Stillmans QWL ~ October ~ Trick or Treat Edition!!

[Crohnie]

I am here...just depressed

Day 87~~` 167. 2.5 more lbs to get back to pre-vacation weight

I am finishing up all the paperwqork from home. I still have another payroll to do and print w-2's. Have to close the GL for September and then the few days we were open in Oct

I feel like I should be at work today. Seems weird


yesterday

1/2 sirloin
1/2 cup cottage cheese
SF jello
Scrambled eggs
1 carb ketchup
Green Tea
Need more water


oh and Suzie I am 5'8"

[Melly]

Michele......it will get better sweety

Chrissy if diet soda is the worst thing you do then you are not doing too bad......although you might want to throw some water in there from time to time

Dang Karen.......2 needles? You are one buff chick

[GApeach23]

[quote=Melly;7618717
Dang Karen.......2 needles? You are one buff chick[/QUOTE]


That's what I'm sayin'..............

Well TOM is trying to rear his ugly head.......rggghhhh, come on I need to get this bloat off and the 150 ounces of water I've been drinking the past few days aren't working well enough.

Michele~~~ Feel better soon.

[Hoops]

I had a nice day again! I am heading off for the dentist for an exam, exray, and cleaning. Then, I am heading back to work from 5-7pm for Amnesty Night, which is when teacher volunteer to come in to help students who want to make up homework or redo a test. They have to be brought with their parent, so it is a whole effort between teacher, students, and parents. Then, I am heading home to exercise and watch Biggest Loser. Oh, what a day!

Doit~ Ask away. I have lots of personal experience and read a ton on fasting.

Pam~ The smell thing is crazy. I could smell popcorn outside 50 yards from me. I also like the reduced cellulite, mental clarity, weight loss, gorgeous skin, and the whites in my eyes were really white when I fast.

Heather~ How did you gain 130 pounds in a year? I have 2 gf's who had a huge weight gain in a short time period, too. I was just like you, a major jock. Tennis was my best sport, winning state championship and playing some in college. I also was first team all state in softball. The glory years is right! If only I could have 16% body fat again. I now have hips from 2 pregnancies, so I am keeping those, too. I really think exercise is the most important thing to keep myself in shape! Of course, I have to also make wise food selections.

Melly~ on the weight loss. Losing is losing, and you're a loser!

Faith~ Hope you feel better!

Karen~ I am waiting on TOM, too! My chest feels heavy! I am not big chested at all, 36c, but TOM fills them out before arrival. It makes a difference exercising and the such. What do you all do who have the big ones daily? Your form will improve as you progress, as it is what makes T-Tapp so effective. The dvd Susan got does have arms, yes. Tempo Arms doubles the workout time by adding an additional 15 minutes devoted to arms. Like I said, mine went from 12" to 11.5" after 9 workouts, and that was gaining 1.5 pounds.

Chrissy~ Melly was my inspiration. When she gets up at 4am to work out with her tough schedule, anyone can!

Michele~ Sending a big your way!

[Melly]

Awwwwwwww Laura have I told you lately that I love ya? You guys are my inspiration......I would lose my mind AND my girlish figure without you guys BTW.......I just LOVE being a loser

[Melly]

I feel like I am missing out on something....I have never watched the Biggest Loser.....unless you consider the time I spend in the mirror Baseball on tap at my house tonight!!!!! I love this time of year because I LOOOOOOVE football.....and yes I realize I said baseball and THEN football but what can I say.....there isn't any football tonight so I will have to settle for baseball playoffs

[GApeach23]

Melly~~~You are missing out on something if you aren't watching Biggest Loser "on T.V", love it, it is also an inspiration to me.

Laura~~~ Couldn't help you on the boob thing........Mine now are just barely a C......probably more like a full B, which is why I find it so odd that I have such HUGE upper arms.......usually the women folk with the big boobs have the bigger upper arms......... Mine don't really get bigger during TOM and didn't really even get bigger with either of my 2 pregnancies even though last DD weighed in at 10 pounds 5 ouncs.......

[Jennifer]

Back from New Orleans! Food-wise it was good and bad. Bad - I didn't follow any plan, ate what I wanted and gained 4 lbs. The good is that I learned a lot. Mostly that my problem is not so much with carbs, but with sugar. I had no sugar at all (except for alcohol) and had no cravings even while eating chips, bread, fries, rice and hummus. And except for two meals, I stopped eating when satisfied and didn't eat when hungry. I now know that once I get my weight under control I'll be able to occasionally enjoy these foods, I'll just have to plan for it.

Back on Stillman's today.

Hope everyone is doing well. Off to catch up.

[GApeach23]

Good for you Jennifer........glad you had fun on your trip!!!!!!!!

[ButterflyA]

Originally Posted by Hoops;7620553[b

Heather~[/b] How did you gain 130 pounds in a year? I have 2 gf's who had a huge weight gain in a short time period, too. I was just like you, a major jock. Tennis was my best sport, winning state championship and playing some in college. I also was first team all state in softball. The glory years is right! If only I could have 16% body fat again. I now have hips from 2 pregnancies, so I am keeping those, too. I really think exercise is the most important thing to keep myself in shape! Of course, I have to also make wise food selections.

I developed a systemic autoimmune disorder that basically started to attack my body organs and eat them (thought they were foreign invaders), and it ate through a large portion of my thyroid and destroyed it, so my body couldn't regulate my metabolism anymore and it was pretty much dead. Your body tries to compensate by holding on to every little bit of water to try and repair the organs, so I retained literally everything I put in my mouth, then they put me on steroids for the autoimmune issues. From all of that, I gained about 130 pounds, and because I was so scared and stressed that it would kill me, I ate myself into about another 50 pounds I actually went from 130 to 310 in about 11 months, then when they released me from the hospital after they got a lot of the water out of my body, I dropped down to 270. I count 270 as my real starting weight.

I'm a lot better now and my thyroid is ok, it'll never be 100%, but they have me on meds for it, and on meds for the autoimmune disorder so it doesn't come back. The worst part is that my body retains a lot of water still, and I fight tooth and nail to get it off. With the water, it created a lot of fat cells to retain them in. I still have a few problems from it, but it was 3 years ago, and other than my metabolism is still almost dead and I have water issues, I'm ok if I do low/mod carb. Anything else, I can gain 10-15 pounds of water in one day! It's actually the diet my doc put me on in 2003 to help with the water retention... And yes, it's taken me 3 years of trying to get from 270-190, which is nuts. But I'm alive, so I try really hard not to get depressed over it. I'd rather focus on getting healthy and exercising and eating LC, and I know it'll come off eventually.
If I sit and think about everything in detail, it scares the crap out of me. It could come back, my thyroid could fail, I do still have liver, pancreas, and intestine damage and probably always will, and it could get worse... I just don't think about it. I was never an optimist until I got sick, and now I try really hard to always be positive. It's better than the alternative

[doit]

200 even this morning... yesterday I ate raw... carrots and apples... then when I got home after NOT doing my last run of the day cause I felt rotten... head ached and throat was sore. Just wanted to go home, eat , and go to bed... which is pretty much what I did... but I ate this...

a grilled chicken salad from McDonalds with ranch dressing, a chilli from Burger King... a few french fries from McDonalds and some onion rings with dipping sauce from BK...

And I still hit 200 this morning... I really don't get that at all.

BUT ... I'll take it...

no time again this morning... I have a head ache and a sore throat again. Just want to stay in bed.

[idioglossic]

Good morning... all

Doit... perhaps... you were about to have a whoosh... of 3 lbs... or so...then the food you ate... just off set it a bit...

I know when I am about to have a whoosh.... I am hungry and tempted...
usually try to hold out in hopes of the magic of the whooshie fairy...

which does not always work...

doing fine here.... feeling more comfortable in my clothes and skin....

Starting Stillmans yogurt diet today.... today and tomorrow...

Heavy rains here all night... and more for today... so some flooding..
must get ready to leave...

Hoops.... just driving by the pizza place I could smell and taste it... ;
and I have learned to enjoy the smells of foods...with out the compulsion to eat them... this for me is a huge hurdle.... like getting past the bakery section in the grocery store

Melly.... you will smile you mom thru it... that is your job... to make her smile and give her all the encouragement you can... It came to pass... is what I kept telling my mom... and pass it will...

I have an older friend that did a trans atlantic crossing in a small sail boat just weeks after a double hip replacement... he is an old salt... and said not only did he do the sailing and watches... he had to be the cook because the
other crew thought opening a can was dinner...lol... Peter was well into his 70's and is still going strong...

This is going to me an experience... i took lots of photos... to remind my mom about how far she came...

hugs....and prayers...

[ButterflyA]

Originally Posted by doit

200 even this morning... yesterday I ate raw... carrots and apples... then when I got home after NOT doing my last run of the day cause I felt rotten... head ached and throat was sore. Just wanted to go home, eat , and go to bed... which is pretty much what I did... but I ate this...

a grilled chicken salad from McDonalds with ranch dressing, a chilli from Burger King... a few french fries from McDonalds and some onion rings with dipping sauce from BK...

And I still hit 200 this morning... I really don't get that at all.

BUT ... I'll take it...

no time again this morning... I have a head ache and a sore throat again. Just want to stay in bed.

It's pretty well accepted in most LC plans that a "carb up" day when you've been really low shoots your metabolism up and releases water. After my binge day on Saturday, I was down 1.5 pounds the next day. It always happens to me. There's a really fine line, though- if I ate, say, 4k calories, it won't do it, but about 700ish-1,000ish over my normal does it to me.

[SusieQ12]

Good morning ladies! I didn't get a chance to post yesterday because work was still hectic. I am hoping that today and tomorrow will be better.

I got my T-Tapp on Tuesday. I have done Instructional #1 two times now and I can really feel it. My muscles are sore, but a good kind of sore, and not too sore to do it again. I probably looked like an idiot during some of it. It's going to take me some time to get the proper form down. I am hoping that even though all of my moves aren't perfect yet, they at least are good enough to see some results. That will definitely keep me motivated. So far so good. I hope I can stick with it.

I am still trying to get back on track with my eating. I don't know what the heck is wrong with me lately. I know I can do it, but I don't understand why I keep sabotaging myself.

Sorry no personals this time. I am going to try and get caught up and then come back. Have a great day everyone!

And Melly~~ and for your mom.

[Hoops]

I exercised at about midnight last night! Yes, I am sore right now, need to get in the shower and leave in 30 minutes. UGH!

Melly~ Biggest Loser is my favorite show on television, besides NBA of course. I just it. Did you watch it?

Karen~ When you DH gets that Tempo Arms dvd, those arms of yours will start shrinking away!

Jennifer~ -back

Heather~ You're right, you are fortunate to still be here. Thanks for sharing all the details of your story.

[Hoops]

Susan~ Glad to read you're loving T-Tapp. I am on Day 6 of my Better Booty Blast Challenge, and boy can I feel it. I hope I can see it on the tape measure!

[FaithM.]

Thank you everyone for wishing me well! I truly appreciate that.

Karen--I sent you a PM, hope you don't mind!

Melly--I can understand how that would slow my loss down. If I ever do get better from this --I know I will it just seems like I've been dealing with it forever--then hopefully my loss will take off full force again. Sheesh! With what little I'm eating it oughta be flying off!


BTW...I fasted yesterday and am fasting again today. I'm not ditching ya'll on the thread, LOL, just really want to make my weekly goal and I threw myself off atleast a week at last Saturday's birthday bash. In my case, may as well have been a "Brats & franks celebration party"!

Also, I'm going to bite the bullet and order that T-Tapp DVD I've been thinking about. I've heard way too many good things about it to NOT try it and plus, I have tons of toning to do. I'm so flabby, UGH, and my body looks more than 50 lbs from goal!

KUTGW everybody and have a wonderful Thursday!!

[Melly]

Hey Girls......at work and no time for personals right now but I wanted to check in and say hi to everyone. Made it to the gym this morning ...... 40 degrees and I actually saw snow flakes in my headlights. It is really cold here today......it got up to 75 yesterday and then in less than an hour the temp dropped 20 + degrees.....the high today is 49...... BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Jennifer]

Scale was up .5 lb this morning.

Hoops -How cool that xfatchick is your sister. She's done an incredible job!

Butterfly -Thanks for sharing your story with us.

doit -Feel better! from a safe distance!

Michele -How are you feeling today?

[Crohnie]

Day 88~~167

Had Sushi and drank white wine

Wine is not good for losing weight

I am hanging in there. Thanks for asking

[GApeach23]

Hi Hotties........checking in late today.

My dad turned 75 today and I baked him a cake........ohhhhh, chocolate cake with chocolate icing and decorations............

I didn't even lick the spoon, didn't lick anything..............

Finally back in KETOSIS...........haven't eaten but 200 calories today, just not hungry at all, may eat a little chicken and eggs later.

Walked 2.4 miles today..........a new first!!!!!!!!!!

Faith~~~ I p.m.'d ya back, hope you are feeling better.

Michele~~~ Yep wine sucks while losing weight, I use to drink nearly every weekend but had to stop, I get the "munchies" when I drink....

Jennifer~~~ You have that half pound back off soon.

Melly~~~ I want snow and cooler weather, got up to 83 here today, gawd it was hot and humid on my walk.

Laura~~~ I know you've said you suffer from insomnia, but how in the world do you ever sleep after exercising at midnight? I can't exercise even in the early evening if I want to sleep at night.

Doit~~~ Get better soon.

Amber and Pam~~~ Hiya!!!!! Hope y'all had a great day.

[GApeach23]

Back from surfing the other lobbies, boring this evening.

Here is what I've had to eat today........

B-Nothing, nada

L-5 ounces ground turkey

D-3 egg whites/1 yolk, 3 ounces grilled chicken and 3 tsp. mustard.

Tons of water.

So now that TOM has been here full force for 24 hours I will weigh again in the morning.............fingers crossed that it's good!!!!!!