Friday Thumbs Up, thumbs down

Jump on in, people! I want to hear it. The good, the bad, the ugly. For instance, I ate a bite of birthday cake yesterday. Come on Lurkers! This means you too!!

Thumbs Up: Size 10 pants and M or L shirts! Getting in all my protein and water Saw the Dr. put that big piece on the sliding scale on the "150" for the first time since my pre-teens! Thumbs Down: Painful fissure that will need surgery I have been eating too many carbs, thus... STALL! plateau! Arrrgh! New digital scale is a lying piece of junk! Starting: 254 Now: 176 Goal: 145 Starting size: 20 Size now: 10

thumbs-up finially under 200lbs - 197.6 Yeah! My neice had a baby yesterday, both are doing well. bought a size Med blouse on Wednesday and it fit, and I look good in it. Thumbs-down My sister-in-law died last weekend of breast cancer and I couldn't make it to the service. There is Halloween Candy everywere in my office and I ate a hurshey kiss. this sounds trivial compared to my sister-in-law dying.... Darla

My sympathies to you and your family on your sister-in-law's passing, Darla. Thumbs Up I am going down a size in my pants to a 20 Lost 4 lbs in a month. Have an alumni reunion tomorrow which I am looking forward to very much. My brother who is being treated for OCD and anxiety is doing better. I walked 2 miles on the treadmill today in 45 mins. (up from my normal 1.8) Thumbs down Only 4 lbs in a month Am on the alumni committee for the reunion and have been swamped this week with work for it. On antibiotics for some unknown infection that gave me swollen lymph glands which made me feel sick enough to miss the gym yesterday. My brother being treated for OCD. Dreary, rainy, icky day today. Hope everyone has a great weekend, Sue

THUMBS UP: I lost 6.5 pounds in the last week and a half. Only 3.5 til halloween goal. THUMBS DOWN: Not getting in my exercise because husband is always gone and daughter won't stay in day care at the YMCA. They come get me because she is crying and I have to stop exercising. Trying to find other options; like babysitter I trust. Best friends father died. They gave him until Christmas. I guess he could not make it. For all you smokers out there! Ya better quit!!!! That stuff with kill you!

Thumbs Up got a full time job starting on the 30th weigh 186 got to work temp 2 days this week and 2 days next week had our first snow fall that stuck for a few hours thumbs down don't start new job until the 30th snow is cold and it melted too soon lol (i know more is coming) Ruth Ann Consult 265 surgery 255 current 186 goal 130

Here's mine: Thumbs UP: Had my six month checkup, total lost according to their scale 70 lbs. The skirts I bought at Coldwater Creek are fitting perfectly now and I'm getting compliments from people at work and play I did 2 hours of water aerobics on Monday, 1 on Tuesday. I got my raise retro check just in time for my trip to Minneapolis next weekend. After the sleep conference next stop is the Mall of America. I got to drop the last blood pressure med Going to a benefit dinner dance and I can't decide which of three dresses to wear. Went to the sleep doc last week he changed my bipap pressure 18/10 to autocpap pressure 12.5. I got the new autopap, it's great Thumbs DOWN: I have a hernia that will be repaired with the tummy tuck. I can't lose the last 5 lbs to be under 200 Surgeon's office didn't have my labs and hasn't called me yet. Things at work are getting busy and we may have to start spending some time at another hospital...... even short of staff. Jeanne

Thumbs up, I finally took the time to go online to find a support group. Before having surgery on April 19, 06 my weight was 287 this morning Friday 10-20- 06 6 monts post op I find myself at 163! Was worried I was getting to small but ran a BMI online and found at 5' 11" 163 I'm still in the upper end of normal. I'm a 55 year old man. I slowed down to a 6 pound loss this month. Thumbs down, still can't keep fried chicken down, or anything else fried for that matter. Come to think of it I can't keep anything down period except protein shakes, spaghetti, sweet tarts, ice cream, sherbert, hersheys with almonds, milk, fruit juice and water. I have to go back and see if my passageway has constricted again.

Thumbs up Made Century Club Got about half my xmas shopping done. Made up with estranged son. That was a big one. Thumbs Down Didnt finish the xmas shopping, maybe today have nothing to wear again Ate a huge handful of cashews without reading the calories etc. and WOW they are loaded, had to skip Dinner.

Carol, Having nothing to wear again, could also be a thumbs up!!! Julia