Topic : What's Working In My WLC

I had a pedicure, manicure and facial...... over 3 hours at my cousin's daughter's spa while I was away on vacation.  It felt great.  Hope you enjoy it.

ttfn Love Barbara

 HI everyone, thank goodness it's friday!! Long weekend this weekend. I am going away tommorrow with my parents and 2 of my little cousins, they are 4 and 6 years old, we are going camping with them for the night at the beach, it will be lots of fun. I did get some swimming in last weekend when I went up to our family camp, and I'll be doing a little more swimming tommorrow. I don't know how much time I'll get in swimming, because I'm usually watching the little ones in the shallow end of the lake, but hopefully I'll get at least 1/2 hour of swimming by myself. I love swimming, I'm not as fast as I used to be though, because of the weight gain, but I'll be changing that in no time.

I made an appointment to go see the gym with my mom next tuesday, I won a free week there for me and a guest, so I'm taking my mom. It's not far from home, so I think it will be good. I can't afford a membership right now, but at least I got a free week there. More and more people are telling me how great it is to work out at home, so that's what I think I'll do for now, work out at home, and everytime I have a little extra money, I'll go buy some more weights or equipment.

anyway, eating this week has been very bad, not sure why, I've just been eating like crazy. I think it's because I've been so busy this week, that I have been skipping meals, and yesterday we went to get groceries, and by the time we got home it was supper time and all I had up to that point was cereal, so of course I bought cookies and ice cream at the grocery store, that's why you should never buy groceries when you are hungary!!

anyway, hope all is well with everyone, have a good weekend.  Val: so sorry about your news, I wish you the best of luck with everything, I hope everything works out ok for you, you are strong, rememeber that.

Lisa

Just got home from the Cancer clinic.  I can barely contain my excitement.  I don't have to go through an operation but the Chemo is still on.  It will be like the last time 6 treatments over a period of time.  It will not be as rigorous becasue they advised me that my hair may thin but not fall out.  Ask me how releived I am that there is no operation? Happy I tell ya happy.  I will probably have some sickness, be tired but the most severe thing may be the nausea.  I can handle that.  I can keep on working as long as when I get over tired I am to go home, regardless if the boss likes it or not.  I don't think I'm going to have a problem there, he has had Chrone's disease for years so he is sympathetic when it comes to illnesses.  Thank you for all your prayers and thoughts, it surely helped.  I can't thank any of you enough.

Thanks so much for passing on your good news.  I am so very happy for you.   

ttfn Love Barbara

Val,

I am so happy for you.  I hope the treatments go by fast.  What type of cancer do you have?  I am not sure if you have seen or heard of this web site before but if you have any of the female reproductive cancers, go to hystersister.com  it has helped me so much with asking the right questions and getting answers.

Our prayers are still with you. Praying for the chemo to work and have it gone forever!

Christie

Lisa,

That is great about the swimming and the free membership to the gym.  Have fun doing both! Take care! :) Bren

I thought we would never hear from each other again.  I am still not doing good. Just can't get back on track.

valhatt- Sorry to hear your news. But it's great news that you will not need an operation. I will be thinking of you.

christie- Happy birthday!!!

niki- Glad to hear your all moved in.

To everyone else - I hope all is going well.

 HI everyone, well today is just not my day. I am getting angry and upset and emotional.

First, since this board was shut down, I started going to a different site, healthyweightforum, anyway, a person posted a question today about how much fat you should be eating. Lots of people jumped in and said no more than 30 % fat, and no more than 10% saturated fat.  I answered that I try to stay within 20-30% fat, and no more than 10% fat, but I try to stay within the lower range. Anyway, this guy jumps in and says everyone is eating too much fat and you should only be eating 10% fat. I replied back because I don't know how someone can only eat 10% fat and still eat enough calories, if you are only eating 10% fat, you must be hardly eating because I track everything on fitday.com and I eat no more than 1500 calories a day, and my fat intake is usually around 25%, so  I don't know how he is coming up with 10% fat, which is not healthy. He replied back quite nasty to me saying if you eat fish or chicken and lots of fruits and veggies and oatmeal, you won't be eating more than 10% fat, well I eat that way most of the time ,with some fat free dairy and low fat carbs, and it is no way 10% fat. Anyway, he's just got me really upset, telling me I'm wrong, and everything. How can people be so rude to others they don't even know??

And to top all that off, I had to go look for a pair of shorts tonight, oh my, what fun, NOT!!  I really had it with clothes shopping, it is too depressing, nothing fits, they never have anything in my size, my fat is always hanging out, those mirrors in the dressing rooms are brutal!! I always look so washed out and pale, and the mirrors are so up close, you see all the fat and dimples in your body, I was so disgusted with myself. I know I shouldn't beat myself up about it, but I have gained 60 pounds in 6 years, and I am totally disgusted with myself. It really hit me tonight, it was the first time in a long time I looked at myself in a mirror with just my undergarments on. I looked so disgusting! I know alot of the weight gain was due to medication and other health issues not known yet, but part of it is my own fault. I want this weight off so bad, and I have so much to lose, I don't want to wait forever til it's gone, but I know it will take at least a year. I'm just so upset and emotional right now, I really want to get that ice cream from the freezer, but I am not going to, I don't want to disappoint myself or you guys.

Thanks for listening to me rave.