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[jakenjacksmom]

Still have not heard from my buddy, I have not even seen a post from her hmm!!

 

[pixie dust 112]

For true success, ask yourself these four questions:
Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
--James Allen

Oh I love this! Thanks for sharing it! I'm going to write it down and frame it for my desk! Very inspirational!

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

QOTD

I have always been overweight the final straw was a couple of things...

Oct I was in a wedding and I HATE the way I look in the pics
Dec We were in Disney and I dont want to hide behind DD in pics anymore
Sept 2008 our 10 year annivesary cruise, I WANT TO BE IN PICS and LOOK CUTE!!!

Great question

While watching BL last night I did about 25 minutes of upper body, I hope to do a WATP on comcast on demand later today, I have to get exercising!

 

[pixie dust 112]

My "ah ha" moment was when I realized I was turning 45 and still had the extra weight on I said I would lose when I turn 40 5 years flew by and I was still unhappy with my weight. I am going to Orlando this April and I want to look and feel good.

Also, Did anyone watch Biggest Loser last night, my recorder did not record it I was so bummed when I woke up to watch it and it wasn't there.

Who got voted off?

Curtis and Mallory got voted off. It was a weird week, a couple of nice losses, but mostly very small losses. It actually inspired me tho. I only lost 1pound last week. I figured that with all the exercise and low cal eating those guys are doing, and still having a bad week, my 1 pound loss is ok!

 

[keenercam]

QOTD: When I came through my 4th heart surgery cured, I decided that I was going to seize the new life God had given me and be the best person I could be.

I've been tremendously overweight since I was 10 years old (onset of puberty) and have always perceived my weight as the hugest obstacle in my life as far as self-esteem.

I have had to recently renew my commitment to the quest to get to a healthier weight because I'd lost enough to see a difference and to be happy about it, so I'd become complacent.

We are planning a Disney Fairy Tale Vow Renewal a year from now. I want to choose a wedding gown based on what I want, not based on what is available in my size. Seeing this BL challenge posted on WISH was just the motivation and support I needed to get back on track.

Great QOTD.

 

[agnes!]

QOTD

I have always been overweight the final straw was a couple of things...

Oct I was in a wedding and I HATE the way I look in the pics
Dec We were in Disney and I dont want to hide behind DD in pics anymore
Sept 2008 our 10 year annivesary cruise, I WANT TO BE IN PICS and LOOK CUTE!!!

Great question

While watching BL last night I did about 25 minutes of upper body, I hope to do a WATP on comcast on demand later today, I have to get exercising!

That is BRILLIANT. If anyone is watching BL, how about exercising during the show? If you're concerned that you'll miss something, then exerise during the commercials.

When did I?.....
I dunno if I can point to any "ah HA" moment, I just want to be healthier and I'm not getting any younger. And I like the post about "I just want to look CUTE" in photos.
Sounds good to me .

agnes!

 

[JOANNEL]

In 2001 I saw a picture of myself at a family christmas dinner. When I got on the scale I was shocked when it said 275. So I decided I wanted to be around to be a grandma and be in better shape at 50 than I was at 40. So I am down 50 with 50 more to go.

 

[WDWLVR]

I love the idea of working out during BL! I was toying with the idea last night but wimped out and stayed where I was. I was really sad to see the Brown team leave. I think yellow should have been the ones to go but I think they played on the other teams mercy with a) having to go back separately and b) the he had so many early deaths in his family. Bravo to Curtis and Mallory for working so hard after getting home!

What did you guys think about the phone cards? I would have given one set to the blue team for finishing up on the see saw.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Good Morning everyone!!!!

Let's see, so many things to comment about...first of all Shout out to my buddy DizneyDawn... She is just the best... Can't wait to hear how she is doing...

Second - Congrats to all the losers out there and don't get too down on yourself if the losses are not as big as you had hoped... remember a loss, no matter how small is not a gain, and if you did gain, there is always the next week to change that. WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

AH-HA... My ah-ha moment (if I can channel Oprah here) was really a combination of events. First there was the fact that I really didn't feel well and couldn't walk very far without a pain starting in my lower back. Then there was the fact that my weight was starting to prevent me from doing things at work (that really bothered me). In September, I took a trip to Atlanta and was faced with the dreaded airplane seat fear.. would the seatbelt fit or not... Thankfully it did, but I was worried there while I struggled... Then I saw the pictures from that trip and decided that's it, I am not going through life like this anymore. I realized that I did not like the person I had become nor did I really love myself. When I got home from that trip, I decided that I was tired of just going through the motions of life and it was time to get off my butt and actually do something about. I began to journal about a journey towards a new me and found through my thoughts and writing that I had to tackle my weight first because it was preventing me from being the person that I want to be, the one that I know I can be. So, it was off to Jenny Craig (thanks to a local friend who was on it adn doing well, she was a great inspiration) and here three months later, here I am - 25 pounds lighter, filled with more confidence in myself and reaching out to all of you folks for added support. You all are just the best...

I even managed to fit in a quick 20 minute workout last night and am looking forward to doing it again tonight...

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Goof

 

[goldcupmom]

QOTD - mine has been a long time building, as was my weight.

I was small thru HS/College due to skating, gymnastics, running, swimming, but nevertheless, my mother continually told me how big I was. After we got married(1982) & I was teaching the weight started on, then pregnancy & bed rest with toxemia for over a month - Dr even made house calls!! Came out of the hospital weighing MORE than before delivery, got back down to within 10 lbs of wedding weight, 2nd pregnancy, premature labor & lots of drugs that put on the weight. Weighed more after birth, again! It was during this time I cried & cried about weighing 155(1989) (I'd love to be that now!). Then a move cross country, lived in a hotel for a month & gained 20 lbs in a month. DS's each gained 5 - 8 & DH gained almost 35. Immediately got pregnant(1991). Labor at 26 weeks w/ 2 kids at home & no help, so I ate thru my fear, plus all the drugs as I couldn't go on bed rest as there was no one to care for a 5 & 2 Yr old.

So, FF to 1994 when my dad died. My first thought on receiving the call was that I don't own a dress. Before we could leave Phx for OKC I had to shop. I had to buy the only 2 dresses in my size in the entire mall!!! Then we did family pics after the funeral - done my my nephew who was then the head photog for baltimore sun. I was at the edge of a wide angle lens that made me look even larger. My mother looked at the proof pic on the computer & went NUTS! wanted a new picture WITHOUT me who "ruined it" because I was so fat! No, I was not the largest in the picture, but I was at my heaviest - 202!

Had a car accident in Phx & started having panic attacks, then after surgery they od'd me on narcotics & shut down my central nervous system. This happened when I was hungry & I immediately equated the hunger feeling with the problem & never allowed myself to get hungry.

Finally a cardio in KS, in 1996, got me thru the panic attacks w/ reasurrance that I wasn't dying & that they were also hormonally related. Started trying to lose weight then. But we had moved cross country 3 x in 1995 & w/ no support it was not successful.

Moved to NM in 2001 & in 1/28/2003 I joined WW @ 198.8 - lost 38 lbs. Have been doing it ever since, but those of you that 'know' me from my journal know that life has interfered. My MIL who was my best friend died of breast cancer (well, that was the type, but never found in her breasts - they believe due to longterm hrt) in March, then in Oct, I got a phone call the day after my DH bday - that my mom in OKC had fallen & broken a hip in the assisted living center. While on the phone I consumed the entire rest of a sam's cake w/o even knowing it. She died in November, my SIL died of cancer in December.

Then life with my DS21 has not been easy. I'm a stress eater.

So, my 'I must do this' moment hasn't really been a moment. The closer I get to 48 (6 mo) the more urgent it feels as all my siblings became diabetic at 48/49.

1/28 will be my 5 year WW anniversary & I HOPE to be back to 30 lbs gone by then.

Well, that was entirely more than the question asked.......story of my week, tho!! Sorry!!!!

 

[sherreis]

Question of the Day

Do you remember what you were doing when it hit you that being at this weight is enough? Was it a pair of jeans that didn't fit...an airplane seat...or simply an overall sense of not feeling right....etc???


My first "ah-ah" moment was 4 yrs ago when we were called during our vacation in Atlanta to return home immediately because my mother was in severe kidney failure and probably wouldn't make it through the night. When I watched her during her recovery, I realized how I was going to be heading in the same direction and it would be my children looking at me laying there almost dying because of problems resulting from heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension. I lost 100 lb four years ago. And, yes, I have gained it all back. I had started losing weight last winter around this time and then, my mother died. Stress eating kicked in -and I gained back what I had lost. Took several months to get started again and by the end of the summer I had started losing again and then my husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer. OK- stress eating again as well as eating out a lot due to hospital far away, doctor visits, and no interest in cooking as well as drinking more wine/beer when we went out to "chill out." DH is OK now and cancer is gone! It was a rough 3 months. So - back to my new "ah-ah" moment. I am going to be 50 in July. I have a huge family history of diabetes and heart disease and if I don't do something now it's going to be too late. I had children late in life - they are 12 and 7 and I want to be around to watch them grow up and have fun with them now while they are young.

 

[LaLaroo78]

Good Morning, everyone!

Buddy update - Yes I have been in contact with my buddy (Hi Sue!). We have pm'ed and emailed each other. She is awesome and had an awesome WI this week. I am looking forward to embarking on this journey with her and all of you!

QOTD : I don't really think I had an ah ha moment. I was just ready to lose the weight finally. I want to unleash the thin girl that I know is hiding behind all this fat! I also do not want to spend my 30's fat! Being that I turned 30 today I really need to get moving.

I got a heart rate monitor for Christmas and I started using it this week. I like it because it tells you how many calories you burned during your workout. Now I know what I am doing is either working or not.

Have a great day everyone!

Michele

 

[donac]

Michelle

 

[sherreis]

Happy Birthday Michelle!!!!! 30 was a great age. Enjoy it!

 

[allyphoe]

Do you remember what you were doing when it hit you that being at this weight is enough?

I started losing this time because I was having weight-related nerve pain in my feet that was making it nearly impossible for me to walk.

I forgot to mention yesterday - I have an excellent buddy!

 

[LaLaroo78]

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Dona and sherreis!

 

[mackeysmom]

QOTD -- I buried my mother a few months ago at the age of 63 from complications due to diabetes, heart disease and cancer. A lot of that was related to her weight/diet. I don't want to follow the same path.

-- Laura

 

[DisneyDawnNH]

I think it must have been DizneyDawn for this question - although I wished I thought of it

QOTD - I have been overweight my entire life. I remember "dieting" at age 5 in kindergarten and my mother making me cottage cheese and hot dogs? for lunch - what the heck was she thinking Anyway - I have lost and gained weight my entire life, dieting on and off for 32 of my 37 years. I feel this time things will be different - I do not want to be skinny - I want to be happy and healthy. I want to look at my reflection in the mirror and like what I see for the first time in my life.


I couldn't find a bandaid guy for my Buddy Chris - but here is a ! Great job on kicking butt on the treadmill and your weight loss this week! Sorry about the blister! I sent you a big long PM yesterday but then it seems to have crashed when I sent it out. Talk to you soon!

Great Quote to start the day

Question of the Day

Do you remember what you were doing when it hit you that being at this weight is enough? Was it a pair of jeans that didn't fit...an airplane seat...or simply an overall sense of not feeling right....etc???

Thanks DisneyDawn for the question.

I think for me it was when my neice mistook me for her mom. I have always been thinner than my twin sister but that day I wasn't as thin as I was in the past.

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Sorry I've been lurking and not posting. By the time I get all caught up it's time for me to get back to work!!

I gained a pound this week, but I think it's because my metabolism isn't kicked in yet -- it is still in "starvation" mode because it's confused. Is there such a thing, or am I tricking myself? I was good about eating and only had 2 slightly off days. I exercised at least 30 min./day and did a 10 mile run on Sunday. These things all make me feel like I should have lost, but I'm sure it'll come down.

My ah-ha moment was realizing that laziness runs in my family and I've always been one to "break the mold."

Also, my Christmas decorations never went up, so they are all down! I do need to put them back away, though, because I started dragging them out and just never got to it! (I have an extra room that just hangs out holding whatever I "just dragged out.")

Off to a healthy lunch!

Way to go to all the losers!
Ashley

 

[CharityLynn]

Question of the Day

Do you remember what you were doing when it hit you that being at this weight is enough? Was it a pair of jeans that didn't fit...an airplane seat...or simply an overall sense of not feeling right....etc???


Well I think mostly my weight has been a problem since i gave birth to my daughter. I weighed 236lbs when i delivered her, I gained 76lbs! I just hate the way I look in clothes. I did loses some weight about 3 years ago (33lbs lost) but I have put mostly all of it right back on. So having to go back into my size 16, may have been it.