Good Morning Maryland

Hello to all I hope eveyone is feeling positive and happy today...I am feeling very good today..I have began to realize that this weight loss is to be taken one day at a time. Otherwise it will drive you crazy......Today I have so many things to be greatful for....

1) I am greatful that I have strength to pick myself up if I fall.

2) I also realize that I am an important person and I have the right to be happy in the body I am in for right now.

3) I am greatful that my hubby still tells me he loves me and thinks I am sexy no matter of my size. He tells me I have beautiful eyes and after 28 years they still turn him on. .

4) I am thankful that I have this board to come to and say things that I really never talked about because I felt no one understood what its like to be a thin person trapped in a overweight body. I am glad that we all understand what its like to be overweight and have had alot of the same terrible experinces. Thank you all for being here........


   I hope all of you have a great day and remember to love yourselves like there is no tommorrow as we are all special........



                                                              Julie

Good Morning Julie...

we have to go one day at a time... what other options do we have.

Good morning, Julie!!  Great minds think alike!!  I must've been typing mine as you hit Enter!!!

I just love your 3 things!!!  Sounds like you have a good man, there - trust me, they're hard to find!!!

We'll ALWAYS be here for you - and by all means, say what you need to say.  There's no judgement here because, as you've said, we've lived and continue to live your life.

Have a super day!

Hugs,

Tia

Good Morning and everyone else.  I am feeling blessed once again.  I have not lost very much weight as of yet however, I feel great.  I am 20 # smaller than I was on January 1.    I am very much thankful for this site and I am glad as well that we have some place that we can come and say way we need to say about how we feel.  How we look, as well as what we wish to accomplish without being criticized.

Hope everyone has a  blessed day.

Thank you Tia. Sometimes we dont realize what we have and we take so much for granted. I am trying to be greatful and thankful instead of feeling like I dont have enough...I talke dto a neighbor yesterday who told me how she had everthing such as $$$$$, cars, large home and what she though was a wonderful hubby. Then it all went bad.. He tried to kill her after so many beatings and so much abuse. She picked up her 4 kids and walked. She told me that they had no money and for 2 years living here she want to talk. I found out that they ate cup o noodles for 2 years and had no heat last year. If I had only known I could have helped her. I feel so sad for her and told her if she ever needs help I am here....That made me realize how lucky I am....

Have a good day dear....


                                                                                 Julie

Good Morning  Julie :  I hope you have a wonderful day!!!!

it is definitley one day at a time. the only thing that truly exists is right now. and glad to hear that you have a supportive hubby. not everyone is so lucky. my hubby loves me but i don't think he really feels the way he should about my body. but we haven't been together for 28 years either! good luck with your weight loss!

I love your attitude.  :)  You really are a great person. 

I saw on a TV show that men find an internal thing about the woman they fall in love with.  I can see that with my husband.  He loves me no matter what size I am or will become.  I'm so glad you have that with your hubby too.  :)

I agree with you.  This board is great.  It's so nice to meet people that have been where I am.  I feel like I've met with friends that understand me better than anyone else ever has.  :)

Jenn

Morning everyone!

You are very lucky Julie.
 
I myself have been there with the $$, cars, big houses, business, etc.  I never want to be married to a self employed guy ever again.  The more money they seem to make the more abusive they get, and the more they expect you to kiss their ass and blow them too.  SHUDDER!  I want to say to the lady you spoke about that she is incredibly lucky for getting away.  It takes steel balls to do that.  And to do it with 4 kids?  I couldn't take my kids with me, I didn't want him chasing me for life threatening me every time I turned around.  So I left them with him.  I needed to get myself back together and healthy again, mentally and emotionally.  I'm still working on that nowadays.  It's been almost 10 years since I left him.  When I did, I was constantly looking over my shoulder, and kept my phone numbers unpublished, my jobs secret, and PO boxes were a good delay tactic, but he always found me.

Fortunately, though most may not understand, he died of a heart attack in August of 2007 - and since then, I have been set free.  I wouldn't wish this kind of stalking on anyone.  It's a true nightmare. 

As far as my children go, they are living with their aunt, and I pay child support willingly, although I think they are getting too much, and I don't make much to live off of independently.  My children and I do not have a relationship because he poisoned their minds about me for so many years that now, they don't want anything to do with me.

So, to the woman who managed to take her kids with her, I wish her the best and may God bless them with everything.  They will get through this in time.  And if you like her kids, maybe you could offer to take them off her hands for a day - that is the one thing many many women need and never get is time to themselves.

If you want, you can pass on my info - [email protected] if she would like to get together and get it out of her system talking to another who has been there before.

Oh Dear, This brings tears to my eyes. You are so lucky to have been able to get away. I have another friend who has been through the same thing and luckly he got killed in a car crash.. Sorry but I am glad he died... I know thats not nice to say but he was a damn demon. He drove her crazy. He went so far to scale her 2 story apt balcony and sleep there at night. He also would call and tell her her tail light was out on her car. That just showed he had been following her on a daily basis. She lived in PG county and the courts di d nothing because he was such a good liar and the judges believed his stories. I apprecaite your info and I will ask her if she would like to communicate with a great person who has been through the same nightmare..

                                                                       Hugs to you,,,


                                                                                Julie