Just wanted to say congrats to Babybluejay and the other "losers" on the board.... hopefully I can keep up with all the big losses you all are putting up. I think what's slowing my down is the "just a bite" theory every once inawile which always turns into alot more than a bite. LOL. BUt I'm really trying to stop my obsession witrh food~!

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Megan Rose
Back and really to lose some weight!
250(sw)/196(cw)/175(gw1)/150(fgw)

I have been off-track in my eating from 6/11-12 soooooooooo today i re-start induction hard-core - because of last week i will re-weigh myself in a few days.

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Cindy

Sept 2003 248 lbs :( 5'3"
June 2004 190 :hot:
July 2005 208.6
March 2006 220 (damn) :crying:

striving to be a loser.....

I've gained a few but am not claiming anything. One day cheat can't possibly be THREE whole pounds of gain :(. I'm moving forward, passing what I've gained, and then losing more! Much more victories to come!

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Just saying hello--still at 220 as far as I know. Had a couple of bad days last week so I didnt' get on the scale on Sunday like usual. I need to quit playing these little mind games with my food--I know what I should and shouldn't do but somehow rationalize my way around it so i can "cheat." Like last week I thought, well, last time I cheated I didn't gain, so I can cheat and not gain. LOL. THat's called addict logic. Anyway, so here I sit. I am not gaining, true, but I'm not losing and I know for sure why I'm not.

:(

But, knowledge is power, so knowing this, maybe I can get on the straight and narrow and stay there.

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
41 lbs off
60 lbs to goal



Race to 199 Challenge
Labor Day Challenge: Focusing on the Journey
Personal Goal: 199 by 12/31/05

I've been doing really good these last few days and I hope that it shows on the scale!

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I've not done so well myself, but I've been on plan since Saturday, and today being the first day of Summer, my Dr.Phil group has committed to an exercise program since we are studying Key 6 now: Intentional Exercise. I gotta hop on the Gazelle later.

Even though I've wasted half the year losing and gaining, I am still determined to be under 200 by year's end.

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I just found a great article that was recommended here at lce.com called the confidence to lose. It is definately a wonderful article for us that have a hard time keeping focused! Find the thread! It definately is something everyone should read. :jump: I'm saving it to my favorites!

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Thanks, Heather. I'll take a look.

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Maxibee...nothing is ever "wasted." In these 6 months, I'll bet you've learned a lot about yourself and laid some foundation that is going to be very important to you as you go forward, even if the scale doesn't show a big loss. You have gathered the courage to make some big changes in your life as well as delving in to the reasons you are overweight--these are awesome things you're doing, so don't sell yourself short.

I will join you in the goal of being 199 by years end. It seems like a lot of time for such a small amount of weight to me but I'm not losing any faster than you are, so lets go there together!

Someone mentioned the book "Passing For Thin" on one of the threads...can't remember which one now. I checked it out online and one of her points is that obese women never really learn how to be "girly" if they have been obese since they were young, and just because you lose the weight, doens't mean you have any idea how to actually be thin, or live like a thin person. This really has me thinking.

I think that for some of us, we reach these long plateaus and have trouble getting past them because we don't feel safe being thinner than we are. It has happened to me many times on my journey down from my high of 321. I know that I could have lost faster, and that I "sabotage" myself so that I don't but looking at it in this new light, I think that maybe what I'm doing is getting used to that weight, that size, that level of thinness until I feel I can move on to the next. It may be a way of taking care of myself emotionally and psychologically rather than "sabotage." And while writing this, I just realized that I have lost a total of 101 lbs--that's pretty great, but it's taken 9 years to do it.

Not sure if this makes sense of if it is even accurate (hopefully not just an excuse for not losing faster LOL) but it's what I'm thinking today.

Hang in there Maxi. 199 is in our future, I know it!!

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
41 lbs off
60 lbs to goal



Race to 199 Challenge
Labor Day Challenge: Focusing on the Journey
Personal Goal: 199 by 12/31/05

Wow! I'm only 2 ounces away from my friday weight. Almost lost all 3 pounds that I gained over the weekend. I'm going to exercise tons and work hard to move past that this friday! Here is to be under 206 !

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Thanks for that Renee - gives me something to think about...I think my problem is I'm enjoying the skin I'm in right now. (Well I suppose that isn't really a problem) I know the rest will come off sooner or later.

And congrats on the 101 lbs! How wonderful! Doesn't matter how long it took you; just that you did it!

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Angie



at least for now...

Renee, you're so right (of course)! My OB/GYN was thrilled that I weighed 226 rather than 245 like I did when I was there 2 years ago. He said most women my age GAIN 5-10 pounds per year as they age....especially those with weight issues already. So, I guess he was expecting me to come in 10-20 pounds heavier. But I was 19 pounds lighter. It scares me to think I might've been 265 when I went in. That's way to close to 300 for me. I've never been more than 250 even (for one day!) I'm not being mean about anyone more than 300....I just watched my mother diet and diet and finally get under 300 after many years of failure. I was always afraid to get that size....I'm afraid I would just stop caring and trying.

I'm trying to get my "Letter to my Body" posted here.....I'm just not computer savvy enough to figure it out! I can get an image to turn into a print document, I just haven't been able to get a document to turn into an image!

I'm watching "Super Obese" on DiscoveryHealth....these folks are 400-900 lbs. So sad.

Anyway, I'll be glad to be over that wall with you by year's end. I'm there in spirit already.

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Doing pretty good today despite I keep wanting to eat those forbidden foods in big amounts! I'm going to keep telling myself how wonderful I am doing so I don't give into that sinful overeating I have done in the past! I can do it! I can do it! Tomorrow is weigh in day and I'm going to do great! I'm going to get closer to my 4th of July goal! I can do it!

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Well, I'm still at 206.0 but I was at 206.8 so it is an improvement! I am looking forward to getting down to 205 hopefully Monday so I can have a week to lose those other 2 pounds for my 4th of July goal! I'm so close!

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Another new pair of pants fit today! Woo hoo!

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