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??????No Stress November???????

It's time to clean up diets/lifestyle/habits again so lets focus completely on going back to basics! No EXERCISE component!!!

And add in a little gratitude component while we are at it

Join in and enjoy motivation to reach your personal goals. Participate often, post daily, enjoy the conversations, ask questions, upload random pics and quotes, avoid foods on the *no go* list

Start by:

1. Posting your personal goal

2. Add your surgery type, status (pre/post op, losing/maintenance)

3. Weight and BMI (not necessary but encouraged)

4. Tell us what you are grateful according to the day

???OFFICIALLY begins November 1, 2019???

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by GreenTealael

5 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

Day 11: What movie are you most grateful for?

There are too many!! Here’s the list of a few:

• ALL Marvel films, especially Avengers & X-Men (hence my username)
• Harry Potter
• All the John Wick movies (IM OBSESSED)
• The new Star Wars movies
• Blockers
• Gone Girl
• Prisoners
• Savages
• 12 Years a Slave
• Coco
• Girls Trip
• Django
• Straight Outta Compton
• Fast and Furious movies
• Southpaw
• Ex-Mechanica

Omgosh, you're the first person I'd enjoy going to the movies with. (If something doesn't blow up in the first 5 minutes, you've lost me!) Although, when it comes to Marvel, I'm a Blade girl, all the way!

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by Orchids&Dragons

@MIZ60 Does Tomah day still have the army base? I grew up in Madison and that’s all I remember about Tomah!

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by Cheeseburgh

Day 12: Well, we had Whataburger last night for a treat for Mr. since we were unable to go anywhere due to the nasty weather. I ate 1/2 of a patty melt (no bun) and about 7 of his fries. And, some Irish coffee while watching Castle Rock. Planning to do better today.

I am grateful to so many people that I have known over the years but the top 3 would be my husband of 35 years, my BFF of 40 years and my super talented singer and guitar playing BMF of 32 years. Spending time with any or all of them always makes me happy.

B sided question: What would you tell past/future you if you could?

I would tell the past me to stop worrying so much all the time about things you can not control and that the behavior of others is not my fault or responsibility. Live your life on your own terms and have the people in it that you love and love you and FORGET about the rest. No one has a right to expect anything from you other than human respect and kindness.

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by MIZ60

Day 12: What 3 people in life are you most grateful for?

Besides God, I’m most grateful for my siblings, my dad, and my boyfriend. I know its only 3 but I want to throw my bff in there too. She has been the most faithful friend I’ve ever had, a god sent.

B-Side Question: What would you tell past/future you if you could?

I would tell myself that life’s too short, tackle your weight now so that you can enjoy being young like other girls your age. If you don’t do it now, you will regret it later. Get the surgery! You’re not taking the easy route or cheating by getting the surgery.

Also, stop thinking you can handle it all. It doesn’t make you weak asking for help. You don’t always have to be so strong and tough…

I’m behind but I like the movie question.
Terms of Endearment

Silence of the Lambs

Get Out

The Way We Were

The Devil Wears Prada

Airplaine!

Ordinary People

Ghosts of Mississippi (I had never heard of Medgar Evers prior to this movie shamefully)

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by Cheeseburgh

7 minutes ago, Cheeseburgh said:

@MIZ60 Does Tomah day still have the army base? I grew up in Madison and that’s all I remember about Tomah!

Yes they do. My cousin's husband worked there until he retired a few years back. My aunt and uncle are retired dairy farmers and moved to "town" quite a few years ago when they sold the farm to some Amish people. I was born in Milwaukee and lived there until I was 4 and we moved to Dallas TX. Visited every summer until I was grown up. Still go every couple of years.

I'm not used to seeing so much Wisconsin in one thread! I just drove through Tomah this weekend, but then again, I live in Madison, so it's not terribly surprising...

6 minutes ago, Caltania said:

I'm not used to seeing so much Wisconsin in one thread! I just drove through Tomah this weekend, but then again, I live in Madison, so it's not terribly surprising...

Madison is a really pretty town. One of my cousins and her husband/son/family live in LaCrosse which is also beautiful. I love the drive over the Mississippi River...

29 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Omgosh, you're the first person I'd enjoy going to the movies with. (If something doesn't blow up in the first 5 minutes, you've lost me!) Although, when it comes to Marvel, I'm a Blade girl, all the way!

Haha yes! Same here! I love Blade, I was just watching it this weekend at my friends house. Did you hear they are making a new Blade with Mahershala Ali!?

2 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

Haha yes! Same here! I love Blade, I was just watching it this weekend at my friends house. Did you hear they are making a new Blade with Mahershala Ali!?

No, I hadn't. I'll have to check it out. Although, it'll be hard to pull me away from Wesley Snipes ?

13 minutes ago, MIZ60 said:

Madison is a really pretty town. One of my cousins and her husband/son/family live in LaCrosse which is also beautiful. I love the drive over the Mississippi River...

I adore Madison. I'm an east coast transplant, and I still go back there to visit, but the only thing that would ever make me leave Madison is the cold ?️ Especially as I continue to shed pounds from my surgery... brrrr.

I'm a few days behind... time to catch up on my gratitude!

Day 9 gratitude: Without question, it was China (although I haven't done much international travel, so someday this could change!) I was with my best friend when she adopted her son. It was a life changing experience in so many ways.

Day 10 gratitude: An odd choice, but I am grateful for video games. Even though my choices were really limited in early childhood (Atari!), I actually learned a lot of very useful life skills from video games, and bringing that love into adulthood helped me form some of the friendships I have today.

Day 11 gratitude: Another odd choice, but probably the Rocky Horror Picture Show. The community around the show helped me through my difficult teen years, and as an adult, I still find that movie worming its way in to my life. Runners up would probably be the two movies I quote most often, Airplane! and Spaceballs

Day 12 gratitude: 3 people, huh? If I could only choose three, I guess I'd have to say my husband, my mother, and my best friend.

B-Side Question: What would you tell past/future you if you could? I would tell past me to hang in there and to try to care much less what other people think.

B-Side Question: How has your S/O been handling all of the changes since WLS? Like a champ, though it helps that he's also probably having WLS himself next year, so he's acutely aware of pretty much all things related to it, good and bad.

7 minutes ago, Caltania said:

adore Madison. I'm an east coast transplant, and I still go back there to visit, but the only thing that would ever make me leave Madison is the cold ?️ Especially as I continue to shed pounds from my surgery... brrrr.

Madison was such a great place to grow up. My Dad and a bunch of my friends still live there . My son moved there after college so we go up pretty often. The neighborhood I grew up in has become very chic! I was very lucky, I grew up on Lake Monona in the Marquette neighborhood and went to East High. I wouldn’t trade it for anywhere.

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

B-Side Question: What would you tell past/future you if you could?

Wear Sunscreen and Moisturize!

Better late to the party than not participating at all. Day 12 has been all right so far, though I did have a caffeinated diet soda this morning. My excuse is that it is not one of the items I’m giving up this month, just limiting the amount I drink every day since it used to be most of what I drank. I have most of my water checked off, I sip throughout the day and I’m usually done by noon.

Gratefulness, Day 12 – The three people in my life that I am most grateful for would be my Savior, my husband, and my mom. My mom isn’t with us anymore, she passed in 2000, but she raised me by herself in the 60’s and 70’s when doing so wasn’t popular or very acceptable. She was strong and stubborn and she loved me with everything she had. I can never repay her enough for the upbringing she gave me. It wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it was mine, and I wouldn’t trade it or her.

My husband is my other half. My best friend. We have so much in common that we can sometimes finish each other’s sentences. We have laughed, lived, and loved together for the past 26 years, and it seems like just yesterday that we had our first date. Now that he is supporting my WLS, I can share everything with him again. He also needs WLS but I think he’s waiting to see how I do first before he approaches it again.