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heykim · #1 01-13-2005, 04:47 PM

WHAT FOLLOWS is a copy of the JOURNAL entry i posted yesterday on the 1 year anniversary of beginning my LC eating journey... I hope it will inspire each and every one of you to continue on with your PLAN.. to reach and catch that dream that set you on this course! You CAN do it! We are here to help and support you in any way we can.. but in the end... only YOU can MAKE it happen... and i hope you will!
kim
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: idaho panhandle
Posts: 2,297

Re: HELLO ITS ME... kims journal..
where do i begin...
a year ago i got inspired to do LCing off a television show... i went looking for a website to find information.. what i FOUND was a HOME..

there are zillions of websites that i could have stumbled upon.. packed with information...
but by some wonderful chance... i found THIS one..

i lurked for a while (not sure how long.. it SAYS i joined in february... i STARTED LCing on jan 12 2004... i wrote it on a piece of paper... why? i dont know how to explain it.. but i JUST KNEW this would be DIFFERENT..
it has been..

this forum has information ... lots of it... its got recipes.. but the one thing that sets it apart from all the others i have visited... are the PEOPLE...
the people here are kind... supportive ...knowlegeable ..they try to ENCOURAGE you.. they WANT you to succeed... they reach out to heal the hurt you have felt...

and why not? they are healing THEMSELVES in the process...

they KNOW me... they KNOW who i am..
even though we may have different names.. different faces.. come from different places..(emotionally AND physically) .. they KNOW me..
they have been where i have been.. what i have been through... and where i am trying to go..

each and EVERY person that i have reached out to in this forum has met me with outstretched hands ....

thats the magic ...if there is.... and i am CONVINCED that there is...
that everyone here is wanting to have the OTHER person succeed... as much... if not MORE than themselves.. .. thats a special thing.. a very special thing...

i have seen people willing to beat themselves up... but are willing to help another person to take care of their wounds..
i have seen people offer help .. without question... to total strangers..

this anniversary isnt about me... its about all the NEWBIES who will come here in search of INFORMATION and find so very much more..
if they ARE a bird that has a broken wing.... these people will help heal that wing... and help you to SOAR the way they never thought they could...

so many changes... its something that i have seen in myself first hand... but it is exciting for ME to see the changes in others here too...

each story gives me a little insight into myself... lets me see what EVERYONE else can see in me perhaps that i certainly didnt...

i want to help the new people who come here... so that in a year...they will be helping another... helping MANY others...

there are alot of people who i could list as persons who have helped me along this ongoing journey... but yet... the list grows longer everyday..

it really IS the GROUP.. the WHOLE of it... that is important..

andrea gave us this special place... i cant tell her how much it has meant to me.. i cant even begin...

rob? rob gave me the inspiration to get out and do something that almost ALL of us can do... WALKING.. i am sure that he doesnst think anything of it... HE IS WRONG... everyday he walks out that door... he encourages US to do SOMETHING...and for that... i cant thank him enough..

someone might look at my before and afters and see a CHANGE.. little do they know... the biggest change is inside...

I AM a better person ... i am a more compassionate person.. because of these people... this group of wonderful people...
and me? i am proud to be a part of this group... and i hope that it continues to grow...

because... there are alot of OTHER people who could use a friend.. who knows who you are... but wants you to BECOME the person you WANT to be..

heykim · #2 01-13-2005, 04:59 PM

thanks ed for encouraging me to post this here...
thanks andrea for telling me i could..
i encourage each of you newbies (and some NOT so newBIES.. to start a journal if you havent.. start taking pictures while you are still beginning this new way of eating.. (even if you keep them hid under boxes in a closet that no one uses but you..okay ! fine! thats just me.. *L*)
from time to time you will be able to look BACK on your progress.. not just of your PHYSICAL appearance.. but also how you have changed as a PERSON .. and beLIEVE me ..you WILL change...

there will be times that you NEED to reflect on where you started and how far you have come... it may be after 6 months..or a year..heck... it may be after a MONTH... and a journal can help you see that .

much success on your journey!
kim

SShimmerr · #3 01-13-2005, 05:11 PM

All joking, teasing , and kidding aside for a few moments Kim:

You truly are one of the most inspiring people I have known. Your kindness, encouragment, knowledge, and personal struggles as well as acheivments do more to help keep me focused and committed to this wol than anything else. You make me feel like what I want is not some unattainable dream but an actual accomplishable goal! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. If one of your goals was to touch others as you have been touched by this wonderful board that Andrea has gifted to us...than you, my friend, can put another star on your sucess list!

Alright...we may now resume joking, teasing, and kidding

heykim · #4 01-13-2005, 05:16 PM

whoa... *wiping a tear*... gosh shimmy... that means alot..to me..
i ..i uh... dont usually take compliments very well... but if you chose this moment to be serious... i guess i can reply in kind..
thank you.. it DOES mean alot to me.. i think even of the people who i have seen come in here and then disappear... i even try to post from time to time TO them.. so that they KNOW that even if THEY dont think they are ready to come back.. WE miss them.. and that they made an IMPACT on us... .. even though they probably dont believe that..

*end of sappy post... resume normal conversation! *L**

huskersfan869 · #5 01-13-2005, 10:28 PM

Kim, what a wonderful post! You have been a great supporter here over the past year...it does seem like forever ago that we joined and since we started about the same time I don't remember the site without you...I was new in Late January too...anyway, therambling aside, you make this all seem real to many people here...make is seem possible to attain that goal, to be happy with what you are at this time...that is one of the hardest things to get to that point...you are there...happy where you are but still goig in the right direction to reach the goal...what a difference a year makes...huh?

heykim · #6 01-13-2005, 10:52 PM

lori.... yeppers! we have been hangin here for about the same year... pretty cool eh?
i am not where i want to be.. but i appreciate all the nice things people say... and all the help they give.. and YOU are one of those people!
thanks! and heres to a new year eh lori? see ya here NEXT year to celebrate! ;-)

gilley79 · #7 01-13-2005, 11:03 PM

wow.. very insperational.! kudos big time!

made me go and look at my journal EEK.. kinda funny for me to read that first post how funny it is to see the mile stones i over came.. and now recently when i know i should have been keeping a journal so that if someone was breezing by.. the could have reminded me to keep on track ect..

maby that will be something i will do agin.. i have kept a personal journal.. that has most wonderfully disapeared in the most recent invasion on my pc by a virus.. makeing me almost feel like a house fire struck and took most of my personal belongings w/ it..
anyway..

I do feel a journal is a great thing .. and this place is AWSOME! and the people here ill have to agree.. are terrific..

If anything is yet to be added on how everyone is here.. so many people standing w/ open arms waiteing for that newbie to stumble in and ask for something and they go running to help..

Keep up the family everyone.. its a ever growing family and we are each brothers and sisters! or mOMies N daddys (lol)

huskersfan869 · #8 01-13-2005, 11:03 PM

I didn't mean you were at goal...if it sounded like that...sorry...I meant that you are happy where you are and are still working to get to your goal be it jeans size or weight...whatever, you make a big difference in many peoples lives here...Thank you for the compliment! I appreciate that you notice my attempts to help people, in "real life" some think I am rude--I am VERY direct and straight forward...if I don't like it I will tell you I don't like it! If you screwed up, I will tell you, if I disagree I tell you, some don't like that...others don't seem to mind!

heykim · #9 01-13-2005, 11:17 PM

gilley.... i know what you mean... it IS really awful when a computer takes away your prized possesions..i had a FEW take pictures sent to me that i was too silly or lazy to copy to disk...

lori:nope.. i know exactly what you meant... *wink*.. yeah.. miles to go before i sleep.. miles to go before i sleep..
i have MUCH more i want to lose ... but i am getting there..

huskersfan869 · #10 01-13-2005, 11:59 PM

I just thought maybe it was unclear...I am a bit too happy where I am about 30 from goal...I fit into the size I expected to be at or very near goal so...not real inspired to work very hard at losing the last few pounds...but am working on getting that inspiration back...working realy hard at it actually...I want to get into a couple of things still hanging in my closet that are too small!!! I honestly still can't believe I am a size 10--who'd a thought a year ago my 22's were too tight...I mean lay ont he bed to button and then not breathe while they were on type too tight! I could wear a 24 but refused to buy a pair! Then grandpa told me I looked like Grandma more than he had remembered and I about died right there...talk about inspiration...she died of a heart attack at something like 58 or 60...and I am thinking .... nope, not me...but I am happy here where I am...but still trying...and now trying a whole lot harder than I had been...to get down another 30 lbs...go me!!!

heykim · #11 01-14-2005, 12:13 AM

go YOU inDEED!
leading up to my year mark.. i decided to cut out the LC crap things for a .. uh.. day or so..*L* no long term..no no no...
and it HAS made me feel better... and get that spark to go ahead and try to do more..
it is easy to get complacent when things begin to be easy.. and you dont FEEL awful anymore...

*shrug*... i just think its time for me to go further now...
yeah... its time.....

huskersfan869 · #12 01-14-2005, 01:11 AM

Hey--aren't we still working on the first two weeks...that is all I was willing to try this thing...so...by the night of day one here...or maybe only mid day...kim is not eating lc treats...for what...a few hours to see what happens...maybe only a few minutes which turned into a few hours...and Lori started over...a few hours later...she felt better and her weight matched the weight on the screen...heck...maybe a few more weeks won't hurt...just to try...I can always quit if I don't like it...do I like it??? NOT sure yet...well, I certainly LIKE the new pants, the new sweaters--which it has been too darned warm to wear, the new--ahem--underwear...and bras...and bathing suits...and capris and all the new sizes and well, almost everything related to me right now...but do I like the diet...ask me next year! It isn't no stinking diet...I am only trying it for two weeks remember!!!!!

KCTinter · #13 01-14-2005, 09:27 AM

Kim, thank you. You're truly one of the stars of this site. Your message goes right to the heart.

Eating low carb, weighing myself, watching my calories and visiting this site, sometimes several times a day, has become part of my LIFE. When I do make my goal, I can't imagine changing anything!

Rob · #14 01-14-2005, 12:18 PM

"there are zillions of websites that i could have stumbled upon.. packed with information...
but by some wonderful chance... i found THIS one.."

Kim - I feel the same way! It was like I was guided here!

You have been and are a wonderful part of this website.

heykim · #15 01-14-2005, 05:28 PM

rob..divine intervention might sound a little far fetched to some...but ya know... it sure is WIERD that i managed to find this place.. because in addition i went to other sites after (still do) that i havent found ANYTHING like this place..

thanks rob... coming from you... that means alot!

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