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[OnaMi]

Hay Judi Saw your Post where you lost 2 lbs in 2 days!!! Awesome Job of hanging tough Keep on doing what you've been doing and slowly but shorely more will fall too

[masm2]

Hey Judi,

Hope everything is ok with you-

Take care,
Mary Ann

[jhderm]

Hi everyone

Sorry to be absent- got caught up in life. Running and running....

OnaMi, when I see the starting weight and your current, I have SO much admiration for you! I really look to your for inspiration. Your PM was very interesting for me- I have been meaning to answer but here only to say, I see that my challenges are not unique, and so I tell myself that yes, if I really hang in there, I will at some point get there.

I have lost 3 lbs in the last few weeks and am finally now at 166, which is getting closer to where my lowest SB wt was. I am now aiming to get to 160....and from there to 155. I see that on average, I drop about 1lb a week, although some weeks nothing happens, and then 3 lbs in a few days...crazy. But I am not complaining...I am giving myself some credit for getting back here, with a lot of will power and help from all of you and some local friends. I am motivated by the success and the next goal I have is to convince myself to do some exercise on my own (minus trainer). I guess I am just lazy, but there must be a way to start small...small is the best first step.

Jeff- come and harass me anytime! Love it. And am so happy that you are doing so well - and it's no surprise either!

MaryAnn- I am always happy to see you and your posts. It's great that your old clothes fit, I took back my fancy new scale, it was driving me CRAZY! Showed every digital number and my moods changed w the numbers.

Chris, glad you lost a few lbs- no two ways, if we stick to it, it has to happen.

Lisa, I am dreaming of a girls' trip to some fun place! You would be the best to organize it! Let's do it!

All others- hope you are all well! Will make some time to look around a little!

Judi

[Chris55]

SO glad to see you posting, Judi - I was worried about you! You are doing great, wish I could get my weight back down to the 155-160 range again also. Right now aiming for getting below 170. But you're right, small steps all add up. Just trying to concentrate on eating healthy, moving towards more vegetarian meals though I still love a hunk of protein. But feeling so much better eating lighter and doing some exercise every day. Not sure if I'm ready to venture into playing w/tofu yet, or sure the family would get on board with it. And the stuff gives me major gas cramp issues even though I eat beans constantly and would think my body would get used to it - maybe need to go back on Beano when I eat the stuff. But really enjoying yummy fresh veggies, getting addicted to asparagus!

Hope things are going better with life in general. I'm in a big transition year here with my semi-empty nest, still looking for work, which is a HUGE challenge, and trying to keep from getting down about it all. Being able to focus on the good eating is helping give me some structure and I finally feel like I'm making progress.

[bethy]

Guess whose journal i'm reading tonight? mwah ha ha!

[JeffInJax]

Im with everyone else in saying you're doing a great job and even if it comes off slowly, it is still coming off! I know how you feel with the scale, and wihle i only weigh myself once a week it can be disheartening to not see a change. But you have to tell yourself that you're doing a great thing and the results WILL follow. The only person who can make you succeed is you, believe in yourself and everything will fall into place. And no excuses! -Puts foot down-

[jhderm]

Thank you Jeff, Bethy, everyone

Lisa, thank you- everything worked out. Phewwww.......feel like I just ran the marathon (but no calories burnt, only some adrenaline).

Jeff, you are right, and I am hanging tough. Love your putting that foot down. My kind of a guy!

Happy holidays to all

Judi

[SharleyBloom]

Buuuurp!

oh, sorry

[jhderm]

Michelle, watch your manners! That's not lady like!.... although I feel like burping myself, after spending most of the day lounging around and having too much protein.

It's not the easiest day- DS is 15 today, and he is in Canada w my mom and I MISS him a lot. So to celebrate, I ate too much chicken and too much fruit today. Can't say it worked to make it better, but maybe that was the lesson of the day, lol

On the other hand, did exceptionally well last night/yesterday. So in the long run, flexing the muscles to keep getting the lbs off slowly.

Not much else to add today after being all over the map and some journals. Tomorrow, hope to do better in every way...

[bethy]

He'll be Right Back! I had too much protein too, in fact I'm eating devilled eggs and beef right now. And not enough veggies. I'm stress-eating from too much son action and you from not enough.

[SharleyBloom]

At what point did he wake up and think to himself that for his 15th birthday he'd go visit his grandma!?

I feel your pain. I went to Michigan last weekend for a couple of days. I'm so missing them.

Abby is sweet 16 this summer. Maybe on the day she leaves for college, I'll hop a plane to NYC for the first time ever. I'd be terrified, but I'm sure they'll still serve adult beverages for a fee.

PS I see the flaw in your plan for the day. Shoulda dumped the fruit and reached for the vino. Less sugar.

[SharleyBloom]

Bethy! Back away from the eggs! Good god, woman. Tomorrow your house is going to smell bad! LOL!

[Chris55]

Judi, birthdays and holidays without kids suck!!! I spent 90 min skyping with my daughter in Australia last night. I miss her so much it hurts. She has a boyfriend and two different families that have adopted her, so she's safe and fine and having a blast, but there's a huge hole here. Missed her a lot at Christmas, but Easter is when I usually am not so busy and get weepy and miss my mom, too. So I OD'd on chocolate and malted eggs last night and had 2 large glasses of wine. Could have been worse, I guess.

I worked with a woman who calls her very grown son every year on his birthday at the time he was born, 6:15 am. No matter where he is, and she doesn't care about waking him up.

After all the sugar and wine last night, I couldn't sleep. Stomach was icky, mind was wandering. So I'm up early with coffee ready for a restart!

Hope your holiday weekend is getting better, Judi. Overdoing chicken and fruit isn't really effective, but at least it's healthier than what I did!

Abandoned moms of the world need to stick together

[jhderm]

Well, of course my wounds, as usual, were self inflicted. I sent DS w my mom to Canada to visit my uncle because they LOVE it, and because I don't have a good time there. I decided to do myself a favor and not go just because THEY love going. I attempted to do something that avoids me feeling bad. But I didn't account for the HOLE that Chris mentioned being here without, especially on his bday. I guess this is training for college. And of course, Michelle, you are right! The vino is less sugar. Next time?......

Chris- every time chocolate entered my mind, I pushed it away firmly. I didn't want to wake up today feeling THAT guilty. I guess this is what you would call progress. My whole big food day probably totaled under 1500 cal, but I have been eating less recently and so it felt just yucky and heavy. Today is a new day and I shall treat it as such. I suggest you do the same. I would blame the malt balls fair and square on SB Mike, nobody can think of anything else since he ate them. Contagion! I think you should draw a mental red line, like I do with the chocolate, and not cross it. I wouldn't worry about the wine! It's a diuretic, so it makes you pee out all the water you hold back from other stuff. You can use it to stay on the good side of the red wine. Doctor's orders!

OK time to make coffee and restart life. Yesterday I think I took a break. The emptiness of the holidays and birthdays alone...Yes, Chris, and Michelle too, we have to stick together. Being a good mother is nice, but why is it mostly good for the children?...

[bethy]

don't get up, i'm just passing through on my way to fix my signature.