300+ Support Group-May Flowers-The month of Of MAY

[Zer]

Oh, Edna, how brave, to tell off an uppity authority figure. I never did. Never was a good advocate for myself with authority figures, especially white coats! Had an MD whose nurse knew how to hang a bitty weight on a 300# scale to let it weigh people whose weight exceeded the weight limit. So there IS a way to adapt those tall scales to weigh hefty folks. I'm surprised that more MDs do not have that tiny weight that adapts a scale to take another step up in weight. My HMO finally got a scale that drops a panel flat to the floor, for wheelchairs and fat folks to get on and watch a waist-high digital number give a report.

Is your scale a talking scale? Mine is. Last week it surprised me by uttering its script while standing on end in my room. Several times, it started itself up. It seems to have gone back to its norm now, waiting for me to set it flat on the floor and tap it to start up its battery. I'm glad of that. Spooky to have a scale talking on its own. First time was my dad's b'day. Gave me weird ideas, that he might be communicating his encouragement from the Great Beyond. Yoiks!

[Hot Tamale]

I've never had the guts to tell off a doctor...but I am thoroughly prepared to do so at this point in my life. A doctor or anyone else for that matter - if they choose to treat me badly I have decided they deserve it right back. I am kinda punchy today cause yesterday was a VERY bad day for me job-wise. I had a little pip-squeak kid question my judgement of his research paper. Now, mind you, I had already gifted him an 80%. He did not deserve an 80, but I felt his MOM probably did. Anywho, he comes up and starts fighting about a run-on sentence, which I had corrected on his paper to two smaller sentences. He questioned me and so I said, well, okay, we can put a semicolon there if you'd prefer... He said it can't be wrong; my MOM wrote it! I said oh, did she? and he corrected himself and said she TYPED it for him... THen, He says (loudly and sort of in my face!), Well, I put this through spell check. Are you telling me you're smarter than spell check? THe whole class was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I said, yep, as a matter of fact, I think I am smarter than spell check. This isn't a spelling mistake, it is a GRAMMAR mistake and I'm sorry your MOM got it WRONG. I then went on to make a few copies of his paper (to Cover my A##) and handed it back later. I told him if he had any more questions to have mom call and schedule an appointment with me, and assistant principal, himself and his mom. Perhaps the gist of the interaction is lost here, but the blatant disrespect of this kid - and so many like him - have me VERY upset right now.

[Hot Tamale]

I just had a mom call me about an 84% I gave her son!!!
She said he has A's in every other class...why not mine?
Then wanted to know why his poster was on her dining room table...
I said - if it was here at school he could be working on it and earning A's instead of B's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again - I am SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been doing this for 17 years...why I am being questioned and hounded to death NOW is beyond me!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zer]

Hope tomorrow's weight is down a bit too, as that's my 3mo scale weight. Nice if it shows what a boon having a scale of my own has been. Let's hope for a bit of a downward move - even if it's only a few ounces...2/10# = 3oz...I'll take it!

Hang in there. Try not to let any frustration drive us to stuff ourself with carbs in an effort to stifle the pain and mend a broken aching heart that yearns to be appreciated.

Teacher Appreciation Week? Hot is not getting much appreciation, sounds like! I'd be SO TEMPTED to cut a grade of a kid who told me his parent wrote a paper for him. I realize a parent can help out on homework, but it is clear the student in question is clueless. On that basis, I'd give him an oral exam and let that grade supersede the grade his parent had earned. Let him consider what it costs to insult a teacher, as he takes home a paper with the 80% crossed out by a big red F - F for Failing to observe the rules about a student doing his own work. If his mom wants to have a conference, let her! The whole class heard him say that his mom wrote that sentence, right? In effect, you had no choice but to grade him on that, else all the others would think it was all right to have a parent write their homework and to argue the grade.

[debkeversole]

[debkeversole]

more prom pics

[dantesmom]

Oh deb..just look at their faces when they are gazing at each other..what a sweet couple!

[gettinserious]

Gorgeous!

Hot- Sorry to hear about punky kids. People who are clueless should never have kids. Because they raise more clueless people.


Well, I am still half ( l ) about all this. I intend to get back on track though next week as soon as I can shop. Maybe even before. I have a ton of meat and eggs, just not many veggies. A lot has been happening. Good and bad.

I found out that Hannahs heart issues are pretty common, and that she more than likely will grow it shut eventually. I am surprised that her family doctor took the time today to explain it all when her specialist left me hanging and worrying. NOT too happy about that right now. He might be of the thought that the less said at the moment until he knows for sure the better, but it sucks for me because of the added worry.

For nothing!


And item number 2, I found out my great uncle Dean died yesterday. Very tragically. I expected him to go sometime, but not like he did. I can only hope his heart attack beat the fire. That is all I will say about that.

[Pcola Girl]

HI EVERYONE...................

[Zer]

Am I feeling cocky or what? Still struggling to find my way to 399# and I am revising my signature to show a 9mo goal to see 299# on my talking scale by the time I am getting my new driver's license pic Feb. 2009. I can ~DO~ this!

[behind_the_mask]

So far, so good... despite the fact that there are oodles of frosted cupcakes about twenty feet from me right now! Ugh!!!

Today's Menu:
B- 2 sausage patties, 1 egg (3)
S- coffee w/cream and splenda (2)
L- club salad (5)
D- chicken and broccoli/cauliflower mix (6)
S- chocolate cream concoction (3)
TOTAL = 19 carbs
(walking to park later = 1 mile)

[ValerieisGoing4it]

Wow! I can't keep up with all the posts! I haven't checked in in a couple of days and you guys are talkin!

First, Dixichic you have really brightened my day with the compliment you gave. I really needed that today. Thank you! Sometimes we only look at our bodies and think how ugly we are but forget that there is so much more to us! So again, thank you!

Deb, thank you for the great quotes. I love reading your posts! And how awesome of you to give your hair to locks of love! That totally rocks! And if I was younger and single your son's girlfriend would have a run for her money! He's a cutie pie!

I lost 5 lbs this past week! to the Whoosh Fairy! Two more lbs and I'm halfway to my goal for the year! Yayy!! I'm loving this lo carb way of life!

Has anyone else noticed their nails growing like crazy? Ever since I started eating this way, my nails are fabulous! And I haven't been taking my Biotin or anything! My nails have always been thin and brittle like and their growing like crazy now! Woohoo!

Ok, I'm only halfway thru the posts I've missed so I'm going back in! Love to all!

[ValerieisGoing4it]

Okay, DEb, I take back what I said about giving your future dil a run for her money! After seeing the prom pics...it doesn't look like he's going anywhere!!! They are such a sweet couple! I love the pics!

And Dixi, Congrats on getting on the scale. It's a big deal. I was always scared of the scale. Almost to the point of having a panic attack when having to get on one. So I avoided them. I avoided them so much I was in denial about exactly how much harm I was doing to my body. Until everything started to hurt and walking became difficult..at 35 years old. Then I got on the scale finally and realized I weighed 336 lbs. It's just a number...and the scale rewards me when I do good. It may not move for a while, but if I just hang in there it will eventually. The scale isn't everything but it is a good tool to use to track your progress. You've done a good thing by getting the scale. I know your gonna succeed at this. We can finally get this weight off for good!

[Zer]

Originally Posted by ValerieisGoing4it

I lost 5 lbs this past week! to the Whoosh Fairy! Two more lbs and I'm halfway to my goal for the year! Yayy!!

KUTGW! Stronger nails are just a bonus for working a good LC plan!

[Hot Tamale]

Hi All. Things were slightly better today. Only got questioned ONCE by a little smarty pants and I let him answer his own question by allowing him to read the sentence out loud. It was just plain WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think many kids today are over-celebrated. The littlest thing and they get stars and A's and certificates, etc... Then they get to middle school - to snarly old teachers like me - and I just don't accept crap. I mean, they can hand it in, but I will grade it accordingly. I'll have to post more later - my children - of course - are now clamoring for me. They aren't winning any awards, I can tell you that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zer]

This sure sounds good to me, and I'm not even hungry. Just browsing recipes! German Salad

[Hot Tamale]

Zer - sounds like a PA dutch (aka GErman) recipe my mom used to make. It is yummy! we use endive with the dressing.

[dixichic]

Hope everyone has great day today.
I am 2 days away from the end of first month on induction.
I have had NO cheats, do not plan on ever cheating!
You can not CHEAT on something that is NOT a diet!!
This is my life style, my permanent woe.
I will eat lowcarb forever......to live!

With scale in home now, I will be able to track my progress and stay motivated!

today looks like:

B- 2 sausage patties, 1 egg, 1 slice cheese (2)
cheesecake muffin (2)
L-tuna on bed of lettuce, tomato and mayo (4)
S- SF Jello and whipped cream (1)
D- BLT on oopsie roll w/ mayo (4)

[magickal1]

gm beauties

hope everyone is doing well !
im holding at 295 no loss today or yesturday, guess i need patience
low on food for the day so mostly hb eggs today.

have a great day

[Zer]

As Edna says, celebrating arrival of her own in-home scale for delivering data that affirms the success of living LC:

Originally Posted by dixichic

With scale in home now, I will be able to track my progress and stay motivated!

My scale today delivered proof that I am working a LC program - not perfect by any means - and avoiding all the carby temptations that tripped me up in past weeks, months, years. YAY! Lots of room for improvement, to be sure, but still a HUGE step forward as I listen and learn from my LCFriends who post their ups and downs at this forum. Thank you!

Three months ago, my scale arrived and showed me at 432.4# (2/8/08)
Two months ago, my scale reported my weight at 426.2# (3/8/08)
Last month, my talking scale showed my weight at 413.2# (4/8/08)
Today my beautiful talking scale gifted me with a weight of 402.4# (5/8/08)

Sometimes it's hard for me to remember that the scale simply delivers data.

Sometimes I just want to hug my scale, pet my scale, talk sweet to my scale. All the years that I dreaded being weighed, I never saw a scale as a friendly support for working a nutritious eating plan. Well, LC/Atkins has changed that. My LCFriends support network has helped me to see how my scale is an important tool in my effort to assess my progress in learning how my body works. At 64, my scale was the best b'day gift I could have given myself. It's definitely a gift that keeps giving! Yay for my talking scale!

Yay for me, too. Here's hoping I can keep motivated for 9mos to reach a goal of 299# in time for my next driver's license pic at 65. Just 9mos away!

[debkeversole]

ZER! that's 30 pounds gone! you lost a 2 year old!Great job!

KUTGW!

how is your hip and leg doing today??

[Zer]

Originally Posted by debkeversole

ZER! that's 30 pounds gone! you lost a 2 year old!

Interesting idea. Maybe I lost that toddler who set my course by deciding that food was a friend to fill the aching emptiness that my toddler felt in a home that had no comfort to offer. I started stealing bread from a kitchen that was off limits to a hungry kid. We were not poor. There was food and liquor and all sorts of stuff - just nothing for a hungry child to eat at will. Food was withheld, used for power. Kitchen was off limits to a child looking for a snack.

I ate slices of bread smuggled to my bed. First I'd eat the crusts as if I was so poor that I had only crusts to eat, then I'd eat the soft white middle of a too-sweet Pepperidge Farm bread - like cake - and pretend I was a princess. I'd wake in a bed full of crumbs that betrayed me to the wicked stepmother. Not actually a step-m, but just a woman trapped in a loveless union with a child who needed what she did not have enough of to share with anyone. So I ate. Maybe that's the toddler I am losing as I drop weight and seek to find a body that I can live in at 64.

My hip? Aches something awful.
Cannot imagine how bad it would be
had I not taken off 100# since 9/9/06
when my top recorded weight was 508.7#.

I'm still in bed 24/7, stretching as a modified Pilates program, listening to my hip give soft pops that SEEM to improve alignment when I get up and move to and from the loo or to and from my sink to replenish my water bottles.

The walk to the kitchen/laundry area is longer and more challenging, leaves me shaking and sweating. Probably burns off some calories - YAY! - as well.

The walk to my car is longer, but at least I can sit in my car as I drive to do errands. Got to tote trash to the dumpster, pick up mail. Maybe mañana.

Can I do this for 9mos? I think I can. If I can manage that, I might be down another 100# and under 300# in time for my new driver's license pic at 65. That's a goal worth shooting for! Imagine, daring to dream of weighing 299 while I am still struggling to reach 399. That's the most optimistic I've dared to dream for a very long time. Thanks to all who support me in dreaming!

[Doing this Again]

Zer had I answered you the day you asked about the picture of my puppy, I would have been all enthusiastic to exercise exclusively w/ her. But she has been a bad little hunter lately!

And I do regularly take her out for walks. Sunday I took her out on the horse trail for a good run, and we go to the park most days. If I haven’t gone or won’t get to the gym, then we go on the trails in the woods for a walk long enough to count as a trip to the gym. I don’t pretend that a mile loop or even the 3.5 mile horse trail burns nearly as much as swimming 1.5 miles or my class that has sets of higher intensity and some resistance stuff. But: 1) it’s better than nothing (which is what I used to do), 2) small sustainable changes like that are likely to stay put for the long haul, and 3) she likes it better than playing in the park anyway.

My post was more about being frustrated that what I already consider a fairly regular exercise routine doesn’t seem to be enough. I ALREADY swim 1.5 miles 2X per week (Fridays and Sundays). I ALREADY have a water X training class 2X per week (Tues & Thur). That’s 4X per week. Plus my little sustainable daily stuff. Like I switched to using a metro station half a mile from my office instead of the one across the street to build in that half mile walk like 3 days per week. I bought shoes that are supposed to make you walk in a way that engages more of your muscles for more exertion, and I wear them EVERYWHERE.

There are 3 days of the week left without actual scheduled gym things, which does bother me. I already occasionally do the treadmill (on an incline) or take the dog on trails those remaining days of the week (Mon, Wed & Sat). But it’s not regular. The only thing I can do is make that regular v. occasional, which scares me! I cannot spend 2 hours a day, everyday exercising!

I can exercise everyday, and do most days. But w/ the slow weight loss apparently that isn’t enough. I want to (continue) lose, and lose faster. I am willing to change whatever it takes to get there. If spending two hours a day everyday to get to the Y and back is what it takes, then I’ll do it. But I am never going to be able to spend my evenings going to dinner w/ my friends or go out of town on the weekends. I already bought airfare and baseball tickets for several weekends through the rest of the year.

Plus they are going to shut down my classes at the Y for several weeks while they renovate the pool. If what I’m already doing isn’t enough, I’m really scared what will happen when I lose them. I’ll do the treadmill or walking the dog instead, but it is truly not even comparable!

Oh and the dog has been hunting again now that it’s spring. I HATE squirrels the way people hate snakes, which actually means that I’m terrified of them. She kills them and brings them to me. I’m not a girly girl but I cannot deal w/ that. I just can’t! My retarded little princess dog who refuses to even sit on the floor as opposed to the bed or the couch, and won’t walk in wet grass for fear of getting her dainty little paws dirty; insists on killing the squirrels!. I love her but I thought we had a deal!!! She can hunt if she won’t bring me the trophies. I will eventually want to let her run in the woods again, but not anytime soon!!