CHRISTMAS EVE WEIGH IN!

MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!        I DONT KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU OUT THERE WILL BE WEIGHING IN TODAY WITH IT BEING CHRISTMAS EVE AND ALL BUT FIGURED SINCE IM HOME RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH NO HEAD ID GO AHEAD AND DO IT ANYWAY. KIDS COMING IN FROM MS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND I HAVE SO MUCH STILL NEEDING TO DO. UGH... FINGER FOODS AND GOODIES TO FINISH UP AROUND HERE. THE SCALE WANTED TO BE FUNNY THIS WEEK WITH ME AND I DIDNT FIND IT AMUSING. LOL... I HAVE WEIGHED 149 FOR TWO DAYS NOW AND THE DAY WE WEIGH IN ITS BACK TO 150.. OH WELL... WHATCHA GONNA DO ANYWAY.. BY THE TIME I EAT FINGER FOOD TONIGHT ITS A GOOD THING WE DONT WEIGH IN TILL NEXT MONDAY AGAIN ANYWAY LOL... NOT ALOT ON THE LIST OF GOODIES I CAN EAT ANYWAY BUT PLAN ON EATTING SOMETHING OFF THE BEATEN PATH I KNOW... JUST NOT FRYED OR SUGAR... SO SUE ME... ITS THE HOLIDAYS HUH? YALL HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY TIME... ENJOY THE HECK OUT OF THE DAY!!! HUGS MARGE BEGINNING WEIGHT-397 SURGERY WEIGHT-386 LAST WEEK-150 THIS WEEK-150

Merry Christmas everybody!!! I am in IL with my family and loving it. I have been running around with my sisters and nieces and haven't really seen the rest of the family yet,or should I say they haven't seen me yet. My sisters could not believe how much I have changed physically. You know sometime I can't either. They all keep making jokes about how I have no butt and no breast. My sisters gave me a diamond band  ring  for losing 100 lbs.(total loss 149) OMG I cried so hard and I am crying typing this. It is one thing to know your struggle, but something totally different when somebody else recognizes it and shows it. To me this ring says "we know it is a hard journey and we are proud of you". When I say to you I love my sisters please believe me. They are like a piece of my heart and when I am in GA without them I feel so alone. Anyway Aunt Flo is visiting as well  and she bought 3 lbs with her. BEGINNING WEIGHT-362(01/13/07 Pre-op consult)
SURGERY WEIGHT-357(01/19/07-the day released from hospital)
Last Week-213
THIS WEEK-216

What an awesome tribute!  You deserve it!!  How wonderful you have such loving sisters!  I'm choked up just reading about it!  CONGRATS...and don't worry about 3 lbs...they will disappear again soon.  HUGS  Jeanine

Girl thats great! Your sisters gift to you is so beautiful. not just beacuse of the diamond  but beacuse they recognize and value your hard work. The dimond thing is great too! :)  Congrats girl and keep working your tool

I came on here HOPING that you hadn't posted the weigh in today, that you had too much to do today and forgot, and here you are all faithful and good! So now I actually have to post my weight and I'm not too thrilled - but I promised myself I would do it, in good or bad. And today is bad, very bad... grrrrrrr surgery weight: 371 last week's weight: 170 this week's weight: 174!! 4 freakin pounds! I could blame it on my period, since it just started yesterday. But I NEVER gain on the day I start, I always lose. What I can blame it on is my crazy eating last week, actually yesterday was really bad. I had the munchies like crazy and wanted to eat everything in site. I had actually bought some chocolate for a friend and guess what I did?? ATE THE WHOLE &%#*& thing!!!!  I do this every month, I don't get bad cramps but the cravings are just bonkers - I think I need to do some work on how to control it a bit better. Actually I was proud of myself for one thing yesterday - I went to a movie with a friend (we saw PS I love you - what a great movie! Total chick flick and worth every penny!) and I got popcorn. Before the surgery I would load on the butter, it was my favorite part. But I didn't yesterday, just ate it without the butter. And it was just perfect. I wasn't even tempted to add butter, it just made my stomach turn at the thought of it. Every one have a great Christmas! I'm heading to San Antonio tomorrow since I have to work today. Can't wait to see my family! Pam

A gal after my own heart!  I'm an avid movie goer..but I often wondered was it the movie or the popcorn I craved?  About 3 months before I went on the Medifast I started to have digestive problems with the movie popcorn and somehow it tasted different to me. I dunno if they changed the oil or the "butter"..but it really turned me off.  Made the transition easier.  Now if I go, I take my own microwave stuff in a baggie.  Don't beat yourself up about a holiday slip...and there is real proof that women and chocolate during & just before periods...the craving is real!  You have done so well...you'll get back on track and those 4 lbs will be gone again soon.  HUGS  Jeanine

Hi Marge, I went through several of the last weeks of posts looking for my last weigh in.  I realized that I hadn't posted my weigh in since Nov. 19!  Mostly, I've been slowly losing and staying the same, and then slowly losing.  I guess that happens as we get closer to our goal weight. Here is my info: Surgery Referral Weight 368 Feb. 8, 2006
Kaiser Options Class Wt.  375  June 14, 2006
Consult Weight: 351 December 7, 2006
Surgery Weight - 344 Jan. 31, 07
Last Month - 11/19: 208
Today: 202 I would love to be under 200lbs going into the new year, but I'm not sure that is doable.  My weight loss is really slow lately, so we will see! Have a wonderful Christmas, filled with family and thankful hearts.

I received the greatest Xmas gift to date------100lbs gone!!!!!! 6-6-07  surgery weight        397lbs

12-24-07  weight today        296lbs Carolina

I feel your pain Marge!  I have been straight out doing last minute preparations and baking & wrapping.  Misery loves company! LOL  I didn't do as well as previous weeks...not sure why, but I will take ANY loss I can get! LOL  Today is my one month post-op check up with my surgeon...even though its technically been 5 weeks.  Then I have Christmas with my oldest daughter & family (they never get together with the rest  of the family...too snooty I guess) so we see them the day after every year.  We had a beautiful Christmas...so happy & warm.  I ate a couple of potato chips with dip and 1 cookie made with Splenda. The rest of the day I was a good girl.  Fear of dumping is a  beautiful thing!  LOL  Hope everyone had a blessed holiday.  HUGS to all...Jeanine Beginning Weight:  284 Surgery Weight : 252 Last Week:  227.8 This Week:  225

Well I weighed in Monday (mom has the same scale I have) and it was par for the week - my scale didn't move off of 330.0 every morning last week.  I would have been happy to see 329.9 - just anything out of 330.  I guess I am in a bit of a stall again, and I probably did eat more carbs than usual last week.  I was generally a good girl, but I ate salty things during the drive and had some white bread with dinner one night and carrot bread for breakfast.  I also had one Christmas treat - a piece of baklava.  I don't think I ate enough of anything to contribute to a stall but who knows.  Good news though, this morning I was 328.8 so back to being a loser, yay! We had a good trip except for one thing - I caught a cold and feel pretty poopy.  Unfortunately that also meant we didn't visit our friend Anita on Christmas day.  I didn't want to get her or her two kids sick.  She had a rotten Christmas because her man decided to volunteer to work, she is fighting with her mother so she had no where to go and was alone with kids and really depressed all day.  When I called to tell her we weren't visiting, she started crying and I felt really bad.  She was looking forward to having company and had made food and everything (we didn't know that until today).  Bummer.  I hope everyone had a good holiday.  I can't wait to meet PJ on Friday!