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This is an oldie but a goodie. I still smile when flying and not have to ask for a seat belt extender

Fasting on Mondays and Fridays. Easy now that I am back to work and all the holiday goodies have stopped showing up. I have lost the two pounds of holiday gain. YEAH me! The fast days help with the mind control over the carb monster

Globe I have so much compassion for you. Of course you are tired in mind body and spirit. You are going through so much. I so admire the strength u muster to keep going. I wish I could just give u a big ol' hug let u get out a soul cleansing cry after which u can rest for a minute then keep going. It takes self confidence and a boldness to sing in front of others and a good way to expresss your feelings especially at a home going. I pray for you continued strength and peace in your mind and spirit so u can focus on u. Can't give any thoughts on the weight loss except muscle weighs more than fat. I can't find the right balance of eating and exercise to get my scale moving either. URGH so frustrating! Any decisions about moving back to the states?

ASBgirl don't beat yourself up for living life. We have all been there. Sounds like you've learned and have a plan to change. Now its mind control to stay focused but figure out a balanced way to enjoy food in your life. That's my downfall I can't eat a piece of trigger foods without going nuts. But watching the scale daily for me is the biggest tool (besides the sleeve) that keeps me from gaining too much. You have the right plan. Stay in touch

This is an oldie but a goodie. I still smile when flying and not have to ask for a seat belt extender

Coops what movie did u see? popcorn and movies a great escape. M2 the NYE wedding sounds like fun. Enjoy and yes pics! UK Cathy u have a road ahead of you take a step at a time. CGJane u sound conflicted. From what little I get from you you'll settle things down in your mind when your able to be as active as your used to. How long ago was your surgery? Your mind and body may still be settling down from that major change. Keep pushing. Georgia 60 in a few days!! Milestone birthday. Hey 60 is the new 40 (LOL) and your as young or old as you feel. I spend NYE in church singing. And reflecting. Its really a fun time. Well everyone Stay safe and looking forward to buckling down

Coops what movie did u see? popcorn and movies a great escape. M2 the NYE wedding sounds like fun. Enjoy and yes pics! UK Cathy u have a road ahead of you take a step at a time. CGJane u sound conflicted. From what little I get from you you'll settle things down in your mind when your able to be as active as your used to. How long ago was your surgery? Your mind and body may still be settling down from that major change. Keep pushing. Georgia 60 in a few days!! Milestone birthday. Hey 60 is the new 40 (LOL) and your as young or old as you feel. I spend NYE in church singing. And reflecting. Its really a fun time. Well everyone Stay safe and looking forward to buckling down

Its 6:30ppm so far so good only spinach salad for lunch will have hamburger and salad for diner. So far a carbless day

My goal for 2014 is to continue my weight loss journey. My surgery was in 2011 and I only lost 75 pounds had much more to go. I have managed to keep the 75 off but now want to get moving the scale down again. In 2014 will be using the sleeve as my weight loss tool to get at least 50 more pounds off. Plan is to take it slow and steady battling my frustration to give up when the. Scale doesn't move as quickly as I like. Well that's the plan

OD 5 years? Way to go ! Its great to know the weight loSs can be maintained so far out. Despite my recent set back I am encouraged.

Completed a good fast day yesterday. Getting back in control for 2014. Clean eating today with zero treats. Stay safe as u bring in the New Year

Completed a good fast day yesterday. Getting back in control for 2014. Clean eating today with zero treats. Stay safe as u bring in the New Year

Its 6:30ppm so far so good only spinach salad for lunch will have hamburger and salad for diner. So far a carbless day

Globe so much to bare. So sorry to hear about the loss of a person close to u I know it must be hard but stay strong. I don't know where u draw your strength but I am sending cyber prayers for peace and strength. I have drawm my line in the sand. Feast is over and I am fasting today. Today starts my road back to normal. Everyone send me some cyber strength. Gotta start the carb withdrawl. Cold turkey is the best way right?

Completed a good fast day yesterday. Getting back in control for 2014. Clean eating today with zero treats. Stay safe as u bring in the New Year

Its 6:30ppm so far so good only spinach salad for lunch will have hamburger and salad for diner. So far a carbless day

Globe so much to bare. So sorry to hear about the loss of a person close to u I know it must be hard but stay strong. I don't know where u draw your strength but I am sending cyber prayers for peace and strength. I have drawm my line in the sand. Feast is over and I am fasting today. Today starts my road back to normal. Everyone send me some cyber strength. Gotta start the carb withdrawl. Cold turkey is the best way right?

Globe so much to bare. So sorry to hear about the loss of a person close to u I know it must be hard but stay strong. I don't know where u draw your strength but I am sending cyber prayers for peace and strength. I have drawm my line in the sand. Feast is over and I am fasting today. Today starts my road back to normal. Everyone send me some cyber strength. Gotta start the carb withdrawl. Cold turkey is the best way right?

Hi ladies. Sarsar I have my 3 take a portrait together every 5 years. They actually look forward to it. Its wonderful to look back on. The last one they were 20,25, and 30. Yep my crew are. 5 years apart. One day I will take a true family pic when I think I photograph thinner. I don't know why they ask for your weight on US drivers licence. They have your pic. I am sure everyone lies. CGJane the lift was my problem too. Is skiing something u think you will stick with for a winter sport? I remember liking the smell. It was freshh and clean. I am a city girl and fresh air and wide open space was something to be enjoyed. Haven't heard from M2 lately. U out there? Family had pizza yesterday. Sleeve only allows one slice. Hubby put away four slices almost half a pie. OMG! Sunday will be the last food related event for me. Its a tradition from hubby side. The last Sunday of the year his grandma would empty the fridge and cook everything. Not sure of the superstition behind that but it was. A tradition in their family. It has turned into a year end brunch blow out. Hubby cooks for it all Breakfast and brunch items waffles, eggs, biscuits, gravey,bacon, u get the idea plus donuts, Bagels, his friends bring other goodies. This year my contribution if fried apple fritters. Iths called the Feast of Saint Feed Your Fat face! It starts around 10 and last year the last person left at 4. My hubby is a black belt and runs a Karate school. He has zero family here in Cincy but this day all of his Karate buddies come over eat, tell stories, laugh and enjoy. I am glad he does this. He really enjoys it. I am busy helping him host so only nibbling. But it is an all day eating feast with these guys.actually I commented once on how sinful and glutinous this feast was. Hubby was offended. He compared it to Thanksgiving harvest and such. Its the few times in the year his martial arts buddies get together and not in competition. To me its a scene from a Viking movie. Hubby loves it! Once the feast is over I can get back to a normal eating pattern again. Well hang tight ladies we'll be back to normal soon

Good morning ladies. Interesting this too was my year for reflection. Things are changing at 57 I am starting to see changes in the family dynamic. In past years we would travel around to all my Moms sisters houses exchanging gifts,cards and hugs with family. This year mom is too weak to do all that. She's uses a walker and its really difficult for her to get in and out of the car and up and down steps. So we stayed at my house and sadly none of her sisters or their families stopped by to see her. She says she didn't care but it sorta pissed me off a bit. Oh well my crew was still here we enjoyed each other, ate and played games. One of my favorite gifts chocolate covered potatoe chips. I LOVE sweet and salty. They were delicious. Cathy I really love the baby Jesus tradition. That touched my heart. Globe so glad u were able to connect with family. Let the feeling flow. I agree sometimes it comes to the surface and u gotta go with it. CGJane glad u enjoyed skiing. I have only done it twice in my life back in college but skiing is fun. I seem to remember having the hardest time getting off the lift. Then there is the stopping. The first time down I was going straight instead of a zig zag motion and was going fast all I heard were people yelling at. Me to fall down. I did. And that was my method to stop till I got the hang of it. Then it was fun. Also great pic in the Sweater and slippers. I took a pic of me in front of our tree. When I saw it I decided I was too fat to post it. I took several different angles but same fat butt followed me on all the angles. Hubby loves it and I love me so. Maybe pics later in the year. Enjoy the day ladies!

Hi ladies. Sarsar I have my 3 take a portrait together every 5 years. They actually look forward to it. Its wonderful to look back on. The last one they were 20,25, and 30. Yep my crew are. 5 years apart. One day I will take a true family pic when I think I photograph thinner. I don't know why they ask for your weight on US drivers licence. They have your pic. I am sure everyone lies. CGJane the lift was my problem too. Is skiing something u think you will stick with for a winter sport? I remember liking the smell. It was freshh and clean. I am a city girl and fresh air and wide open space was something to be enjoyed. Haven't heard from M2 lately. U out there? Family had pizza yesterday. Sleeve only allows one slice. Hubby put away four slices almost half a pie. OMG! Sunday will be the last food related event for me. Its a tradition from hubby side. The last Sunday of the year his grandma would empty the fridge and cook everything. Not sure of the superstition behind that but it was. A tradition in their family. It has turned into a year end brunch blow out. Hubby cooks for it all Breakfast and brunch items waffles, eggs, biscuits, gravey,bacon, u get the idea plus donuts, Bagels, his friends bring other goodies. This year my contribution if fried apple fritters. Iths called the Feast of Saint Feed Your Fat face! It starts around 10 and last year the last person left at 4. My hubby is a black belt and runs a Karate school. He has zero family here in Cincy but this day all of his Karate buddies come over eat, tell stories, laugh and enjoy. I am glad he does this. He really enjoys it. I am busy helping him host so only nibbling. But it is an all day eating feast with these guys.actually I commented once on how sinful and glutinous this feast was. Hubby was offended. He compared it to Thanksgiving harvest and such. Its the few times in the year his martial arts buddies get together and not in competition. To me its a scene from a Viking movie. Hubby loves it! Once the feast is over I can get back to a normal eating pattern again. Well hang tight ladies we'll be back to normal soon

Cathy, got tickled at the weight comment for drivers license!
I see Ms Skinniness "Liking" a lot of posts. How are you?
Swizzly, Globe and Brown and Chimera, are y'all okay???

My fast days are Monday right after the weekend and Thursday just before my weekend. I tend to eat out on the weekend and maybe eat less clean than during the week still staying in the right calorie range. I too find it easier to fast when I am working and busy. But night time is always hard. Not eating after diner 4 out of 7 nights is teaching me control

Good morning ladies. Interesting this too was my year for reflection. Things are changing at 57 I am starting to see changes in the family dynamic. In past years we would travel around to all my Moms sisters houses exchanging gifts,cards and hugs with family. This year mom is too weak to do all that. She's uses a walker and its really difficult for her to get in and out of the car and up and down steps. So we stayed at my house and sadly none of her sisters or their families stopped by to see her. She says she didn't care but it sorta pissed me off a bit. Oh well my crew was still here we enjoyed each other, ate and played games. One of my favorite gifts chocolate covered potatoe chips. I LOVE sweet and salty. They were delicious. Cathy I really love the baby Jesus tradition. That touched my heart. Globe so glad u were able to connect with family. Let the feeling flow. I agree sometimes it comes to the surface and u gotta go with it. CGJane glad u enjoyed skiing. I have only done it twice in my life back in college but skiing is fun. I seem to remember having the hardest time getting off the lift. Then there is the stopping. The first time down I was going straight instead of a zig zag motion and was going fast all I heard were people yelling at. Me to fall down. I did. And that was my method to stop till I got the hang of it. Then it was fun. Also great pic in the Sweater and slippers. I took a pic of me in front of our tree. When I saw it I decided I was too fat to post it. I took several different angles but same fat butt followed me on all the angles. Hubby loves it and I love me so. Maybe pics later in the year. Enjoy the day ladies!

AH Christmas Eve. I've bEen busy shopping and wrapping gifts. Since I'm not at work the daily treats have stopped. I feel more in control. Though today I make a cheescake and cherry cobbler. My Christmas diner glazed ham and chicken stuffed with wild rice, veggies, rolls, gravy. The season's feasting will be over soon. Looking forward to getting back to normal. Stay safe everyone.