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Topic: RE: Today I promise myself that ......
Great post. CeCe as you can tell from my reply to Shawn it hit me hard too. I am generally a nice person I would never treat someone else the way I sometimes treat me. This is a slow change though. Learning to love, trust, repect and cherish yourself for me is one of the hardest lessons ever, but so worth the learning.
I like your idea about being your own life coach. You know before my surgery when I am laying out hundreds of dollars to WW - I thought this is ridiculous - I paying them to tell me eat right, exercise and drink lots of water. I hate to tell you but this is no great secret in the art of healthy living. Today I promise myself that I will be my own cheerleader. My own life coach. If I make a mistake I do not get the luxury of beating myself up only the reality of figuring out a better way to deal with things next time.
I have a cold right now - I did go to the doctor and am negative for flu and strep so he said it is "The Crud" - I asked if that was his professional diagnosis But when I don't feel good I have this old record that plays that says --- Eating something will make me feel better. Or --- you feel so bad you deserve ... I am fighting this comforting myself with food bad right now! I wanted to go out for lunch - even though I brought a great salad with me for lunch. I pretty much forced myself to eat the salad and it tasted yummy - just something in my head before I ate thought resturant food would taste good (and have lots of extra fat that I don't need).
Sorry I got to rambling. I am with you CeCe - Today I will be kind to me!
Trudy
Topic: RE: Today I promise myself that ......
I second that! We should put more focus on being good to ourselves. We can choose to see our commitment to health as deprivation, or we can choose to see it as doing what is best for our body, mind and spirit. I choose to treat myself as I treat others; with respect, dignity and LOVE. We wouldn't call someone we love a failure because they lost their way. We would tell them that all is not lost. We would tell them to start new today, this moment. Every moment is a new opportunity.
My life is a series of choices. From this moment on, I choose to love and cherish ME!
Hugs,
Valorie
Ps..
Someone may have to remind me of this choice in the near future. My heart is willing, but my head is weak! 
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on 2/26/08 1:16 am - FL
on 2/26/08 1:16 am - FL
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25
My weight dropped because I can't exercise! It's amazing how quickly I lose muscle. I've been 133-135 this week. I think I was 140 the last time I reported in. I'd rather be 133 WITH muscle!
Wanda
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25
CeCe,
Thank you so much for your encouraging words! I have been steadfast to my plan and yes, it is paying off. I am starting everu day off with a protein drink then watching the calories and carbs. I think I am past the worst part. The cravings seem to have dissipated. They are at least only controllable impulses now. Not the demanding monsters they were for so long.
I wanted to also let you guys know that I weighed and measured at my gym on Saturday. Since I have been working with my PT, about 6 weeks, I have lost 11 lbs (by their scales) and 16 inches! I lost 4 1/2 inches on my waste alone. I was quite happy with these results. It lets me know that even when I saw a "stall" there really wasn't one. It is all in my mind! I don't see the progress, like so many of us WLS warriors, but the measurements don't lie. We always are too quick to criticize and put ourselves down. If we showed ourselves the same love and caring that we give to others, our lives would be much more pleasant.
Today, I pledge to be kind to me!
Hugs,
Valorie
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25
Kim,
I'm sorry that you have all that additional stress to deal with. I wish you had only to focus on your healing and your return to work. Considering all that has been heaped upon you, I think you dealt with it extremely well. Many people would have fallen apart. You are a very strong woman. I hope and pray that all those bills and the long term disability issue will be settled and you'll get a nice check from long term disability to help you guys get back on your feet in a nice way!
CeCe
Topic: Today I promise myself that ......
Morning, Gang! As I've posted, I have a hard time during Hormone Week and it's really hit me hard this month probably because I've scheduled more plastic surgery. Shawn's post yesterday hit me hard because it was so sad to read how hard she was on herself but I know many of us are guilty of the same thing. I know I am and always have been. So, today I promise myself not to beat myself up. I'm going to lunch with a friend so I won't be able to go all liquids and protein today but I'm doing so until 1:30 and I promise myself to make a good choice for lunch and not to overeat. I am promising myself to take good care of my body, skin and spirit. Shawn, you and I along with the rest of us need to realize we are special and we deserve special care! We are each our own life coaches and a life coach looks for the positives, encourages clients to set goals, seek solutions and LIVE! I promise myself that I won't limit myself today. I'm going to climb, like Phyllis!
CeCe
Topic: RE: Something I never considered doing...
Phyllis,
How fantastic! I'm jealous!!! I've always wanted to do that but never had the nerve! In fact, over the weekend they had an article in the paper about it and I told my husband I would love to do that! I can't imagine the fear the first time - getting the harness on, looking down and seeing how far it is to solid ground! Yet, how thrilling it must be to reach the top! Next time you will easily reach the top of the 50 foot wall! Remember us as you do because we are all reaching for the top of the mountain!
CeCe
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25
Unfortunately he has not taken any steps yet to re-license himself. He's seemed overwhelmed with the unemployment insurance application. Taken him 5 days to just register and fill out paperwork, fax documents to the department, etc.
The insurance paid the hosptial bill of $31,000, but it has denied the surgeon's fee of nearly $5,000, the anesthesiologist fee of over $2,000, and all the home health visits, my pump, supplies and food for my feed tube, which currently is over $2,000. I owe about $10,000. But I am appealing. My surgeon is supposed to be writing a letter for me to add to my denial letter. I called to check on the status of that today but haven't gotten the call back.
I finally got my appeal in the mail for my denied long term disability. We will see what they say.
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25
Hi I lost 1Ib this week. I've been the same weight for months and right of a sudden I lost a pound.
Topic: Something I never considered doing...
But did and had a ball!!
My best friend decided that for her birthday that she wanted to go rock climbing. They have an indoor facility near where I live with climbing walls.
So she asked me along. First I thought, are you crazy?? I don't want to do this!! But then, no one else would do it with her, so I thought what are friends for. I'd give it a try.
They started us out on a thirty foot wall and I did ok for the first 20 feet, but then I lost footholds and couldn't go any farther. On my second try, I made it to the top, though it took me a while. My arms were killing me, trying to pull myself up, but I made it.
Then they tried us on a fifty foot wall and I made about 40 feet on that one before I had to quit, I got too tired to go any further.
We're going to go again, but I need to build up some arm strength first.
I'm going to post pictures on my profile if anyone wants to see.
Phyllis
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