BlisterLamb Member

**crickets**

Remember my blog post from the Dancing Cyclist blog? It talks about exactly that, the I blew it today so I'll start tomorrow thing. Been there, tomorrowed myself up to almost 300 pounds and overcame it to come back down. You can do it. I know you can. Go back and look at that post. I know you can do this.

A picture of my two grandkids and my great pyrenees.

Due to my Hashimoto's, I can't really eat many carbs. It took two years to get it diagnosed. Two years of gaining weight (after losing 100 pounds) while eating at a calorie deficit. It seemed physically impossible, but it was happening. Once I got diagnosed and got on meds and found that people with Hashimoto's can't…

OMG, I just saw this! Same identical thought and quote! We must have been separated at birth!

Oh I thought it said children. :grumble: I was gonna say, me too. Carry on.

I'm listening to it on an audio book and the man that reads it puts me to sleep in 15 minutes, every time, if I'm not actively doing something while I listen. On the plus side, my husband's snoring keeps me awake at night. When I put the earbuds in and start listening, it drowns him out a bit and I fall asleep. I have it…

I used to read all the time, but now its hard to find time. I'm taking care of my grandkids, running an insurance agency, working as a personal trainer, keeping up with my house and trying to fit in workouts. I recently started buying audio books. I can listen while I'm doing other stuff. Its not exactly reading, but I'm…

Exactly!

When a guy winks at me unexpectedly. Total strangers have flustered me that way.

I have always been plagued by horrible cravings for sweets. After I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, the doctor recommended a low carb diet. Ridiculously low. Because of the Hashimotos. I was skeptical about how I was going to handle keeping my carbs that low. When I am trying to lose, I keep between 20 and 50…

Hooray! Way to stay with it. I used to weigh almost 300 pounds. After losing about 50, I started riding around on my daughter's old bike. Just around the neighborhood. Then I got my own. Just a silly Huffy from K Mart. I remember thinking that I was really something, quite the athlete, when I rode it from my house to my…

A home visit from WHO? Are they suggesting social services get involved? This is government interference at it's worst. She looks perfectly normal. If her weight seems heavy for her height, they are probably not taking muscle into account. I weigh a lot more than I look like I do because I have so much muscle and I get…

Yes.

I used to be very self conscious and wouldn't look people in the eye and generally assumed they didn't like me. Having people flirt with me has been a great boost to my self confidence and I've learned to enjoy it and participate as well. My husband just rolls his eyes. My favorite was a kid in his 20's who sat down and…

Read my profile. Or..maybe you can't if you aren't on my FL..I don't know. But briefly (as if I could ever say anything briefly), I experienced the same thing. I lost 100 pounds, then plateaued for YEARS, then started gaining. I gained 25 pounds while eating a healthy diet and working out. I'm very active with cycling,…

Awesome.

I wasn't trying to be snarky or anything. Just anything with the heart is scary and I'd be super cautious. I hope you're 100% soon. The guy a couple of posts up seems to make a lot of sense.

Everyone is different, so anyone else's experience on this site has nothing to do with yours. Talk to your doctor before doing anything else. He is qualified to help you with that decision. No one on here is. Take care of yourself.

Again, thank you all so much. I wish I had the time to respond to each of you individually and tell you how much your words mean to me. For the longest time I felt like such a failure for not "finishing". For not making goal weight. Thank you for the confirmation that I HAVE accomplished what I set out do do. Each and…

My mom had me young and talked to me all the time when she was home with me, so I spoke early and clearly...much to their dismay, because I also had no filter. But my grandson has some great ones that make so much sense. And for the life of me I can only remember one at the moment. He says Lasterday. As in lasterday was…

Holy cow! I haven't seen this since a few days after I posted it. So many responses that I didn't know about. You guys rock! I've had a wretched day today and yesterday. Lots of tough, emotional things going on in my extended family that are very hard and difficult to deal with. I've been pretty down. Reading your…

I :heart: you! That particular word, used in that context has irritated the crap out of me for years. Absolutely sets my teeth on edge every time I hear it. I thought it was just me.

I lost 100 pounds doing a balanced diet, then plateaued for years. Then started gaining. All while eating at a calorie deficit. It took a while to find out I had Hashimotos and the doctor put me on a very low carb diet. I have always believed everything in balance was the way to go, but for me, due to health issues, low…

Time for a new doctor. Seriously. I lost over 100 pounds. I plateaued for years with another 30 to lose and couldn't get any more off. Then I started gaining. On 1200 to 1500 cals a day and a TON of exercise. I bike, paddle board, lift weights, hike, dance, do marital arts, etc. I burn a minimum of 300 a day in exercise.…

My 5 year old grandson thinks I'm gorgeous. And occasionally really young guys hit on me. It makes me laugh.

If you're not joking, you need to be seen by a doctor. If you ARE joking, I'm tuning into see where this goes.

I love cycling, out doors. I ride an average of 100 miles a week at minimum when the weather is good. That said, I HATE spinning. All the work and none of the WHEEEEE! During the winter, I run on the treadmill. Because running basically sucks wherever you do it. I run....or actually I jog, because I can. There was a time…

I make my own and its AWESOME! I used commercial almond milk for years in my cereal and shakes and stuff but didn't really like it straight. And sometimes its nice to have a glass of milk with certain things. I started making my own a month ago. Its really easy, tastes soooo good I can drink it straight, is always fresh…

That is so much fun and so rewarding. When my kids were little, they went to a private Christian school. There was a family there that had 3 kids attending on scholarship, and I noticed the same thing. I felt bad for them and went to the same thrift shop where I bought my kids' clothes (my 4 year old daughter had a gray…