Good Morning... Checking In

Hello everyone! Thought I would check in. A few weeks ago, I posted that I was one lbs away from the Century club. Well, I hit the century club weighing in at 201 lbs, 2 lbs away from WONDERLAND........ Well......... for the last three weeks, I go from 201-205 then 205-204 but keep gaining and losing the same 4 lbs!!!!!!!! EEKS! I was so close, 1 lb away from wonderland and am just "sitting" here flectuating (sp) these same 4 lbs! I know it will come off, but it is quite frustrating! My back is a little better, not well, but better. I started back on the treadmill but no weight lifting for another week or two. Food has been much better, still working on it even being Cleaner! THe strangest most wonderful thing happened the day before yesterday, I needed to get my nails done and was not in "MY AREA" I was on the other side of town and decided to go into this nail salon that I drove by (had never seen it before) I walk in and there is this georgeous girl having her nails done in front and she looks at me and then said, I know you... YOu are on the OH Board, right? I was "floored" that she recognised me and was able to connect me to the board! It really made me happy and we spoke for the entire time she was there. It was GREAT seeing you, meeting you and talking with you BABY! I am keeping her name anonymous unless she wants to tell you who she is. BUT let me say, it was WONDERFUL to meet one of my OH FAMILY members and sister! Hugs, me Please check in and say hello, I wanna know how YOU are doing! 305/201/140 5'6"

Good morning, Hello, how very nice to meet someone from our OH family, that must have been awesome.... There is going to be a convention at the end of the month that I am going to go to and hope to meet some of our members. It would be wonderful to do so. I think I will post to see if anyone else is going to go to it. You will probably see that all of the sudden you will be at the Wonederland, we have to stabilize/adjust to the weight we are at. Our bodies have a memory so when you were at this weight before you were probably there for awhile and it is seeing if this is where it should stay then when it sees that you are still with the healthy eating/activity it will tell itself it is ok to go down again. I also do the ping pong in weight. I am really close to meeting the goal my Dr. has set for me and I keep going between 151-148. I need to get to 140. I think I need to watch the carbs more. It is a little harder now that I am feeling hunger. I think about food alot.... How about you? I have to really be cautious and not eat out of boredom or my old habits.... Nice to chat with you. Take care, let me know how you are doing.... Mary Jackson 299/149/140/ 5'3 Surg date 09/16/05

WEll Hello back to you Mary! Wow, you have done AMAZING! WOW! I am so proud of you.. I can't wait to get to 140, I will be so excited! I have about 60-65 lbs to go..... Yes, I feel hungry often and have been eating more carbs than I probably need. I have really been working on cutting back on the carbs. It is tough, but I am getting better and better. Food is still something I LOVE, enjoy and get excited about. I thank you so much for your reply and hope to see you again soon! Hugs, Shireen

How funny!! And your intuition led you there. If you'd just waited until you were back home, you'd have missed a great opportunity to connect with an OH sister. --BT

Hi Honey, when I was at 201 - 199 for about three weeks I thought I would die!! It was the cruelest thing. 200 is always something that once I'm under I feel just better about myself. It's weird. But for me - and probably for you - once you do get to 199, it just keeps going, you don't bounce back to 200. I can't wait to hear what you are in a few days, you may have broken the number!!! Funny about the other OH'er. I don't know if anyone would recognize me if I was out. I think I am a blender in type of person. But if they did, I sure hope I would'nt be doing anything stupid, like eating Krispy Kream Chesseburger donuts!!! Ha ha yuck doesn't that sound belchy?? love to you! donna

Hey Sweetie!!!! I was on a plateau like that too!!! I then gain 5 lbs OVERNIGHT!!! My hands & legs & feet were swelling awful!! I got on Lasix, and BOOM!!!! in less then 2 weeks I lose 15 lbs!!!! It's so next to amost be in Onederland!!!! I PRAY I get there!!!