Thread: thoughts of missing former members

I was just sitting here and thinking about all of those people whom we have lost in the past .. first they stop posting regularly, then poof they are gone .. Now im stateing that needs to stop ROFL.. people need to stop makeing me worrie! beacuse im one of those people who worrie about EVERYTHING! and well.. that is one of them.. these people whom seem to be doing great on here and suddenly they are gone!

at least post a good bye msg lol.. so we can begg you to hang in there and keep your chin up.. and tell you that ur doing great..
ortell us you are leaveing town for a year.. a month what ever.. lol i hate when people just poof.. ohh well i rambled enough just thought id share a thought wich ran threw my head!

take care all and PLEASE KEEP POSTING

I have been thinking about this too, gilley. Mostly because of the surge of newbies recently and the surge of posts now whenever I get on. I'm sure it's normal after the holidays. I'm relatively new in comparision to many of the people here that have been here for far longer than I. After being here I can't imagine just dropping out of sight. I'll be posting long after reaching my goal just to get some encouragement to stay the course. And if I mess up I'll post that as well. It is hard when you get use to posting with someone and then they are gone.

I hope everyone is doing well on their own.

gilley... i mentioned this earlier in a post today... but i also try to remember what some of the VETS said..
they might just be doing GREAT and are off enjoying their new found success...

some may LURK ... not feeling up to discussing their set backs... i can respect that.. it IS hard...

some might have lost computer access... or have fallen on hard times and need to take care of other things...

i do know what you mean though gilley.... especially when they were someone who helped you through their posts..

we DID however pick up alot of people during the mad january rush who decided to come HOME and give it another shot... thats AWESOME!

and we DO have alot of people NEW here that are just beginning... and i guess WE can be the ones who stick around to show them our challenges and successes the best we can...

quit worrying gilley...it raises the cortisol levels..or WHATEVER that stupid thing is that causes BELLY FAT..*L* (god i HATE that commercial...*L*)

noel.... i hope you do... i hope you do,,
it IS something we ALL could do..if we havent... and i do try to time to time... i guess we take em for granted..
give a little shout out to the vets that ARE coming here .. who DO stick around to give us advice or to show us how to continue long after the initial HUGE losses subside..
yeah...
HEY vets! we APPRECIATE YA! THANKS FOR STICKIN AROUND!

heykim- wanted to tell you that your looking fab! awsome cool! kudos to you how much you weighing now.. (if u care to share? )

Sorry to make you worry, Gilley. I never meant to say good-bye. I just... went away. Now I'm back, in more ways than one!

It's true...people like me who fall off the program for a while sometimes forget that that's EXACTLY the time when a little encouragement can help. Or when a kick in the butt can make that Denial Demon disappear!

I'll remember YOU worrying.

P. S. Gardenlady, where are you? We started on the same day two years ago. I don't know how I even remember that!

uh gilley... im not that brave yet...*L*... but like i have posted.. i had lost 50 lbs according to my doctor in june... i know its more... but not sure what... next time i go in for prescription refill i will check. (ya know.. when ya give the puke 40 bucks to let you buy another prescription that they KNOW they are going to give you... and that they HAVENT done any further checking or examining to DETERMINE if you should or shouldnt get it..*L*)

Sometimes you just have to get away from it all. It's easy to become so enthusiastic about dieting that it begins to consume you. I've had that happen to me before. So I come and go from the forum, depending on my frame of mind, but I stick with the program. I just try to diminish how much of my time it takes up. Does that make any sense?

In a way, I feel sorry for people like Richard Simmons. Yeah, I know, he got rich off of losing weight and all of that, no need to feel sorry. But it must be a real b*tch having to wake up every single morning of your life and think about nothing but your weight and your food. When I spend too many days doing that, I start to obsess in bad old ways about foods that I otherwise just tune out.

Where do I hang out when I'm not here? I was in the political blogs during the election cycle. And coffee forums and blogs -- I've turned into a total coffee maniac. I must get most of my carbs just from coffee.

Christmas was a blast. I got together with my fourteen-year old kid. I consider her my daughter, even though she's my ex's daughter by a previous husband. I raised her, though, and brainwashed her, so she's mine for life. She has an 18-year old boyfriend, which shocked and perturbed me. I got to meet him and give him the look-over. That was an interesting experience.

I'm down below 200 and happy with my weight! I still don't weigh myself except at the doctor's office. My family is concerned that I lost too much, but my doctor thinks I could stand to lose 20 more. If I don't lose another pound, though, I'll be quite happy where I am. I'm just going to keep eating exactly the same way as I have for the past two years. I'm kind of hoping the weight loss plateaus on its own so I don't have to go through the hassle of figuring out some kind of awkward "maintenance" plan.

Nice to see you here, Dr. I. Glad you had a good holiday and I couldn't agree with you more about maintenance, since that's sort of how I did it. I just realized one day that I was a good size and wasn't changing anymore.

I don't think it's possible to "waste away" on this way of eating. I haven't anyway, and it's been a number of years since I stopped losing. I don't devote much thought to what I eat anymore. It truly has become a no-brainer for me.

I think that is going to be it for me too...though if I don't devote time and energy to that I don't lose...though I am not doing much of that anyway...and I really do want to get to goal...just not all that into the hard work it is taking right now just to drop one pound...two weeks of induction almost to get back to signature weight...Though I keep thinking that I will eventually hit on something that will take more off..I haven't yet! anyway, I am still thinking about it and eating carefully here in the new year so maybe one of these weeks the whoosh fairy will visit again...anyway...the real reason for my post...Nice to see you again Dr. I...kinda miss your posts of the great articles! not that others don't post some good ones--you always found some very interesting ones to discuss!

hey D.I.
i do recall you popping in from time and saying that very thing about not wanting the LCing to consume your life.. i can understand that ..it DOES sometime make you think alot more about food... the very thing we are struggling with..*sigh*...
i am happy you got to spend time with your daughter.. and it is very encouraging to me that you are maintaining your weight loss,,
good for you!
appreciate you letting us know that...it means alot

Gilley, I know how you feel. I just wrote on another thread that this way of eating has become so much a part of my life, as is visiting and being involved in this site. Even when I reach my goal, I can't envision changing anything! You and everyone else here are friends I cherish!

I can truely understand Doc's need to pull back. In the past 10 days I have been obsessive about my food, drinking my water, writing down, etc. I didn't really worry about my food during the holidays (thanksgiving thru new year). I did that mostly for my need to eat some things I had'nt in a while, see how I reacted to them, and decided what to do next.

Well I ate pasta, cookies, potatoes, regular bread, icecream, candy, et. al.
and ate and ate and ate....

I of course am now on a 100 day no cheat goal. It is my intention that when the 100 days are gone, I will continue to eat healthy, lc, and keep up with my exercises.

I still have a bit to lose, I am not going anywhere, so I am not in a hurry, but sometimes its hard to deal with food day in day out, day in day out.... what did i eat, can I eat that, can't I eat that, etc...

so....if you don't see me every now and then, it is because, like doc, I am over obsessing, and need to pull back from this forum so I can pull back from thinking about food 24/7

Nice to see you around Doc! Congratulations on getting below 200 (that's my next goal).

I miss a lot of people who have come and gone too but it's offset by getting to know a newbie and seeing them become a regualr poster here.