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(deactivated member)
on 5/20/10 12:35 pm
Topic: RE: It's been a while!

I'm sending you giant cyberhugs ((((Heather)))) - this isn't easy. I think Michelle's response is really great. Shedding weight is not a fast race and then you arrive nice and skinny for the rest of your life - it doesn't work that way. Rather this is about making permanent changes in the food choices you make - enough to shed the weight and then to maintain the loss. It is hard, you're fighting against this obesigenic society in which fattening, addicting ,easy and cheap food is available everywhere and you have to fight all that. In addition, no one has it always perfect and always easy - we all have times when we slip or get frustrated or fall off the wagon - it's part of being human - the trick is to jump right back on to the wagon to continue the journey.

I don't know how you can do Hot yoga - yikes, that too hot for me. I bet you got seriously dehydrated from it and that could account for a difference in weight - due to lots of water loss. And then the water returns as you eat and drink again.

Please don't be depressed, just try to get that determination back - and venting here is a great idea because it helps you feel better.

Myself, I'm going through a frustration period - I'm so sick of my hanging skin and I can't wait to lop it off. I've been emailing back and forth with Ruth to help get a reality check. I know some people end their journey early when it gets hard to shed more weight and then get plastic surgery - but it's best to wait until you've lost all the excess fat because the surgery is easier and the results are better. I too just have to get my determination back to continue the journey until the end before having plastics. I am thankful that I will be able to afford plastics because I'm going to need it.

I hope that we can help get you back on track.

chellelynn3
on 5/20/10 8:14 am - san bernardino, CA
Topic: RE: It's been a while!
 I feel for you, this is a hard journey indeed! it is not a constant happy journey of losing weight, but DON'T quit! you can still do, take some pressure off yourself and focus on what is most important to you at this time, dont feel the need to do everything all at once, thats what I did and I burnt myself out, I am just now getting to the point where I feel I can put some determination back into my weight loss journey, I am going to the Dr. tomorrow and and have not stepped on a scale for close to a month, im not really looking forward to it, but I am already preparing myself, if I have gained (and Im sure I have gained some) it will come off and then some, im choosing not to be devastated by it or get depressed over it, (which I have done in the past) but I know that this is for life, and I am no longer making myself feel like i am in a race, this journey will take the time that it takes to get there, learn all you can about this process, and yourself and allow the time needed to get you there! hang in there, I know this is hard, but you are worth it! take care!  

Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net

MelindaR
on 5/20/10 5:50 am - Lansing, MI
Topic: RE: Update for those who asked!
I'm so glad you posted.  I check out the non-op forum every now and again to see if any of the old timers have checked in.

Can't wait until you get your website up and going.  I could do with some good recipes.  I'm currently sifting through Egg Face's, but would love another one.

I'm glad you and sig ot are doing well.

Melinda
  
 
(deactivated member)
on 5/20/10 4:55 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Topic: What are you celebrating and proud of? Fri
Hi All!

I'm not really celebrating or proud of anything today.  I did do a moonlight 3 mile walk but that was more to de-stress myself than a good cardio walk.

Hopefully someone else here has something positive to share.

Hope you are all having a good day!

TTFN
4mygirls
on 5/20/10 2:45 am - Canada
Topic: It's been a while!
I haven't been on here much lately - and mostly because I feel like a loser (not the good kind either).  I wasn't exercising as much, and I certainly wasn'****ching what I was eating.  I was sure I had gained back the 12 pounds I lost in March.

I refused to step on the scale in April - I just knew the news would be bad.

Sunday I started doing hot yoga.  It has been good, and I was feeling pretty good.  Tuesday morning I stepped on the scale - I figured I just needed to know wher I was at.  I was shocked - it showed that I had lost another 8 pounds, for a total of 20 pounds.  I was feeling GREAT!   For the first time, I actually felt like I could do this!  I was "faking it" before when I said I thought I could, but Tuesday and Wednesday I genuinely felt like it was a possibility.

Then, this morning I stepped on the scale again - and it was up 12 pounds from where it had been Tuesday morning, and I am beyond depressed now. I feel like giving up.  I don't want to, but that motivation I felt after weighing myself Tuesday is all gone.  I just want to curl up in bed and cry.

I knew this journey would be long and hard, but I feel so depressed over everything right now - my work, my marriage, my parenting...what is the point of fighting it??

Sorry, I needed to vent a little.  I hope everyone's week is going better than mine! 

Heather.
mwy
on 5/19/10 2:00 pm
Topic: RE: Update for those who asked!
Hey Girlee, long time no see!  What I can see is looking pretty hawt...you are rocking that outfit.

Mary
mwy
on 5/19/10 1:55 pm
Topic: RE: Have you found your MOJO?
I got my mojo working, Baby!!! 

MOJO...The word originally means a charm or a spell. But now its more commonly said meaning sex appeal or talent.

(deactivated member)
on 5/19/10 12:45 pm
Topic: RE: According to WebMD "the best way to lose weight is.........
Aw, the sound is broken on my laptop so I can't hear anything.

It does make sense to shed weight with calorie cotrol and exercise.
(deactivated member)
on 5/19/10 12:39 pm
Topic: RE: 90 Day Stats
WOW Peachpie, you're doing so well - I love the idea of a food journal - and I'm so impressed that you stuck to it for 90 days - even if you did some of it  on Sparkpeople. I bet you're building up really good eating and exercise habits doing this.

Yes, it's for life and that's why we need to be doing it in a sensible way that we continue to do for the rest of our lives. You're off to such a great start.
(deactivated member)
on 5/19/10 12:30 pm
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Tues
I'm a day late - oops. I didn't walk yesterday because I had my class but today I did. Somehow in the middle of the 4th mile I just felt so tired but DH helped force me to not only finish the 4th mile but to also do the 4th mile which is my super duper fat burning mile. I'm glad I did it - sometimes I really need DH to push me and I'm thankful he does it gently but persistently.

Hope everyone else is doing well.
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