Back on track... down 100 lbs

Hi kids! Alrighty then... my sister's scale says 209/210.... so this is good....  So I started at like 309.. gained like 11 - 15 lbs doing that nutrisystem for a couple of weeks but I won't count that. So... officially.. I'm down 100 lbs...  since like . . .  August.  I don't know that I'll meet the memorial day challenge goal of what.. like 195 or 190..  but for living in the midst of chaos right now, I'll take what I can get. Be Blessed everyone!! Lori

Lori.......100lb since August is PHENOMENAL (sp?)!!!!!  Good for you! I give you so much credit for sticking to it with all you've been through these last weeks.  It would have been so easy to say...oh heck, I can't handle this along with everything else and use it as an excuse to eat.  You are truly an inspiration! How are things going with Joyce?  Are all of you taking turns staying with her?  I continue to keep her (and you) in my prayers. Hope you're getting the chance to share quality time, have a few laughs and make some more memories. Blessings & Hugs

Thank you.. and thank you for asking about Joyce. I'm the primary here.  When my eldest sister comes (every other week), I sleep at my other sister's apartment and get here by 6:00am to do the do....  sometime after I clean up dinner, I go back to Carol's apt.  This is an "on" week.. I've been here and I'm the only one to take her to radiation.  Monday begins the last 4 days of radiation and she sees the oncologist Monday evening to get her order for chemo.  We also have to get an MRI of the largest tumor to see if it came down.  She has her good days and bad days, but one thing we are not lacking is HUMOR!  Five sisters in one house wearing pajamas makes for a lot of silliness.   A neighbor of Joyce's comes around walking his dog.. he's about our age, and he stops when we're all out on the porch.  He's used to seeing her and chatting... so naturally he's interested in what's going on.  He's become our "mascot" and this guy takes a LOT of ribbing from my sisters for Joyce's entertainment.  She was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her face.  One of my sisters told him that he needs to be wearing a grass skirt while running around a coconut tree in Tahiti.  This just tickled Joyce to no end.. lol.  She says she had forgotten how funny we all were when we were together. To be honest... she says "as horrible as this is, I've never been happier than I've been in the last month with all of my sisters with me". It's alright.. it is...    we're just gonna keep doing the do and handle each challenge as it comes up.  We're easing into telling her that we're going to be taking her to Memorial Sloan Kettering..  we have to exhaust all possibilities.  We got this fabulous place right here.. one in Basking Ridge.. another in NYC. Anyway....  I gotta finish making her ravioli...  her majesty's meatballs await! Be Blessed! Lori

LAUGHTER IS WONDERFUL MEDICINE. Having just read your story, you and all your family members will certainly be in my prayers.

Thank you so much..  right now we are praying for her peace and comfort.  This thing is going to take her and we've been told to think of it in a matter of weeks, possibly months...  but no more than that.  She's not in pain (thank God).. and all things considered, her spirits are good...  lots of Christian music going on around here.. lots of praying... lots of laughing. :) Be blessed Lori

no kidding, sweet one! This cannot be conducive to weight loss - at least not healthily so! But you seem to be keeping yourself together. Right AWN!   luvs ya.

Hey.. I made a double layer, chocolate sheet cake today.....   I RINSED my hands instead of licking my fingers.. lol  

Lori, you are awesome, really!

100lbs lost in 9 months orso is a BIG acomplishment. And it is so good that you are with your sister, I hope that things will go OK for you guys.

I have admiration for you. Keep going girl, you are AWESOME! :clap:

With everything you've got going on and being away from home and your still losing weight shows sheer dedication.   You really are an inspiration!  Tell your sister she is in our prayers. Brenda

I will, Brenda... thank you. I think at this point it's more of a matter of staying on my feet.  The more fit I am, the more I can do for her... so I don't want to pump the poison into me.  I'm doing good on mostly roast beef slices and provolone slices........ if I get to the diner I have breakfast sausage and eggs.  I did that yesterday after I gave her dinner.............   my eldest sister was here to stay the night, so I went to the diner and had a ham and cheese omlet and a side of sausage, went and got a hotel for the night and just DWEEBED!  LOL After I get her prescriptions and give her dinner, I'll get to the A&P and pick up some roast beef and provolone to take to my sister, Carol's, apartment... and bunk down there for the night.  I think the hardest thing about all of this.. besides the emotional roller coaster... is living out of the trunk of my car and a backpack playing catch catcher's can with showers and blowdryers and laundry.  I hit the laundrymat to avoid stairs and this is good because I take all of her bedding and bigger items at the same time.  It's working out... we're finding our groove.  Carol comes on Wednesdays and that's when I get to running around.  While Edie is here I can get to the supermarket, spend time cooking meals and run around to pick up rx's and stuff.  Joyce gets a quality hour after radiation before she's too tired to do anything.... so we use that hour to hit the cemetaries (her husband and my parents), the bank.. small errands.  The food is the EASIEST thing for me . Be Blessed, sweetie! Lori