Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!
$99 Yearly Supply Alert! 🌈 "1 per Day!" Bariatric Multivitamins

SpecialK

LAP-BAND Patients
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    3,008

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by SpecialK

  1. Posted

    Happy New Years. I have a slogan for this year and I was tempted to make it "Looking Fine in 09" but I thought 'Feelin Fine in '09 was a better one that reflected that I want to get healthier as well as look better this year.

    Have you set any 2009 weight loss journey goals?

    I'd like to be at -90 lbs by my birthday on January 29

    I'd like to be at -100 lbs by my bandiversary on March 17

    Feelin Fine in 09.bmp

  2. Posted

    Tess -- that is a wonderful goal for 2009 to get your BSN! You go girl!

    Fenton - hang in there, or hang ten?? You will be snowboarding in those French Alps before you know it!

    For me.... this is something little but I want to be able to go into any restaurant and fit comfortably in a booth -- I can at most places now but I recently had one of those uh-oh moments when I was so uncomfortable when they put us in a booth where the table didn't adjust at all that we had to be moved to a table. I hate embarrassment like that!!

    Also, Ohio does have the king of roller coaster amusement parks -- Cedar Point is on Lake Erie at Sandusky, OH and I'd love to be able to fit into roller coasters again. The last time I went in 2001, I ended up being the babysitter for my nephew who wouldn't go on most rides because I couldn't fit in many of them. Never again! I hope to be riding roller coasters into my 90's!

    to make up for the lost years.

  4. Posted · Edited by SpecialK

    The way it works is you copy the WHOLE list from the last person who posted an update, update or insert your own line (alphabetical order by your username) by copying another person's line, then post the WHOLE updated list for the next person to update. Please be sure you follow this instruction or else we'll find we accidentally drop someone off. I'll try to keep an eye on things to be sure we're okay. Also, adjust the spacing on your line with the .... so the numbers stay lined up if you can.

    NAME ***********START WEIGHT **********CURRENT WEIGHT ***GOAL**** LBS. Lost

    aJoneen............212............210............XXX............0

    evelas5000.........180............179............140............1

    Fenton.............XXX............YYY............220...(4wks)..-8

    HarleyGirl.........180............184............140...........+4

    Hopeinapril .......236............238............XXX...........+2

    Lynn1215...........174.5..........175.3..........XXX............0

    NurseNiki..........229.8..........227.6..........190.........-2.2

    Nycm00.............220............218............XXX...........-2

    Potatie............229............224............XXX...........-5

    scrappy_friend.....170............172............150...........+1

    SpecialK...........274............275............255...........+3

    Sugarbean..........200............199............150...........-1

    Tess415............294............295............289...........+1

    Thin2bme...........191.2..........190............150.........-1.2

    WestCoastMom.......155............153.5..........140..........1.5

    I was so disappointed in myself to see a 3-4 lb gain over the holiday week but I'm also wondering about how much hungrier I am feeling with the extra exercising I'm doing and maybe some of the exercising is causing muscle/water gain too? Just need to tough it out and be proud I went to the gym so far on 12/28, 12/30, 1/2, 1/3, and have plans to go tomorrow so I'm doing well sticking to the more exercise part of my commitment.

  8. Posted

    :laugh: I really didn't get any interest from either calls or emails to the scrapbooking event and demonstration of how to build an album of our weight loss journey so I've cancelled what I had planned to offer on January 10 at 10am at my church and I'll see you guys at the Polaris get together.

    If anyone is interested in just a small group of scrapbookers getting together, PM or email me and I'd gladly host it.

  12. Posted · Edited by SpecialK
    Another thing I like about the book - its real people not super buff model-types in the pictures!

    I recently bought a book called Maran Illustrated Weight Training and I'm loving it. It has COLOR pictures of the Start, Finish position of different exercises and a picture of what NOT to do wrong. Demonstrates the kind of equipment used to do different exercises. Anyway, in the back of the book, they have sample workout routines so I have made me some forms up by typing things into MS Word documents and I thought I'd share these if anyone could use them. I'm planning to take them to something like a FedEx Kinkos and get a 30 or 60 page (copies) printed and bound into a loose spiral type booklet that I can use to write in.

    Get moving in 2009 is my goal!

    Daily Workout Log Sample Beginner Routine.doc

    Daily Workout Log Sample Beginner Routine2.doc

    Daily Workout Log Sample Intermediate Routine.doc

    Daily Workout Log Sample Intermediate Routine2.doc

    Daily Workout Log Sample Advanced Super Set Routine.doc

  15. Posted · Edited by SpecialK

    NAME *******START WEIGHT *******CURRENT WEIGHT ********GOAL ********LBS. Lost

    aJoneen............212............212............XXX............0

    Fenton.............XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    HarleyGirl.........XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Hopeinapril .......236............241............XXX............0

    Hungry4help........XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Lynn1215...........174.5..........174.5..........XXX............0

    NurseNiki..........229.8..........229.8..........190............0

    Nycm00.............220............218............XXX...........-2

    Potatie............229............229............XXX.............

    scrappy_friend.....170............172............150...........+2

    SpecialK...........274............272.9..........255.........-1.1

    Sugarbean..........200............199............150...........-1

    Tess415............294............295............289...........+1

    Thin2bme...........191.2..........XXX............160............

    WestCoastMom.......155............153.5..........140..........1.5

  17. Posted

    Please note that the schedule is twice a month now and the Monday one is at Mt. Carmel East Seigel Center - their auditorium - on January 7th which is when I will be presenting on scrapbooking our weight loss journey.

    http://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/pdf/Educational%20Forum%20Calendar%2009R_Layout%201.pdf

    I'm betting they went to two locations and twice a month due to patient feedback and that is great for me!

  18. Posted · Edited by SpecialK
    Bring the copy/paste rules along as we go.

    You Shamrocks rock... throw an idea out there and we're all over it like green on grass! The comments about Fenton in Paris sure bring a smile to my face.

    I put XXX under goal and you can make this some interim goal you have or your end goal, whatever you want or leave it blanked with the XXXs if you want.

    This is open to any of the March bandsters, so feel free to jump in anytime. Just follow the copy/pasting rules.

    The way it works is you copy the WHOLE list from the last person who posted an update, update or insert your own line (alphabetical order by your username) by copying another person's line, then post the WHOLE updated list for the next person to update. Please be sure you follow this instruction or else we'll find we accidentally drop someone off. I'll try to keep an eye on things to be sure we're okay. Also, adjust the spacing on your line with the .... so the numbers stay lined up if you can.

    Starting Weight is where you are now at December 2008 not where you started :laugh: originally.

  19. Posted

    Hey out there. If you live in the north Columbus area and are interested in seeing the new gym that will be openingo on December 28, they gave a few of us some passes to take a friend along. PM me here at this website if you'd like to go. Its December 27th.:laugh:

  21. Posted · Edited by SpecialK
    Trying to catch up with the existing posts.

    This was the format a group of us used in posting our Labor Day to Hallow-Lean Challenge progress. What do you think about using this format for our tracking.

    The way it works is you copy the WHOLE list from the last person who posted an update, update or insert your own line (alphabetical order by your username) by copying another person's line, then post the WHOLE updated list for the next person to update. Please be sure you follow this instruction or else we'll find we accidentally drop someone off. I'll try to keep an eye on things to be sure we're okay. Also, adjust the spacing on your line with the .... so the numbers stay lined up if you can.

    Starting Weight is where you are now at December 2008 not where you started :biggrin: originally.

    NAME *******START WEIGHT *******CURRENT WEIGHT *******GOAL *******LBS. Lost

    aJoneen............XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Fenton.............XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    HarleyGirl.........XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Hopeinapril .......XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Hungry4help........XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Lynn1215...........174.5..........174.5..........XXX............0

    NurseNiki..........XXX............XXX............XXX............0

    Nycm00.............220............219............XXX...........-1

    SpecialK...........274............274............165............0

    Sugarbean..........200............200............XXX............0

    Tess41.............XXX............XXX............XXX............0

  24. Posted

    At the December support group meeting, I used my digital camera to take this picture of the Nativity scene stained glass window that is in the auditorium there at Mt. Carmel West's Medical Staff Building and I thought it was just so pretty I wanted to share it with you all.

    P.S. For those who haven't been to that location, they have about 6 beautiful stained glass windows of scenes of Christ, like 3 on each side.

    Merry Christmas.

    post-226326-13813137947919_thumb.jpg

  25. Posted

    For those of you who want to fit two fun things in on one day, check out my info on the scrapbooking our weight loss journey fun I'm sponsoring in Westerville, just off College Ave. and you could enjoy the fun from 10 am - 1:45 pm and still make it to this mall group get together by the 2pm start time.

    PM me for details.

    I'll demo from 10-11 am on how to use your computer to help do an album full of ideas, a coworker of mine is a Creative Memories consultant and she will take over from 11-12 noon, then the last 2 hours is hands on doing a project of your choice with our help to get you started.

    Beginners and experienced type crafters both welcome and its free.

PatchAid Vitamin Patches

Bariatric Forums

For Patients

Health Professionals

Search Surgeons

Bariatric Surgeons: Want to research a weight loss surgery surgeon? Enter their last name below to start!

×