theantichick

Yea, that's amazing!

Good riddance to those 75lbs. I'm digging that cute website.

Congratulations!! Great progress!

Antichick, I was told that when it snowed years back in Chesapeake (near Norfolk) Va., people were so unaccustomed that they drove off the roadway and into ditches (no sewer system there at least at the time). It has snowed in Texas, y'know. Alaska? Really? I did major armchair travel there to the point that I had a mail subscription to the Sunday Anchorage paper for a few months. Because of the ad circulars, I mail-ordered moose cookie cutters from one Allen & Petersen (I think that was the name). You're from Alaska, which makes you exotic & a romantic heroine.

I was 8 when we left, and always said I wanted to move back. But I blew the one chance I had before I got married and had a kiddo with a Texan. Then I was stuck here until the custody agreement expired. At that point I'd married another die-hard Texan and developed auto-immune arthritis and lost my tolerance for the cold. So I guess I'm stuck here. LOL.

Methinks you've been indoctinated, given your screen name. (I've been curious about since first time I saw it and just googled. The Bush-Maines connection? Or is it really Antic Hick? Ha, I just saw that possibility.)

Yeah... I'm down to the point that I have to hit a resale shop or something, Virtually every top I have is almost ridiculously huge. I'm lucky that I hung onto pants/jeans because I've always been AWFUL to fit in pants... VERY curvy with a HUGE difference between hips and waist, in addition to being tall. So I'm set probably until I get pretty close to goal for bottoms, but tops are much more of an issue than I'd thought they'd be. LOL. I HATE clothes shopping. But right now I have almost no clue what size I'm wearing or what will look good on me, so I guess it's to the shops I go.

Wow! You look great! And I mean that in the most platonic way possible. Keep up the good work.

you look great! i didn't have the balls to do the bra and shorts pic. even my hubby said I should wear the same thing in every pic for my progress photos...oh well.

Carrie Fisher and George Michael, way too young..RIP.

YESSSSS. Go away, 2016. I loved Carrie Fisher. Bleep you, 2016.

I missed the one you're referring to, but know your intentions and style from others. You do good things here. I, on the other hand, am fed up. Too long a time and too much misplaced effort.

Oo-o-o-h, there it is! Might it be copied over into a forum that's less busy so that it has a longer shelf life? Maybe it can be preserved as an easily found reference somewhere else on the site?

yeah, I wish I could "save" posts I like, like yours

I am right there with you! Get well soon! I guess I can be thankful that I got it now and not a few days before my surgery in January. I have some time to recover. I hate being sick though and it happens so rarely these days. I think this might be the first cold I have had in 2.5 years since my surgery.

@theantichick, First....don't talk to me about the cold. It has been in the negative temps here is Wisconsin but only after dumping about 10 inches of snow on us.

Secondly...I would really like to figure out why I am getting so many migraines. i too have been on a run for the last 6 weeks. I am using my Dihydroergotomine too often and its so expensive and hard to get that I wish it would stop. None of my usual stuff is working for me.

@Djmohr ... yeah, but you CHOSE to live in the Tundra. LOL. I grew up in Alaska. I used to miss the cold. Until I developed auto-immune arthritis. Now it can suck it. LOL. My abortive (Maxalt) works fine. I just need to get them to stop happening so often. I gave up and went back on Topamax, but we're just starting out at the low dosages now, so it'll take a while. Sigh.

@theantichick I am right there with you in the ridiculously cold weather for us Texans! At least the sun is out today and warming up.

Good for you!!

What an awesome nsv!

Buy new jeans! You deserve them.

I'm with you! I'm going to the gym now, hopefully I can work some of the 'mood' out of my system

Give them Hell... lol jkjk

we all have those days it's okay but if you do chop a few heads off... I will be the fly on the wall eating popcorn and watching. yes I'm bored : 0 /

I better catch up on buglegate. Some of these people are just crazy!

Oh, I had therapy last night, so I haven't seen what happened since about 5pm CST. I'll go catch up now. LOL.

Buglegate....ha! This place is a TRIP sometimes!

I'm trying to somehow rhyme the "anti" part with "skinny." It ain't happenin' but it is for you. Go!

It's all about the inches! Congratulations

And centimetres ..... Congrats!!!

Shrinking is Good!

WOW!!! I still am on 3 BP pills...but it is less than 1/2 of what I did take. I really wanted to get off of them but I really don't know how to LET IT GO!!! If you figure it out please let me know!!! The stress is gonna kill me. LOL

Getting off or even decreasing meds is one of the greater thrills. Great news.

Congratulations!!! What a wonderful and healthy result! Good on you

None of the sweets I used to crave taste as good anymore since I stopped drinking Diet Coke. I consider it a bonus. :-)

Congrats!

Congrats!!!!! Wonderful progress!

That's good to hear. How are you feeling with the change in the weather?

Awesome validation that all is well.

@Caribear, doing OK so far, joints got achy when the front came through but not horrible.

Yay

yep, once I realized I could 2x-3x my water intake with straws, straws it is. And I'm still alive!!!

Me too! I've seriously thought about dumping that rule . I still do it at restaurants but at home I still try not to... I'm going to just use one since all you pros are.

I know it can make some people have discomfort/pain, but for me it works beautifully, and it really helps me get more fluids down.

I have auto-immune arthritis. I can't pull the foil seal off of the coffee creamer. LOL. I've had to have my family open bottles (pop top and screw top) for a couple of years now. I need to get some arthritis helper gadgets around the house, but part of me feels that's giving in. LOL

My sweetie has Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and Raynaud's disease. How do you think that I felt when she had to open my stuff? It certainly wasn't manly! Two weeks of the grip thingies and all is well again

LOL. Yeah, I can see where that would be concerning.

I'm pretty convinced it's inevitable and unstoppable. The amount of hair between my fingers, stuck to my back, all over my bathroom floor, clogging the drain, all over my pillow, car, carpets, coats...it's stunning. I check for thin spots very, very often On the positive side, my humongous head of hair is somewhat manageable these days!

yeah, I agree it happens or it doesn't. The supplements and stuff can't really change the underlying situation that the body is dealing with a trauma, and one way it does is to recycle hair and skin cells. It's more of a PITA with the drains than anything else. My daughter has Alopecia Totalis (entire scalp bald), currently in remission... so I know how bad it CAN get, and am just always grateful when it's not. LOL

like the OP mentioned mine fell out the most around month 3/4 thru month 8/9 (also when I lost the most).

its coming back, just got thinner at my temples and with the grey hair it seemed more obvious.

It can be really tough. My wife has Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and Raynaud's disease. She's dealt with skin cancer, cervical cancer and a brain tumor since we've been married. Every time she finally starts losing weight she ends up with a flare and she has to go back on prednisone. My hat is off to you, I can see how difficult it really is for someone with autoimmune issues.

On a side note, have you looked into immunotherapy? As soon as we have the cash we will be heading back to Mexico for immunotherapy to cure her Lupus. The medicine base that she needs should be available again by the time that we have the money. Five thousand to cure her Lupus is the deal of a lifetime.

I'd need to know more about the treatment you're talking about. The current standard of therapy if DMARDs fail is also called immunotherapy, but it's not a cure, it's infusion of one or more biologic drugs. If you have info you can post or PM me, I'd happily look at it. Right now, we're using sulfasalazine and getting partial relief from it. I'm also very lucky in that I had a diagnosis very quickly comparatively speaking, and the diagnosis was made before any detectable damage was done to my joints. So we're working through the treatment protocols to get me the best relief as well as inflammatory suppression. We haven't maxed out sulfasalazine yet, if we do and need something else plaquenil is the next therapy to try, then if that failed we'd move to biologics.

I just got on my soap box on the cheating thread about bashing vets.

It's not nice to bash vets, not even those who deserve it. Let me get back to you on that one.

Oh, I see. Same old stupidity and crap, this time on the first of a new month.

glad you enjoyed your b'day - not being diligent about MFP etc - that's ok - you're back to your normal life - belated b'day wishes - happy halloween!

kathy

in 10 years time you may wish to be 47 again

Happy Birthday for tomorrow.

Happy Birthday!

Belated, but happy birthday!

wonderful.... i started at a 18-20.... now im a 4-6

OMG! That's gotta feel good! Congratulations!

I'll never see single digit clothing sizes. When I was my thinnest in college (which has never been a sustainable weight for me) I was in a 10 jean. I'll be happy to get back to a 16 and beyond thrilled to get to a 12-14.

The clothes transformation is one of my favorite parts of this journey! Yay you!!

I know once you get to about 50 you cannot deny yourself any longer... Congrats!!!