The Weight Loss Support Group

[pat]

Sorry to be such a poop but I already only drink water except for my am and dinner decaf's (which no, I won't give up!).  I'll commit to being sure I do a minimum of 8 glasses a day of my water.  I am ***horrible*** about water drinking, though I've done really well the past several weeks.  For years it has been a struggle to drink more than say 4 to 5 glasses per day. 

 

[furmonster mom]

I usually drink one cup of coffee in the morning, then it's water; no sodas or juices in my house.

I will admit I don't drink enough water... even though I live in the desert.  So I can certainly focus on that for a few days in a row. 

 

[12cats]

Great job everyone. This week's challenge is great. Count me in.

 

[margecat]

I'm still sticking to my diet, but there's nothing great to report.

Last night, we went out to dinner, as we always do on Saturdays. We went to another place, though; a chain pasta restaurant. DH was so sick; he vomited 4 times in the men's room (it wasn't the food; we both had bad headaches and some nausea during the day, but thought he felt better before leaving out). I ate very little, saving about 90% for meals during the week, so I was good. I did decide that I wanted a few bites of a shared dessert with DH later, though--which I plan for each week.  I tried to get a chocolate cupcake at Barnes & Noble to split with him, but the line was crazy, so I gave up. He had just bought some Ring Dings, so I tried one of those. YUCK! I took 2 small nibbles, and threw it out--it was nasty.

Then, I found those tiny "shots" of dessert at Wegmans; chocolate mousse. I took 3 bites, and thought, "Not worth the calories." I'm finding that I really don't like sugar any more!!!! This is the 3rd time in 3 weeks I've had that reaction. Thank you, Jesus!

  Seriously, I'm so happy. I'll just stick to my sugar-free pudding each night (60-80 calories.)

 

[ravencorbie]

I'm not doing as well on the challenge as I'd thought, but I did better than I have in the past.  I'm still having coffee in the morning, though.  School work has kind of taken over this week-end, so I haven't been exercising .  But even when I only exercise for 15 minutes, I'm so exhausted and hot that it takes me at least another half hour to come back to normal, and I just didn't have 45 minutes to spare.  I know, excuses, excuses!  But I'm still way behind on my work.

 

[tammat]

I'm not doing as well on the challenge as I'd thought, but I did better than I have in the past.  I'm still having coffee in the morning, though.  School work has kind of taken over this week-end, so I haven't been exercising .  But even when I only exercise for 15 minutes, I'm so exhausted and hot that it takes me at least another half hour to come back to normal, and I just didn't have 45 minutes to spare.  I know, excuses, excuses!  But I'm still way behind on my work.

You are doing the best you can and that's all that matters well done. There is no way I'm giving up my morning coffee either!! [emoji]128570[/emoji]

 

[pat]

It's official - today (my usual day to average - though I also now do a Friday to Friday average for this group) - I hit 100 lbs. lost *by* average this morning.  And a new one day low
Whee!  Onward to someday being just a little bit pleasingly plump (I will never be thin..just too curvy).

 

[dejolane]

well, we walked to the post office today then drove to the library cause the library is far away.

 

[Winchester]

It's official - today (my usual day to average - though I also now do a Friday to Friday average for this group) - I hit 100 lbs. lost *by* average this morning.  And a new one day low
Whee!  Onward to someday being just a little bit pleasingly plump (I will never be thin..just too curvy).

Yay Pat!!!!

 

[kittymommy]

I work at a steel fabricator in Oklahoma City.  I've worked here since 2008.  For the last 18 months I have gotten no overtime and even though I'm 1000% thankful that I have a job w/o the overtime I had no hopes of making the bills some weeks or of having anything left over to tackle my large debt. 

So I was offered a weekend part-time job by an old colleague of mine.  The job is checking on a realtor's houses and filing out a report and taking some pictures of the houses.  Not a problem, I can do the job just fine and it's been working out well, I'm going on seven months now of this job.  Mostly the work is done on Friday and Saturday with an occasional Sunday. 

Now the bad news-over the last six months I've fallen four times while doing this job.  It's not that the work is dangerous, it's just that things happen.  I fell in May very hard on the concrete while I was walking fast and I tore something in my knee.  They wanted to do an MRI to find out what happened to my knee but I couldn't afford the co-pay.  So Saturday I fell again, this time my ankle gave out on me while I was standing still.  Sunday I began to realize that the main reason, if not the only reason for my continual falling is my weight. 

I'm 5'7" tall and I weighed on Sunday at 337.5 lbs.  That's like carrying an entire person around on my back with me 24/7.  My body can't take the extra weight any longer and so it's giving out.  I never tell people how much I weigh.  I'm sure they know but maybe they think 250 or 300, but they don't know the entire truth.  It's kind of scary to say 340 pounds.  It's a huge number. 

So I have to get VERY serious about my weight or I'm afraid I won't be able to get around.  I'm afraid my joints will just start one by one giving out until I can't walk.  THAT scenario is super scary too.  So ... I'm here, telling you this because I need help.  I'm asking for your help because I need someone to be accountable to, I need someone I can talk to when the potato chips seem like my best friend. 

I know too there are emotional aspects to this.  I was thinking about this too on Sunday.  I believe that when you are abused it teaches you to NOT advocate for yourself.  This is why I HATE going to the doctor.  This is why sometimes it's a struggle just to convince myself to brush my teeth.  It's like my default internal setting is to refuse to care for myself. 

I know this isn't normal and I know most people don't operate this way, but I do.  Knowing this, I hope will give me power, and possibly insight into teaching myself that it's not only OK, but it's expected that I care for myself in a good way.  I feel like I have so much to do to get anything accomplished, but I also believe I can do it if I approach it in a way that addresses my problems.  What do you think?

 

[AbbysMom]

I'd like to join. I don't have a scale yet, but all of a sudden, about two-three weeks ago, my clothes stopped fitting the way they normally do. It almost happened overnight. I've added exercise, and I'm planning to do the challenge. I like the idea of drinking just water, and not just for weight loss. I feel I need to kind of flush out my system, especially as school is starting.

Welcome!

Still no takers on the challenge this week? OK, here is one -


Starting today substitute one drink during your day with water. So when you are reaching for coffee, soda, juice, etc. grab a water instead. Do this 3 days out of the week.


Sound reasonable? I know I have been having too much coffee, even though some of it is decaf.



Pat - Are you willing to come up with a challenge for next week?

Oooo...you'll all be sorry

Sorry to be such a poop but I already only drink water except for my am and dinner decaf's (which no, I won't give up!).  I'll commit to being sure I do a minimum of 8 glasses a day of my water.  I am ***horrible*** about water drinking, though I've done really well the past several weeks.  For years it has been a struggle to drink more than say 4 to 5 glasses per day. 

I almost made the 8 glasses away the challenge. :nod:

 

[AbbysMom]

I'm still sticking to my diet, but there's nothing great to report.

Last night, we went out to dinner, as we always do on Saturdays. We went to another place, though; a chain pasta restaurant. DH was so sick; he vomited 4 times in the men's room (it wasn't the food; we both had bad headaches and some nausea during the day, but thought he felt better before leaving out). I ate very little, saving about 90% for meals during the week, so I was good. I did decide that I wanted a few bites of a shared dessert with DH later, though--which I plan for each week.  I tried to get a chocolate cupcake at Barnes & Noble to split with him, but the line was crazy, so I gave up. He had just bought some Ring Dings, so I tried one of those. YUCK! I took 2 small nibbles, and threw it out--it was nasty.

Then, I found those tiny "shots" of dessert at Wegmans; chocolate mousse. I took 3 bites, and thought, "Not worth the calories." I'm finding that I really don't like sugar any more!!!! This is the 3rd time in 3 weeks I've had that reaction. Thank you, Jesus!

  Seriously, I'm so happy. I'll just stick to my sugar-free pudding each night (60-80 calories.)

I've noticed that I am much pickier about what I eat not and will often not eat something if it isn't "worth the calories". :nod:

I'm not doing as well on the challenge as I'd thought, but I did better than I have in the past.  I'm still having coffee in the morning, though.  School work has kind of taken over this week-end, so I haven't been exercising .  But even when I only exercise for 15 minutes, I'm so exhausted and hot that it takes me at least another half hour to come back to normal, and I just didn't have 45 minutes to spare.  I know, excuses, excuses!  But I'm still way behind on my work.

Every little bit helps. :nod:

It's official - today (my usual day to average - though I also now do a Friday to Friday average for this group) - I hit 100 lbs. lost *by* average this morning.  And a new one day low

Whee!  Onward to someday being just a little bit pleasingly plump (I will never be thin..just too curvy).

That's awesome, Pat.

I work at a steel fabricator in Oklahoma City.  I've worked here since 2008.  For the last 18 months I have gotten no overtime and even though I'm 1000% thankful that I have a job w/o the overtime I had no hopes of making the bills some weeks or of having anything left over to tackle my large debt. 

So I was offered a weekend part-time job by an old colleague of mine.  The job is checking on a realtor's houses and filing out a report and taking some pictures of the houses.  Not a problem, I can do the job just fine and it's been working out well, I'm going on seven months now of this job.  Mostly the work is done on Friday and Saturday with an occasional Sunday. 

Now the bad news-over the last six months I've fallen four times while doing this job.  It's not that the work is dangerous, it's just that things happen.  I fell in May very hard on the concrete while I was walking fast and I tore something in my knee.  They wanted to do an MRI to find out what happened to my knee but I couldn't afford the co-pay.  So Saturday I fell again, this time my ankle gave out on me while I was standing still.  Sunday I began to realize that the main reason, if not the only reason for my continual falling is my weight. 

I'm 5'7" tall and I weighed on Sunday at 337.5 lbs.  That's like carrying an entire person around on my back with me 24/7.  My body can't take the extra weight any longer and so it's giving out.  I never tell people how much I weigh.  I'm sure they know but maybe they think 250 or 300, but they don't know the entire truth.  It's kind of scary to say 340 pounds.  It's a huge number. 

So I have to get VERY serious about my weight or I'm afraid I won't be able to get around.  I'm afraid my joints will just start one by one giving out until I can't walk.  THAT scenario is super scary too.  So ... I'm here, telling you this because I need help.  I'm asking for your help because I need someone to be accountable to, I need someone I can talk to when the potato chips seem like my best friend. 

I know too there are emotional aspects to this.  I was thinking about this too on Sunday.  I believe that when you are abused it teaches you to NOT advocate for yourself.  This is why I HATE going to the doctor.  This is why sometimes it's a struggle just to convince myself to brush my teeth.  It's like my default internal setting is to refuse to care for myself. 

I know this isn't normal and I know most people don't operate this way, but I do.  Knowing this, I hope will give me power, and possibly insight into teaching myself that it's not only OK, but it's expected that I care for myself in a good way.  I feel like I have so much to do to get anything accomplished, but I also believe I can do it if I approach it in a way that addresses my problems.  What do you think?

You can talk to us about this whenever you want. :nod: I hope you can find it within yourself to do this. Wanting to is the most important part.

 

[pat]

Kittymommy,  when I got a second opinion about getting knee replacements, I was told I was very high risk, and the doctor told me that many of his patients manage their joint pain by weight loss.  That kicked my butt into gear just over 2 years ago.  Losing 100 lbs. so far (and yes, I have more to go..so I can truly tell you I understand some of what you are dealing with), I have been able to give up the cane I had to use, kick off the "not to be used long term" nsaid I was on for over 3 years (!!), and while on occasion I still get some pain, my activity level is through the roof compared to what it was. I feel like I have my life back.

So..you are right.  Losing some of the weight will help your joints to some extent, and you will simply feel so much better.  For me, part of why I feel so much better is also what I now eat.  I've had to truly modify my cooking and eating, and to my delight, it's all still tasty (I love to cook), and I sure don't feel deprived

 

 

[tammat]

Welcome Kittymommy. This thread helps me and I hope it helps you too. You have made the decision to change and that's the first and most important step. We will be here for you. YOU CAN DO THIS!!! Be proud of yourself already.

 

[Winchester]

Welcome, kittymommy.

  I'm so glad you're with us! Like the others have said, this thread is a good opportunity to talk about the problems and the challenges that we face in our weight loss programs. I think that losing weight is the hardest thing most people ever have to do and it takes some real gumption to stay with it. But you're worth it. We're all worth it.

Look at it this way....by doing this, you're being kind to yourself. You're treating yourself the way you SHOULD be treated. You're taking care of yourself. And that's important. You will feel better, not only will your body feel better, but you will feel better inside. Because you are worth it. No matter what.

We're here and we're not going anywhere. There are good days and bad days and we deal.

So welcome. And a very big congratulations for taking that first step!

 

[kittymommy]

Thanks for all the encouragement and welcomes it means a lot.    So is the weigh in day still Friday?

 

[pat]

Thanks for all the encouragement and welcomes it means a lot.    So is the weigh in day still Friday?

Yes, it is.

 

[dejolane]

I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning then water or iced tea 

 

[kittymommy]

I wonder what I could come up with to take on my Saturday job with me so I wouldn't be tempted to go by McDonalds for breakfast.  I'd need something for breakfast and then also a snack or lite lunch.  I'd need it to be portable and easily eaten in the car and something I wouldn't have to refrigerate.  I've been thinking maybe I could do some type of premade wrap with hummus and some veggies that wouldn't get soggy if not refrigerated.  Any suggestions?

 

[catsallaround]

I am jumping in.  279 and looking to get to 200. Topped out at 305 then got to 285 on own.  Got pregnant and dropped another 5 or so lbs due to morning sickness.  I just lost my baby and would like to go down vs up now as it is a emotional state and do not want to turn to eating.

Going to ease into it as can't walk much at moment due to pain/... but plan to start once pain subsides.  I did make it to the store today.  Got few things we needed and a heating pad.