DevilMayKare

I went from 170 to 312 while on Paxil. I quit it cold turkey the day my (ex)husband finally moved out and I would start drinking before I. Life i ever took another antidepressant. Depression creeps up on me now and then but I've found the best way to keep it at bay is good ol' fashioned exercise--sometimes lots of it. If my mood doesn't start to lift by about 30 minutes into my walk--I go over to the track at the school and walk around it crying (I walk at night) until there are no sobs left. I truly hope you start feeling better soon Margo. Life is just a bitch sometimes... we all know it and are here holding your hand.

Oh my. Bookbags are a KILLER! Even a purse backpack makes my shoulders ache. A full-on bookpack like my son wears would just do my lower back in. How many # does your bag usually weigh? I wonder if it would be possible to come up w/ something to more evenly distribute the weight of books? It would probably look ridiculous (with books in back AND front) but could sure be helpful if you have to trek any distance.

With your seamstress abilities, you could make one easily DeLarla--and add some clips for dog leashes. When I had a 145# akita I used to walk him w/ his leash looped thru an ARMY belt around my waist. That was the only belt strong enough, but it worked great. You can get one at any army surplus store. BTW... there was an article about "product placement" in movies & TV shows this weekend and I was wondering if you're getting a commission from Pepsie for all your soda threads! Maybe you should copy them, send em to Pepsico and ask for a check!

Well that's 50 gone for me now. I've really been working hard at this--especially the last few weeks-- since my brother's wedding is THIS Saturday. I'll see a lot of people there I only see every few years and some of them haven't seen me since I was 312#. The last few weeks I've been averaging 1000 calories per day and working out about 90 minutes daily. I get up in the morning and do 20-30 minutes on my elliptical trainer, walk 20 minutes at my lunch break and then walk the dog for 40-50 minutes every night (also do about 15 minutes of free-weights several nights a week while watching TV). Even with all that I've only been losing 1-2 pounds a week. That didn't really surprise me because I know from past experience that the less you have to carry around--the harder you have to work to get what's left off! So last week I got something called a "Walkvest" (walkvest. com) and did my morning and eveining workouts with additional weight added. The walkvest goes up to 16 pounds, but you're supposed to start w/ 4# and add in 1/2 pound increments. I didn't even feel it after walking w/ 4 pounds so I went up to 8 right away and did this all week. That is the ONLY difference between last week and this week so I think adding this weight really helped. I'll only know for sure if the bigger loss keeps up consistently for a few weeks, but I thought this was pretty exciting so I thought I share it with you.

Down FOUR this week for me--YIPPEE! (Please see the -4 down & HOW thread if this seems like a lot to you.)

Good job! Maybe you should change your LBT name to BitsieBellieKellie!

I think we need a new bandster rule: NO EATING WHILE DRIVING. You could have had a lot worse than puke on you--you could have been in a wreck. Believe me, this happens ALL the time!! I'm an insurance agent so I hear the stories. I know of no statistical analysis, but from the accident stories I have heard (& that's just the one's who ADMIT what happened) I would rather be on the road w/ someone who has had 2 or 3 drinks rather than someone talking on a cell or eating.

Reminds me of the time a friend of mine got beautiful new emerald green carpeting throughout her house. Soon thereafter she heard a strange noise she went to investigage and upon entering the family room found her helpful son had brought the--full-blast--hose thru the sliding glass door and was "watering" the carpet!!

Well, if you're not gonna be there could you please leave your hunky man (& a few toys) for the rest of us?

Easy. I just looked at what it says on my Driver's License!

Gosh Megan, you gave me the chills! What a wonderful, beautiful post from a beautiful woman. Thank you!

OMIGOSH! Shouldn't this be under the MOST EMBARRASSING thread?! I'll never forget when my son (at 3) threw up on the pavement in one of those long zip-zag lines at Knotts. The line started moving and we HAD to move forward, but for the next 30 minutes--every time the line moved-- we could hear people in the distance going, "EWWWWW..."

If it ever happens to me again I think I'll just say, "I could tell you... but then I'd have to kill you." (Smiling sweetly with an edge). That works, doesn't it?

Oh yeah, that's what I thought. NOT. (lol) We shudda had a contest guessing that one. That's quite a schedule. Just ONE math class would have me reaching for a razor blade. Anyway, I'm glad you're just busy and not lying-low for some other reason. It's kind of funny how much I feel like I personally "know" people on this forum and kind of look for them to be hanging-out with their converstations and comments. I can't believe I've only been here since June. It seems like I've known y'all forever! The Web --and LBT--is truly a wonderful place!

Down 2 for me.

Um... Mac or PC??? Funny how important being "right" is to people. My mantra: Whatever works for you. I find myself thinking and saying it more and more the older I get.

"ALWAYS"??? I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous. That may have been the case for you and that may have helped you, but if a therapist said that to me I would find another toute-de-suite! I think 312# is "very heavy" and I was never abused in any way. (Unless you count the unrealistic expectations of my family.) Don't forget that Freud taught that every gay man always had a dominant mother. Actually, almost anyone who says "always" or "every" about ANYTHING is going to lose some credibility with me. Every time. !

Hey Crystal, How are you doing with your schoolin' and all your "Slow Losers" frustrations these days? (If you even still qualify.) Seems like we haven't heard much about you lately --or perhaps there are just SO MANY THREADS here I missed something. Anyway, I found myself wondering how you are and was going to PM you, but then I thought other people might want to know also--and you always have such wise and consequential things to say-- that I thought I'd just toss in the topic. ALSO... this has probably been asked before, but exactly where does the "Vinesqueen" monicker come from? (Of course the Queen part is obvious.) In other words... thinking of you,

But what I HATE about the Avenue stores is all the "Buy 2 get 1 free" or "Buy 1 get the other 1/2 off." It really irritates me because I usually only want ONE. There has been many a time I walked out w/o buying anything because I hated the ripoffness feel of it.

The few times in my life someone has been rude enough to ask how much I weighed I've usually answered fairly forcefully with something like, "You've GOT TO BE KIDDING. I'd just as soon slit my throat as answer that." I can't imagine anyone daring to ask a second time.

DeLarla pole dancing?? You've got to be kidding. I just don't think the planet could handle it. Anyway, you'd get bored with it pretty quickly.

Interesting. I think there is more than one answer to this one. Sometimes it just may be that we really LIKE to eat and when we eat under the calorie count to maintain a certain weight our psyche's interpret it as "starving." Another factor I think may be our inner self-comprehension. And of course another part of this may be good old self-protection. Any or all of these can work against us. My "usual" cutoff for highest weight has usually been about 200, but during my divorce process I got up to 312. I got down to 155 from that and then when I started gaining it back stopped myself w/ the band at 238. But it was very interesting in that when I got to about 210 I "recognized" myself. There was kind of a feeling like, "Oh THERE you are!" when I looked in the mirror. Part of me was totally disgusted, but somewhere there was almost a feeling of comfort... a "homesickness" kind of feeling. Strange, uh? I've never understood what that was about. But I have a feeling if society and health weren't issues I could be pretty comfortable over 200. I'm starting to look and feel like a "normal" and even "fit" person now (I am extremely fit) and in some ways I feel like I'm trying to be somebody else. It's strange alright.

Hey Guys, I've been drinking chamomille tea at night to help me sleep (& keep from nightime eating) & my last box of Celestial Seasonings had a sample of a new tea: Honey vanilla CHamomille--much better than the straight chamomille. I went to Ralphs to get some and also found Bigelow has a tea I've never tried: VANILLA CARAMEL! Wow, is it good. Smells just like caramel--with a slight caramel taste. I don't know how they manage to make these flavors with no calories but I'm a big supporter of food chemistry! Anyway I'm really enjoying booth these finds, so thought I'd share. (Oh, and I put this stuff called "Calm" I got from my chiropractor in my tea at night [it's basically powdered magnesium] and it helps me sleep right thru the night.)

Shoot. I fogot to change my ticker and post my 1# loss this Monday. I was bummed it wasn't at least 2. I know, shame on me for being so impatient. But really, I've been working like a DOG. I really want to be able to fit into a dress I have picked out for my bro's wedding 10/29 and 1# a week just isn't gonna do it. Right now I'm working out almost 2 hours a day (mostly aerobics) and eating way under 1,000. Hopefully, the loss will show up next Monday!