to give up. I like the thrill of meeting a goal. I am just going to make it 12 pounds in 12 weeks and it will be pounds lost for good not my bounce around pounds. I am still keeping my 60 miles in 12 weeks goal. I have no control over the amount of weight my body wants to let go of, but I can control how much I walk. Eventually they may decide to work together, but untill them it is eat clean and walk, walk, walk.

Dream- watch over your shoulder, I am going to catch up to your walking. I just have to find some more time. Maybe gas priced will shoot up and Ill walk every where. LOL

[Dreamcometru]

Kbetz: I'm going to log 12 miles again this weekend. Still think ya can catch up! Actually keeping track is kind of cool because I didn't realize how many miles I was actually walking.

[kbetz0419]

Dream- I know its great to keep track. What I think is funny is when some says you have walked 25 miles and there amazed. Its not that far. Kind of like saying 100 miles in 100 days. No big deal. " as long as you are healthy"( no disrespect to those who are unable to sue to med reasons) I need to do more than 2 a day. i sometimes get in 4. Walking to the kids school and home is 2 miles. Its not even a work out anymore. I need to step it up. I think I am going to up it to 4 miles everyday and try for an extra family walk at night when I can.

[mycattaz]

hi everyone... I gave in its so hard to get back on this WOL when you get off....

kbetz- WTG on the size 20's you go girl.... as far as losing 30 lbs by Nov 10.... well I don't think I will make it either.....


All we can do is take this one day at a time..... set daily goals and be proud of yourself when you make it thur a day..... As for me... well tomorrrow is another day....

[kbetz0419]

Lisa, what have you been eating. What did you give in on? Let me atleast live thru you. I have been a little nibbler today. I had spag sauce in a crock all day. 4 carbs per serving. I have had about 4 servings and 5 slices of bacon and 1 swallow after a swish of milk. As you can see today has not been to the book. When you are ready jump on or call it maintance for a few days and just try and maintain.