The Weight Loss Support Group - 2014

[pat]

Pam - keep us posted on how you are doing.  Hope the headache abates as you are able to get rehydrated.

 

[Winchester]

Thanks guys! I am pleased to say that I am alive today. I've managed to keep a toasted cheese sandwich down and will be making a can of chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight. I also drank a diet Mt. Dew to get some caffeine in me (still can't do coffee...must be the acid). It's not much but it's better than it had been. Still have the headache, but it's much better than it was. Gatorade is a life-saver in that respect. I've been munching on ice chips, too.

Went down to the store and went to the post office. Even getting outside in fresh air seemed to help. And I managed to get on the elliptical for a bit, too. Not a lot, only two miles, but I'll take it.

Rick told me this morning that when he gets home, he'll take me out to dinner....my choice. I wasn't able to go out for Mexican on Tuesday night with my friends. I had to cancel; no way could I have managed that. He flew to Houston this morning, then to Memphis. They're going for ribs tonight at the Rendezvous in Memphis. I was not amused. Ribs! At the Rendezvous! And I'm having chicken soup. Of all the nerve. 

 

 The snot.

 

[Winchester]

OK, well, I've lost 9 pounds since Sunday. Now I can easily afford to lose the 9 pounds, but not the way they disappeared. 

Pat, remember you had mentioned a few weeks before that went down into a new "decade"? Well, thanks to that virus, I have finally entered a new decade as well. It took me three months (and a virus) to get there.

 

[pat]

 
OK, well, I've lost 9 pounds since Sunday. Now I can easily afford to lose the 9 pounds, but not the way they disappeared. 

Pat, remember you had mentioned a few weeks before that went down into a new "decade"? Well, thanks to that virus, I have finally entered a new decade as well. It took me three months (and a virus) to get there.

Definitely not the way you want to do this!  So glad to hear you are feeling better.  I still prescribe homemade chicken soup as being a good for you "feeling better" food!

 

[pat]

New one day low this morning..looking forward to Monday's average.  I might as well come clean, as if you all, if so inclined, can't do the math.  I'm now at an averaged weight of 215+, today's new low is 213.8, with my goal weight 140.  Yep, I really was in trouble with how heavy I got   Over 154 lbs. off (as of today's weight anyway)!
 

So..those of you who were posting how heavy you were and were lighter than when I began, please don't give up.  I started and stopped (and gave up and tried again) a number of times since 1996...I finally have what works for me.  Don't stop looking for what will work for you.  If I am doing it, so can you!

 

[AbbysMom]

"Way to go, Pat" seems insufficient for that post. Pat, that really is beyond fantastic. What a huge accomplishment. As you have said, slow and steady wins the race and you are definitely winning.

 

[AbbysMom]

Pam, not the way you want to lose 9 pounds, and you will probably gain some of it back as you start to feel better and rehydrate. I do have to say though, when I had pneumonia around 5 years or so ago I lost a ton of wait and did keep it off and then some.


Yesterday was a stressful day and it was a binge eating day. I'm back on the wagon today. Yesterday I opened a big of Chex Mix, which I never do. I couldn't stop eating it. I ended up throwing the rest outside so I couldn't have any more.

 

[pat]

"Way to go, Pat" seems insufficient for that post. Pat, that really is beyond fantastic. What a huge accomplishment. As you have said, slow and steady wins the race and you are definitely winning.

Thank you, it just felt like time to share what I've been working so hard to accomplish.  I really appreciate your comment.

 

[pat]

Pam, not the way you want to lose 9 pounds, and you will probably gain some of it back as you start to feel better and rehydrate. I do have to say though, when I had pneumonia around 5 years or so ago I lost a ton of wait and did keep it off and then some.


Yesterday was a stressful day and it was a binge eating day. I'm back on the wagon today. Yesterday I opened a big of Chex Mix, which I never do. I couldn't stop eating it. I ended up throwing the rest outside so I couldn't have any more.

Sorry it was a stressful day yesterday - I really know how that goes!  I used to binge eat a long time ago, it never 'worked' to make me feel one bit better.  I know you can find a way to deal with that urge.  I frankly tell myself it's a bunch of bull when my mind is saying "you'll feel so much better".  LOL.

 

[stewball]

Monday evening here. Soon to be Monday morning on the other side of the world. I lost 800 gms woo Hoo!! I think that's 1lb 12 oz ? Or is 12oz= 1lb? Well it was a loss anyway. I've just baked and iced cupcakes for my kids school lunches. I was all ready to have one. Just one I was telling myself. And then I didn't do it. I did not do it. Yay for Tamela.
I hope the rest of you have a loss too

16 oz - 1 lb.
14lbs - 1 stone.

 

[stewball]

16 oz - 1 lb.
14lbs - 1 stone.

Oh and 2.2 lbs - 1 kilo.

 

[stewball]

Go Pat. Yay.

 

[stewball]

Get better soon, Pam!  That's a heck of a way to lose weight--but I'm seriously tempted...  Christmas 2012 was spent much the same way in my house. DH first, then, just for Christmas Day, me. He had the runs part more; I got the vomiting part more. Fun, fun, fun!

Losing weight like that doesn't really count because it goes back on when you're able to eat and drink again.

 

[stewball]

Thanks, all. I'm really in the feeling sorry for myself mood, which doesn't help. Rick's gone,


I'm sick as heck and this headache is terrible. I was doing fairly well today. I thought if I drank a bit of coffee that the caffeine might help the headache. Well, I didn't keep it down long enough for it to help anything. Back to the store tomorrow morning for more Gatorade, I guess. I couldn't hit the store today because I took a sick day from work, so I can't go out....not even to the supermarket.
I kept the broth down and a few noodles. And some dried toast. That coffee was a little much, though, even though I didn't drink it all. 
I hate vomiting. Just the thought of it makes me cringe. I have a hard time cleaning up after the cats sometimes. Thank goodness, nobody has thrown up yet...I don't know if I could handle it right now.
There's an article on the local news tonight about this virus that hit pretty much an entire elementary school district over in the Scranton-Hazelton area. 200+ students are home, although the school director was quick to say that some of those students are home because the parents don't want them in the school while the virus is going around. It's bad, too, with lots of vomiting and diarrhea. And it lasts for days. Which is what happened here. I don't understand why it took so long for me to get it from Rick; heck it was a good week til I got sick from the time he started with it.
I have not felt this badly in a long time. It's horrible. And I'm really in a "poor Pam" kind of state. I thought about going to the doctor today, but all she's going to say is, "Well, with your history of allergies, I really hesitate to give you any kinds of medicine. And that will be $25, please." Know what I mean?
I only feed pate, for the most part because Mollipop throws bits and shredded and such up, pretty much every time she eats it. I don't know why; she's always been that way. She likes the other stuff, especially the gravy flavors, but she always brings it back up. And since they all are willing to eat pate, it's simpler just to buy pate for all of them. I didn't realize how stinky it was....honest, I never noticed. Until yesterday. I opened the two cans of cat food, got three dishes filled, and ran back to the bathroom. The poor cats didn't know what to do. When I came back out to the kitchen, they were all patiently waiting at their places around the kitchen, bless their hearts. Honestly at that point, they could have jumped up on the counter and served themselves and I would have said, "Good kitties!" The poor kids don't know what's going on.
Mollipop stays right by my side, whether I'm in bed on the couch. She comes into the bathroom with me, too, I guess, just to make sure I'm going to be OK. I woke up this afternoon and she was lying next to me in bed. She's trying to take care of her momma. 

Lovely kitty.
You should smell Royal Canin pouch for kittens. The whole apt stunk of it. Whisky ate like he was starving.

 

[stewball]

@Pam. What's gatorade and mountain dew?
Can you not order from the supermarket on line so it would be delivered.
I'd have thought anything with cheese in would be too heavy for your tummy. Poor Pam. I hope you feel better now . It's horrid being ill when the hubby is away. I know.

 

[tammat]

 
New one day low this morning..looking forward to Monday's average.  I might as well come clean, as if you all, if so inclined, can't do the math.  I'm now at an averaged weight of 215+, today's new low is 213.8, with my goal weight 140.  Yep, I really was in trouble with how heavy I got   Over 154 lbs. off (as of today's weight anyway)!
 

So..those of you who were posting how heavy you were and were lighter than when I began, please don't give up.  I started and stopped (and gave up and tried again) a number of times since 1996...I finally have what works for me.  Don't stop looking for what will work for you.  If I am doing it, so can you!

Good for you Pat. I've said it before and Ill say it again. You are a legend!!! Keep up the good work.

 

 

[tammat]

Pam, not the way you want to lose 9 pounds, and you will probably gain some of it back as you start to feel better and rehydrate. I do have to say though, when I had pneumonia around 5 years or so ago I lost a ton of wait and did keep it off and then some.


Yesterday was a stressful day and it was a binge eating day. I'm back on the wagon today. Yesterday I opened a big of Chex Mix, which I never do. I couldn't stop eating it. I ended up throwing the rest outside so I couldn't have any more.

On Tuesday I ate three cupcakes with buttercream and then some. That took me 1004 calories over my daily goal.

 
 I'm not saying its ok. It's not ok. I just want you to know you are not alone. Don't beat yourself up over it. Every day is a new day and we have the power to make every day a great day.

 
 Hey and what happened to sweet little Abbey? That's a good set of fangs she has on her

 

[tammat]

16 oz - 1 lb.
14lbs - 1 stone.

Thanks. Its so confusing to me.

 

[tammat]

 
OK, well, I've lost 9 pounds since Sunday. Now I can easily afford to lose the 9 pounds, but not the way they disappeared. 

Pat, remember you had mentioned a few weeks before that went down into a new "decade"? Well, thanks to that virus, I have finally entered a new decade as well. It took me three months (and a virus) to get there.

I had gastro a year or so back. It lasted for 3 weeks. I lost 7 kgs (15) lbs. I didn't put it back on. Fingers crossed you don't. There has to be a positive from feeling that awful. My Dr prescribes the BRAT diet for tummy recovery/ Bananas, rice, apples and toast. Hugs for you

 

 

[stewball]

Thanks. Its so confusing to me.