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gettinserious · 05-09-2008, 02:28 PM

And you know we will be burstin out rainbows and confetti for you!

Pcola Girl · 05-09-2008, 03:07 PM

Just wanted to let you know that I had a good check up this morning at the doctor. I had even lost more weight to.
Since about April 15 until today I have now lost 5 lbs. I am proud of myself because I did not think I was doing that well. My weight loss is usually real slow but I will take the 5 lb. lost if he said I had lost that much.
My blood pressure and everything else was good to.

My arthritis still bothers me alot especially my knees and he gave me some pain patches to use on them, they are a prescription kind, never had them before so hope they will ease the pain up some.

My daughter took me to the doctor today and we went by Olive Garden and had their soup and salad for lunch afterwards. It was nioce, i did leave the bread sticks alone though, I was good today.....

You have a great week-end and a Happy Mothers day on Sunday.

Zer · 05-09-2008, 03:12 PM

Sounds like a good visit with your MD. Hope the patches help the pain.

Olive Garden? Love their soup'n'salad. How is it their salad tastes so good? I've even bought their dressing home to try on my own salads. Not at all like the salads at Olive Garden. And their soup...ah, that really hits the spot!

Zer · 05-09-2008, 03:26 PM

Just figured out why I'm so psyched about making myself a 9mo challenge to hit 299# by Feb.2009. I am trying to avoid having a total pig-out to celebrate seeing 399# come up on my scale - any day now, maybe Saturday morn for my official weigh day. I want to stay fired up and focused on a goal, so I do not drift into a carby 'celebration' to 'reward' me for finally finding my way to THREEdom.

Naw, I'm not quite there, but surely will be within a week or so.

What happens after we reach a goal is very often a slump - as we sense a void where we had a goal. Once achieved, the goal is behind us and we can drift or slide - all of which generally have a downward spiral action that bodes bad for anyone who intends to NEVER go back to the 4s, NEVER EVER, no matter what!

My desperate effort to generate energy for a 9mo campaign to reach 299# by Feb.2009 is probably about avoiding my all-too-natural habit to celebrate by eating. We all know that eating carbs will give me a bounce right back up to 4-something, a direction that will really confirm that I'm hopeless/helpless as far as resisting carbs.

What I've done in the past few weeks is different from anything I've done. I've identified danger spots and avoided them.

The result is a gratifying loss of weight and a good use of my talking scale.

So I've set up a 9mo goal to keep me from going off plan as soon as I see a 399# on my scale. I guess that makes sense. Having goals is a good way to live. Drifting and coasting is how I got all the way up to 508# - and I never EVER want to go back in that direction.

I am already imagining a friend who will hardly recognize me when I next arrange a lunch date - and how delighted he will be to see me, less of me! Nice if I am more able to move about too, as he has not seen me disabled as I now am. I am so hoping to regain use of leg muscles as my weight changes and as I am more able to work at building strength. Yeah, I've got plans!

Feeling more cheerful about my 9mo campaign.
It makes sense to me now.

Thanks for listening to me moan and carry on.
Uh...hello...anyone hear me? (echo) Hello?

debkeversole · 05-09-2008, 03:28 PM

hi ya Mary! Happy Mother's Day to you too!
Glad to see ya checking in Laura! how are the furbabies???
Zer you gotta hang in there

have you heard any more about the home assist thing??

maybe this will make everyone grin:

debkeversole · 05-09-2008, 03:56 PM

KEEP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF

There may be days
when you get up in the morning
and things aren't the way
you had hoped they would be.
That's when you have to
tell yourself that things will get better.

There are times when people
disappoint you and let you down,
but those are the times
when you must remind yourself
to trust your own judgments and opinions,
and to keep your life focused on believing in yourself
and all that you are capable of.

There will be challenges to face
and changes to make in your life,
and it is up to you to accept them.
Constantly keep yourself headed
in the right directions for you.
It may not be easy at times,
but in those times of struggle
you will find a stronger sense of who you are,
and you will also see yourself
developing into the person
you have always wanted to be.

Life is a journey through time,
filled with many choices;
each of us will experience life
in our own special way.

So when the days come that are filled
with frustration and unexpected responsibilities,
remember to believe in yourself
and all you want your life to be,
because the challenges and changes
will only help you to find the dreams
that you know are meant to come true for you.

~Unknown

magickal1 · 05-09-2008, 05:00 PM

zer - u can do anything u have already proved that 100 ponds is an amazing feat, ur on ur way stick to ur plan and post everyday , we all have our battles and just the fact that u are moving around in ur room is a success and for every pound u lose u will find that can do more each day some time just laying in bed and lifting ur leg 2 inches up and hold for 60 secoinds helps i know it may not sound liek it but it will , while sittin in a chair use ur arms str8 out and make lil circles do it for 2 min or as olong as u can go till u build it up to 6 minutes, ur amazing person u have a gift to communicate and expess urself in such a delightfull way . u are about to go ing to the 300's i remember that feelin and it was a great one, i am now finally into the 200's yes only 295 but im still there my next goal is onederland and i will reachit just like u , i feel ur detemenation, i know i will find u along side of me. you come so far never turn back , it can only get better one day at a time and posting her will get u the motivation to succeed.......

Zer · 05-09-2008, 05:13 PM

I've never felt such support as this list offers. What's wrong with me, that I've never had such support for anything? Maybe I've been more honest here than I tend to be with people who I see in my daily life or when I was working. I tend not to talk about my hopes. So talking about my hopes here has brought me such overwhelming support that I realize what a bleak life I've led until now.

That's hard to face at 64. I shall not allow myself to life such a life in future.

I shall not allow myself to hang around with people who do not support me.

Once you get the feeling of what it's like to be supported, I guess you never are willing to go back to the lonely life of having no support whatsoever. Sigh....

Thanks for hanging with me as I struggle to discover who the hell I am.

magickal1 · 05-09-2008, 05:19 PM

there u go Zer isnt it funny how ppl can be so cruel to heavey ppl we wear our secrets for the world to see where others are hidden but we all as humans have something that isnt right , but we are treated awefull in this country for being over weight , it mentally screws with us and shames us in being alone and for me trust issues are are hard for me but u are right about support , this is the place for it and u are also right about not lettin ppl in ur life that dont support u .

gettinserious · 05-09-2008, 06:04 PM

I am struggling with the carb demon already! I am feeling the need to make popcorn. I know if I do, it would be bad. I just ate some bacon and cauliflower, since my sister never showed up and it sort of messed up my plan of action. So I am trying to remain on plan. I was breezing along until this dang popcorn craving. Right now I am trying to wait it out.

magickal1 · 05-09-2008, 06:35 PM

sry wanted to tell a story , i met a man awhile back he was absolutly gorgeous and so charming, I kept waiting for the ego trip and that cockyness to show its ugly head, but it never came . H e asked me to a movie and I was insecure and told him I couldnt , but i really wanted to and couldnt figure out why he would ask me , I mean he could have any women he wanted , not this fat chick ! Any how i went home and i cried wished i was small and i wasnt fat. THEN MY PHONE RANG IT WAS HIM HE SAID UR MOM GAVE ME UR NUMBER i HOPE U DONT MIND , I was shocked and so happy , he asked if he could come over and talk he wanted to share something with me . kmowing my mother was behind all this i was so embarrassed and couldnt find nothing to wear hated what i looked like in everything i tried on .KNOCK ON THE DOOR HE ACTUALLY CAME , deep breaths i opened it we sat out side and made a fire listened to music then he began his story said i want to show u something , he pulled a picture out his pocket it was a very large man about 500 pounds or more black circles under his eyes I was liek who is that , he said thats me , I was blown away and i felt some how at ease with him , like someone that understood me , he bagane to tell me that after he lost the weight he was still the same person he was still unsecure and he still saw himself heavy , but he also found beauty in ppl beside therre appaerance, i kinda lost it and cried said i hated being fat , he told me it was a journey we wear our secret for the world to see and others can hide theirs , it made so much since till this day we are great friends , the point of me tellin u this is we are on a journey and we learn from it along the way , if he was gorgeous his whole life he may never of seen me as beautifull he probably would of never gave me a second look . I truelly valued mine and his talk i learned so much , i learned i had things to offer besides what my body looked like, and that id still possess those things even with the fat gone.

alaskanlaughter · 05-09-2008, 08:03 PM

aargh this was SO not the day for staying on plan....it felt like everywhere i turned there was a treat staring at me that i've restricted myself from for over a month

and sadly i did eat every single one of those treats today

my boss even brought me an iced mocha and i drank it LOL and it was sooooo goooood....I think im sabotaging myself though, because i hit my lowest weight in years at 203.75 this morning ....and i just lost all willpower today...however the bright side is that there wont be any more temptations in the house tomorrow

) i ate em all today.....id almost rather indulge one day and get back on track tomorrow, than stretch out something bad to include in my diet every day until its gone....that sounds a little odd though

so here's to a better tomorrow and better eating, back on track i go

realityjunkee · 05-09-2008, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magickal1

sry wanted to tell a story , i met a man awhile back he was absolutly gorgeous and so charming, I kept waiting for the ego trip and that cockyness to show its ugly head, but it never came . H e asked me to a movie and I was insecure and told him I couldnt , but i really wanted to and couldnt figure out why he would ask me , I mean he could have any women he wanted , not this fat chick ! Any how i went home and i cried wished i was small and i wasnt fat. THEN MY PHONE RANG IT WAS HIM HE SAID UR MOM GAVE ME UR NUMBER i HOPE U DONT MIND , I was shocked and so happy , he asked if he could come over and talk he wanted to share something with me . kmowing my mother was behind all this i was so embarrassed and couldnt find nothing to wear hated what i looked like in everything i tried on .KNOCK ON THE DOOR HE ACTUALLY CAME , deep breaths i opened it we sat out side and made a fire listened to music then he began his story said i want to show u something , he pulled a picture out his pocket it was a very large man about 500 pounds or more black circles under his eyes I was liek who is that , he said thats me , I was blown away and i felt some how at ease with him , like someone that understood me , he bagane to tell me that after he lost the weight he was still the same person he was still unsecure and he still saw himself heavy , but he also found beauty in ppl beside therre appaerance, i kinda lost it and cried said i hated being fat , he told me it was a journey we wear our secret for the world to see and others can hide theirs , it made so much since till this day we are great friends , the point of me tellin u this is we are on a journey and we learn from it along the way , if he was gorgeous his whole life he may never of seen me as beautifull he probably would of never gave me a second look . I truelly valued mine and his talk i learned so much , i learned i had things to offer besides what my body looked like, and that id still possess those things even with the fat gone.

That was a very sweet story! You've done fantastic, by the way...

Kim

alaskanlaughter · 05-09-2008, 08:28 PM

if i have time tonight i will post a romantic story about how i met my guy

Zer · 05-09-2008, 08:31 PM

Alaska, I've heard people say they drank lots of water to flush out carbs eaten in excess. Apparently it is possible to flush out a brief deviation by drinking and flushing, if you do it promptly. Good luck if you try it this wknd. Hope you don't lose too much of your good weight loss. But if you bounce up, you can bounce right back down. Just stick with what works. So hard, temptations!

alaskanlaughter · 05-09-2008, 09:16 PM

usually one brief deviation doesnt make much difference in my weight loss...weekends are always the hardest though....i think i'll be okay if i jump right back on track tomorrow.....

Zer · 05-09-2008, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaskanlaughter

if i have time tonight i will post a romantic story about how i met my guy

Hey, this is a nice direction for this thread to take, with Mother's Day coming up and all. I like hearing happy tales from women who feel appreciated. I hope all the mums on this list know what a great job mothering is - and that someone is hugging you a lot for all that you do for your loved ones.

Zer · 05-09-2008, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gettinserious

I am struggling with the carb demon already! I am feeling the need to make popcorn. I know if I do, it would be bad. I just ate some bacon and cauliflower, since my sister never showed up and it sort of messed up my plan of action. So I am trying to remain on plan. I was breezing along until this dang popcorn craving. Right now I am trying to wait it out.

Been thinking of you. Hope you made it through the cravings without giving in. Did you find something else to eat? Or did you distract yourself?

alaskanlaughter · 05-09-2008, 09:48 PM

here's my romantic story....totally modern

....i was just getting through a divorce and decided to take a year, one whole year, to focus on myself and our son and not to jump into any dating or whatnot....and it went pretty well for a few weeks

then one of my coworkers in another city started bugging me to join an online dating service...i kept refusing...and finally i said, ok we'll compromise, i will go online and talk to people in a statewide chatroom but not join any dating services...and that made her happy...so i came up with a name/photo etc. and started talking to various ppl in alaskan chatrooms

in the very first chatroom i was in, i started talking to this native indian man from another city, the capital of alaska, juneau....i saw his photos and immediately felt some kind of connection...but we were hours away from each other via plane, no roads to the capital etc....we started talking online almost every day and i found myself going into the office at all hours just to get an internet connection to talk to him

i broke down a few months later and bought my very first computer for my house....we continued to talk online and finally i got to hear his voice...i was at work at the newspaper and the phone rang, it took me a minute to figure out who was talking to me, it totally floored me and was such a sweet surprise to finally hear his voice....after that we started talking on the phone as well and i sent him copies of the weekly newspaper that i was managing

about a year into knowing each other, we really knew we wanted to be with each other....my phone bills were outrageous with talking long distance for hours every day

finally after several heart to heart conversations, he left his job, gave his trailer to his buddies, and got on the state ferry to take the two-day sea voyage up the coast to where i lived

at 4 a.m. on a crisp, clear fall night, i left my son sound asleep with a friend at the house and drove down to the dock and waited for his ferry to arrive...it was late, like everything alaskan LOL....i will never forget scanning the decks to see if he was really on the ferry and what it felt like to finally spot him a few floors up, waving down at me

i took him home and havent let him go since LOL he stayed there with me for about nine months and, once i really knew i was in this for real, i quit my job, gave my place to my ex husband, and packed everything i wanted to take into my car for the two-day sea voyage down the coast to juneau, his hometown

my son stayed with his dad while we got settled...it was the biggest risk i'd ever taken in my whole life...i'd literally never even seen juneau before LOL...i came with no money, no place to stay, just us and what i put in my car....aboard the ferry he gave me an old native indian bracelet that his grandmother had worn her whole life, given to her by his grandfather, and it symbolized a forever relationship

we got settled in pretty quickly and have been living in juneau now for over four years...we've been together about five and a half years and now we have a two year old son together...i will try to find a link to a photo too

he's pretty hot LOL

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Zer · 05-10-2008, 01:30 AM

What a romantic tale, Alaska! What I particularly like is the time you both took, the pace you allowed to know each other in stages. Then, for him to pick up and come to you like he did - and then for YOU to pick up and follow him to Juneau - this is a story you MUST put into an album for your children and grandchildren to know. Yes, just as you have written it here for us! Do, please, build a book to tell this story. Don't let it get lost! And thank you for sharing a story of hope and joy and patience and faith. God bless you both!

Zer · 05-10-2008, 01:47 AM

This recipe is becoming ever better, as folks bake and tweak it. Do take a look at how the thread is blossoming: Orange-lemon Cake

Zer · 05-10-2008, 02:23 AM

You would not think anyone with gargantuan feet who owns just one pair of sturdy lace-ups (in black leather, of course) could have a THING about hot shoes, but I really think that shoes are sizzling - nevermind that I'll never wear anything like these Naughty Monkey pumps that I'm tempted to buy just as artsy collectables! Is this or is this NOT just what anyone would love to be gifted with on Mother's Day?

Which is YOUR favorite pair? Naughty Monkey Lip Service Fabric Pumps or the strappy pair with the cherries? I'm torn. But they are all so hot, I love 'em!

Zer · 05-10-2008, 02:44 AM

Got to give this kid credit for being creative: "people of restricted growth" claim their rights - and baffle 'escort' girls.

05-09-2008, 03:07 PM	#212
Pcola Girl MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 2,963 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	Just wanted to let you know that I had a good check up this morning at the doctor. I had even lost more weight to. Since about April 15 until today I have now lost 5 lbs. I am proud of myself because I did not think I was doing that well. My weight loss is usually real slow but I will take the 5 lb. lost if he said I had lost that much. My blood pressure and everything else was good to. My arthritis still bothers me alot especially my knees and he gave me some pain patches to use on them, they are a prescription kind, never had them before so hope they will ease the pain up some. My daughter took me to the doctor today and we went by Olive Garden and had their soup and salad for lunch afterwards. It was nioce, i did leave the bread sticks alone though, I was good today..... You have a great week-end and a Happy Mothers day on Sunday. __________________ Mary

05-09-2008, 03:12 PM	#213
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Mary, congrats on good weight loss! Sounds like a good visit with your MD. Hope the patches help the pain. Olive Garden? Love their soup'n'salad. How is it their salad tastes so good? I've even bought their dressing home to try on my own salads. Not at all like the salads at Olive Garden. And their soup...ah, that really hits the spot!

05-09-2008, 03:26 PM	#214
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Psyching myself out. Took me a while, but I figured it out... Just figured out why I'm so psyched about making myself a 9mo challenge to hit 299# by Feb.2009. I am trying to avoid having a total pig-out to celebrate seeing 399# come up on my scale - any day now, maybe Saturday morn for my official weigh day. I want to stay fired up and focused on a goal, so I do not drift into a carby 'celebration' to 'reward' me for finally finding my way to THREEdom. Naw, I'm not quite there, but surely will be within a week or so. What happens after we reach a goal is very often a slump - as we sense a void where we had a goal. Once achieved, the goal is behind us and we can drift or slide - all of which generally have a downward spiral action that bodes bad for anyone who intends to NEVER go back to the 4s, NEVER EVER, no matter what! My desperate effort to generate energy for a 9mo campaign to reach 299# by Feb.2009 is probably about avoiding my all-too-natural habit to celebrate by eating. We all know that eating carbs will give me a bounce right back up to 4-something, a direction that will really confirm that I'm hopeless/helpless as far as resisting carbs. What I've done in the past few weeks is different from anything I've done. I've identified danger spots and avoided them. The result is a gratifying loss of weight and a good use of my talking scale. So I've set up a 9mo goal to keep me from going off plan as soon as I see a 399# on my scale. I guess that makes sense. Having goals is a good way to live. Drifting and coasting is how I got all the way up to 508# - and I never EVER want to go back in that direction. I am already imagining a friend who will hardly recognize me when I next arrange a lunch date - and how delighted he will be to see me, less of me! Nice if I am more able to move about too, as he has not seen me disabled as I now am. I am so hoping to regain use of leg muscles as my weight changes and as I am more able to work at building strength. Yeah, I've got plans! Feeling more cheerful about my 9mo campaign. It makes sense to me now. Thanks for listening to me moan and carry on. Uh...hello...anyone hear me? (echo) Hello? Last edited by Zer : 05-09-2008 at 03:30 PM.

05-09-2008, 03:56 PM	#216
debkeversole Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: southern ky Posts: 7,345 Gallery: debkeversole Stats: 370/333/199 WOE: curves challenge Start Date: jan 2006	KEEP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF KEEP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be. That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down, but those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, and to keep your life focused on believing in yourself and all that you are capable of. There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them. Constantly keep yourself headed in the right directions for you. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are, and you will also see yourself developing into the person you have always wanted to be. Life is a journey through time, filled with many choices; each of us will experience life in our own special way. So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be, because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the dreams that you know are meant to come true for you. ~Unknown __________________ you've gone where I will someday follow, But for now you are out of sight, Your years with me were just time borrowed, Before you returned to Heaven's light. One day I'll see your pawprints glowing,Sparkling in the morning dew,Guiding me at my time of going, Leading me sunwards, back to you. from a poem by S.L. Smith $$Penny Pinchers Club$$ $83.89 $ Emergency fund- 750/1000 $ 345...340...338....333..331..329..327

05-09-2008, 05:00 PM	#217
magickal1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: among the survivors Posts: 484 Blog Entries: 10 Gallery: magickal1 Stats: 422/270/160 WOE: atkins/stillmans Start Date: may 2006	zer - u can do anything u have already proved that 100 ponds is an amazing feat, ur on ur way stick to ur plan and post everyday , we all have our battles and just the fact that u are moving around in ur room is a success and for every pound u lose u will find that can do more each day some time just laying in bed and lifting ur leg 2 inches up and hold for 60 secoinds helps i know it may not sound liek it but it will , while sittin in a chair use ur arms str8 out and make lil circles do it for 2 min or as olong as u can go till u build it up to 6 minutes, ur amazing person u have a gift to communicate and expess urself in such a delightfull way . u are about to go ing to the 300's i remember that feelin and it was a great one, i am now finally into the 200's yes only 295 but im still there my next goal is onederland and i will reachit just like u , i feel ur detemenation, i know i will find u along side of me. you come so far never turn back , it can only get better one day at a time and posting her will get u the motivation to succeed....... __________________ MAGICKAL1You can do anything in 24 hours!!! we can do this divasdown total of 148 pounds!!!

05-09-2008, 02:28 PM	#211
gettinserious Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Crossroads of America :D Posts: 7,022 Gallery: gettinserious Stats: 366.2/315/170-150 WOE: lowcarb foods Start Date: argh	And you know we will be burstin out rainbows and confetti for you!

05-09-2008, 03:28 PM	#215
debkeversole Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: southern ky Posts: 7,345 Gallery: debkeversole Stats: 370/333/199 WOE: curves challenge Start Date: jan 2006	hi ya Mary! Happy Mother's Day to you too! Glad to see ya checking in Laura! how are the furbabies??? Zer you gotta hang in there have you heard any more about the home assist thing?? maybe this will make everyone grin:

05-09-2008, 05:13 PM	#218
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Thank you. I've never felt such support as this list offers. What's wrong with me, that I've never had such support for anything? Maybe I've been more honest here than I tend to be with people who I see in my daily life or when I was working. I tend not to talk about my hopes. So talking about my hopes here has brought me such overwhelming support that I realize what a bleak life I've led until now. That's hard to face at 64. I shall not allow myself to life such a life in future. I shall not allow myself to hang around with people who do not support me. Once you get the feeling of what it's like to be supported, I guess you never are willing to go back to the lonely life of having no support whatsoever. Sigh.... Thanks for hanging with me as I struggle to discover who the hell I am.

05-09-2008, 05:19 PM	#219
magickal1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: among the survivors Posts: 484 Blog Entries: 10 Gallery: magickal1 Stats: 422/270/160 WOE: atkins/stillmans Start Date: may 2006	there u go Zer isnt it funny how ppl can be so cruel to heavey ppl we wear our secrets for the world to see where others are hidden but we all as humans have something that isnt right , but we are treated awefull in this country for being over weight , it mentally screws with us and shames us in being alone and for me trust issues are are hard for me but u are right about support , this is the place for it and u are also right about not lettin ppl in ur life that dont support u .

05-09-2008, 06:04 PM	#220
gettinserious Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Crossroads of America :D Posts: 7,022 Gallery: gettinserious Stats: 366.2/315/170-150 WOE: lowcarb foods Start Date: argh	I am struggling with the carb demon already! I am feeling the need to make popcorn. I know if I do, it would be bad. I just ate some bacon and cauliflower, since my sister never showed up and it sort of messed up my plan of action. So I am trying to remain on plan. I was breezing along until this dang popcorn craving. Right now I am trying to wait it out.

05-09-2008, 06:35 PM	#221
magickal1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: among the survivors Posts: 484 Blog Entries: 10 Gallery: magickal1 Stats: 422/270/160 WOE: atkins/stillmans Start Date: may 2006	sry wanted to tell a story , i met a man awhile back he was absolutly gorgeous and so charming, I kept waiting for the ego trip and that cockyness to show its ugly head, but it never came . H e asked me to a movie and I was insecure and told him I couldnt , but i really wanted to and couldnt figure out why he would ask me , I mean he could have any women he wanted , not this fat chick ! Any how i went home and i cried wished i was small and i wasnt fat. THEN MY PHONE RANG IT WAS HIM HE SAID UR MOM GAVE ME UR NUMBER i HOPE U DONT MIND , I was shocked and so happy , he asked if he could come over and talk he wanted to share something with me . kmowing my mother was behind all this i was so embarrassed and couldnt find nothing to wear hated what i looked like in everything i tried on .KNOCK ON THE DOOR HE ACTUALLY CAME , deep breaths i opened it we sat out side and made a fire listened to music then he began his story said i want to show u something , he pulled a picture out his pocket it was a very large man about 500 pounds or more black circles under his eyes I was liek who is that , he said thats me , I was blown away and i felt some how at ease with him , like someone that understood me , he bagane to tell me that after he lost the weight he was still the same person he was still unsecure and he still saw himself heavy , but he also found beauty in ppl beside therre appaerance, i kinda lost it and cried said i hated being fat , he told me it was a journey we wear our secret for the world to see and others can hide theirs , it made so much since till this day we are great friends , the point of me tellin u this is we are on a journey and we learn from it along the way , if he was gorgeous his whole life he may never of seen me as beautifull he probably would of never gave me a second look . I truelly valued mine and his talk i learned so much , i learned i had things to offer besides what my body looked like, and that id still possess those things even with the fat gone.

05-09-2008, 08:03 PM	#222
alaskanlaughter Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alaska Posts: 637 Gallery: alaskanlaughter Stats: 247/198/150 WOE: moderate carbs Start Date: 6/06	aargh this was SO not the day for staying on plan....it felt like everywhere i turned there was a treat staring at me that i've restricted myself from for over a month and sadly i did eat every single one of those treats today my boss even brought me an iced mocha and i drank it LOL and it was sooooo goooood....I think im sabotaging myself though, because i hit my lowest weight in years at 203.75 this morning ....and i just lost all willpower today...however the bright side is that there wont be any more temptations in the house tomorrow ) i ate em all today.....id almost rather indulge one day and get back on track tomorrow, than stretch out something bad to include in my diet every day until its gone....that sounds a little odd though so here's to a better tomorrow and better eating, back on track i go

05-09-2008, 08:28 PM	#224
alaskanlaughter Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alaska Posts: 637 Gallery: alaskanlaughter Stats: 247/198/150 WOE: moderate carbs Start Date: 6/06	if i have time tonight i will post a romantic story about how i met my guy

05-09-2008, 08:31 PM	#225
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Alaska, I've heard people say they drank lots of water to flush out carbs eaten in excess. Apparently it is possible to flush out a brief deviation by drinking and flushing, if you do it promptly. Good luck if you try it this wknd. Hope you don't lose too much of your good weight loss. But if you bounce up, you can bounce right back down. Just stick with what works. So hard, temptations!

05-09-2008, 09:16 PM	#226
alaskanlaughter Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alaska Posts: 637 Gallery: alaskanlaughter Stats: 247/198/150 WOE: moderate carbs Start Date: 6/06	usually one brief deviation doesnt make much difference in my weight loss...weekends are always the hardest though....i think i'll be okay if i jump right back on track tomorrow.....

05-09-2008, 09:48 PM	#229
alaskanlaughter Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alaska Posts: 637 Gallery: alaskanlaughter Stats: 247/198/150 WOE: moderate carbs Start Date: 6/06	here's my romantic story....totally modern ....i was just getting through a divorce and decided to take a year, one whole year, to focus on myself and our son and not to jump into any dating or whatnot....and it went pretty well for a few weeks then one of my coworkers in another city started bugging me to join an online dating service...i kept refusing...and finally i said, ok we'll compromise, i will go online and talk to people in a statewide chatroom but not join any dating services...and that made her happy...so i came up with a name/photo etc. and started talking to various ppl in alaskan chatrooms in the very first chatroom i was in, i started talking to this native indian man from another city, the capital of alaska, juneau....i saw his photos and immediately felt some kind of connection...but we were hours away from each other via plane, no roads to the capital etc....we started talking online almost every day and i found myself going into the office at all hours just to get an internet connection to talk to him i broke down a few months later and bought my very first computer for my house....we continued to talk online and finally i got to hear his voice...i was at work at the newspaper and the phone rang, it took me a minute to figure out who was talking to me, it totally floored me and was such a sweet surprise to finally hear his voice....after that we started talking on the phone as well and i sent him copies of the weekly newspaper that i was managing about a year into knowing each other, we really knew we wanted to be with each other....my phone bills were outrageous with talking long distance for hours every day finally after several heart to heart conversations, he left his job, gave his trailer to his buddies, and got on the state ferry to take the two-day sea voyage up the coast to where i lived at 4 a.m. on a crisp, clear fall night, i left my son sound asleep with a friend at the house and drove down to the dock and waited for his ferry to arrive...it was late, like everything alaskan LOL....i will never forget scanning the decks to see if he was really on the ferry and what it felt like to finally spot him a few floors up, waving down at me i took him home and havent let him go since LOL he stayed there with me for about nine months and, once i really knew i was in this for real, i quit my job, gave my place to my ex husband, and packed everything i wanted to take into my car for the two-day sea voyage down the coast to juneau, his hometown my son stayed with his dad while we got settled...it was the biggest risk i'd ever taken in my whole life...i'd literally never even seen juneau before LOL...i came with no money, no place to stay, just us and what i put in my car....aboard the ferry he gave me an old native indian bracelet that his grandmother had worn her whole life, given to her by his grandfather, and it symbolized a forever relationship we got settled in pretty quickly and have been living in juneau now for over four years...we've been together about five and a half years and now we have a two year old son together...i will try to find a link to a photo too he's pretty hot LOL jacksonxmas.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting 2.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

05-10-2008, 01:30 AM	#230
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	What a romantic tale, Alaska! What I particularly like is the time you both took, the pace you allowed to know each other in stages. Then, for him to pick up and come to you like he did - and then for YOU to pick up and follow him to Juneau - this is a story you MUST put into an album for your children and grandchildren to know. Yes, just as you have written it here for us! Do, please, build a book to tell this story. Don't let it get lost! And thank you for sharing a story of hope and joy and patience and faith. God bless you both!

05-10-2008, 01:47 AM	#231
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Tart citrus cake, made with nut flour This recipe is becoming ever better, as folks bake and tweak it. Do take a look at how the thread is blossoming: Orange-lemon Cake

05-10-2008, 02:23 AM	#232
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Naughty Monkey? What kind of a name is that for hot pumps? You would not think anyone with gargantuan feet who owns just one pair of sturdy lace-ups (in black leather, of course) could have a THING about hot shoes, but I really think that shoes are sizzling - nevermind that I'll never wear anything like these Naughty Monkey pumps that I'm tempted to buy just as artsy collectables! Is this or is this NOT just what anyone would love to be gifted with on Mother's Day? Which is YOUR favorite pair? Naughty Monkey Lip Service Fabric Pumps or the strappy pair with the cherries? I'm torn. But they are all so hot, I love 'em!

05-10-2008, 02:44 AM	#233
Zer Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal (Orange County) Posts: 5,565 Blog Entries: 41 Gallery: Zer Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/397.0/199 WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O Start Date: 432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6	Is this initiative or what? Got to give this kid credit for being creative: "people of restricted growth" claim their rights - and baffle 'escort' girls.