Weight Loss

I have looked for twins and poked around other groups without finding a real support group.

I am 48, 5'5", SW 151, CW 134, GW 128

I am the school teaching mother of three in their upper teens, wife of my 3 lbs from goal hubby.

SO...

Anyone interested?

Aaaah Salrob how nice that you're still with us It's strange with mothers sometimes, isn't it, mine also makes me overeat... Last time I decided not to though, so I kept to my one way, - and guess what: she was almost offended because I was able to control my eating and she wasn't. Well, she is my "good" example and I learned my "great" eating habits from her - she's exactly what I don't want to be when I'm 75 - small woman, done all the diets but still round as a barrel and difficulty bending etc. Oh no, not going there! So how to survive a visit to mum's? Well, think about how well you're doing, be sure to check in once in a while - and keep talking to us 7 pounds in 4 weeks sounds like a lot, on the other hand: if what you eat is good stuff and you don't eat less than you're supposed to, then you should be ok - are you feeling ok? I started less than 3 weeks ago and while now I can finally close some of my trouwers, others are falling off - lost about 3 kilo's by now, that's about 6,5 pounds, so I follow you. And I feel great about it, not obsessed but I do keep it in mind most of the time. If it works like that for you, that'll help you at your mother's too...

Connie - wauwwwwwwwwwww, you're so great girl! So why won't you have your pictures developed - I mean, they are basically "after"-pictures And you already look great on the ones we're "allowed" to see.

Take care all, my mood's gone up because my trowsers are going down and my health's getting better Hope you'll all have a good day/night.

Truus, It is that way about moms. They teach us to overeat and then they teach us to restrict calories. That's what they knew back then. It hasn't been good for them. It seems like you are focusing on health like I am trying to. Good for us for taking advantage of all we know about diet now! Thanks for understanding. I will check in if I can get internet.

momo - Glad you are doing better. 

Deb - Sorry about your Dad.  Sending you good thoughts and prayers. 

Connie - The account of your Dad's passing had me all choked up. 

My Dad is 80 and Mom 76 both have different health issues and I know that day will come but it's still hurts to think of it.

Skn - Enjoy the vacation and things have a way of working themselves out. 

Truus - I'm still having my weird health issues and it sounds like you are also.  I do feel somewhat better.  I think I may be having anxiety attacks to go along with it because of an issue at home. 

Has anyone had anxiety attacks before?  Is so what were your symptoms?  My life seems to be running me instead of me running it. 

My bright spot today is that I finally lost some more weight.  4 more so that makes 12.5 total in 5 weeks.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Feeling the same as yesterday, so don't know if I'll venture out for a walk today. I might later on tonight. Getting tired of looking at the inside of my house! lol

Hubby went to the dr this morning. He has high blood pressure and has been on meds for it for some time now. Well, his BP was extremely high! High enough to have a stroke. His dr increased his medication and wants him to have a stress test done. He's having shoulder pain and that might increase his BP, but the dr thinks it shouldn't be that high anyways. He had blood work done last month and everything was ok with that. Hope they get this figured out. Don't want him having a stroke!

Gosh Momo I hope the meds help with your hubby's BP! I have not stopped again today for the most part (except to eat of course and check in here) My mom is having the cataract surgery tomorrow so she's had to have the antibiotic eye drops 3x a day and of course be pampered cause she's nervous about it. I know it's not as bad as it used to be but please send out prayers that all goes well for her....Thanks girls! I added the new hair cut picture (the one in the dress) I swear I just look fat to me. I can not get rid of the belly fat and it just shows up even more in pictures!!!

Lucy you are doing fantastic!!! 4 more HOORAH!!!!!! You Tru and Sal are just moving right on down the scales! Doing it pretty darn fast too! Are you girls drinking alot of water?

Momo has your hubby been eating the right foods along with you? He may have to change his diet if not.......men don't like that idea any more than we do ya know it!

Well I think I have posted enough for today. Hope you all have a great evening and if i don't chat a day or two I'll be taking care of my mom! OHHHHHH I hear all the sighs of relief!!!!! LOL Bye girls

Hi, sorry I've been away again!  I just can't keep up with everything and time for me to do things seems to disappear.  I'm trying to find time by myself but it's extremely difficult for now.  I think I may start doing cross stitch again, I used to do some on the boys clothes when they were little.  I could probably find some patterns for the girls and I'd use way bigger count so it'd be easy on the eyes!

I named the girls, my husband named the boys.  Michael and Matt.  All m's but I think a very different feel to the two pairs!

Michael goes to an orthopedic doctor on Tuesday because the x-rays didn't show anything.  Hopefully they can tell what's going on without an MRI.  Mikayla has spina bifida occulta (her spine was never open but there was fat tethered to her lower spinal cord) so that's affecting her foot.  She goes to another orthopedic doctor in October to find out what we need to do for that.  Now she also has an amoeba in her tummy that has been causing her diarrhea and is on an antibiotic for ten days for that.  She hates taking it so it's been lovely!  She goes to the pediatrician tomorrow for a regular appt and probably shots then to the dentist on Wed.  Poor kid!

Skn-about a year ago my husband started emailing a woman he dated before we married.  He also thought it wasn't a problem and didn't understand why I'd be upset.  He still gets some email from her but I think they've stopped writing all the time.  Maybe it's the age.  I've been trying to reconnect with him but it's hard since we really don't have much time together (well, alone time!).  Anyway, I can definitely understand.

Sounds like a lot of us have been having different problems with health for ourselves and our parents lately!  Praying that everyone's lives will calm down and get back to normal (whatever that is) soon!

I'd better go, it's almost dinner time.  I've done ok with my weight but really haven't lost anything.  Right now I'm glad when I don't over eat from the stress and am trying to not worry about losing too much.  Next month should be better I hope!

Betsy

Hi everyone,

Just checking in. I'm very impresses with you guys that are losing weight so well. I'm going much slower it seems. I've been on cc since July 31 and I have lost 3.5 lbs. I guess I'm not very good at keeping calories real low. I do however watch what I eat a lot more than I used to. A lot! Anyone have any hints on things they have done to make the weight go a bit faster without starving myself?

I hear all of you that are going through various health issues and it makes me think that we are all in the same situation (after 40!).

As for  myself, I have been going through tests all summer for breast cancer. My first mammogram was in May and they called me for a second one at the end of June. This one showed a suspicious area. I went for a biopsy and to see a surgeon. He believes I may have Stage 0 breast cancer (ducatl carcinoma in situ). I've been able to keep my spirits up for the most part but it's very scary. If I have stage O, there is almost a 100% cure rate but they won't really know until my surgery which is probably early September ( I should know soon). If any of you believe in the power of prayer, could you say a few for me?

Deb and Connie , I'm very sorry to hear about your fathers. I too am a daddy's girl and I don't even want to think about how difficult it will be when he is gone. Deb, I pray your dad is comfortable and surrounded with love.

Connie, that belly area is the hardest isn't it.? Do crunches really work?

Tru, you have been sick a long time. I'm worried about you. I hope you're starting to pick up.

skn, you must be a very patient lady. My husband and I have our problems like everyone mostly caused by our stubborness. If he ever had a friend that was a woman in which he confided above me, I don't think I could live with him anymore but I applaud you for trying. It is surely the right thing to do in order to keep the relationship going. My sister di that and they are very happy now. I don't know how but they did it (counselling).

Momo - I feel so bad for you. Is there nothing they can do for your back pain? There is nothing worse than back pain.

By the way, anyone....what are grits?????

Connie, I haven't tried GO Lean Crunch but it sounds yummy. I'll look if they sell it in Canada. I do like oatmeal in baked goods..haha.

Last comment for today...what is the "friends" setting in cc for?

Have a great week.

Janet

Hello all!

I know that I am going to end up leaving someone off...so forgive me...it has been one heck of a week.

Connie, I hope your little Momma has had a breeze of a time with the eye surgery! My daughter had the same 3 years ago (why, is a long sad story...never let a kid get a BB gun) and as we waited (and worried) a tiny little old lady came out of the surgery area and looked out the window and stopped and exclaimed "look at that! It's beautiful!" then picked up a magazine and went on "Oh my sweet Lord! I can even READ!". Our stress levels drooped through the floor. Your father,as painful as your loss was, your dad went FAST, and went HAPPY, I wish we could all go that way at 80+!! And about that Honduran: a man that can't speak English just might be BETTER! Will you please take the duty of telling our poor northern friend Janet what grits are? seems only right, coming from our favorite southern belle!

Deb, so sorry about your father. Good for you helping your kids deal with it, so often we hurt so much we forget that the best healing is helping someone else.

Momo, I hope both your and your hubby's health issues resolve quickly!

Janet, How wonderful to have caught it so early! (of course how wretched to have it at all...) Since you ask for prayers, I'll be bold and pray that your faith helps you to be calm and patent instead of stressed and frantic. The friend setting is so you can "friend" anyone you want to have closer contact with. official friends can see more of your profile and you can set photos to only be seen by friends.

Betsy, Your poor honey! she must be thinking doctors are the devil by now! I don't know a lot but I understand that when it has not opened up, SB is quite treatable, I sure hope so for her sake.

Truus, I hope you are feeling better! I am allergic and/or sensitive to almost all antibiotics so when I need them I get a reaction that seems like a second round of "sick", I hope that is not your problem.

Lucy, I am so sorry your are stressed to the point of possible panic attacks. Yes I have had them, many years ago now, but the memory lingers strongly! I would not be able to keep food down. I threw up most anything that went down. (my wedding pictures stink, I weigh 94 lbs in them...and I wasn't anorexic!) I had agoraphobic issues too, but they were less than the constriction in my esophagus. As I got used to my new job, new home in a new state, new hubby, and being out of the safety net of college, it faded. I hope and pray that the "issue at home" will resolve quickly and you will not have any more attacks.

Skn/Sue, I am not sure what to say about your hubby's, 'friend' but like you and all who have commented, it is very concerning and certainly not comfortable! You and hubby will be in my prayers too.

Well the trip/funeral went well. My Dad asked that I speak at the funeral as I knew her best of our generation. I told a few stories that seemed to go over well..hard thing to do though. My poor Dad, as the youngest of 6, he is watching all of his siblings go, and he is extremely tender hearted...

I did get asked by a cousin if he could nickname me 'skinny' now, to which I said:"PLEASE DO!"

I got back early this am, and after a good sleep I went out for a marathon session of 'garden therapy'. then came in and made dinner that consisted of nothing but things I had picked/pulled/dug in the last hour or two! Hands down my favorite way to eat! my cabin is filled with the smell of the armful of lavender I have drying in here now....*sigh*

This has taken me so long, someone else will have posted while I poked along!

Alylou

aly - I don't know how you can address everyone! I can't do that. My eyes get all "whacky" after looking at the computer screen for a while!  I should wear my glasses, but I don't! lol

janet - The only thing I can do for my pain is "manage" it, the drs say. I've seen so many drs about it wanting to hear one of them say it can be fixed. Maybe when it's actually bone on bone. But they haven't said that either. So for now, pain meds help. It's just when they start wearing off and it's not time yet for another.

I've thought about buying that GO Lean Crunch once or twice. But I always go for the Total Raisin Bran. I love the raisins! Or I buy the Fiber One Raisin Bran. Total has less calories and just as good on nutrition.

My poor hubby.....the dr gave him anti-inflammatory med for his shoulder and they gave him hives. He works midnights and he didn't get ANY sleep because he kept itching. He has bad shoulders. Had his left one operated on 4 times! Once to repair a torn rotator cuff and 3x to fix what the dr did wrong. Ended up with a screw and pin in his shoulder. It still hurts him alot. And now his right one is slightly torn and that's the one the dr is treating. He needs to have it operated on, but we can't afford him to be off work and only getting 60% of his pay! So HE'S on pain meds & anti-inflammatories (which we will call in the am and get it changed) for that.

We are just falling apart in this house! My dad always says when you hit 40, your parts just start wearing out. lol

It's 1:30 am and I'm up! I'm having alot of pain n my leg now. :(  I've been taking the pills I have for my nerve pain in my leg and it feels like I'm not taking it. I can barely lift my leg up to get it on the bed or to go up the stairs.

I don't know why this is happening. It's really bad and I'm nervous about it. Guess when I go to the dr on Wednesday I'll ask for another MRI to see what, if anything, is going on in there. Hope it's not getting worse already. They said it would get worse eventually, depending on how fast the discs get worn.

well, I've written to ya'all enough now.

Talk to ya'all later! :)

Og momo, I do so hope for you that your fears won't come out - it's far too soon! And your hubby, sounds not too easy for him either. Are you two coping together?

Skinny aly, that just has a nice ring to it. The lavender sounds great, I love lavender! For some reason I can't get it to grow properly in my garden, any ideas? Garden therapy sound like a good thing, something I still need to learn - I do have the garden, but I normally don't get around to much more than the basic mowing.

sal, good luck with your mum - maybe it helps to remember that you can't change her anymore - but you can change the way you interact with her and the way you look at her. Not an easy task, but something we all eventually have to do as out parents grow older and need us, like we used to need them. It does sound like we're on the same path here weight-wize.

lucy, good for you losing weight again. I have started wondering - I enjoy this boost, but now I want it to slow down. Does that sound strange? I've tried the fast track so often, and it never worked in the long run, now I'd prefere to get in the slower track and then not drop out of it! You ladies?

betsy, cross stitching is a great idea! Tell us what you come up with. If anyone deserves the quiet moments, it sounds like it'd be you!

janet I send you a lot of thoughts, - waiting i always find, is really stressy. How do you "un-stress"?

janet asked what we do to lose weight faster - on my part I believe I basically didn't eat enough real food before I started here - what I ate for meals was healthy but not enough, and then I filled out with lots of snacks. I love snacks But: now I eat more during my meals, and I've come to enjoy that. So less snacks for me now, I can actually eat a few pieces of anything and leave the rest of the bag alone - that's an amazing new thing! So I think that the first pounds dropped off because I've replaced sugars and fat with lettuce But I also believe it'll slow down now - and I'm starting to think that my health-problems the last few weeks have to do with the enormous change in food, my body must be having a hec of a time catching up  lol So I'm expecting to feel incredibly fit in a few days, doing better already! What a strange and nice feeling to have people thousands of miles away worrying about me, thank you, feels warm somehow.

Byebye for now

PS. Connie dear, I just checked out your new foto's: YOU LOOK GREAT! I especially like the one in full length with the brown dress - WHAT TUMMY?????? (Did you you post these foto's all by yourself? nice job)

Janet-praying for you to have peace while waiting and that everything will go well once your surgery is done.

momo-praying that your pain will get better soon.  I'm not sure I could handle that very well, I'd be eating everything in sight!  How's your husband?  Hopefully you can commiserate together. 

Connie-how's your mom doing?  Praying for her, too.  Lots ofprayers today!

Tru-hope you're feeling better, too.

Aly-the garden meal sounds wonderful.  We've been getting a lot of fresh things lately, too.  It's too bad we can't keep the garden all year long here.  My husband brought in some flowers from the butterfly bush for the girls, smells wonderful!

Sorry to those I missed, I don't have enough time to read and write about everything today.  Mikayla has to go to the doctor's this morning and then friends we haven't seen are coming to visit this afternoon.  Mikayla was already terrified of doctors when she came, she actually did better at her appointment last week.  We think if they don't wear the white coat she is calmer.  Hopefully the doctor today will agree to not wear his (hopefully I'll remember to tell the nurse about this before he comes in!).

Gotta go try to get some things cleaned up before we go!

Betsy

Why was my last post listed as anonymous?  Not sure what happened there!

Hi all!

Today's post will be a quicky after yesterday's epic.

I am up at the cabin by myself for two days, something I never got when the kids were smaller, but now seems a little too common... But what is grand is I get to make my own agenda, and this morning I picked 8 cups of wild blueberries! It was so quiet and beautiful, time with my thoughts and prayers-the best! And now I am going to dig the rest of my potato patch...I feel so...productive! Tomorrow I say goodbye for the summer and head back to Wisconsin .

Momo, so sorry for the pain and fears you are facing, be strong things always get better.

Truus, Lavender loves sandy slightly dry soil, if your soil is heavy or overly wet it will not thrive...if that is the case try it in pots, then you can control the soil and moisture. As for your thoughts about slowing down the weight lose, I think what you are aiming for is a transformation in your relationship with food that will result in you never having to DIET again. An excellent idea, what I have tried to do is change my eating habits PERMANENTLY, and I hope I have, but a few months of maintenance is not yet enough to tell for sure.

Connie, thinking about you and your little Momma...*good thoughts winging their way your direction*  I did not know you had new photos..WOW! I think you are fibbing about your age!

I did something I just NEVER do, I just had 500 calories of ice cream!I don't usually like ice cream that much, I guess the sun and fresh air of the berry picking triggered something! hopefully all this work out of doors will burn off that indulgence quickly.

Off to my potatoes, Alylou

A crazy day today at work but I'm doing somewhat better.

Connie - great pic. Much luck on the surgery for mom.

Janet - Sooo sorry about the diagnosis.  My mom went thought that and even as old as she was she did great!  Many prayers coming your way. 

As for your question: Grits are basically ground corn.  Similiar to cream of wheat but larger pieces thus the word grits.  I think that most of the people that eat them are in the Southern US like me.  We cook them in water with a little salt until creamy and eat with butter and/or fried or scrambled eggs.  They are really good just with butter.  The local restuarants also serve cheese grits where they have added butter and lots of cheddar cheese into the hot grits until it's all creamy.  This is usually served with fried fish as a side.  Also a local Greek restaurant adds heavy cream and corn and spices.  Those are great too.   I actually had some cheese grits and grilled shrimp on Sunday. 

I love all types of food and will try most things.  One of the reasons for the weight problem.  LOL I don't like anything made from raw meat of fish. 

Tru - Thank you so much for everything

Aly - Thanks I do think it is a little anxiety along with health etc.  Thanks for sharing your experience.  Love the Nickname!  Everyone needs more cousins like that.

Betsy - You must be a great woman to handle everything you do.  I hope everything turns out well health wise for the children.  I'll add them to my prayer list.

Love to all, Lucy

Hi to all! Gotta have mom back to docs at 8 this a.m. wanted to let everyone know she did very well and we thank you for all the prayers. The reason it was more risky was due to a hemmorage that has been behind her eye off and on for some time but so far she is doing well. I will catch up later with you girls. Thanks for the compliments on the pix but you all are LYING and i just know it! LOL but thats ok I'll definitely take it over my "OTHER" friends comments anyday! Have a wonderful day today ladies!  Connie 

Connie, I NEVER lie! I'll be back later, was just having a quick look 

Just checkin in real quick....not much time!

Connie - you look great in that brown dress!!!  I'm like everyone else, what tummy????  I think you are being much too critical on yourself. You look fantastic girl!!!  :D

Good morning Ladies,

I'm glad your mom did well Connie and remember what others think of you doesn't matter it's what you think of yourself.  I have the tendency to worry about what others think but for some reason on the way to work this morning I realized that I don't really care what they think I look like anymore.   There was a point where I would avoid going somewhere because I was overweight.  That just doesn't cross my mind anymore.  I want to look nice but more importantly I want to feel good in my own skin and be as healthy as I can be.

Hello!  Went to the dr today. It went ok. She suggested another steroid injection. NO WAY!!  Everytime I try it I wind up in bed for 2 weeks in so much pain I just take pain meds and sleep.  But she said its good for flare ups. So if this doesn't end in the next week, I'll go try it again. She can't increase my med for my leg, I'm taking the most you can take. Which is 3200 mg a day.

I hope this ends soon cause I want to get out and walk. I haven't walked since last Thursday and that's not good for my weight loss. :( 

BUT I dropped to 172 today!!!  An all time low!!!!  I haven't been that weight in about 11 yrs.  1 more pound and I'll have lost 65 pounds!!!!  Gotta lose it, gotta lose it..... lol 

I'll be back tomorrow! :D