LilMissDiva Irene

Hi cadets! Wow, I'm so glad to hear I can relate to you. Well, not in a bad way of course - but rather in a way that I can help you get back on track and vice-versa. You know, it does happen sometimes. Bandsters can gain weight back. I try so hard not to reply to certain threads where some poeple will say, "oh with the band you never gain your weight back." Well I'm testament to the opposite. Don't get me wrong it is much more difficult to gain it back, but please realize everyone that YOU CAN! I gained my weight when I was put on BCP. I needed to take them for a short stint because my cycle was a bit off due to weight loss as my PCP put it. Well, I gained that 20 Lbs rather quickly and it has ceased since I've been taken off. So, the cycle is fixed but... but... now I'm struggling big time to get these added pounds back off! :thumbup: It is quite possible that you have stretched your pouch out some. I believe I might have, but I'm doing my best to correct that by doing liquids during the day and eating a sensible meal. It's working I believe, because when dinner time hits I really can't eat as much as I was before. I don't know if that is something you might want to try, but I think just making sure your meals are smaller from here on might help too. Anyway, I'm so glad to hear that you are getting back to the bandster rules! Let me know how you're doing!

I did post tap! I did! Susan, you scare me... LMAO!

I'll PM you my bank routing info ;o) I'm an early to bed person too. I get up at 3:50 am and start getting ready around 4:30am. I must allow ample coffee time or *nothing* is happening. hey BBK, nice to see you! :tt1: I am considering doing this with my FB and MS accounts too. I never have time for them and I feel awful about it. It makes me feel like I'm ignoring my friends and I'm really not. The time factor is just not there anymore... Susan, wow - thanks for opening up. I truly believe what your husband says. Especially with the admittal from the conspirator. Sometimes it just makes us feel better to spiel, I know I do! I went through something similar - and I'm here to tell you, you can work through it. It can also make your marriage even stronger. I know this can be true for you and Hubby as well. I also think taking that alone time in MX will help you two along. Best Wishes with that! Re: Breaking up before finding a new partner. I totally agree with this concept whole heartedly. I'm not sure if that would make us in this train of thought old fashioned, it's just the right thing to do. Too many people get hurt otherwise.

I found this email very enlightening and just thought I'd share: How to Stay Happy Always 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them, this is why you pay them. 2. Keep only cheerful friends... The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!) 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, art, history, gardening, whatever! Never let the brain get idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's! 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him or her! 6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve. Then go on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourself. LIVE while you are alive. Those who loved you but are gone will understand and applaud! 7. Surround yourself with what you love. Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies or whatever. Your home is your refuge. 8. Cherish your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is 10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

Bad Medicine -- Bon Jovi... :tt1: I seriously need to get outta the 80's.

I'm still here! Tap, you are doing great - not lazy at all! I think you do more than I do even. :tt1: Be proud girl! I did my lunch walk yesterday and then last evening I did my Calisthenics. Today my plans are much the same, I'm going to do my lunchtime walk, then I'll do 30 mins on the stationery bike, then do Calisthenics again. I know I really shouldn't do the Cals 2 days in a row, but I missed Mondays. Gotta make up for it...

So great Susan, thanks for sharing your experience.

tap, I do so admire your tenacity!

The Rock: What a special guy! Nick Cage: Loved him in Raising Arizona, Honeymoon in Vegas (with Sarah Jessica Parker), Face/Off and Con-Air. He started to "lose it" after Bringing Out the Dead... that movie SUCKS! Gone in 60 Seconds was good, but yes I agree with anyone being able to play that part. Did you know he got paid $20M for that? It's nice to be him.

Happy Birthday! Hope its your best ever. :tt1:

Beth! :ohmy: Granted I couldn't even IMAGINE eating that two days post surgery! I felt full and sick off a few sips of Water... LOL I can't even eat one now, (well maybe half with the top bun taken off). Thanks for the encouragement, and making me feel better about myself. It's so hard sometimes to remain happy and positive with myself. I have to though to continue the lifelong fight to stay healthy. Getting negative just continues the spiral into bad habits. I'm not so much worried about getting skinny, that is not what I strive for, for me it's all about health. I was diagnosed with hypertension at the tender age of 31 and was over a few months given max doses of HCTZ and Maxide generic. Wow, who woulda thought I was in such bad shape so young? The bad thing is, my uncle (mother's brother) ended up dying from complications of this disease. So needless to say it scared the crap outta me to hear that! My whole Mom's side of the family has this disease too, so even if I didn't get it that young, it was bound to happen. Due to my hard work and exercise I am down to 25% of what I used to take, and my blood pressure is always well within normal range. My doctor still has not given me the go-ahead to discontinue my medications however. I may need to take a little something for the rest of my life, but it's tantamount to what I use to take! Just recently too i was diagnosed with arthritis in my knees. I'm still only 35, so my body is telling me to get right! My orthopedist as well as my PCP told me no more treadmill. I miss it, I won't lie! I'll just have to make it up in other ways however, and in all honesty I do prefer walking outside. So for the month of April (actually starting today [why not?]), I will take on your suggestion for eating an apple a day, and I'll up your ante with a small banana a day as well. I do usually eat a small banana anyway, but the weekends I forget - so I need to do that more then. It'll still be a good alternative for snacking. I'll let you all know how I'm doing with that daily (or when I can get on here). Be sure to check in on me! And starting today I'm going to return to logging in all my food. Gotta get that back in check. :w00t: I guess that would include my new fruit for snack idea. As for my weigh-in's, I think daily was a bit excessive. I need to not be so obsessed with weight. I'll weigh-in Monday mornings for you guys, I think that will be sufficient. A pound a week,that's all I ask! So, until next time!

sl, hey I'm here! Beth, howdy! Welcome to my thread. :huh2: You cracked me up with all your posts! LOL!! I understand the whole honeymoon phase thing... the fact is once its gone and you have fallen off track its really difficult to get that feeling again. I do more sporadically than I have in the winter months. I chalk it up to getting more sun and whatnot. I feel pretty good right now since I got my walk in for the day. I had a thought too since I'm only at work M-Th. I decided I'm going to take my car out and clock one mile (or a little more) up the road. That will be my marker to go up and walk back making it two miles. I really don't have so much time so it will be better than not. I will Walk Su-F. Walking seems to be my best form of exercise that I love to do, and keeps my spirits up. You are absolutely right about the whole public humiliation thing. Accountability is more like it, as its a positive way to own up to all the bad things. It can also be a way to feel good about all the good things I do to. This is a lifetime commitment and some days are going to hit, some miss. I can't totally berate myself for that. That is one of the reasons I have discontinued the form I've been posting here. I will still post daily when I can, as the weekends are super busy for me. Ha! Who'd have thought I get more "me" time at work... LOL!! So, as it has become I'm making this place my personal journey. I will make it work for me somehow some way. I'm going to let all of you know what I go through every day. As for today? So far so good... Yesterday I ate too much... so not such good news on that account, but today again is a new day. Fruit... yeah. I went to my dietician last month to talk to her to see if she could give me some pointers on what I can do to curb my snacking habits. Of course she mentioned the fruit. I do love fruit and I really should give it more of a chance. Sometimes I think I should give myself one monthly goal. Cold turkey on everything has really proven disastrous for me! I did it for a good long while until I came crashing down! So, if I could do one good thing per month maybe it will turn out for the better? IDK, a new month approacheth... Any suggestions for my first month? Maybe my goals have been skewed and should be more centered around my actions than so much weight related. I can do the right thing and lets the chips (oh I do love them! Haha!) fall where they may. ;o)

Best wishes on that! Well sad you didn't get the doggie, but hey seeing him everyday or almost is good too! You can pet him and love him, and give him back! CUTE!! :huh2::laugh: Oh I love stepping on my scale on the carpet. I'm always about 135... hehe

bzzzt bzzzt Thats the neighbor doing her staples (electric)

275 posts? Wow!

...and in other news: Dow soars nearly 500 points on banking plan Program to remove some $1 trillion in bad assets from their books

Cute lil baby !! You just have to change his mind that's all.

Froggi! Wow, congrats you've done really great so far! LOL! Yeah, I really hate it. I think they are adapting. No one has since removed them. ;o) PS that is ALOT Of laundry... ack!

Sheeahhhh!! Nope. I haven't exercised since Friday. But... I hope I can squeeze something in tonight. I do have a class to get to though... I doubt it. However, tomorrow is yet another day!

^^^hA! I love it! Higher Love -- Steve Winwood

Glad to hear you are doing well! You know, alot can be said for those slight unfills. I still battle with the idea. However, my band has been loosening up some of late, so I might just wait it out to see what happens.

Yup, me too. I've been thinking about the Blue Diamond Almonds -- Smokehouse... oh so good!

Heehee I love him!