you guys are really something.........

[Cheezee]

Really INCREDIBLE that is!!!!

I've been lurking around here since Dec. and it seems every time I have a problem or get discouraged I log on and there's what I need to see right on the front page! Sometimes it's kinda creepy; like someone or something is trying to help me and apparently you're all in on it, so

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

[I]God bless you all


P.S. can't remember who has the "Nana korobi ya oki" on their posts-- OMG, I googled it, it was EXACTLY what I needed (again!). Amazing. Gonna have it tattooed on me somewhere...

[peanutte]

Hi and welcome!

[AngieCakes]

Isn't it great here?? LOL Welcome!

[Cheezee]

Hi Peanutte! It's weird, I recognize a lot of your names now hahaha

Thank you all for answering all the newbie questions so patiently (over and over again I bet); there are thousands like me who read them ALL

[Minnas]

Welcome out of lurkdom!

[TerriG]

Welcome!! It is a very informative and supportive site...

[Cheezee]

Best site EVER!! I think this time I'm really gonna "git 'er done"! Last time I did Atkins I hit the 40 lb mark and sort of freaked out, it's kind of a blur... been "the big girl" since grade school, got issues, you know how it is. At least I didn't quite gain it all back.... But I'm 46 now (jeez!) and it's time to put on "the big girl panties"! Saw that one here too, love it.

[peanutte]

You can do it! You're 46; make a decision that the next 4 years of your 40s are going to be a whole new you.

Turning 40 motivated me to take my health more seriously, but I also couldn't stand the idea of going through my 40s with that body. If you stick with it, you will be so happy with your results. Best of luck to you!

[Cheezee]

I'll take any luck I can get!!

Until I started back on all this I didn't realize how depressed and out of control I had become. The 40's are rough, so many things seem to be ending instead of beginning. But now here I go..... I think this IS the start of something new and good.

I work in a hospital and last summer it seemed the H1N1 was really hitting the overweight people hard, even saw some die. It was horrible. But when I thought about it happening to me, my first reaction was "oh well, whatever". Can you believe it!? About ten seconds later my heart started pounding and I thought "what is WRONG with you!?" Like being dead was better than being fat. Looking back on it now, I call it an epiphany of sorts. It was how I was living my life-- nothing to look forward to except the next sugar rush (in secret, of course). It truly is an addiction for me. I've lost whole decades of living to this. The people on this site are the only ones I've ever heard talking about things like this. It's been very cathartic for me.

So that's why I've come out of The Lurkdom and into your place! I thank God I found it, really do. Take me with you!!

[peanutte]

Can you believe it!? About ten seconds later my heart started pounding and I thought "what is WRONG with you!?"

Of course I can believe it. I've had my wake-up calls too. The important thing is you want to live a better life NOW. I hope you have great success!

[tina1973]

to LCF...we read minds!

Originally Posted by Minnas

Welcome out of lurkdom!

And there's that quote you were talking about...in Minnas' siggy.

[tina1973]

Originally Posted by Cheezee

P.S. can't remember who has the "Nana korobi ya oki" on their posts-- OMG, I googled it, it was EXACTLY what I needed (again!). Amazing. Gonna have it tattooed on me somewhere...

I just googled it too, after you pointed it out. Very powerful words!

[Wifey]

I love it here too! Welcome!

[Cheezee]

That "Nana korobi ya oki".... I was just finishing off a huge bunch of Saltines at work (ugh, stress) and was starting to hear the candy machine calling my name, thinking oh well I just blew ketosis for the first time in TWO MONTHS....

But then I checked the board from my iPod touch (sneak it around with me) and there was that line... I just HAD to know what it meant! Weird. And so then I got back up after falling down again. And this time I did it! I didn't lose a whole week of my life to the Sugar Beast! It bowed right back down like the cowardly little snot it is and here I am, back in the saddle.

This is kind of why I've been experimenting with the intermittant fasting. It's a control issue for me more than speeding up weight loss. It's an amazing feeling... Never known it before.

[AngieCakes]

Okay I googled too LOL I want that tattoo! Good stuff!

[Jake]

[TaDa!]

You can do it Cheezeeeee ... My 40s have been one of the best parts of my life, having lost the weight, that I too carried since childhood .... You can turn around your entire feeling about this thing called life .... make new beginnings in your 40s ... Way to Go on beating the Sugar Monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From one old lady to another ...

[MichelleM]

WELCOME CHEEZEE!!

So glad you've come out of lurkdom.

[Cynthia2005]

Cheezee!

Welcome from me, too - it's so much nicer out of that old cobwebby lurk corner

[torister]

Glad you came out of lurkdom! I will be 46 in June and if I can do it...YOU can do it!

[clackley]

I see you are doing vlc. I am looking to see how people do with it.....

[Rick-g]

Welcome and don't worry about the 46 thing, it just gives you more life situations to draw upon! I didn't build the new me til I was in my 50's, you CAN do this

[daisyHair]

Yeah!!!

I love it when readers come out of lurkdom!



I am sure you are supposed to be here. I am metaphysical like that *smile*.

Now,
post more often!

Oh and I am 46 also! It's time isn't it.!

[KellBell1234]

Welcome! I too LOVE this place! I find so much motivation and support here and would be lost without my LC friends!! Glad you decided to join in!

[Cheezee]

Thanks for the all the Welcomes, everybody!!!

Calling all other Lurkers! Come on in, the water's fine! Especially if you're getting flak about this WOE. Just that feeling of "belonging" somewhere, anywhere, makes a huge difference, doesn't it?

I caught a little bit of a show last night on PBS-- they billed it as a new WOE for diabetics. Sigh, this doctor was pushing "Vegan Low-Fat". Just made me sad for all the diabetics that will be tortured by this.... I'm not diabetic but I've tried all this stuff. I would be so weak I'd come home from work and have to lie down immediately. My head would be spinning and I'd just do nothing the rest of the day. I have nothing but energy eating fat hahahah, no ups and downs during the day AT ALL. Even emotionally I feel more "balanced" or something. Can't believe I didn't pick up on all this the first time and just stick with it forever.... Oh well, it's all about the journey I guess.

So bring on the 40's! I actually feel 10 years younger today

[RobMan]

Hello and another big welcome. I love this site and have posted many, many times that I don't think I would have had the success that I have had if not for being here. There are just so many good people here that love to encouarge each other as well as the information I have learned. As far as age... I was 52 when I started 15 months and 113 lbs ago. You can do it! Congrats on your success thus far!

[Cheezee]

RobMan-- My heaviest that I know of was 250. It got a lot higher but I had thrown out the scale after that. Instead of inspiring me it just sent me into a tailspin of despair and helplessness.

I just have to wonder if you even know how much INNER STRENGTH you must have.... It just blows me away. A lot of you guys do that to me, when I read your stories.

Thank you, you wise old souls, for showing the way through your own journey. It's about a lot more than food, isn't it?

Thinkin' strangely deep thoughts this week; must be the organic butter heeheehee!

[RobMan]

Hey Cheeze, For me this is most likely one of the greatest decisions I have ever made in my life. This might be a long post but perhaps worthwhile?
I have been morbidly obese my entire life. I am now 53, married for 27 years and have a 19 year old son. Successful in life, great family, great job, coached baseball for 12 years and all around great life, except I have always been fat. For any of us that have been fat forever, reagardless of what most will say, that part of my life made me very unhappy. I have said it is the one complete failure I have been in my life.
Had an overweight older brother that had gastric bypass 7-8 years ago. Lost 100 lbs and has kept most of it off. He had encouraged me to have it done as well. I had no desire. Did talk with my doctor about it and he advised against due to the many complications that can happen. ( this was 5-6 years ago ) But he wanted to track my brother's success or failure with his permission. The doc also had a lady that had just had the surgery and we discussed her, again, referred to as just " the lady." I never knew her name. Over the years we discussed both's progress. Brother continued to do fine but lady had issues. Lost from about 385 down to 245 only to regain back to almost 400 in the course of a couple of years. During this time doc encouraged me to diet, WW or BevHills or whatever was his suggestions, just do something. Then in a visit in Dec of '08 he asked about my brother and I about "the lady." He very coldly stated, she died. Weighed 441 lbs when we weighed her on her death table. Then he says to me, you may be next if you don't do something.
He then asked me why I hadn't done anything about my weight? I told him I never considered myself important enough to consider the need for me to be on this earth thus no motavation. He then asked me what would my wife, son and company that has employees do if I died today? Perhaps I was more important to them than I thought and perhaps I did have a place on this earth. He went on to say if I could mustard the motavation that was needed to succeed and bottle it we could both retire. He told me it had to come from my heart.
For whatever reason, if the shock of the lady dying or that conversation, I changed the way I thought of myself that day. I have never looked back and I almost feel guilty for how easy this has been. I have tried to do this as a lifelong journey and not a race. Food no longer has control over me. I eat what I am supposed to eat when I am hungry. I no longer plan tomorrow's feast today. I have changed my way of living that I now eat as part of my way of living, not living to eat. I have now lost 113 in 15 months and feel better than I have in 30 years.
From me to you and anyone that reads this and needs motavation... it comes from the heart. It took my too many years to realize this but I still have the rest of my life in front of me. So do you.

[LJR]

[Cheezee]