Susan,

Self determination works best when supported by friends and faith! Happy to have you aboard!

Grandma Sue

"THE AUGUST WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE" lost me rebepi. I am not there anymore. Did you ask your boyfriend for the salsa recipe. Congratulations on your weight loss!

newbegining-Welcome to this forum I hope you will jump in and let us know how we can help.

krismasself-Have you ever heard this one "I can't." "He can." Let Him."

I don't understand the MAP challenge. How is it any different than the weight loss challenge.

Humorpam- I wish there was something we could do to help.

Lora

Sure, I've heard those often, Lora. They're a synopsis of the first 3 steps of any 12 Step Program! "Let go and let God!" Sometimes it's hard to not try controlling things, isn't it?

Feeling a bit stressed this afternoon, so I jumped back online to catch some inspiration...and there it was!!

Just dropping in to give my new stats from Yesterday

Down 5 lbs in one week, now 306. Total in 3 wks 11lbs.

Hope you all have a great weekend

Good Morning everyone! I am still around for the weekend if anyone wants to talk.

Marsha-Sounds like you are doing good. Congratulations on the 5lb weight loss.

Humorpam- I see you are looking like you are back to normal. ( Although I liked the pictures you keep morphing into ) I wish everyone would post their pictures. How is your weight loss going?

Trapp-Congratulations on getting your daughter to sleep through the night in her own bed. That can sometimes be a difficult thing to do at that age( For you and for her.)

I am ready to give up on my twin Clwhit where are you ? I hope everything is OK!

Lora

Wishing you good luck and sending good vibes sarahip.{{{{{{{{{{{{{{.

Lora

The other day a young person asked me how I felt about
being old. I was taken back, for I do not think of myself as old.
Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but
I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it,
and let her know.Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have
always wanted to be.

Oh, not my body! I sometime despair, over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt.

And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my
mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize
over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly.

As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less
critical of myself.
I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra
cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying
that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant-garde on my patio.

I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;
before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the
computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and
if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if Ichoose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some
of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the
important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.
How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when
a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by
a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding
and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile
and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed
to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to
have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so manyhave died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older,it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think.

I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be
wrong. So, to answer your question,

I like being old.

It has set me free. I like the person I have become.

I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not
waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will
be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)

Yeah it happens to me too. I can usually lose the weight gained from "Cheating" quickly in a few days after by watching or reducing what I eat.

This probably won't make you feel any better but I am with you it is really depressing. I just want to be like everyone that can eat what they want and never gain weight!

Lora