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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 7:19 pm
lol Mameb ... I think we all fell off the wagon. Silly girl! :o) And Mak, I was really sluggish today as well and I agree it was probably from my lousy diet this past week. But I'm back on track and hoping to stay there!

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 7:30 pm
Thx Vnicky - Let's put it this way if I am not back on track by Jan 2nd I'll be Vewy Vewy P'od at myself.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 9:08 pm
i was gonna get gastric bypass but my insurance wanted me to go on a 6 month doctor supervised diet before they would approve me. so that is what i'm doing. i started august 8th and as of today i've lost 43lbs. i am taking diet pills. they are really helping me. years ago i tried adipex and they made me all jittery and weird feeling. the kind i'm taking do not do this. i think i could lose alot more if i could get into exercising. i have a really bad back and anything makes it hurt. i will be getting another MRI tomorrow. i am getting around somewhat better since losing some weight, so hopefully i can do more as more pounds come off. 
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 10:02 pm
shhh, don't tell anyone. I wanted to keep this quiet until I was sure I was really going to lose weight. I joined weight watchers on Sept 26 and as of my weigh in yesterday I have lost 31 pounds.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 10:23 pm
Way to go, Kady and Biloxibelle! WooHoo!
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 10:26 pm
way to go belle!! i haven't posted because i have so much to lose, i didn't really want to talk about it. i know there are many others that will be joining us after the new year. i want to be here to encourage others no matter if you have 10 pounds to lose or if its more like me...a 100.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 5:47 am
Congrats to everyone that has lost some weight and an even bigger congrats to those who keep trying and trying even when it doesn't look like it's helping. If you stay on course it will happen!!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 8:57 am
HOly smoke Biloxi, that's awesome. Weight Watchers is wonderful for losing weight. I lost 25 pounds with them and have kept it off, I just need to lose the remaining 15. I need to go back, but the last time I was there, they were all "why are you here, your in your healthy range." It ticked me off and I haven't been back. I think I'll take another stab at it.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 9:51 am
wow! This thread is smoking hot. Mameblanche, please don't ever feel ignored! you are just too sweet to ignore! Great job, Kady and biloxibelle!! and everyone else!! I did good with my dinner last night but then I ate a big chunk of chocolate for no reason but it tasted so good. the scale didn't budge an inch,duh, can't eat a chunk of chocolate late night and expect a loss! smacking myself!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 9:59 am
I had lost 20 pounds, but I gained back 4 pounds over the holidays. I have a total of 44 more pounds to lose. Once the holidays are over I know it will be easier. Good job everyone!! :o))
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 10:27 am
Oh theres always a reason to eat chocolate cake, its just rarely a good one WOW, Kady and Biloxi..Way to go, very inspiring I'm up another pound...grrrrr..had a huge Christmas dinner last night (postponed due to whole family being sick) and even skipped dessert..hmmm not fair!!!
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 12:38 pm
Thanks everyone. I really wanted to sit back and see if this was going to stick. I have found the Weight Watchers is much easier to follow then I thought. I tried it on line before actually joining meetings. The on line version did nothing for me. I need the accountability of the weigh ins. Kady that was my next stop, the doctors office if Weight Watchers wasn't for me. Great job on your loss. I was inspired to post after lurking here for quite a while. Everyone here is doing such a great job. Escapee, that was just plan rude of them. There is a girl at our meetings that looks like she never had a fat cell on her body. She lost 54 pounds. She is a great inspiration and has the best tips. I only wish I had gone when I had 30 pounds to lose not 60.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 1:41 pm
Christmas is over and back home from Mom and Dad's. It was difficult being away and not having my own kitchen on hand but I made the best choices I could, and did eat Xmas dinner in moderation. I went to my weigh in this morn, it has been a week and lost a pound, so I'm happy. I'm just finishing up week four, I believe the plan changes a bit starting in week 5, they'll give me all my details on Monday.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 2:19 pm
Yay Jasper!!
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 3:21 pm
Escapee...did you get to your goal weight with weight watchers and become a lifetime member? when my son was young, i did WW and lost alot. i went from 260 down to 120. they asked me to be a leader and i did. they asked me to lead another class in another town. i did that until the pressures of owning my own business, having a small child, a husband that worked shift work, living in 1 town doing meetings and 2 other towns got to me. so anyways i quit WW. slowly over the years i gained weight and got over my once high of 260. i know how to lose weight, know how to keep it off, i'm just an idiot. i was big all my life and did many diets. with WW, that was the first time i was sucessful. i wish like hell i had continued working for them. that was one of the biggest mistakes i've ever made. when i started gaining weight, i went back to WW at about 180. alot of people that used to attend my classes were now at this meeting. they knew me as a former leader, and i was seriously ashamed of myself. after a few weeks, i was tired of the stares and felt as though i was being talked about. i stopped going and yes got very depressed. you know what happens when a person with clinical depressions gets down...they eat and don't care. the bigger i got, the more depressed i got. i had many things to blame the weight gain on. my life is very freakin' depressing ya'll. i am on the right track now and hope to get to my personal goal of 149. thanks to you all for helping me to stay inspired. 
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 4:46 pm
and thank you for sharing and coming to this thread to support us!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 5:00 pm
Kady hon, ditto what Denecee said! I'm eating an apple and cheese right now, and I feel somewhat better about myself. I told dh that once the holiday chocolates and sugary cookies are gone they are NOT to be replaced. (We're working our way through a box of both. Ack!)
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 6:48 pm
I see most of us made some good choices today. May we all continue on the road to healthier living tomorrow. Rah, rah, rah!! 
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 8:37 am
Wow thanks for sharing that Kady. It proves we are just human. I know I was and am really ashamed on my weight gain. I am just thankful I finally took back my control of it. I had a million and one excuses. Ending with at my age it is just a normal occurrence of the onset of menopause. Which is so not true since I haven't started that yet. Never the less it sounded good. I do have a question. What do you do about clothes? Do you buy each step of the way? Right now I hate to do that since I am at the half way point. Giving out too much information here, my undies are falling off of me. That is so annoying. That is just as bad as them being too tight. I just have a hard time spending the money on something I know or hope I know will too be falling off after the next 30 pounds. My tops are big, but still wearable, although I do want to buy a new one for an engagement we have coming up in the middle of the month. I am hoping my favorite pair dress pants still fit me by then. I tried them on and they are loose, but I can tighten the belt. My pants are baggy but haven't hit the floor yet like the undies do.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 12:39 pm
Belle, since you are at the 1/2 way point, I suggest you CELEBRATE that by treating yourself to a few necessities like new undies and a couple of outfits that flatter your new bod.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 1:31 pm
Biloxibelle, BUY YOURSELF SOME NEW PANTIES. Then go to Value Village, Salvation Army, consignment shops and pick up a few things to tide you over. I try to find stuff that is not 'fitted' and you can wear through more than one or two sizes. I'm too stingy to spend a lot on new clothes when I'm trying to lose more. I found jeans that fit just right (Eddie Bauer) but cost $40 or more a pair. I can usually find them on eBay for half the price and then if they are still in good shape once they are too big, I can resell them on eBay and maybe recoup most of my money. I've done that through 3 sizes of them so far.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 7:26 am
You both are right. I need new undies! I am so bad about spending money on myself. Especially undies. Thrift store is a great idea. I bet they have a lot of good stuff this time of year. I might find a blouse there. Like I mentioned earlier my tops are still ok. No matter how much I weigh my shoulders are big. 25 years of lifting my daughter have kept them built up, my legs too have a lot of muscle for the same reason. Actually that is one of the reasons I let myself gain so much weight. Nobody ever believed me when I told them my weight. They always thought I weighed far less then I did due to the muscle weight in my legs. I let that fool me...I was wrong. Anyway I can wear a large sized shirt anywhere within a 40 pound radius. Sadly none of that is boobage only shoulder.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 12:22 pm
Sadly none of that is boobage only shoulder. LOL - I have the opposite problem... Too much upholstery and small round shoulders. Bra straps and such sometimes tend to slip down to my arms. Hate that.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 1:13 pm
lol ... oh I have boobage but sadly none of my weight loss, so far, has come from that area. Most of my loss has been from my middle. Odd? I am still 4 pounds heavier than I'd like to be right now but I have plans to get serious this week and drop them! :o))
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 3:51 pm
THIS IS WEIRD... now I know that home-scales are usually 4-5 lbs lighter than doc's scales... but according to my home-scale I've lost about 5 more lbs!!!!!!!! I'm SURE that can't be right. Especially the way I've been eating so much drek the past 2 weeks. We'll see when I go back to Curves on Wednesday for my weigh-in on their proper scale. I'm sure I must have gained not lost .... My best UNeducated guess is that at best - I've broken even.
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