What's New Wednesday!!

Good Morning all...
It is very early, but I thought I would start the Thread for a change.

I know I have been missing in action around here lately but I have had a bunch of things going on. I miss you guys and it is not good for me to be gone. I don't do well with my own WLS when I lose contact with you all even for a week or so.

I have gained 10 pounds and it is so frustrating for me. I am even trying to wear pants with no elastic waist or stretch and be uncomfortable so that I won't graze. I know....I need to count my calories, as they have increased obviously and I have been not working out 6 days a week...more like 3 days a week and not the full time.

Why is it that we do this to ourselves? It just creeps up on us and with such a bad habits history, I should know better. Now that I write this, I know I am going to start all over again today.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               We have good friends coming to stay with us on Thursday night from Tennessee. Old neighbors...looking forward to seeing them, but trying to get things organized for the party for them at our house etc. [other old neighbors] Thank goodness I have my cleaning lady coming today to do all the hard surfaces....especially where my guests are staying...one less thing to worry about. I had the carpets cleaned yesterday.

Hope your day is wonderful. Love, Marti

Morning Marti and all OFFers,

Marti, when I was worried about losing too much, my surgeon advised me to stop worrying. He said that at about two years out, there would be a significant weight gain and I would have to work VERY hard to get the pounds off. Shudder at the thought because he is always correct.

Our two year mark is rapidly approaching and I am beginning to worry too. The pouch can hold more than it did a few months ago, it no longer gets grouchy when I have had enough to eat and with the hernias I sure don't feel like exercising every day. I am a weight gain waiting to happen.

The tool is still there but the brain still functions as in the 'olden days'. Those demons may lay dormant but are ever lurking to attack me too.

We constantly walk a tightrope on this WLS journey. Social situations, stress, old habits, life in general are waiting to shove us over the edge and into an eating frenzy.

You are not alone  - we are here to help each other. By sharing your struggle you help us stay focused. What can we do to help YOU???

Pre-op jitters are no fun. Makes me cranky, weepy, unfocused and not nice to be around. Must get a grip and cut this out. Plan for today - SMILE and be NICE.

Annette, boy is that true....it is not that I have changed my eating habits that much....but I guess the honeymoon is over, and I will need to form a NEW life style.....and eating less calories is the new habit I must make. I always appreciate your advice. Love, Marti

morning ! good to see you back, marti !!!

we are still biting at each other's necks and i do not mean in a funloving manner! last nite i posted that i was going to go to bed so i couldn't yell at anyone nor could they yell at me..i was wrong..when he realized i wasn't gonna play the yelling game he came to the couch for the nite....i slept!roxie enjoyed his pillows!!!!

chilly here this morning! i love it-fall is "in" the air for sure!!!!

i'm planning our family's reunion that will be this sunday- i am having really mixed feelings about the whole thing-anxious to do it but really wishing i hadn't volunteered! tonite i need to put together some of the genealogy that i have been doing - a display to introduce my family to their ancestors! this past sunday nite at 11 pm; i stumbled -and i mean stumbled- upon a new Patriot!!! so exciting! he was an MD in the Revolutionary War and i want so badly to research more-NOW!!!!  a relative of his wife was Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( google her!!!) ; THE first Woman's Suffragette (sic) --she was not one to be known by "Mrs" soandso which could explain why i got angry to be listed as mrs michael malcheski in the DAR booklet- i prefer my autonomy!!!anyhow--i think some of her was imbedded  into my genes!!!!! when i found this new patriot; i also stumbled upon scads of living cousins!! so cool to be emailing folks who share ancestry with me!!!!

well= work today and some shopping for the weekend...also have to find a gift for my almost 3 yr old grandson's birthday party -that is saturday....busy weekend-

hugs and prayers....we all need them!!!

good morning Marti sure glad to see u this morning, we all really miss your pretty face when your not with us. I know this is going to sound almost too simple but at the risk of sounding stupid or mean,,,,starting today get back to the gym...every day. I live too far out in the boonies to get to a gymn but i can walk and i am walking daily and keep increasing it all the time. I am up to getting in 3 miles in 45 minutes now.  my goal is to do 5 in less than an hour which at this rate shouldnt be hard but when you get to that last couple of miles your body wants to slow down lol
I was at a horrible stand still for almost a year and started walking and have now in 3 months have lost another 6 pounds.
it isnt easy this controling our weight i know, seems like it is some can never get to goal, some keep gaining and losing and others lose and lose and we all had the same surgery. so what is the difference? maybe it is the exercise. who knows.

hope to see you here more we are a good cheering group...and will always give you a good pick me up.
hope you enjoy your visitors. sounds like fun.

Jan you are absolutely right....I do need to just get my exercise in every day and stay on here with you guys, I am always more inspired to be good when I am hanging out with you. Way to go with that walking...good for your knees also. Are you going to get the second one done? Love, Marti

Hi Marti and Everyone,

Sorry to hear you are having a bit of a struggle right now, Marti.  I have every confidence you will do the right things for yourself and win this latest battle.  After all, you've come too far and been so successful.  Enjoy your company and allow that to be the distraction you need to break your current cycle!

Nothing much new for me today.  The scale bounced back up for me but I am telling myself it's normal.  It's normal.  It happens.  I'm meeting a friend after work for a good long chat.  Haven't seen her since before my surgery.  She's the most incredibly busy person who works with Governor Schwartzenegger and commutes from Southern California to Sacramento several times a month.  She always has some interesting stories to share.  I know I'll have no problem not eating too much because we will just talk and talk and talk!

I hope you all have a great day today.  Keeping prayers in place for our Texas friends who are facing the latest hurricane and it's evacuees.

Hugs,

Kathi

Marti,
I to will confess, I gained 15 pounds andhve taken 10 off now. It is hard. Temtation is always there.
Well the storm ha**** We are getting an eastern band now. It is raining very hard but not very much wind. I dont think we are going to get much or much damage.
I have to go to work at noon.
Nothing else going on today.
Carla

good morning marti and my off family!!!

nice to see you back marti!!!!

annette...hang in there sis you will be ok with your upcoming surgery!!! have faith!!!

jan i walk and walk all day and the pounds are still the same with me...just maybe i need to get the food going in right and the pounds will move again!!!

ok CR**** again can't remember who else is before me!!! gezzz hate when this happens!!!

hey did any of you see that new show last night?? oh crap now i can't remember the name of it!!! started with an F gezzzzzz i hate this!!!! anyhow this plane had people dying on it and the skin was all eaten away and falling off...going to repeat it sunday night they said and it will be shown on tuesdays at 9 eastern time. i think it was on fox channel. i really liked it but dang if i can remember the name of it right now!!!! GRRRR

also if any of you Y & R people could PM me and tell me whats happening on the show again i would appreciate it so much!!!!

talked with carla yesterday and that was nice to hear her voice!!! had a nice chat...hope we can meet again in frankenmuth!!! i am trying to get there but still can't promise anything!!! (moving and car repairs and plates and licence is taking huge chunk)

working today 12-5 then off again tomorrow and we are praying so hard that we hear today about apartment!!! i called her yesterday and she said she had computer problems all day so maybe wednesday she said....i sure hope so!!!!!

diane is putting ad in paper for the cottage house...she offered us the basement and the cottage house for same price but its still WAY to small for our things. if it was bigger we would have thought about her offer....but again we want AWAY from here!!!

i see texas might be the hit for ike...hope you will all be safe there!!!!

gas prices sure did jump here yesterday!!! went from $3.49 up to $3.79!!!! yikes!!!!! i had $16.00 on me and put that in tank where it was still $3.49

oh great!! sassy just hurled a huge one...brb have to clean it up before bandit does!!!!

got up this morning and it was 56 BRRRRRRR its up to 57 now...yippeee some clouds out there and sun is out so not so bad but still chilly!!!

rick is feeling better guess it was a slight touch of the flu...said he threw up once at work...but then again it still could have been a migraine...said his head really hurt bad and so did his sinuses. so i am glad he is feeling better today!!!

got the sheets washed and dried today now for the clothes tomorrow and all is clean for our move to our new place...haha listen to me...moving already and no word yet if we got the place!!!! guess its called positive thinking huh???

seems funny his mom and jerry know what we have down here...last night she needed a roll of toilet paper she was out and knew we had a bunch of it....also she brings down large bowl and said she needed cat food...she knew we had a large bag of it here....jerry asked for ricks paint roller and tray so he could paint in cottage house...rick said how does he know what i have down here in my tool room?? i asked how does your mom know what we have down here also?? guess they snoop while we are gone away!!!! he said we need to get the hell out of here and the sooner the better!!!! i agree!!!! i don't mind giving them things but gezz to have her "know" what we have is just to much!!! guess i better hide the treats i bought for ricks lunch so she doesn't get into them when she has a craving for candy!!!! i am so bad....but it just irks me right now is all.

well i am going to shut up now i know you are all tired of hearing the same thing day in and day out but you are all the friends i have here that i can talk to about this....i am happy here its just we need some privacy and move out to be sane again!! keep prayers and fingers crossed for us to get the apartment soon!!!! thanks so very much!!!!

love and hugs to all

 

Judy, is the show you are trying to think of, Fringe? I suffer from CRS also but for some reason I remembered that. I think if might be because of our local papers reporter wrote an article about the things that he gets free when the new shows come out. I think for Fringe he go a~are you ready for this one~a DVR! Jeeze it must be nice. He said that it is a normal realy and working DVR. He said that he will take the DVR but he can't say that he liked the show because he didn't. I was at a meeting so I didn't even get to see if I like it or not.