1st 2008 WEIGH IN!

Good Morning Marge, Things for me have calmed down alot..I love the holiday season, but I also love it when it ends.  I started out good this 2008.. and hope to continue all year. Hope everyone has a great week Beginning weight 473 Surgery weight 417 Last week 188 This week 186 take care, Lynn

Lynn, how are your folks faring at Tahoe with all the snow?  Have you had torrential rains up in Vallejo? My family members in CA are close to treading water down in the South Bay.  At least they don't live in Santa Cruz, where the rainfall is always 10x heavier than in the rest of the Bay Area. Kix

Hi Kix, Thanks for thinking about my parents... yup they got loads of snow. My dad spent all day sunday shoveling..proably about 6 feet of snow. and yes we have had alot of rain in Vallejo. Its raining again today..the good news is that it is suppose to be nice this weekend. Have a great week Lynn

I had quite a dramatic weekend.  Went to the library to pick up some books, and then stopped by the restroom to use the facilities before I continued on with my activities.  Turned out there was an unconscious woman in the disabled access stall!  At first, I tried waking her thinking she was homeless and just sleeping somewhere warm, but she wouldn't stir.  Went to tell the librarian, who came to investigate and then asked me to call 911.  Long story short, the paramedics came, managed to get the woman alert enough to transport, and carted her off to the hospital.  She looked very young, and when I looked at her face as they took her away, her eyes were extremely watery and bloodshot.  My first thought was that she's probably on medication and hasn't been taking it regularly. The librarian thanked me for being a good citizen.  I was startled -- would most people who came across an unconscious human being on the floor just walk away as if nothing was wrong? My sister and I went to a reading of short stories on Saturday night.  It was done by a different theater company from the one we usually attend, and the theater was a converted warehouse in a marginal part of downtown Denver.  We sat on bleachers in this small, hot theater.  The performers were so bad, it reminded me of high school dramatics.  It was truly excruciating!  Too bad, because the stories themselves were excellent and I hated to see them butchered by amateurs parading as professional actors. Enough blathering.  The scale has not been kind to me, but it isn't the scale's fault.  I ate like a pig yesterday and am struggling to get my eating under control.  I'm starting the five day pouch test today, so we'll see if that helps me get back on track.  Stupid holidays with all the good carbs. Beginning weight: 530 lb Surgery weight: 407 lbs. Last week: 223 lbs This week: 224 lbs Kix

Oh my gosh, you just crack me up. Dr. Kevorkian! That sense of humor of yours! I had a mellow weekend, although I wasn't planning on it being mellow. The Colorado mountains got hit hard by a snowstorm this weekend and I didn't feel like snowshoeing in 50 mph winds. So, I stayed at home and grumbled about my failure on E-Harmony (you would think that after 2 months and 100's of matches I would have a date, but nope, not one. I will be the only one to ever fail at E-Harmony - all my matches have been foreigners trying to get a green card who proclaim they love me after one day of emailing each other. Good grief.) My 'detox' went really well this week - I feel much better and lost all that I gained over Christmas. On top of that, I had no problems with my sugar, not one incident all week. I think this way of eating is really helping. Surgery weight: 371 last week's weight: 181 This week's weight: 168!!! 13 pounds gone, thank god. I'm back to where I was before Thanksgiving. I really think a lot of that was water weight, otherwise I wouldn't of dropped so quickly. I drank so much water I'm about to float away! But hey, my clothes are fitting again and I feel good, so that's what matters. Now it's on to 160 Have a great week everyone!

WOW...what a great weight loss week!  I really applaud you for de-toxing and knowing that the carbs were the culprit.  You are truly inspirational to me! Thank you for that!  HUGS  Jeanine

ok here Goes my very first monday weigh in!   Some one yell at me next week if I dont post ok? lol  not sure of last week today 284.  beggining Weight -392 Surgery Weight - 344  This week - 284

Good Going Estelle!  You have come such a long way..my hat's off to you kiddo!  HUGS  Jeanine

Thanks Hon:)

Hiya, Marge.  Here's my numbers for the week:

Beginning weight - 396
Surgery weight - 386
Last Monday - 194.1
Today  - 195.2

I wish I had a good excuse for the gain, but the only excuse is the increase in my daily average calories to around 2700 instead of my normal 2000-2100 for the past two weeks.  I'm with Kix on her feelings about all those good carbs that are around during the holidays - just downright evil!  I cleaned all the crap out of my house this weekend and am back to my normal food plan this week.  I feel bad about having gained, but am sure that pulling my calories back down will get me losing again.  Better than the old days when I would have said "screw it" and kept right on eating lots of carbs and crap....   Here's hoping the scale is lower than 195.2 next Monday!!! 

Kellie