staindgal

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I have made it my mission to weight 290 lbs. by November 5th. That's a goal to lose juse under 25 lbs. in 3 months... AT LEAST! I'm doing well, especially since today is a work day!! There is so much to keep myself busy with... especially since I only have a 3 day work week and then go on VACATION!!! God I can't wait. I don't feel like I am all that stressed out at work, but I know not working will make me that much LESS stressed!! Anyways, I'm done with my 15 minute break! Back to work!!

I have not been banded... I am trying to see how well I can do without it first, and I am researching it everyday to learn more about it. Being banded is a giant commitment, and since I am a bit of a commitment-phobe, it is taking me quite a while to familiarize myself with what band-land would be like!

Name...............................Starting…...Loss.......Current…....Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine).........293............8. ............ 285... ........275............10 tann.............(Tammy)...........211............ 3..............208..... ......198............10 Josette.................................322....... ....................322............307........ ...15 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. .....264...........................264............ 254............10 FaithMD............................... 308..........2.6............305.4....... ...299...........6.4 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. ....275............................275 ...........265............10 Libra..(Angela)...................... 214...........................214.............208. ............6 glindab..................................282...... ....3.4............278.6..........265..........13. 6 Inner_me.....(Chris).............. ..295...........................295............280 ............15 waterlily1072...(Nicole)............279........... ................279............269............10 Rainer (Lorraine).....................311...........4.... ..........307.............299............8 staindgal (Bridget)..................319..........5.4....... .....313.6...........299.......... 14.6 jbtullis (Jonathan)...................317...........7...... .........310.............299............11 Insubordination.......................311......... ........... ......311............306..............5

May 24, 1982

Christine, I can't believe you've already done over 55 miles!!! When you first started exercising, how far could you go? How long has it taken you to build up this kind of endurance? I am simply awe-struck by you!!!

one day... one day i will be able to chart my success in this thread!! until then, i am enjoying the trip to (and then hopefully through) TWOterville!!

Monthly Name...............................Starting…...Loss.......Current…....Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine).........293............6............. 287... ........275............12 tann.............(Tammy)...........211............3..............208..... ......198............10 Josette.................................322....... ....................322............307........ ...15 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. .....264...........................264............254............10 FaithMD............................... 308..........2.6............305.4....... ...299...........6.4 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. ....275............................275 ...........265............10 Libra..(Angela)...................... 214...........................214.............208.............6 glindab..................................282..........3.4............278.6..........265..........13. 6 Inner_me.....(Chris).............. ..295...........................295............280............15 waterlily1072...(Nicole)............279...........................279............269............10 Rainer (Lorraine).....................311...........2..............309.............299............10 staindgal (Bridget)..................319..........4.4............314.6...........299.......... 15.6 jbtullis (Jonathan)...................317...........................317.............299............18 Insubordination.......................311.................... ......311............306..............5 i hope no one minds... but I added a new column to the grid to keep track of how many pounds down we are... I know it's implied in the other numbers, but seeing that i have lost FOUR POUNDS definitely motivates me to continue!! feel free to delete it if you don't like it!!

Name...............................Starting…....Current…......Goal…..........To Go losingjusme..(Christine).........293.............. 287... ..........275..................12 tann.............(Tammy)...........211............ . 208..............198..................10 Josette.................................322....... .......322..............307..................15 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. .....264..............264..............254........ .........10 FaithMD............................... 308..............305.4............299........... ......6.4 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. ....275....... .......275 .............265..................10 Libra..(Angela)...................... 214...........;...214..............208...................6 glindab..................................282...... ........278.6...........265.................13. 6 Inner_me.....(Chris).............. ..295...............295.............280..................15 waterlily1072...(Nicole)............279........... ....279............269..................10 Rainer (Lorraine).....................311...............3 09............299..................10 staindgal (Bridget)..................319..............314.6. ..........299........... .... 15.6 jbtullis (Jonathan)...................317................317.............299.................18 Insubordination.......................311......... ......311............306...................5 That's great Lorraine!! I just updated my own weight loss for the month as well, and I feel like I'm steadily approaching!! Congratulations everyone on the awesome weight loss you are earning!!!

Dear Plumpy Pad, It is definitely much harder to abide by my diet on the weekends. I'm just sitting at home, watching TV, and I feel like the only thing that could break the monotony of the day is cooking.... WHICH IS WRONG!! During the week I am so busy at work that I don't even have a chance to think I'm hungry! All I have is lonely time here... My hubby is off at work, it is like 1000 degrees outside, and my fridge (though admirably near empty) keeps beckoning to me with promises of cheese and onion bagels! Oh woe is me! :Cry: At least there are only 92 days left of this hell... 92. Someone eat a boston cream donut in my honor... PLEASE!! OK, BYE!

Dear Plumpy Pad, It is definitely much harder to abide by my diet on the weekends. I'm just sitting at home, watching TV, and I feel like the only thing that could break the monotony of the day is cooking.... WHICH IS WRONG!! During the week I am so busy at work that I don't even have a chance to think I'm hungry! All I have is lonely time here... My hubby is off at work, it is like 1000 degrees outside, and my fridge (though admirably near empty) keeps beckoning to me with promises of cheese and onion bagels! Oh woe is me! :Cry: At least there are only 92 days left of this hell... 92. Someone eat a boston cream donut in my honor... PLEASE!! OK, BYE!

WAY off topic, but I have a basset hound named Gerb!! I joined the Basset Hound Rescue as a hobby to fill my time with something other than eating mass quantities of food!! Congrats on Buster!

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I had some idle time tonight, and I allowed that idle time to lead me into an area I should not have strayed into. No, I did not blow my calorie count... but I think I made the next 93 days extra hellish!! You see, I was thinking about places like McDonald's and Wendy's. Even Olive Garden and Outback... I allowed myself to come online and look up the nutritional values on several of my favorite meals at each place. This is a horrible idea, and thank God I can swear to myself that I won't go near an actual restaurant, because I know even if I told myself I would allot 420 of the day's calories to an order of fries, that would only "wet my whistle." I would recreate the food binging monster that is me, and God knows I can't do that!! Blah. Idle time is the hardest to try to fill without food. I have always filled the bored voids in my life with empty calories, what will I do now? I guess I'll catch up on my soaps... Hey, it's better than calling Papa Johns!!

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I had some idle time tonight, and I allowed that idle time to lead me into an area I should not have strayed into. No, I did not blow my calorie count... but I think I made the next 93 days extra hellish!! You see, I was thinking about places like McDonald's and Wendy's. Even Olive Garden and Outback... I allowed myself to come online and look up the nutritional values on several of my favorite meals at each place. This is a horrible idea, and thank God I can swear to myself that I won't go near an actual restaurant, because I know even if I told myself I would allot 420 of the day's calories to an order of fries, that would only "wet my whistle." I would recreate the food binging monster that is me, and God knows I can't do that!! Blah. Idle time is the hardest to try to fill without food. I have always filled the bored voids in my life with empty calories, what will I do now? I guess I'll catch up on my soaps... Hey, it's better than calling Papa Johns!!

Yeah... this is my first ever real attempt at losing weight... I'm not sure why is took me 3 years of being obese to decide to try and lose weight... but here i am!! I think I will look around some other forums, because honestly this is the only one I have been on!!! Thank you!!!

Yeah, I'm still researching it... I would like to NOT have the procedure... Simply because I don't like pain, and I want to try to do this naturally first... There just doesn't seem to be many people on here from Florida in general! Maybe that's because most BCBS of FL plans won't cover it?? I dunno!!!

ooooh, OK! just checking because i went to the lap-band seminar in tampa w/ dr. dietrick, and he seemed alright, but i haven't been able to find anyone on here that he's banded!!! GRRRR!!

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I went to the gym last night straight after work, I was excited to get there by 5:30PM because I was going to do the "Zumba" group fitness class, and then the "BodyFlow" class after that. I got there at 5:34PM, walked up to the doors, and saw that everyone was already really going to it... and I got nervous. They were all jumping and moving around so fast, and plus there was SO MANY people in there... I just got nervous and walked away. I let myself NOT do something I really wanted to do because I convinced myself I couldn't do it, and that everyone would laugh at me. I am so ridiculous. Instead of doing the two classes I had planned to do, I sat in the locker room for a while (and pretended I was tying my shoe any time someone walked in), and then I got on a treadmill and started walking. I didn't go far because I just felt discombobulated. I did a half mile and then left after only being there 20 minutes! 20 minutes is a far cry from the two 1 hour classes I had been planning to attend. :rolleyes So I was a workout failure. I know I need to just not care what random strangers might think of me... but I just can't!!! When I walk into the gym I am just POSITIVE everyone is thinking, "She's here a few years too late!" I wish I wasn't so worried about what random people might or might not think/say about me. BAH! I just make myself SO ANGRY!! In an attempt to end this journal rant on a positive note, I will say that I have been sticking to my 500 calorie per day diet like rubber cement. The scale gets lower every day, as does my hubby's blood sugar. :biggrin1: We are counting down to November 5th. That is the day we can end the 500 calories per day diet and move up to 1,000 calories per day!! After 100 days of this low-cal regimen, I think I will probably actually start to look like I have been losing weight. That is something that excites me. I mean the scale tells me I have lost 18 lbs. in the last four weeks, but I am so overweight that that is not a change that can be easily seen. I am really looking forward to the day when people start to say, "Hey, are you losing weight??" Until that day, count on me for daily random updates!! _______________________________

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I went to the gym last night straight after work, I was excited to get there by 5:30PM because I was going to do the "Zumba" group fitness class, and then the "BodyFlow" class after that. I got there at 5:34PM, walked up to the doors, and saw that everyone was already really going to it... and I got nervous. They were all jumping and moving around so fast, and plus there was SO MANY people in there... I just got nervous and walked away. I let myself NOT do something I really wanted to do because I convinced myself I couldn't do it, and that everyone would laugh at me. I am so ridiculous. Instead of doing the two classes I had planned to do, I sat in the locker room for a while (and pretended I was tying my shoe any time someone walked in), and then I got on a treadmill and started walking. I didn't go far because I just felt discombobulated. I did a half mile and then left after only being there 20 minutes! 20 minutes is a far cry from the two 1 hour classes I had been planning to attend. :rolleyes So I was a workout failure. I know I need to just not care what random strangers might think of me... but I just can't!!! When I walk into the gym I am just POSITIVE everyone is thinking, "She's here a few years too late!" I wish I wasn't so worried about what random people might or might not think/say about me. BAH! I just make myself SO ANGRY!! In an attempt to end this journal rant on a positive note, I will say that I have been sticking to my 500 calorie per day diet like rubber cement. The scale gets lower every day, as does my hubby's blood sugar. :biggrin1: We are counting down to November 5th. That is the day we can end the 500 calories per day diet and move up to 1,000 calories per day!! After 100 days of this low-cal regimen, I think I will probably actually start to look like I have been losing weight. That is something that excites me. I mean the scale tells me I have lost 18 lbs. in the last four weeks, but I am so overweight that that is not a change that can be easily seen. I am really looking forward to the day when people start to say, "Hey, are you losing weight??" Until that day, count on me for daily random updates!! _______________________________

Hey I am in Florida too, is Dr. Dietrick preforming your surgery??

so i just had a thought... if i am THIS excited at the prospect of entering TWOterville... i wonder how super nuts i'll be when i make it to ONEderland?? it's my long term goal to make it there by 01/01/09!! i hope the trip through TWOterville will help me keep my bad habits in the past!!! Name...............................Starting…....Current…......Goal…..........To Go losingjusme..(Christine).........293.............. 289... ..........275..................14 tann.............(Tammy)...........211............ . 211..............198..................13 Josette................................322....... .......322...............307..................15 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. ....264...............264..............254........ .........10 FaithMD.............................. 308..............306.4............299..................7.4 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. ....275....... .......275 .............265..................10 Libra..(Angela)...................... 214...........;...214..............208............ .......6 glindab..................................282...... ........278.6...........265................13. 6 Inner_me.....(Chris).............. ..295...............295.............280........... ......15 waterlily1072...(Nicole)............279........... ....279.............269.................10 Rainer (Lorraine).....................311...............3 11..............299................13 staindgal (Bridget)..................319..............316.8. ...........299............... 17.8 jbtullis (Jonathan)...................317................31 7..............299................18

I hear you. My husband was just diagnosed with type II diabetes last Friday, and the doctor put him on a strict 500 (or less) calories a day diet to try to help him avoid needing insulin or medication in the future if he can get the fat off of himself quickly NOW. I'm doing the diet with him (for moral support), and we are on day 6. I haven't really struggled with hunger than much, and you'd be surprised how full you can get on 500 calories! He is not having any real complaints (minus occasional hunger), and his blood sugar has been steadily declining! The doctor said it will depend on his progress over the next 2 weeks to see if he will have to continue taking the glipicide! Long story short: No worries!! Just do what you are advised to do and you will find that you gradually are filled up more by less food! It's awesome!!! Best of luck to you!!!

holy cow!!! you're doing 220 miles Christine!!! That's incredible! My goal is 30 miles on the treadmill for the month, and that's going to be pushing it!!!

ummm, so i am down 2.2 lbs. since july 31st!!! am i allowed to brag, because i have never been so proud of myself and my ability to be a loser!! Name...............................Starting…....Current…......Goal…..........To Go losingjusme..(Christine).........293.............. 293... ..........275..................18 tann.............(Tammy)...........211............ . 211..............198....................13 Josette.................................322....... .......322..............307..................15 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. .....264..............264..............254........ .........10 FaithMD............................... 308..............308..............299............. .......9 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. ....275....... .......275 .............265..................10 Libra..(Angela)...................... 214...........;...214..............208............ ........6 glindab..................................282...... ........278.6...........265....................13. 6 Inner_me.....(Chris).............. ..295...............295.............280........... ........15 waterlily1072...(Nicole)............279........... ....279.............269...................10 Rainer (Lorraine).....................311...............3 11..............299...................13 staindgal (Bridget)..................319..............316.8. ...........299.................. 17.8 jbtullis (Jonathan)...................317................31 7..............299....................18

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I went to the gym last night. I speedwalked a little over a mile, and then peddled on a stationary bike until my husband said he was ready to leave. It felt good to get out there... However my gym did the most evil thing while we were there... They put out a HUGE SPREAD of free food! We both abstained... but what kind of gym puts out a huge buffet of fried shrimp, chicken wings, sandwiches, jalopino poppers, etc... to celebrate their 25th anniversary! It was EVIL I tell you! Anyway, we went home, took showers, and then headed out to meet some friends to see The Simpson's Movie. It was super funny, I must have laughed enough to burn a million calories!!! :car: I thought it would be really hard to go to the movies and not eat popcorn/candy/non-diet soda... but it wasn't!! We saw a great movie, and consumed zero calories - life is going pretty good!! PLUS - I have joined the "August Challenge" to enter TWOterville during the month. That's right, my goal is to lose 20 lbs in one month and make it to 299. Crazy? Yes. Realistic? No. Trying like hell to actually make it? Your damn skippy I am. Anyway, that's all for now! Peace!

Dear Plumpy Pad, So I went to the gym last night. I speedwalked a little over a mile, and then peddled on a stationary bike until my husband said he was ready to leave. It felt good to get out there... However my gym did the most evil thing while we were there... They put out a HUGE SPREAD of free food! We both abstained... but what kind of gym puts out a huge buffet of fried shrimp, chicken wings, sandwiches, jalopino poppers, etc... to celebrate their 25th anniversary! It was EVIL I tell you! Anyway, we went home, took showers, and then headed out to meet some friends to see The Simpson's Movie. It was super funny, I must have laughed enough to burn a million calories!!! I thought it would be really hard to go to the movies and not eat popcorn/candy/non-diet soda... but it wasn't!! We saw a great movie, and consumed zero calories - life is going pretty good!! PLUS - I have joined the "August Challenge" to enter TWOterville during the month. That's right, my goal is to lose 20 lbs in one month and make it to 299. Crazy? Yes. Realistic? No. Trying like hell to actually make it? Your damn skippy I am. Anyway, that's all for now! Peace!