Monday Morning Weigh In

I think that you might be surprised how much more you can eat and still maintain or even continue to lose. I am at the point that I don't count calories anymore...I just keep sort of a loose guestimate going for the day. I eat more or less whatever I want...keeping the "worse" choices in very small amounts. I don't tell myself that I can't have anything...I just try to make more good choices than not. I still lose pretty easily if I cut back just a little...but I am trying to maintain or gain, so I am sort of trying to pack in the food without going overboard. It seems to me that the greater the mix of foods, the more consistently I lost and the easier it has been to maintain. I eat when hungry and make sure that it is always a "square meal", including protein (1/2), carbs (1/4), and fats (1/4). I don't eat refined carbs...so nothing "white", but I do eat rice, pasta, breads, crackers, grains and flours...they are always whole grain or whole wheat, or even soy varieties. After all of this that I wrote...are you sure that you still need to lose? Perhaps you are just at a stopping point that your body is comfortable at...especially if you are easily maintaining. Just a thought . Either way, I hope that you find a balance that feels good to you. ~Suz

I promise, I am not completely awol on you guys. I just have been working some incredibly ridiculous hours and I just have to get my boundaries under control. I am still hanging in around 110. I am not really happy about it. I am even less thrilled on the days that I dip down to 109, but for the most part, my body just seems to like 110. It doesn't matter what I do, I can't seem to get some extra weight on. I am trying to not get to overwhelmed about it all because growing up I was always extremely thin. I actually feel more normal and pretty much like I did growing up now than I ever felt normal being obese. I don't like that I am too thin, but I am just starting to accept that this just may be the way it is for me. I found lots of pictures of myself in high school and college where I pretty much look as thin as I do now if not even thinner. So coming to realization with it all. The only difference is now I have this sagging skin to go along with it. Fortunately I can't complain too much because this sagging is very hidable...(if that is even a word). I can't wait to wear my new bathing suit that I bought several weeks ago. It's a two piece but of course it covers up those wrinkly sags and because I have sags on my upper thighs I had to get a suit that kind of is like a skort. I am not complaining since it is an extra small and the last one that I bought was probably a size 20. Fortunately last summer I was lucky because I had some 9/10's that I had been hanging on too. Now my problem is finding professional clothes that fit me in my size. I am fitting into mostly 0's and 2's. I have tried juniors..can find a pretty good selection at JcPenney, but that is about it. The juinior tops are not as professional as I would like and I haven't been able to find any business suits this small. Well that is my rant for the night. I know I am severely latent and overdue with a prayer request posting, but I believe I am going to have to bum out on you guys for a while and we will just have to pray for those posting on the Monday weigh in or individually. Janie - I have been thinking of you every since your surgery...sorry to hear it has gone so rough for you. Margaret - Glad to hear you are on the Mends. Laurie - Worrie about you...I hope you will give us a report soon...or I will have to drive down there and check on you hun! Belle - Glad to hear your surgery went of without a hitch...I am sure you are loving the new you! Anna - Glad to see you are finding a resolution for your issue with not wanting to get PG. Keep us posted. And for anwyone I might be missing...please excuse me...I promise it is not intentional...I haven't been able to read up on everyone to see what your prayer needs are, but know that I am here lurking and praying when I see your needs. Hugs all, Lindy

Lindy, it's good to hear from you. I am sorry you are having such a hard time gaining a little weight back. Like you said maybe that is just what your body wants to be at. It looks like you are coming to terms with it. We miss you and hope you don't work so hard you get sick. Take some you time!! Anna