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Thank you Gail! Have a great time with the family!0
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Hahahaha! So true!!!0
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Snoozie, you slay me!!!
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Morning hatters!!
Well 2nd weigh day this week and not only did I NOT lose but I gained a wee bit ...
i'm not going to change my ticker tho; that way it will only record new loss once I get back to it and then beyond... hey i'm like whatshisface.. buzz lightyear.. to infinity and beyond!!!
or is it just that trying to lose weight feels like infinity sometimes??
So I've decided to drop my calories by 100 a day for the next week...or possibly two weeks, just to see if it will be enough to start losing again... but am going to try to incorporate a lot more veggies in to fill the holes so to speak... I can eat a lot of veg for few cals so we will see what happens. I lost my favourite water bottle yesterday; left it in someones car and wow did I notice last night I wasn't drinking at all without it beside me! you'd think I wouldn't be so lazy as to just fill a darn glass and keep it beside me but apparently, I am... takes too many trips to fill up!
Back to work today; had some fabulous weather for my days off tho so cant complain. but better get my lazy butt in gear and get some groceries - and happy almost Friday to the rest of ya !!
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Oh, my goodness!!! ....I may have had that meal before!! I needed a good laugh this morning
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Great planning,
Snoozie...0 -
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I have my physical on Thursday.... 0
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lmao @ the pic Susan!! omg..... my DOC apt is Friday and I am already planning my wardrobe of items I can quickly and easily remove before scale hop LOL... no jewellery, loafers on feet, dress pants cause jeans are too heavy HAAAAAAAAAAAA.. so the timing is perfect and made me larf!
Still no movement on the scale... argggggggg... but I WILL figure out where I gotta be to get back to losing again... trial and error... but we persevere!0 -
OMG Snooozie- LOL!!! I did the same thing and picked out the lightest clothes I could haha. The scale lady was mean though and wouldnt even let me slip out of my flip flops (lightest shoes I owned :-) or anything else to lighten the load !
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Lol ladies... I have my light clothes picked out for tomorrow
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Susan - she wouldn't even let you take off your flip flops?? I think I would have smacked her over the head with one.. that's beyond mean!!!! I hadn't thot of cutting my hair tho LOL.. I was gonna wear it up but now that I think of it the hair clip would add weight
carol - good luck today at the doc's - hope they aren't as mean with the scale as Susan's!!
i'm out for the day with my senior friend; she's already rquested fish and chips for lunch and there is nothing that ain't deep fried there.. so will pass on the chips and try for a 1/2 portion of fish - good practice I suppose for incorporating those outings that will always be there 
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Carol- good luck at your doc appointment today.
Snoozie- I also get challenged sometimes when eating out with friends- sounds like you have a good plan :-) Love your positive attitude about it being good practice and also admire your pereserverance in spite of a stubborn scale. I realize now that my giving up after a year of a plateau was quite silly of me and resulted in me regaining half of my previous weight loss. So thanks for being an inspiration 2 -
Susan - believe me I understand; the fact I let the regain happen and watched it happening I might add... covered the gamut of annoyed with myself, frustrated, and embarrassed. and the the "why bother" mentality for a while as you know. But I just keep holding on to how good I felt at a healthy weight - it seems much harder this time around to get things moving at a continuous pace.... I lose a few, gain em back, lose em again... i'd literally have to change my ticker every day at the up and down.... and as a result, I get annoyed and angry and frustrated again LOL..
but we WILL find our way to getting what we want again... we already KNOW we can do it... even tho this time it appears we may have to tweak what we did to succeed last time I know we can find it... and do it without feeling hungry or deprived... we just gotta perservere.. if we do nothing, time will keep moving on right... so might as well do something good for ourselves while it does
this weekend I think I am going to sift thru my diary for the months where I was consistently losing weight last time... look not only at the calorie amounts but WHAT I was eating.. I may print out a couple of weeks of it and just follow it as a meal plan to see if that will kick start me again... i'm also going to work on eating only when i'm hungry and ignoring the clock.. with the shift work I find i'm sorta like Pavlov's dog with the clock... if it's 1230 or 630 I start thinking oh its lunch time or dinner time I gotta eat... instead of asking myself if i'm even hungry I just head for the kitchen... so as i'm on vacation for 10 days now, i'm also gonna try to ignore the clock and listen to my body.. and if those two steps don't show any results after a few weeks, i'll move on ... but I won't give up!! and neither will youuuuuuuuuuu girl..!! we also won't think of it as work, k? lets aim for the KISS method right now... and just keep it simple... eat when we're hungry, make good choices, and only eat til the hunger is gone, not til we're full. less mental effort and less thinking of it as work, and more thinking of it as awesomeness to get what we want for ourselves!
and on that note, i'm going to weigh my clothes before i head to the doc... hahaha.. I jumped on the scales OF COURSE even tho its not a weigh day.. and of course it's an "up" day today... I honest to god just laughed tho... cause it just figures eh?? too funny!!
yes, we ARE GOING TO LOL!!!!
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Well, doc visit went great - A1C was good, all the other numbers great cholesterol however was not where she wants it to be (I started at 3.7 and am at 2.4 now) but she wants it under 2)
I asked her what else I could do to bring it down, she larfed and said unless you become vegan and eat no animal fats in any form ever (and even then it might not) without meds you aren't gonna get there. I was like well ya that ain't gonna happen so although at first I was not happy she upped the meds there a wee bit, I figured out on the way home that popping a pill compared to having all that plaque clogging up my arteries is no big deal and at least I know I got it down a significant amount thru better overall eating and the meds..
but best of all?? SCORED cause she forgot to weigh me
and no I did not feel the need to remind her HAAAAAAAAA!! But I do have to go back in 3 months to check the cholesterol rather than 6 mo so by then I WILL have dropped a few more pounds and it will be summer so shorts and a t shirt will be the order of the day
But altho she was happy with my A1C (it was under 7; here over 7 is diabetic) I wasn't happy with my fasting blood sugar number so i'm kinda glad for the visit.. its kicked in my reminder of why I came here, not just for the weight loss but to get this disease under control and prevent as much as the damage it causes as I can.
One day at a time - but time to put some real effort into getting what I want! have a great week everyone!
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Hello again everyone! Snoozie you really are an inspiration to me. I can totally relate to everything you are all saying. I feel like I've been on the same roller coaster ride that you're all on....the same cycle of lose one, gain two, get motivated, get frustrated....repeat.
I finished my 30 day plan and got my blood labs done. Nothing. Nada. Bubkiss. All my levels are the same. My husband's triglycerides dropped dramatically....mine? Nothing. Oh well! At least I tried it.
We went on a two day 22 mile hike carrying 37 pound packs last week. It was the hardest physical thing I've ever done in my life! I over taxed my knee and I'm back in my knee brace. I'll be going in for an MRI soon.
So...tomorrow I'm back on working to achieve my goal of 40 pound loss by October. That gives me five months. My plan is to do some type of physical activity for two hours/six days a week and eat 1400 calories a day (strength/resistance training three times a week minimum). This may be unrealistic but I'm setting my goal high on purpose. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Hang in there everyone! Snoozie is right...time keeps moving on! Have a great week!0 -
ROFL...at the pics...I just want to know how you got that pic of me...the one time I tried red hair!! lol0
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Oh, Good to be home...I just wish I could have brought the clean cabin back with me! It was a beautiful trip! Such greenery! and the creeks, rivers, waterfalls!! I could live there for sure. Did a lot of walking! So no weight gain, actually a bit down from when I left! That is a win!! I will try to read up on the posts. My home internet is not working....so it may be a while.. before I am up and running. I will try to pop on at work during breaks.
Ya'll sound like me...I have a set of clothes that I know exactly how much they weigh and will subtract that amount when I get home...hahaha...the things we do...and I have thought that extra hair means extra weight...even finger nails!
Suzy , your trys may even out a bit later...don't give up! You did good things for yourself with the Whole 30. Great planning for your next loss.
Snoozie, great results, sorry for the exta meds though...
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Welcome back Gail! Wow! No weight gain? That's awesome! The smokies are absolutely beautiful, now you know why we enjoy hiking in this area so much! I hope the visit with your family went well. I can't get over the no weight gain! You did great!!!!0
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Thanks!! Yes, it is beautiful...I can't wait to go back! I want to sit by the river/creek that runs through Pigeon forge or Gatlinburg...and watch it flow.. dabble my feet in the water.
I walked my 3 to 5 miles every day.....up the mountain road. I know that helped. I also eat less....not so much mindless munching...due to boredom..1 -
Suzy - I can only imagine how ... frustrating? annoying? that the lack of lab changes brought - you would think it would have had SOME impact
but at least you can take away a positive in that you not only completed the entire month without giving up, but that you absolutely did your overall health a great service too!! holy COW on the hike girl!!! that's a tremendous accomplishment and i'm so sorory to hear your knee is messed up again!
As far as your goals - do I think they are a little high? To be honest at first I did... but the more I thought about it, the more I decided they were awesome goals. Goals are just that - things to strive for and to reach for and to push yourself towards - not something that is easy or doable now. So kudos to you Suzy - work your *kitten* off and push yourself a little more each day..... and you WILL get there!! and I am now being inspired by YOU... 1 -
Gail - welcome home!! i'm so glad you had such a wonderful trip - Ive heard of the smokies in books of course, but from your description sounds like somewhere I would love to visit!! and HUGE GINORMOUS congrats on the walking every day AND not gaining???????? superb.. just superb - so impressed!! I totally hear you about the boredom eating; i'm on vacation at the moment and as its a "staycation where i'm supposed to be cleaning out the pit and throwing out a bunch of stuff and taking care of appointments and stuff... none of which I have any interest in doing... lets just say the down time makes it all too easy to start browsing thru the cupboards!
I HAVE to go shopping tomorrow - need a few things for some upcoming events and as most of you know, i'd rather have root canal than shop. But a good friend has taken pity on me once again and is going with me.. so all I have to do is stand in the dressing rooms and she brings me stuff to try on LOL. AND forces me to try on things I probably wouldn't normaly try - so keep your paws crossed for me!! i'm not feeling great about my body at the moment, but I have decided I need to buy a few things that FIT at the moment so I feel comfortable in them instead of trying to squish myself into things that are too small AT THE MOMENT (that will change!!) and that I won't feel comfortable in. I figure it will take me 3-4 months to lose the total 25 so have to suck it up and buy a few things for the moment so I look good at the size I am.
There WILL be wine afterwards.... either for celebration or solace
p.s. Gail?? I saw that pic of the woman dancing and I just loved it LOLOL,.. the motto isn't exactly appropriate for us - but I couldn't resist LOL!0 -
Well, the pic wasn't exactly me....my Top knots are hanging a weeeeeee bit lower....lol0
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rofl..... it wasn't me either but I just loved it.... couldn't help but hear Tiny Tim's "tiptoe thru the tulips" in my head!!0
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Yes, Suzy, I admire you so much for being able to accomplish those Hikes!! I would like too in about 50 lbs worth of time.
Good luck with the shopping, Snoozie.. I absolutely LOVE shopping!! I am glad you have someone going with you. I know you will look fabulous!0 -
Congrats to all of us - cause we gotta remember this is what we've ALL accomplished!
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Wow! That one pound of fat pic was an eye opener!0
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