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GRAPHIC PHOTOS of a 69 year woman in a swimsuit.
You can't say that I didn't warn you about the following 'not so glamorous' bathing beauty photographs. About one week ago, I did a blog and post about an embarrassing NSV. I had not worn my swimsuit, since October of last year, when my hubbie and I moved back to Central California. My swim suit was really a swim dress…
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1/4 of will power that you do!!!!
This morning, I woke up aching all over from days of packing to move to our new home, followed by a VERY HARD day of unpacking yesterday. It didn't matter how I felt, I knew that I had to get my sore body out of bed and get to the scale. I needed to see, if I had made it to a landmark weight. I said a little prayer, before…
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"1/4 of will power that you do!!!!"
This morning, I woke up aching all over from days of packing to move to our new home, followed by a VERY HARD day of unpacking yesterday. It didn't matter how I felt, I knew that I had to get my sore body out of bed and get to the scale. I needed to see, if I had made it to a landmark weight. I said a little prayer, before…
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Safe Place To Store My Photos For Blogs
I still haven't figured out how to post photos in my blogs without first putting them on the Community Boards...somewhere. I know that this is the safest place for me to make a post just for my photos. I hope that you all don't mind, if I use this one post for that purpose.
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Saying 'Goodbye' to last of my oversized clothes
I have donated more than 12 large garbage bags full of my clothes to a local church clothing ministry in the past 2 years. The first donations were easy, as I quickly dropped sizes and bought new clothes; but I just kept hanging on to my old 4X sweatshirts, despite the fact that I am currently a size 12 in tops and…
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"When did you start seeing yourself thinner?"
An MFP friend asked me a good question today, and I thought that this question deserved a post of its own. My friend said, "No one will answer this for me. When did you start seeing yourself a thinner women? I've lost 72 lbs from 300 and although I can now wear a size 18 pant from a size 28 my mind will not make the…
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Grateful for the good things in my life. Pix Included
Our van is in the shop for some major repairs, but my hubbie wanted to make sure that I got my workout. Our housekeeper dropped Ed and I off at the gym, but it was Ed to made sure that I got home...and much more. After I spent one hour swimming and a few minutes in the spa and sauna, it was time to head home. Ed suggested…
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What turned it around for you?
My MFP sisters sure are inspiring me today. One of them ask, "What turned it around for you?"...referring to my choice to finally lose weight after years of being morbidly obese. Here was response to my MFP friend: My turn around came on the day that a surgeon showed me x-rays of my knees, and said that I needed "both…
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What is the biggest change other than 'the obvious'...?
Today, one of my MFP sisters asked me a good question, "Aside from the obvious physical changes, what is the biggest change you have noticed?" This was my response: I no longer live my days in a wheelchair. Though my knees are still painful at times, I can WALK around my house and only use a cane or my walker, when outside…
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Riding The Merry-Go-Round...and Those Frustrating Plateaus
I spent a lot of time in my long life trying to lose weight. Sometimes, I feel like I have done every diet that you could imagine. I had my time with Weight Watchers and Adkins. I did Overeaters Anonymous and Mayo Clinic. I chewed Adys caramels, until I realized that I liked them too much to only eat one with a cup of hot…
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You don't lose 100 pounds overnight, but you can do it. PIX
When you are 100 to 200 pounds overweight, it seems like an impossible task to lose anything like that amount. You know that any attempt will take MONTHS...maybe even YEARS. That thought alone can be so discouraging. It is even more difficult to imagine, when you are an old lady, like me. Yes, I am pushing 70; but I…
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A New Swimsuit And A New Friend - Pix too
I got a new swimsuit in the mail yesterday and went to the local Inshape Spa today to put it to use. Happily, the usually busy pool was almost empty. There was only one other lady in the water. I was a lap and met up with the nice woman named Judy in the shallow end. Judy is a large lady. I am guessing that she is a 'bit'…
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An NSV that nearly got embarrassing.
Okay, I finally got signed up with the local gym so that I could start swimming again. In June of 2013, I got into a swimsuit for the first time in more than 50 years. By November, I was loving my water activity and swimming one hour of laps every day. Unfortunately, I had to stop swimming in November, when my surgeon…
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Slow But Steady Wins The Race
So many folks come to MFP with the attitude of a jack rabbit. Few folks want to be like the tortoise; but it is tortoises like myself who are here for the 'long, slow journey' that does not end with a finish line, a cheering crowd and a shiny trophy. The real winners in the weight loss race aren't 'racing' anywhere. They…
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Giving up too soon
A 19 year old friend on MFP posted today that she was ready to give up. She tired of counting calories and went so far as to say, "Recently I'm just thinking I'm gonna die in like 70 years time and who the hell cares about eating healthy all the time, I don't need to be the thinnest girl on the beach and I don't wanna…
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Yes, I am a SCALE ADDICT.
I think that most folks on MFP weigh themselves about once per week. A few stronger individuals don't weigh themselves at all. They let their clothes or body measurements be a guide to how they are doing; while others weigh daily, though it is not recommended. Why is it not recommended to weigh every day? Because the scale…
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Happy days! I am now only OVERWEIGHT!
That probably doesn't sound much like a SUCCESS, but it is more like a miracle. An MFP friend pointed out something important to me today. She said, "You're NOT obese. You're overweight." Huh?!!! It had something to do with that BMI stuff. When my surgeon calculated my BMI in 2012, those letters meant nothing to me. I was…
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Before And After Photos - Requested by an MFP sister
Some of you have seen these photos before, but a friend asked me to put these up for some of my newer MFP friends to see. Unfortunately, I haven't had any photos taken since March; but this gives you an idea of changes that have occurred in my body as I have lost 118+ pounds. In January, I was well passed Onederland at…
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Turning Back The Clock...More Than 50 Years.
Today...after a lifetime of obesity, I weigh 162.4 pounds. Yes, that is still obese for a 5' 4" woman; but it sure beats 290 pounds which was my approximate weight in the spring of 2012. In June of 1962, I graduated from Hilltop High School at age 17 and weighed a 'not so healthy' 185 pounds. I had always been the chubby…
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How do you know what your final weight goal should be?
This morning I weighed in at 173.2 pounds. I haven’t been that weight in 48 years! I was 21 years old, when my body was this small; and I didn’t stay at that weight for very long. Now, I am 69 years old; and my body has really changed over those years…years of self-inflicted abuse, carrying around huge amounts of fat. My…
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Dumping the old rules that were controlling my life.
During the past year, I lost a lot of weight; and along the way, I learned to like myself better. I also started giving myself permission to break 'the old rules', overcome the negative messages that had limited and dictated how I would lead my life. In June, I put on swimsuit for the first time in more than 50 years. I…
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I Have Never Owned A Pair Of Jeans, Until Today.
That's right. I am 69 years old, and I have gone my entire life without even trying on a pair of jeans. I was too fat for jeans in Junior High, High School, College, my 20's, my 30's, my 40's, my 50's and even now, after losing 113 pounds. Well...at least, that is what I thought. Then, something happened. It was announced…
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Taking A Chance On Something That Is Too Small
Most of you know that I have been shrinking out of my clothes at a outrageous rate. This photo below shows me just 2 weeks ago. The size 16 blouse is huge. The size 16 pants are definitely baggy. Yes. I knew, it was time to order in some smaller size clothes again. I did order some smaller tops, a skirt, a dress…
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Hallelujah! I can finally load photos again.
I got a new computer for Christmas, and it has had some problem relating to some of the sites online. During the past month, it decided to give me difficult with my Photobucket program. That is the program that I use to load and store all my photos that I want to post on MFP. I thought that the problem might be with…
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Can I Really Be That Close To My Goal Weight...And More?
Yesterday, I weighed in at 167 pounds...113 pounds less than where I started in the fall of 2012. That wasn't even my top weight. I was closer to 290 pounds just a few months earlier, before my fateful meeting with a Kaiser orthopedic surgeon, Dr. K. My sweet hubbie Ed was with me that day, when I spoke to the man who had…
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Seeing Yourself Through The Eyes Of An Honest Friend
Last Sunday, my hubbie took our camera with us to church. He wanted to get shots of folks in the church; but more importantly, he wanted a couple of shots of he and I together in our Sunday best. I would love to show you those photos, but I am having trouble with my Photobucket uploads at the moment. I was wearing slacks…
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A New Driver's License And What A Difference!
We moved, and I needed to update my driver's license address...BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME...I wanted a new photo and my CORRECT WEIGHT on that important photo ID. My old license showed a lady with a very fat face and double chins. It also gave my honest weight for that time, which was 280 pounds. My new driver's license…
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The End of the journey...or just the begin?
Today, I had my last appointment with my surgeon. It has been 7 very long and very painful weeks of recovering from my double knee replacement surgery. I am not entirely pain free, but I am past the worst of it. My surgeon was smiling from ear to ear as he flexed by knees. He told me that he was truly impressed with my…
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A Sweet Craving Turned Into A Good Plan For The Future.
For some reason, my mind kept wandering to donuts today. Not just any donut, my mind was savoring a nice, mushy, glazed donut...one of those inflated cushions of dough that is deep fried and then bathed in a glaze. Mmmm. :happy: It doesn't help that in my youth, I used to work in a donut shop. I started out each day in…
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ME? LOSE 100 POUNDS? Impossible, but I did it!
WARNING…This is long; but I think that you will enjoy all the photos. There is no way that a woman in her late 60’s who must live in a wheelchair, because her knees have been ruined by osteoarthritis could possibly lose 70 pounds…let alone 100. Everyone knows that post-menopausal women can’t lose weight. Their metabolism…
