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[simpilotswife]

There was no particular ah-ha moment for me. Just kinda a feeling that I needed to be in better shape especially with 50 creeping in.

 

[WDWorBUST]

I didn't really have an Ah-Ha moment - but several things over time. The main one is my daughter....she is the best thing ever and I don't ever want her to have the struggles with her weight I have.....if I teach her the correct way to eat now, etc hopefully she won't....but she needs a good role model. Then we went to Silver Dollar City this fall and although I fit on everything it was much tighter than I would have liked. And I have a friend who has lost 100+ pounds who I have always been smaller than that I'm not anymore. And I hate clothes shopping and have absolutely no pride in my appearance anymore. I don't feel like I have ever really been a vain person - but I always was very confident in myself and my appearance throughout high school and into college. I got married and I gained weight - I guess I just got too comfortable....I actually started gaining while we were dating. I feel like I am an attractive person under all this fat and I want OUT. Being overweight is just holding me back and I'm tired of it.

Oh - and I have an AWESOME buddy - Hey Desiree

 

[tl_swift]

I have heard from my buddy- she has a crazy schedule so not sure if she posted here or if i missed it.......I thought my schedule was wacky...nothing like hers! She's quite the inspiration!

Brandy

Your so sweet Brandy I just think of Dori like she says "Just keep swimming "

Question of the Day

I don't remember one single "ah-ha" moment but I guess one signal bad memory is one when I went to pick my middle son up from the bus stop and he said the other kids commented to him that his mom was fat I guess since then it has been an on going battle. One that I am going to win.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hi everyone!

Keenercam, you look terrific in the pics! Way to go!

Wow, this has been such an active thread, it is awesome!

QOD.... I didn't have an aha moment, but rather several moments that are building upon one another. Mostly right now my motivation is my upcoming birthday trip. I turn 40 this year, and DH is going to surprise me with a trip. (DH if you are reading think WDW! ). AND 2 years from TODAY I have commited to running the 1/2 marathon at WDW! So I am really looking forward to some nice vacations.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Buddy info....

Hi Ladies, according to the thread so far,

MickeynMinnie is new and would like a buddy

Jakenjacksmom, rkandmjsmommy, acourtwdw, and mackeysmom have not been contacted by their buddy,

Mudnuri, would like another buddy.

Anyone else for updates/ need a buddy?

For the people that are mentioned above, how would you feel if we regrouped the 6 of you into new buddies, BUT keep in mind that if your other buddy contacts you, that you would then have 2 buddies, does that make sense?

Please let me know ASAP, Please PM me!

THanks
Vija

 

[jimmduck]

Had to think about this one. Not sure if I really even had one. I have been overweight all my life and anyone with a brain would realize the problem.

However, in May, 2004, I had a bad asthma attack and ended up in the emergency room very early in the morning. They looked at me like I was the walking dead (or so it seemed) and were positive that I must be medicated for high blood pressure.

Well I wasn't, and when they took it, it was 130/70, in the middle of the night, during an asthma attack. I had also just completed blood work that was just great - normal everything - really low cholesteral.

I saw sick people all around me. A woman across the room had to wait until the specialist came in to see if she needed heart surgery. Another fellow had similar problems next to me. Somebody was snoring.

I realized what a precious gift health was, and that I had to stop dickering with mine, because at this weight, I was still a walking timebomb.

Then I saw an article in the paper about my friend, Sue, who was my size with a whole host of problems, yet she was fundraising for the Arthritis Society and about to walk a 1/2 marathon. Well I got linked up with them, started to love "racing" and still soldier on.

BTW - I did not get to see much of BL last nite - my station (which originates from Boston) thought that live coverage of the NH Primary was more important. Did not get anyone's weigh ins - though I know who was sent home.

Dang it!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I realized what a precious gift health was, and that I had to stop dickering with mine, because at this weight, I was still a walking timebomb.

Then I saw an article in the paper about my friend, Sue, who was my size with a whole host of problems, yet she was fundraising for the Arthritis Society and about to walk a 1/2 marathon. Well I got linked up with them, started to love "racing" and still soldier on.

Hi Buddy!

You are so right about how precious a gift our health is! I work with people having heart surgery every weekend, and it amazes me how some people. some very young people, end up with needing heart surgery, I don't want to be one of those people!

Your racing has inspired me so very much! Looking forward to meeting you in 2010!!!

 

[whgrn]

QOTD:

Like alot of you, mine's been brewing a LONG time. I had gastric bypass almost 6 years ago (May 2001) and lost 250#. I've played with about 20-30 pounds over the past 4 years, but lately I realized that the 20-30 has become 40-50 or so. OK, still kept off over 80% of the weight, but I'm pushing it.

But the AH-HA moment was when we decided to go to Scotland next summer (7 months from today!!) and I realized that I would be unable to walk around and see all the things I've been waiting 25 years+ to see! So I determined to lose 70 pounds and start a walking program. The 70 pounds may be overly ambitious, but I'll take what I can get, and lose the rest when we get home. The walking, though, is a must. So I'm VERY motivated!

Wish I still had a treadmill and could walk during TV shows! ah well, reading a book on the TM at the gym will just have to be enough for me!

 

[chamonix]

Question of the Day

I didn't have a certain aha moment, I was just ready, suddenly/finally. I had always been thin and extremely active until I had my dd. I packed it on when pg (health problems kept me from exercising during pregnancy) and afterwards I never had time to exercise. She never slept unless I was holding her or sleeping with her (darn breastfeeding, lol) and cried if I was gone for more than a very short time (oh wait, maybe that was dh, lol). She hated the stroller and cried the whole time when I put her in it. She cried in the backpack. I didn't know how to deal with all that (I could handle her now though--we'd work through it, I'd pump more, etc) But I just gave in/gave up and figured there would be time to get back to my active self later. Well, it took a few years, lol.

Finally I realized I had spent my 30s fat. I hated myself in pictures, hated buying clothes that weren't stylish and wouldn't look good anyway. I live in a college town where everyone is young and beautiful and active. I wanted that back! I decided to invest in me and making myself happy and not just in being supermom/superwife. So, on my 39th birthday I purchased a YEAR of daily personal training sessions, five days a week--paid in advance so I would go--I wanted to feel good about myself when I turned 40. Unfortunately, while I toned up and got healthier for sure, I didn't lose any significant weight. So, one year later, still fat, off to WW to learn portion control. The weight melted off! I still work out every day (been on that break lately though) and use a personal trainer 3 times a week. It's expensive, but I am worth it.

I lost 75 pounds and was a few pounds from my WW goal when I plateaued big time. I then had 2 surgeries and the holidays so I just took a break from it all for almost 2 months. I gained over 15 pounds. I'm ready to do it now and lose the rest of the weight. I know I can do it. Slow and steady wins the race. If you do it, the weight comes off. I am back to the gym every day and eating right sized portions of healthy food. I have some health concerns still to be addressed that are pretty scary (borderline ovarian cancer) and some great trips planned this year too, so I am GOING to get to goal NOW. (My personal goal is actually lower than my WW goal.) My first signpost that is inspiring me is spring break in Cancun with 2 other families.

 

[larry's girl]

I started riding the bus to get back and forth to work last summer. It became apparently to me fairly quickly that I was too big to comfortably ride. I could only fit in the handicapped seats that faced sideways - the regular forward-facing seats were not big enough. The buses were very crowded, and if there were not seats available in the handicapped section, I had to wait for the next one (which was at least a 30-minute wait). One day I got on and sat down in the handicapped section between two women (there were three seats all connected together on each side of the front of the bus). The woman on my right got VERY LOUD and VERY UGLY in expressing her displeasure that I was taking up part of her seat. I apologized and would have stood up to ride home, but the ride is at least an hour and I was physically unable to do that. So I had to pull myself together as tightly as I could so I would take up as little room as possible. I rode all the way home in such pain it was all I could do to get up and get off the bus when it got back to the park and ride lot. I was so hurt and humiliated, since EVERYONE had heard her tirade and knew that I was too fat to fit on the bus.

Then one day while walking to the bus stop, I tripped on the sidewalk and fell - and couldn't get up. I was so heavy I could not lift myself up. I crawled over to a chainlink fence and managed to haul myself up that way, but if not for that fence, I don't know what I would have done. I have never felt that helpless in my life, and it was BIG TIME scary.

Those two situations convinced me that if I don't get this weight off NOW, I am facing a life where I won't be able to navigate through my day-to-day routine and I will eventually be bedridden due to my size. I don't EVER want to feel as bad as I did on those two days again - I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.

I have since stopped riding the bus and now ride in a vanpool. Even there, I have to sit in the front passenger seat because I can't navigate through the van to reach the middle or back rows without having major difficulty. No one seems to have a problem with this (thank goodness), but I am looking forward to the day when I can sit anywhere I want on any public mode of transportation (or anywhere else) and not have to worry about whether I will fit!

 

[lynnielou]

Today, 08:29 AM #100
flafan
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Norfolk, MA
Posts: 137 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?

Hey Buddy, how is it going for you?
I did not watch BL last night, thought about it, but I am a huge sports fan and the detroit red wings were on, so I watched them while doing the dis.

My ah-hah moment has been there for a while, I weigh now what I did when I went to deliver my daughter at the hospital, plus 5 pounds, 24 years ago (10-9-1983), so I said that is enough. There weight is certainly distributed it different areas now, but still there just the same. I have a twin that weighs around 125 and I think she looks SO Cute, I need to look like my twin! we are identical.

Any how, off to cook dinner and exercise after the dishes are done!

I love this thread, keep up the good posts everyone.

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

Buddy info....

Jakenjacksmom, rkandmjsmommy, acourtwdw, and mackeysmom have not been contacted by their buddy,


THanks
Vija

Hi Everyone
I did hear from my buddy, she was in Disney, LUCKY HER

I did a 1 mile booster today by Leslie Sansone, gotta love comcast on demand and also did a 10 minutes butt and thighs, I did about 90% of it, due to some foot/knee problems, squats are really tough. I work on my feet so I need to be gentle with them, I hope to squeeze in another 1 mile tomorrow then I work tomorrow night

Onward and downward BL's!!!

 

[ohMom]

hi everyone...how's it going on this fine wednesday? i'm heading off in a half hour to yoga class...i miss yoga

my a-ha moment was more like a realization that my clothes did not fit like they should, or they did 18 months ago. i bought jeans one size up finally last fall and it was very depressing. i lost almost 25 lbs on WISH in 2003 and slowly i have regained about 18 lbs back. i hate that i'm just a blink away from my highest weight and i'm determined to shed it again. it's not been too long that i remember, i can almost feel what it was like to be that thinner version of me and i yearn for it again......

i will post our first weekly challenge later tonight....stay tuned.....

 

[jimmduck]

Larry's girl #131 - posted today:

Those two situations convinced me that if I don't get this weight off NOW, I am facing a life where I won't be able to navigate through my day-to-day routine and I will eventually be bedridden due to my size....

That was part of my "aha" moment also - I am firmly convinced that if I don't get this weight off I will lose my mobility within five years - or at least be looking at some kind of replacement surgery.

I am 5'2" with a small frame and fairly small feet - not designed to carry all this weight at all.

Linda

 

[cobbler]

I did good today! I worked out for 55 minutes doing cardio and abs.

 

[krdisneybound]

stopping in to say "HI"

didn't know I had a buddy until I went checking.

Not sure I can keep up with all of you guys. Great work out there.


I am in my second day of riding my bike around the neighborhood. I hope to do it each night and get some walks inbetween a couple of nights.

Not allowed to do any great exercise as yet.

But I eat good and eat lots of fruits.

No more Coke for me, but have started drinking Diet Coke.

Doesn't that count?? I have drank Coke for ages and ages. The change is not bad.

I could really use some motivation.

 

[krdisneybound]

I haven't heard from my buddy as yet either. But then again I just found out and I haven't made the connection as of now yet either.

I don't mind being added to:

acourtwdw -

I know her and her sister so that makes it sort of nice.

Just let me know.

Buddy info....

Hi Ladies, according to the thread so far,

MickeynMinnie is new and would like a buddy

Jakenjacksmom, rkandmjsmommy, acourtwdw, and mackeysmom have not been contacted by their buddy,

Mudnuri, would like another buddy.

Anyone else for updates/ need a buddy?

For the people that are mentioned above, how would you feel if we regrouped the 6 of you into new buddies, BUT keep in mind that if your other buddy contacts you, that you would then have 2 buddies, does that make sense?

Please let me know ASAP, Please PM me!

THanks
Vija

 

[krdisneybound]

Perhaps my buddy:

mtomlin66 is away for a few days.

Let's give her a chance and see if she checks in.

 

[o2bacelt]

I got back into the gym today. My blistered heels were much better, I took back to back water classes, so that I could avoid the impact issues and my shoes. I got 90 minutes in today.

I also met with the guy I want to be my new personal trainer. I need someone to really beat on me to get where I want to be. I really want to be very fit again. I used to be a four sport kid. I wasn't fat until I sat at a desk for a living. Rob used to be a college football lineman where I went to school, he's built like a wall, I told him one of my goals was to be able to pull him across a gym like you see folks on BL pulling Bob across the gym. He laughed and told me he hoped that I would be okay with a little pain. Hey, I've got a 3 1/2 year old, I don't scare easy anymore! The thing that scares me is that I'll likely have to get up to work with him at something unnatural like 5:30 or 6:30 in the morning, I'm not a morning person...

I remember thinking I was fat when I was a size 8. What the heck was I thinking back then?! I'd just about kill to be that size again.

As for A-HA moments... I don't know that I've really had one. I actually lost weight when I was pregnant with my DD. I ended up being diabetic and was eating really well, I was 30 pounds lighter after having a baby than I was when I got pregnant. I was so happy to be able to shop in the misses dept. instead of the women's department. I couldn't believe it.

Some how those 30 pound (who, of course brought friends) came back on and I so want to be able to wear normal cute clothes. I don't want my DD to be ashamed of me. I want to set a good example for her. I guess that's my a-ha reminder. I don't want my DD to struggle like I do with my weight.

I also wanted to say "Hi!" to my buddy DisneyDawnNH I got your PM and I'll write more tonight when the small person goes down for the night. It's my turn to take her so I'll have my laptop with me.

 

[krdisneybound]

Question please:

do we have to weigh ourselves and report in each day??

Have tried to read everything but sure I missed some impt. rules that were set up