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luvlif

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  1. WORE MY PLUM PIN CORDUROY JACKET W MY BLACK BOOTS & CROPPED PANTS ..I LOOK HOT! HE STARED @ ME ALMOST LIKE "GEE SHE'S TOO GOOD FOR ME"
    MY HOUND'STOOTH FITS & SO DOES THE BROWN SUIT & B&W POLKA DOT IS A LITTLE SNUG...ANOTHER MONTH & IT WILL FIT!
    BOUGHT SIZE 8 PANTS @ K-MART...THEY FIT!

  3. HELLO SIZE 8!

    · luvlif · 10/13/06 06:06 PM

    Met Pete Spataro last night...he was hitting on me! Couldn't believe how good I looked.
    This morning I put on my grey & silver pinstriped pants SIZE 8.... they fit but theyr'e short. I DO LOOK HOT...MY GREY LEATHER VEST & BLACK STRETCH SHIRT FITS ME BEAUTIFULLY.
    My knee hurt last night & this a.m.... Geiss Said NO MOTRIN OR ANY ANTI INLFAMITORY. IT'S BAD FOR THE POUCH...IF I HAVE TO, TO TAKE MAALOX FIRST...I DECIDED I DONT WANT TO RISK HURTING MY POUCH...I'LL TAKE TYLENOL & GRIN & BEAR IT!

  4. 10/12 SIZE 10 LOSE 196.6

    · luvlif · 10/12/06 07:34 PM

    He melted, I gazed @ his mouth & the passion returned! His eyes are so beautiful & soft until the passion blazes in them when I look @his mouth. Kind of hard when he sees me in C21 sweater I knew he would melt when I looked @ him lovingly.Lately, I'm told on a daily basis that I'm pretty. Men love to stare & women love to glare!

  5. bette blackwell

    · luvlif · 10/02/06 05:56 PM

    Bette Blackwell when someone told her she could never have been fat.
    My first thought was, "Why on earth would anyone CLAIM to be that pretty unhappy, unhealthy, severely obese person if they weren't?" Then I realized that hey - when I look at some of the most recent photos, sometimes *I* don't recognize the "new me" as me.
     
    I told the group that there I times when I FORGET that I'm not in the body of the person I was in almost 2 years ago. That I was standing in line waiting for a stall in the ladies' room last week, looked in the mirror and thought, "WHOA! That's ME!" That I honestly forget sometimes, when I'm not looking in the mirror, that the fat lady, on the outside, anyway, is gone. There's this still-strange-to-me skinny lady, with new-found cheekbones, collarbones and shoulder blades, and thin, almost dainty wrists, living here now.
     
    It's not easy, though. The fat girl still lives here, and she fights with the skinny girl every day. She wants to eat when she's bored, tired, angry, lonely, sad, happy . . . hell, even horny sometimes. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this isn't easy. It's a constant battle between the two of them. Most days, skinny girl wins, but not always. Those moments of defeat are the moments when I find myself looking into my reflection in the water in the loo once again. The flesh may be weak, but the spirit is always unbroken, and I'll get back up and fight again.
     
    Jeez. This is getting far too deep and philosophical for me. It's time for a long bubble bath and then, bedtime.

  8. I WANT A HONEY! 9/12/06

    · luvlif · 09/12/06 09:17 PM

    I WANT SOMEONE TO SHARE MY LIFE WITH
    SOMEONE TO DOTE ON,
    SOMEONE TO CUDDLE WITH
    SOMEONE TO HOLD HANDS WITH,
    SOMEONE TO KISS & SNUGGLE UP TO AT NIGHT
    SOMEONE TO HOLD ME
    SOMEONETO BE POSSESSIVE & PROTECTIVE OF ME
    SOMEONE TO COOK FOR
    SOMEONE TO KISS, CARESS & HUG
    SOMEONE TO SHARE MY DEEPEST THOUGHTS WITH,
    SOMEONE TO ADMIRE,& ENCOURAGE
    SOMEONE TO BE TENDER WITH
    SOME ONE TO LAUGH WITH
    SOMEONE TO WATCH TV & GO TO THE MOVIES WITH
    SOMEONE WHOSE LAP I CAN GO SIT ON WHEN I WANT TO
    SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ME
    SOMEONE TO DISCUSS THINGS WITH
    SOMEONE TO CHERISH
    SOMEONE TO LOVE
    SOMEONE TO BE #1 IN MY LIFE, TO BE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
    SOMEONE WHO OPENS DOORS FOR ME,
    SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH IN A HOT TUB
    SOMEONE TO COOK FOR ME
    SOMEONE TO MAKE PASSIONATE LOVE WITH

  9. JESSIE AHRONI

    · luvlif · 08/12/06 06:25 PM

    No liquid calories (except up to 2 servings non fat milk)
    No soft foods (after the healing phase)
    XX grams of protein (based on your ideal body weight) (I aim for 60)
    Eat the protein first, then the vegetables
    Avoid high glycemic index foods (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc)
    20-25 grams of fiber (fruits, vegetable, beans, whole grains)
    No carbonated beverages
    6-8 glasses of fluid daily
    Do not drink with your meals or 1 hour after eating
    No carbonated beverages
    Slow down, chew your food, take tiny bites, cut things up
    Build up to exercising 30 minutes or more almost every day
    Eat real food
    Eat a balanced diet from a wide variety of foods
    2 fruits, 3 veg, 6 oz protein, 2 NF milk, 5 grains
    Have fun
    You only need to eat every 4 hours
    No negative self talk
    Practice mindful eating
    Pay attention to what you are eating, read the labels
    Use a small plate
    3 oz of protein and 1/2 cup veg is a meal
    Follow most of the guidelines most of the time
    Just because you can doesn't mean you should
    If you want to be 130 pound person you have to eat like 130 pound person
    You can't measure it if you don't manage it
    Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels
    Don't eat cheap meat, don't date cheap women
    You don't get to just eat what's easy
    Failing to plan is planning to fail
    Don't eat crap
    I'd rather be thin than eat that
    Keep your eyes on your own plate
    I'm watching what I eat so you don't have to
    Hang out with successful people
    No whining - or at least not much, not often
    Stop, breathe, reflex, chose
    It's all about choices
    Simplicity, patience, compassion
    Simple in actions and in thoughts
    Patients with both friends and enemies
    Compassionate toward yourself and others
    If it's not broken, don't fix it
    Trust it or adjust it
    Don't try to polish a turd
    Is that an excuse or a reason?
    What do you really want?
    What do you really need?
    The answer to my problems is not in the cupboard/refrigerat or/freezer
    Calories in, calories out
    Eat less, exercise more
    Distract yourself from food
    Perfect isn't good enough
    Let it be
    Never say I can't
    If you get the chance to sit it out or dance: dance, dance, dance!
    Keep the BS tolerance meter set at zero
    Don't blow smoke up my skirt
    Honesty, responsibility, commitment, inner strength
    I am responsible for the choices I make
    I don't need to have an opinion on every thing
    What would I have to do to make this different?
    Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result =insanity
    Even crazy people deserve a chance to be thin
     

  10. 8/12 206.1

    · luvlif · 08/12/06 06:22 PM

    206.1LBS! ...4.5LBS IN A WEEK I LOVE MYBAND!
    CHICKEN CORN SOUP IS VERY HELPFUL TOO. I'M HOVERING AROUND 600CALS A DAY
    GOAL 4LBS SHED A WEEK, 16 IN 4 WEEKS:
    202LBS BY SAT 8/19
    198LBS BY SAT 8/26
    194 BY SAT SEPT 2
    GOAL 194 BY SEPT 2
    178 BY SEPT 30
    162 BY OCT 28
    146 BY NOV 25 FAI'S B.DAY
    140 BY DEC 9TH

  14. BEFORE & AFTER

    · luvlif · 08/09/06 11:39 PM

    "So many dreams at first seem impossible. And then they seem improbable. And then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeve
     
    The Body Achieves what the Mind Believes
    Nothing tastes as good as getting to goal feels!
    Desire is the missing element for most of the people who fail.

  16. 8/8 208.7 YES!

    · luvlif · 08/08/06 05:14 PM

    A restrictive device gave me complete freedom from the prison that had held me captive: food.
    WILLO SAID MY JOURNALLING IS WHAT IS MAKING ME SUCCESSFUL IN SHEDDING THE LBS....I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE BY DOING THAT.

  19. 8/7/06 210.1

    · luvlif · 08/07/06 08:56 PM

    MY SIZE 10 WHITE BILL BLASS CAPRIS FIT! I LOVE THEM!
    I WALKED ALL AROUND YALE CAMPUS W RUBU YESTERDAY.
    GOT MY HAIR DONE ON SAT THE OWNER OF HEADCUTTERS DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME.

    WENT TO GEISS'S OFFICE W CARMELA & NANCY. GEISS,JOANNE, JOY,& KATHY SAID I LOOK GOOD. GEISS TOLD ME I MAKE HIS DAY EVERYTIME HE SEES ME & HOW WELL I'M DOING.

    WENT TO SUNRISE LAB TO DAY & THE LAB TECH LOOKED @ ME & SAID "HI SKINNY I SAW YOU IN THE DUNKIN DONUTS PARKING LOT & I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW THIN YOU ARE!

    GEORGIA FROM NEXT DOOR TOLD ME HOW GOOD I LOOK ON SATURDAY

  20. 7/26 212.8LBS V.RESTRICTED!

    · luvlif · 07/26/06 09:45 PM

    :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: MY SIZE 10 OLD NAVY CAPRIS NOW FIT! YES! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:
    I FIT A SIZE 12 MAY 27TH
    I'LL BE A SIZE 8 SEPT 27
    I'LL BE A SIZE 6 NOV 29 ! 2 WEEKS BEFORE MY 1 YR ANNIVERSARY:clap2:
     
    YESTERDAY MY BEIGE LIZ CLAIB. SILK JACKET FIT.

  23. 7/15 213.2 on ww scale

    · luvlif · 07/17/06 04:38 PM

    Rubu fixed the ww scale...more accurate! Threw out the old Healthometer
    This scale is more like Geiss scale. I weighed 224 on his scale 6/21...so I've shed 11 lbs since. Should be interesting to see what I weigh on the 21st of this month! Fawzie weighed herself on it...157 now that's a # I'd like to see...I'm taller than her!

  25. 7/5

    · luvlif · 07/05/06 06:58 PM

    I can feel my hip bones on my sides! It's great to catch myself in the mirror and see a thinner me constantly & know that I'm finally liberated from morbid obesity...what a lovely feeling it is to be able to give away my size 16 clothes & to now put on bras that once did'nt fit...now they are loose. It's great to have the problem of what great outfit am I going to wear to-day! The band works if you work w it! And if you don't you will see your reflection in the toilet bowl! now that's a given!

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