Topic : 200 Pounds or More to Lose

     My son also has a weight problem.  I feel so guilty that I have done this to him.  He was doing so well with his weight loss at the beginning of the summer, but he has backslid some.  I feel that it is my fault.  I need to be stronger with him when he tries to sway me into buying something that isn't healthy for us.  Sometimes when I am so exhausted from work, he will say let's just get something from McDonalds or a sub or something.  I will say no at first, but then I give in.  I feel so bad afterwards, but then a few days later or a week later, I let it happen again.  I am so weak!!  We are back to getting on track again.  He's riding his bike more and still cutting grass after school. 

 

     So, I definitely understand how you feel Millie.  Maybe we can work on this together for Eric and Rocky.  Rocky is about 6'2" and I think the last time he weighed he was 260 lbs or there abouts.  He will be 15 in October.  So we need to set the example for our children by eating healthy and getting intentional exercise.  We will be going to the Commissary next Saturday.  I will be only buying healthy foods.  We will stop going to fast food and buying pizza.   

 

     We can do this!!!!!  Take care!!! 

 

 

                        Hugs, 

 

                        Elaine 

 

     I'm so sorry that you had to go to the hospital.  I hate hospitals too.  I'm hoping and praying that everything will be okay.  Take care and enjoy having your daughter take care of you.  You need to rest and take care of yourself.  You have a wonderful and selfless daughter her loves her mom and thinks more of you than doing her thing with her friends.  That's wonderful!!   

 

     Take care and know that you are in my heart and prayers!!! 

 

                            Hugs, 

 

 

                            Elaine 

I am so proud of you and so happy for your accomplishments!!!    I just know life is so much better in the 1's.... 

  

I hope you have a quick trip all the way to goal  and that it is soon. 

  

-b- 

My niece invited my DH and I to a Couples' Tea Party yesterday for her Aunts and Uncles. She said that we needed to get together more often.  .......... WELL,, it turns out that DH and I were the ONLY two invited to a tea party ... the rest were invited to a surprise 60th birthday party for me. "Surprise" is the operative word. When I walked in the house, they all yelled "SURPRISE!!!" and I started bawling! I was in shock. I had never had a birthday party in my life. .................................................................................................................................. I had 6 brothers and 6 sisters (2 of each have passed on). 1 brother and 1 sister couldn't attend but the rest were there plus 4 very close friends of mine. My niece had the party at her house but it was hosted by my DD and DSIL. They didn't even tell my DH and so he had no trouble keeping it a secret (LOL). .................................................................................................................................  I just want to share with you one really neat thing they did (besides even having the party to start with). Each person invited was to bring some object that had to do with my past and involved them. I had to pull an object out of a box, guess who brought it, and share the memory with everyone. Some stumped me and I needed some clues but others were really obvious. What was really touching was that there was an object in the box that had to do with each of my deceased siblings. I was moved to tears as I described my special memory of each of them. ................................................................................................................................. It was a wonderful time. I had eaten well up to that time, but I DID have a piece of my birthday cake because I did not feel it was the time to be SO good with my eating and not have a piece of the special cake my DD had ordered for me. I will be back on track today and the piece of cake wll fade in my memory. They were just so excited to be doing all this and I was truly appreciative of all their hard work ... there was ham salad, chicken salad, turkey wraps, broccoli salad ... and so the rest of what I ate wasn't all that bad. ................................................................................................................................. I still haven't gotten over the shock of the whole thing and wanted to share this very special time with all of you. I told DH that I want to put all my birthday money towards a heavy-duty treadmill so that I can get into shape. ................................................................................................................................   LINDA B. (I am posting w/o editing because I think me 20 minutes are up ... BTW, my actual BD is not until he 24th, and so I expected nothing on the 13th) 

I replied to this msg..but it is not showing up! When I get done and post it ..it goes to the page where I need to type in my password and I had already done that! audry@ec.rr.com This is making me feel like I can't even get my msgs through to anyone. 

  

Audry 

This is so exciting reading all of these wonderful things! 

  

Cheryl, Excellent!  You are so inspiring!  How do you feel about this incredible change in your life?  What little things have changed immensely for you and made a difference in your thinking?  Are you getting used to that new body and how fine you are looking?  Tell us more! 

  

Linda,  I enjoyed your party nearly as much as you did.  What a lovely thing they did for you!  As you were describing it, I pictured the whole scene in my head (I can do that because of the picture you used to have posted and because of your talented writing skills:-) and there was just this feeling of warmth and love in what they did.  What a blessing. 

  

AUDRY!!!!!!!!!!  I'm so happy you came back!!!  Please try to have patience with the new set up and keep trying!  The more people we get on this board, the more hope there is to share and be shared.  (Remember that too, Brenda.)  How is it going so far?  Are you able to get into some type of routine with your eating?  Anything you've learned that you can pass on? 

  

I've had a bad four days and have to detox again.  After our dinner, the next night we celebrated my daughter, Sarah's, birthday at the Cheesecake Factory.  It was so delicious!  We had one of those huge fudge cakes because she doesn't like cheesecake (she told me when we got there).  Friday wasn't too bad at all, just one cookie, but Saturday I bought a small bag of peanut butter cups from the Farmer's Market.  What was I thinkin'?!  I had driven back to Maryland to pick up some furniture we ordered and it took 3 hours to get there.  Well, the way back took five!  and my frustration with the hideous traffic made the candy look awfully good.  If it wasn't there, I wouldn't have done anything.  (YOU DOPE!)  I guess I had just gotten out of that healthy mindset I'd had for two months.  Anyway, only one more birthday to go this month, Thomas will be 17 on Linda's birthday.  God give me the strength to resist!  Talk to y'all later. 

  

Oh!  Autumn, missed you terribly!  I sure hope Stef can get on.  And Beverley, glad you're up and running. 

  

Love,  Millie   

I sent Stef an e-mail with instructions, if you happen to be speaking with her please ask her to check her e-mail.