"Gonna Look Great in 2008!"

[Dreamcometru]

Teresa: By exercise it out, I mean I will choose to exercise INSTEAD of eat the wrong things! So I'm exercising out my cravings so to speak. I guess that really doesn't make much sense now that I read it back. Oh well, it did when I was writing it.

Kbetz: Don't feel alone when you are trying to live within a budget. Our house needs so many improvements that we just haven't done for lack of $$. Sometimes I'm embarrassed about its current state, but all in good time. When I have people over, I just make sure everything is squeeky clean, so the blemishes aren't noticed that much.

[Teresa123]

Dream--good, cause I thought we had been down this road before! Exercise will not remove other sins!

So--day 1 was a success for me---1/7.

How did all the rest of you do today? Great I hope!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

[mycattaz]

hi everyone I am back... we had a great time, I did tons of walking.... but always good to be back home....

Kbetz sounds like dad is handy to have around right now... thats great that he is willing and able to do those things....
I too always start picking up things for christmas early.... I look alot at clearance... We play dirty santa every year now with all the grown ups.... its always fun....

dream glad the scales are moving for you.... and as far as staying at the same weight all year... thats wonderful.... it always made me feel good to know I could maintain a weight....

I am feeling stronger everyday.... while we were gone we ate alot at buffets.... dh would bring me a piece of fish and some mashed potatoes to eat, I didnt pay for a full buffet price... I just took a few bites off his plate.... I need to get me one of those cards that says I can eat kids meal.....

well I wil check back in later with everyone... hope everyone is having a great weekend

[kbetz0419]

Lisa- I missed where you went? I am glade you are eating a little more now.

Teresa and Dream- I am 1/7 and doing great today. I think I like the 1 week thing better. Its the same thing, but it seems easier.

Everything is good at my house. My dads being sleepy today so he stayed in bed and is watching TV today.

I just wanted to share with you all since you have been so supportive of my ups and downs with stressers.
My brother called me all worked up today about our mother. Boy was I proud of my self when I told him the sooner he realizes that he is yearning for somehing that wil never be, the happier he will be. I reminded him of all the great people he has in his life. All I had to say to him was when was the last time she let you cry on her shoulder or even was noncritical of a life situation. He couldnt recall. Enough said! She marches to a diffrent beat. She runs here life like a buisness transaction. No emotions or regards for others.
I feel bad for him because he trys all the time to get her to except my family. Its not his battle and its not worth fighting.

(She has slandered me and my children to any one who would listen. I get dirty looks from people that know her. A few of them I set straight when I'v been confronted.)

I guess she had bought my oldest 2 Bio kids coloring books and wanted him to give them to me from her. Nope thats not how we play things. I have 4 kids not 2, and you dont have to buy any one any thing , just be a nice person. Heck pretend for I all care!
She told him that she had been emailing me and I'm the one with the problem. I told him to stop by and see the emails she has sent" All but 1 was forwarded jokes, and she wont respond to me efforts of conversation" Ya thats what I thought, It was more of her manipulation games but it was to convience others that she is trying. Respond to a conversation and I will call that returning the effort.

Shoot I did it again. I rambled. I guess what I want to say is every one should just be nice to every one in the world and things would go so much better for every one.
The End!
Ya me I am growing stronger as a person.

One last note....... I have come to the conclusion that I will be punished by my own body each and every time I stray form my WOE. Part of me is hopeing for some joint relief and part of me is welcoming it in. When its gets better its so easy to forget.


Goal for the weekend Push as much water as possible and try and find 2 -10 minute sessions to just sit in my room alone. Just me and relaxation.

[kbetz0419]

Lisa- I have to ask.... What is dirty Santa? Sound fun! LOL
DH and I plan to do something nice for each other this year. In almost 8 years of marriage we have only exchanged the first year. I had oldest DS when we married and then the kids just kept coming lol.

[kbetz0419]

Opp s one last thing I droped 4 pounds some where this week. I am back at 280 and actually happy. That makes me 20 down from may 1

[Jennifer]

1/7

DH was at a poker party last night so I was home alone and that's my worst time. I was so ready to dive head first into cocoa roasted almonds and not come up for air until they were all gone. But I didn't want to have to come in here with 0/7, so I had a cup of coffee instead. This challenge is already helping me

Lisa - Glad you're back

kbetz - Sounds like your dad has ben helping you
I'm sorry about your mom Unfortunately your brother hasn't accepted how she is - yet - but he will. Sounds like he knows, just can't fully accept it yet, & he wants it so badly not to be true. Good thing he has you there to help him out when he does realize how she is.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend

[kbetz0419]

Jenifer- Good for you on the resistance.
Your stats show you lost 157 Pounds and your start date was1/30/07
Did you actually loose that much since 1/30/07?
You have lost an entire person! I am surpised your Hubby would even think to leave you home alone. Every time I drop weight my DH is verry happy with me!!!!



I spent the day so far cleaning the pool walls. I also did some sanding and priming of the booth benches that we got from DH work. he's going to be happy when he gets home and sees how good they already look. They had been pealing and scratched. He lost points on evaluations for the corporite head each time. I dont mind doing 1-2 booth sets but I wasnt going to sand, prime and pant an entire restraunt for free. LOL He now has like new ones that where transfered from a closed store.

[Jennifer]

Yep, 157 lbs since 1/30/07

Originally Posted by kbetz0419

I am surpised your Hubby would even think to leave you home alone

[kbetz0419]

wow I guess I am in a room full of big losers!. Teresa, Lisa, Jenifer,Divine and many more. I could think of a ton of people around here who have dropped it in the last year or so. Ok so heres the question, Why did I leave last fall. I was on a roll and bailed out when we started homeschooling and the youngest 2 had 3 surgerys. AHHHHHH Fooooie on me. I will be one of the biggest Losers areound here eventually. Think positivly, rite?

[Teresa123]

You are already on your way to being one of the Biggest Losers. 20lbs down, a positive can-do attitude, and a plan---that is a winning combination!

[kbetz0419]

Thanks Teressa. I have to make this time work!
Did you loose it straight threw or did you have highs and lows? I gues what I am asking is untill you got below 200 was it steady or a fight the whole way?
I know the bigger you are the easier it is for a while.
I have eaten clean the last 2 days. Yes I know it should have been 2 months. Such wasted time! I am actually hungry rite now. ( growling) I just want to loose it. I know it takes time but Eghhhhh!


DH took DD to the store and brought back bags of candy bars and chips. First I was made because I am budgetingTP and the $5 he spent would have bought 3 pounds of ground beef. or veggys.Second because we agreed that no one should be eating it. He's diabetic! I reminded him and he said well I cant live that way. Then I told him we could save over $500 a year on meds if he would eat the rite way.Eghhhhhhh! men~

well I am going to do some net surfing for Tall shirts. I'm 5'7 and I am tired of my shirts not being long enough. My goal is to buy 1 every week or mabe every other. I just want 3 shirts that actually fight right. I like the talored T's and I could put them under a sweeters or hoddy this fall. I dont plan on being this size next summer but maybe they would be night shirts by then. ha ha

[Teresa123]

It was actually steady until about 215. I lost 100+ in the first 6 months then about 50+ the next 6 months. I then ran into some serious medical problems that really slowed things down for a couple of months. I had surgery a little over a year ago and hit onederland within a week or 2 after and things have been slow since then. This last 20 lbs have taken forever--like almost 10 months--but that has all been due to me. The first year I was 100% faithful. I had off plan meals on occasion, but only when planned and I stuck strickly to that. I NEVER cheated (to me when I say cheat it means eating something I didn't intend to eat--high carb or low carb) during that first year--seriously, not one bite, one lick, one sip, one anything of something that I hadn't planned. During the last 6 months or so I have cheated A LOT! It is so much easier to do this when I don't stray at all--a bit of this or that just leads me to disaster at this point---not always immediately---but in the long run it does, and it's just keeping me from hitting that magic little number on the scale! Hmmm, well that was a good little reminder for myself!

My advice would be don't focus on last year or the last 2 months--start fresh with today. I've had a zillion stops and starts in my life--and each time I made the mistake of focusing on past failures and deep inside I believed I would fail again...instead of focusing and building on what was successful in the past. You know how to do this and you know what it takes to do it the way that will have the best results for you--you also know what will lead to your downfall--use all of that knowledge to make the best plan for yourself. You have 2 solid days under your belt. It's amazing how quick those days can add up. Remember--Christmas is only 5 months away--that time is going to fly. And you could easily be down 50 lbs in that time---how cool would that be?!

[Teresa123]

kbetz--I'm thinking DH needs a spanking for bringing all that junk into the house!!

Official report for today---2/7.

[kbetz0419]

Yes he certanly does need a spankin! I just know there will come a day when he says Gee I wish I would have taken his health more seriously! He always does this. We had to go threw wall damage in the bath room before he agreed to seal the shower curtain. Or replacing furniture because of excissive flopping on it. My fave was when we first got married I refused to let him use my bed room dresser beacuse he would stuff them full or leave them hanging open. I bought hima sauder dresser and within a year it was dstroyed. Now he can use regualr furniture. He just grew up with diffrent values. My mother is a pain but she did teach me to take care of stuff and I am gratefull for that. I cant buy him a new body when he has destroyed his.


I am claiming 2/7 yaaaaa, go me!. I will hit 7/7 this time,.... and how do I know that,..... because I am haveing faith in my self to treat my body and mind the way it deserves.

I had been buying burger patties each week from BK DH manages one. I am going to switch to store bought and see if I can do any better.

Ok, I started clean with 2 days down. I didnt weigh in but I noticed a 4 pond drop this week. I am going to challenge my self to loose X amount by Christmas. That would be 5 full months from 2 days ago. I will just say I started at 280.

Hmmmmm The lowest I have been able to get in the last 10 years is 242. I want to see 240 by Christmas. That would leave me with 41 pounds to loose by next summer and then I can loose the rest as I go. I know below 200 will be hard. The last time I was 170 was when I was 16 for about a year then he started slipping back on. I can rember being 200 in 7 th grade. My mother and her low fat diets did not help! Eating lots of meat with fat would surly have made me fatter! lol if only we knew back then how I react to low fat foods and starches.

Oh ya one last thing..... DD ate a ton of junk with him tonight and keeps saying shes hungry. He told her she had enough! I was glad but I know she is hungry since it was a while ago. I made her a celery log with PB and cent her to bed.

I made kids a mac and cheese a dee a for lunch. It was a small scoop of mac n cheese on a lc wrap with a slice of american cheese melted into it. They loved it and it was so cute looking. The total noddles amount for the kids was what one kid would have normally ate. Carrots and ranch dressing were on the side.

I ate spinach and taco meat all day + 2 small spoons of cream cheese "neufectal "for snacks.

I started a journal tonight and I think that will be great for me to be able to vent on and track life progress.

[Divine Miss M]

Originally Posted by kbetz0419

Divine- Thanks for the encouragement and I wont even try to comment on your WOE. Your the queen. Any one who looses as much as you have in the time that you have has a high honor in my book! There is no way that I could live on zero carbs for ever. Will you be able to up it when you hit goal? Or will you stay stuck at zero.

What would happen if you went into the hospital? The reason why I ask is a few years ago that happened to me. I was doing great on lC ended up with a terrible infection requireing 5 days in the hospital and they slapped on IV in my arm. I vomited so much that week that I still lost 10 pounds but I worried. I am not sure if there is any form of glocous in he IV, but I was a nervous rec. Ok maybe thats silly since most people dont end up in the hospital. I was just curious.

Kbetz: Hey, hon, I have no intention of going to a hospital if I can avoid it! If I ever had to go, I'd just deal with getting better and not worry about the IV's or the stupid food they give us...but I know I'd demand more protein, one way or the other!

About the ZC question, I think the idea is to stick with it for life. Some people can manage that, some people can't. I'm not sure if I could.

The last few days, I've been eating cherries and strawberries, foods I usually don't consume anymore. Today I ate about 1300 cals, more fats and carbs then proteins, and I just dropped 4 lbs since this morning.

So I have to wonder what in the world is going on with the metabolism. I don't think I can 'always' eat fruits, but my mind was thinking 'reversal diet' or 'maintenance diet' for a few weeks - just to kick my metabolism in the caboose. Not a Carb Fest, but just some low-carb fruit here and there, or perhaps a bagel every few days. Then back to Atkins or Protein Power, after 2 weeks.

However, I am also considering the Leptin Diet, as I wrote a few pages back. Haven't bought the book yet, but I do have to figure out how to drop these last lbs.

Btw, thanks for the sweet remarks...it does feel odd to be one of those people we all hear about that lost alot of wt. ...yet I don't quite feel like a total winner since I haven't reached all of my goals yet. But I plan to!

[Divine Miss M]

Lisa: I'm glad to hear you're feeling a bit stronger!

Kbetz: Listen to Teresa! Shoot, honey, you could be even 80 lbs. less by Christmas! Seriously! I cycled low-carb woes [from low-fat, low carb to 'middlin' fat to higher fat] and got that first 100 lbs. off in 6 months, 2 weeks. With the crazy halts and stalls I had during that time, nobody would have convinced me that I'd make it to a 100 lb. loss within a year, much less 6 months.

Just keep at it and never, ever give up! Don't worry about wasted time - that's just mental garbage taking up space in the mind - so throw it away!

Dream and Jen: Hi, babes!

[mycattaz]

Kbetz WTG on being 4lbs down... thats awesome... so sorry about your mom, sometimes all you can do for a person is pray for them.... dirty santa is a game where everyone brings a gift, if you have 20 people you make 20 numbers, each person draws a number from a bowl, hat ..... the person with number 1 goes first, they go and get a gift open it up and lets everyone see it, then the person with number 2 can either go get another gift to open or they can take number 1 gift..... then number 3 can either get a new gift or take from number 1 or 2..... all the way to number 20.... we made a rule of one gift cannot be passed more then 3 times before it become frozen...... its alot of fun...we started doing this back a few years ago

i have also played this game as a white elephant gift... where everyone bring something from home that they no longer won't... it wrapped up and done the same way, you get alot of interesting stuff in those games....

Teresa that is good advice... each time I started over, Iwould set new goals..... making weekly, monthly goals are a good thing....

HI dream, divine, btw,

Penny where are you? hope your daughter is doing good....

[kbetz0419]

Howdy all I just stoped by to do a quick read say hello and I am off to FIL's for the day. Not much to report, didnt bother waying this morning and once eat I dont weigh. Maybe tommarow I will. I am just foccusing on fealing better mind and body. DH said wow lunch is great sur is hard to belive its LC. I looked at him and said uh I thought you couldnt eat this way. Now he says he can if I buy him SF snacks. I said naa, you just eat the way you have been. Then he said well maybe he could just switch to water for a drink and use his SF drinks for a treat. I just said what every you think you can do. My plan is to make it his idea and not me pushing it. Really wants you get used to eat you dont miss the sweets as much. When I straw its not usually on sweets.

Ok I must go get a pepsi see ya. I am trying so hard to ween but I dont have the mind set.


Last nots.. DH got 4 tickets to soak zone and another 4 tickets for Cedar point. THe little boys would not have any fun so they will stay with sister N law. 2 days of total free fun. I found a camp site that rents small cabins for $42 a night ($ 12 more then a tent site) They offer $3 pancake and susage all you can eat buffet for campers. I am so excited. We will be going I think the 3 rd week in aug. they have a lake and pool and normal camping stuff.

[Jennifer]

2/7

[kbetz0419]

So far today I hade eggs and then a spinach turkey salad and a few bites of tirkey while at FIL's. When I got home I was haveing some balance issues so I had a spoon full of PB and glass of water.
Tonight will likly be spinach with taco meat over it. I love my spinach bowls.

It was nice to spend time with FIL.He cried a few times and took me aside to show my his legs are turning purple/black. He said he smells real bad sometimes. My husband asked me if it was because his body is fighting the cancer. I havent told him that its ussually what happens as the body starts to die. I use to work as a nurse aid.Dh wants to have his dad over next month to see the house while he's on vaction. I told Dh he might want to do it next sunday.

Poor Hubby!



I dont want to proclaim a loss yet but I weighed a few minutes ago and it is what I usually weigh in the mornings. Maybe another night and I can see the 70's



I like what Divine said about losing 80 by Christmas. I need to do this if at all possible.
My BIL was told by his DR that if he doesnt get the weight back off he will be in a wheel chair in 2 years. He's my age, 29 that sucks. He hurt his back and gave up LC and stoped exercising. His wife is working 2 jobs because he is to depressed to work. I refuse to get to that point.
I will succeed

[mycattaz]

kbetz so sorry about FIL... it sad to see when cancer takes over someone body....

WTG on the scales... I am looking foward to seeing you in the 70's in the morning.....

Your BIL is going to have to make a decision on his life, does he won't to live or does he want to die.... I know its alot of stress to live with someone that is depressed.... my dh when he lost his wife and 6 months later we were married, I went thur it all with him... depression, panic attack, and more....

[kbetz0419]

Lisa- thats great you were able to be there for your DH.
I ate great all day but my knee and ankle are givig me fits. I did an hour in the water and am wooped! I tell myself to stay clean and eat away the pains. Each day will get better. I am off to bed early to get some much needed rest. Catch you all im the morn
3/7

[Teresa123]

Here to report 3/7. Everyone sounds like they are doing GREAT! Now we need to see how Dream did....fantastic I hope! It would be really neat if we all hit 7/7, I believe we can. Maybe once that happens we "up the ante" somehow...not exactly sure how, I don't want to add more days but maybe we add a little exercise or something else into the challenge. Just a thought! But first we have to all get 100% on the 7/7!

kbetz you're doing great and it sounds like those 70's are on their way! If not tomorrow, don't fret, they will be here soon enough. 80 lbs in 5 months is possible, but I always try to not focus too much on certain amounts by certain times. As long as you stay 100% committed each day, you will have awesome results by Christmas and you will be feeling sooooo much better to boot!

Have a nice evening everyone!