gingerbug

Hello! I am in League City and I used Dr Hollis as well. Trueresults does have a support group that meets once a month but I dont know of one in our immediate area. This was the contact info in the email I get every month regarding it: I have never gone but whenever I go in for a fill I notice the signs and think that I should check it out. Then I forget all about it, LOL.

I am so totally in!! My dh is out of the country and will be home April 3rd!! So this challenge is perfect! This is my final push! Name...........Start Lbs........Current..........Goal.....To Go Janesays........214.8..............214.8............202.........12.8 Burgygirl.........230.2..............230.2............220.........10.2 Bklyn1984.......263.0..............263.0............253.........10.0 Bobbie155.......255.8..............255.8............245.........10.8 crzytchr..........239................239..............229..........10 mair...............225.................225..............215..........1 0 ValJean........266...................266...............254.........12 Kristilaw.........264..................264..............252..........1 2.0 lindar172.........229.4..............229.4............219.........10 gingerbug........179.8............179.8..............167.8.....12 How often do we update?

Exactly. I was in the supermarket parking lot about a month ago talking on my cell phone. I usually park a ways away so I have to walk farther and I was getting off thee phone and I noticed a woman near me going AT it with a bag of whataburger at 10am. I was thinking, 'that used to be me'. I would chow down food in my car in hiding then dispose of the 'evidence' so no one in my family knew I had just eaten a ridiculous amount of food for no good reason. It disgusted me at the time I was doing it but I did it anyway. I am so grateful not to be chained to that guilt anymore.

I was fat cause I ate too much for the wrong reasons and because I sat on my ass too much! I am so much more aware now and sort of grossed out by the old me.

I think it is worth noting that there are a lot of people making a lot of money off people being obese. The diet industry itself rakes in billions each year, the drug companies do as well. If we were all fit and healthy, we would not need all those meds and equipment to deal with out co-morbidities. I am not suggesting that we blame McDonalds or the drug companies, or the diet industry for making and keeping us fat. I firmly believe in a line between outward infulences and personal responsibility. Where that line falls is the question. the insurance companies want to raise premiums for those who are obese but dont want to pay out for weight related services and programs. It seems back-@ssward.

I made my second goal this morning and while I am pleased with myself, I feel I can do more. At 5'11" my frame can go down to about 160, easily, I believe. Too much less than that then my already bony top half starts looking a little odd with my ample behind, KWIM? My dh is an offshore diver and is currently on a 3 month contract job off the coast of Nigeria and he will be home the first week of april and I hope to have some dramatic changes in my body when he comes home. I am down 12 so far since he left and I have been at the gym 6 days a weekf for an hour, minimum, each day. I am motivated but a little freaked out with being so close. I am not sure I know what to do with myself. I am visiting home in april and only a coupleof people have seen me since I started this journey and not everyone knows about the band. I know I will be paid more attention than I would like and I know not all of it will be good with so many in my family having their own weight issues. Some people dont really want you to be 'too thin'. I need to work on being emotionally prepared, I think. My new weight and body will be so new to me that my mind wont have time to wrap itself around the reality and even though I am typically very stong and focused, my weight has always been a source of anxiety for me. Anyway, just needed to sound off on that, thanks for listening!! Oh, and I am not going to reset my ticker to reflect my next ten pound goal like I had been, I want to see it say 'below target weight'!!

Oh, fun, a stalker!! No, I just got some extra sleep last night and I have a little extra energy to devote to poking the troll. But if it makes you feel important, you go right ahead and think you have that hold over me. I would not want to take away the highlight of your day. Clearly, you dont have much else going for you. :thumbup:

There is a huge difference between not coddling someone and acting like an a$$hole. No one gives a shit how superior you feel you are. No one cares about your ability to 'give people pause and think', you don't have that much power. Your attitude makes you insignificant and people will ignore your self righteous attitude. Yeah, this is me not coddling you.

are you going to the gym? As I get to the end of weight loss it would not budge unless I am working out frequently.

as a woman, I lack the testosterone necessary to bulk up so I am good there. I keep up the cardio to get rid of those annoying fat pockets and what I cannot get rid of with cardio I will happily have sucked out! I love lifting weights!

Do you use the 'logic' (and I use that term loosely) of God for everything? That must be the reason that hardly anything you say makes any sense (to me). Oct-mom is a trainwreck and has no right, god given or not, to procreate to a point where she and her children are a burden to society. That is what she is, a burden. From every moment they spend in ICU to every moment they reap in the pell grants in college they will be using up someones resources all because mom could not get a freaking grip on reality. Imagine the therapy bills in that household, to top it off. THose kids are all going to get the shaft because there is not enough minutes in the day to hold them, cuddle, them, and tend to ALL of their needs.

I started lifting free weights a few days ago, my YMCA has a 'women on weights' class that I go to for 4 weeks to learn what to do.

It is getting easier, I am doing W2D2 today and I am hoping it goes as smooth as yesterday! My scale is not budging, either. sigh.

Personally, I had never realized how much my the relationship between dh and I revolve around food. We go grocery shopping together, cook together, and look through recipe books together. Luckily, he is the kind of guy who is willing to eat whatever and likes healthy foods. It has been difficult, through.

Until God can start showing up to put food on peoples tables instead of tax payers, people need to only have as many kids as they can afford. I dont care if god told you to have 40 kids or if he told you to build gods army or if you just want a huge household of kids, it is irresponsible to waste other peoples resources. I dont care what religion you are. That being said, I support welfare programs and wic and foodstamps. These programs serve a wonderful function to society and should be used, not abused. Having that many kids with no means to support them is irresponsible. You can throw around 'life begins at conception' all you want, the truth of the matter is, kids are expensive and resources on this planet are limited, ecpecially with as much as we waste. You dont have the right to claim religious reasons to have children other taxpayers have to support. Unless, of course, your god is going to meet you at the supermarket and pay for your groceries for you.

If you had read the OP carefully, you would have seen that her issue is not that she is blaming her dh for her being fat, she is becoming aware of the dynamic of her relationship with him being part of the problem. She is coming aware that this relationship is going to have to evolve into something different and it is clear, by her dh's attitude, that he is resisting these changes. Her dh is notbeing supportive, he is passive-aggressivly sabataging her with the guise of being supportive. Happens all the time. You THINK you made your point with reason and logic but you missed the point entirely. She is not asking for a hug or posting this for ducks and bunnies and rainbows and unicorns, this is a legitate concern many of us have.

Ok, I do have to admit that I still really really enjoy milk duds. My 5 year old just shared hers with me. LOL.

LMAO, I am a bit of a dork like that,, too!! I am in dallas till tomorrow and it is stressing me out to not have access to a treadmill till wednesday. How will I catch up by next monday!!??

Well, do you enjoy sex alone? If you are able to get yourself off with reasonable enjoyment then the problem may lie with your partner. If you dont ever paddle your own canoe, this might be a good time to start and figure out what you like so you can tell your partner what you enjoy!

I started couch to 5 k last week, too! Wednesday I start week 2!! I broke my plateau's gradually, I just kept on it and eventually the scale budged. Lots of times they were due to too much sodium or TOM issues. Once I get that last pound down I plan to up my goal anouther 10 pounds. I made my initial goal of 190 now I am just taking it in 10 pound increments as I make my way to the 160's!

I was close at 295. i was 279 morning of surgery. I hit onederland on October 24th and my surg. date was jan 2nd.

Sure sounds like it! It sucks donkey balls but it will get better