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Give me a flat and unobstructed path and I will find a way to trip, fall, and take 16 people down with me. My husband is completely amazed that I dont actually require emergency room visits on a weekly basis. I have to admit, since I started running and doing tae bo, my balance and coordination has greatly improved. I have NO BRUISES on my legs right now. It is shocking.

EXACTLY. I burn more than a lot of women just by trying to stay upright and not bowl people over.

Took me 4 days to be able to manage all the details of my then 2 and 4 year olds. I was tired but I could manage just fine. I got down on the floor to change diapers and give hugs.

Going in on March 3rd for my first unfill as I am unable to keep from losing more weight. It seems so bizarre to me. Because of my rate of losing and my level of activity they figure it may take a few small unfills before I level out and I may even have a couple more bursts of weight loss as I am able to eat a little more (I am pretty restricted now and have about 900-1000 calories a day) due to how hard I work out. What a strange and unreal situation to be in, I feel so weird about it. So, since I cant seem to operate without goals my new goal is a BMI of 22, to run in an actual 5k, become proficient at spinning, and increase my slow ass running time to a ten minute mile.

I think she was jealous of the love her mother had for Caylee and she killed her.

Pole dancing gets my vote. just sayin' :blushing:

LMAO, this is CLASSIC. Everytime someone is in a snit and gets pissed they tell others to get offline and take care of their families/jobs/or something. As it happens, I am personally rather efficient with my time and I have enough time to take care of myself, my two kids, three pets, household, and everything else I have going on. I amm offended that you think Iam 'wasting my time' where as you are so superior you are ONLY online because it is your JOB to do so. Whatever. This is what it comes down to, if pattygreen is going to post her radical shit online then she is going to have to accept that people are going to shove it right back at her. Put on your Big Girl Panties and deal with it. If you want sunshine and rainbows and ass-pats, go somewhere else. Suck it up or take your toys and go home.

WOW, a whole post by you that you did not use the word 'god' or 'jesus'. I am shocked, I would have thought you were incapable of speech without those two words. Although, you ruined it for me with your 'abort children' comment although I am far from surprised. I dont think there is anything you do or contemplate that does not involve injecting your own over-zealous religous agenda into. Frankly, while it disgusts me, I find it incredible amusing. I hold you up as the example of the type of christian woman I try to avoid.

Well, what are you eating? Are you tracking calories? What kind of working out are you doing? Are you sweating your face off? How many fills have you had?

Full liquids the whole time. If I could puree it to the consistency of cream Soup, I could have it. I have to say, some things are better left un-puree'd. Just sayin' :thumbup:

jan 2nd of last year and I have lost 115 pounds in the last 13 or so months

Hello! I am in League City and I used Dr Hollis as well. Trueresults does have a support group that meets once a month but I dont know of one in our immediate area. This was the contact info in the email I get every month regarding it: I have never gone but whenever I go in for a fill I notice the signs and think that I should check it out. Then I forget all about it, LOL.

I am so totally in!! My dh is out of the country and will be home April 3rd!! So this challenge is perfect! This is my final push! Name...........Start Lbs........Current..........Goal.....To Go Janesays........214.8..............214.8............202.........12.8 Burgygirl.........230.2..............230.2............220.........10.2 Bklyn1984.......263.0..............263.0............253.........10.0 Bobbie155.......255.8..............255.8............245.........10.8 crzytchr..........239................239..............229..........10 mair...............225.................225..............215..........1 0 ValJean........266...................266...............254.........12 Kristilaw.........264..................264..............252..........1 2.0 lindar172.........229.4..............229.4............219.........10 gingerbug........179.8............179.8..............167.8.....12 How often do we update?

Exactly. I was in the supermarket parking lot about a month ago talking on my cell phone. I usually park a ways away so I have to walk farther and I was getting off thee phone and I noticed a woman near me going AT it with a bag of whataburger at 10am. I was thinking, 'that used to be me'. I would chow down food in my car in hiding then dispose of the 'evidence' so no one in my family knew I had just eaten a ridiculous amount of food for no good reason. It disgusted me at the time I was doing it but I did it anyway. I am so grateful not to be chained to that guilt anymore.

I was fat cause I ate too much for the wrong reasons and because I sat on my ass too much! I am so much more aware now and sort of grossed out by the old me.

I think it is worth noting that there are a lot of people making a lot of money off people being obese. The diet industry itself rakes in billions each year, the drug companies do as well. If we were all fit and healthy, we would not need all those meds and equipment to deal with out co-morbidities. I am not suggesting that we blame McDonalds or the drug companies, or the diet industry for making and keeping us fat. I firmly believe in a line between outward infulences and personal responsibility. Where that line falls is the question. the insurance companies want to raise premiums for those who are obese but dont want to pay out for weight related services and programs. It seems back-@ssward.

Oh, fun, a stalker!! No, I just got some extra sleep last night and I have a little extra energy to devote to poking the troll. But if it makes you feel important, you go right ahead and think you have that hold over me. I would not want to take away the highlight of your day. Clearly, you dont have much else going for you. :thumbup:

There is a huge difference between not coddling someone and acting like an a$$hole. No one gives a shit how superior you feel you are. No one cares about your ability to 'give people pause and think', you don't have that much power. Your attitude makes you insignificant and people will ignore your self righteous attitude. Yeah, this is me not coddling you.

I made my second goal this morning and while I am pleased with myself, I feel I can do more. At 5'11" my frame can go down to about 160, easily, I believe. Too much less than that then my already bony top half starts looking a little odd with my ample behind, KWIM? My dh is an offshore diver and is currently on a 3 month contract job off the coast of Nigeria and he will be home the first week of april and I hope to have some dramatic changes in my body when he comes home. I am down 12 so far since he left and I have been at the gym 6 days a weekf for an hour, minimum, each day. I am motivated but a little freaked out with being so close. I am not sure I know what to do with myself. I am visiting home in april and only a coupleof people have seen me since I started this journey and not everyone knows about the band. I know I will be paid more attention than I would like and I know not all of it will be good with so many in my family having their own weight issues. Some people dont really want you to be 'too thin'. I need to work on being emotionally prepared, I think. My new weight and body will be so new to me that my mind wont have time to wrap itself around the reality and even though I am typically very stong and focused, my weight has always been a source of anxiety for me. Anyway, just needed to sound off on that, thanks for listening!! Oh, and I am not going to reset my ticker to reflect my next ten pound goal like I had been, I want to see it say 'below target weight'!!

are you going to the gym? As I get to the end of weight loss it would not budge unless I am working out frequently.

as a woman, I lack the testosterone necessary to bulk up so I am good there. I keep up the cardio to get rid of those annoying fat pockets and what I cannot get rid of with cardio I will happily have sucked out! I love lifting weights!

Do you use the 'logic' (and I use that term loosely) of God for everything? That must be the reason that hardly anything you say makes any sense (to me). Oct-mom is a trainwreck and has no right, god given or not, to procreate to a point where she and her children are a burden to society. That is what she is, a burden. From every moment they spend in ICU to every moment they reap in the pell grants in college they will be using up someones resources all because mom could not get a freaking grip on reality. Imagine the therapy bills in that household, to top it off. THose kids are all going to get the shaft because there is not enough minutes in the day to hold them, cuddle, them, and tend to ALL of their needs.

I started lifting free weights a few days ago, my YMCA has a 'women on weights' class that I go to for 4 weeks to learn what to do.

It is getting easier, I am doing W2D2 today and I am hoping it goes as smooth as yesterday! My scale is not budging, either. sigh.

Personally, I had never realized how much my the relationship between dh and I revolve around food. We go grocery shopping together, cook together, and look through recipe books together. Luckily, he is the kind of guy who is willing to eat whatever and likes healthy foods. It has been difficult, through.