Messages By: karilyn

You can do it!!! I lost over 100Lbs and I have put it back on but I am not going to give up. We are too important to ourselves and our families to give up. I don't know where you live but we can email each other here. Don't give up!!!!  

Karilyn  

I am back looking for support in my endeavors to lose weight. I lost over a 100lbs when the weightloss challenge started in 03 and I have gained it all back. I got very depressed and down on myself which didn't help matters at all and then I started looking after my Great Grandson from the time he was born until now.....he is 19 months old now and we finally got him in day care but I am still finding it hard to get going on my meal plan. I came back here where I got most of my support the last time and I feel better already just being here.    

Karilyn  

That's the right attitude, Nora!! Just being here is getting me more upbeat and I am just starting!!! I am definitely going to watch this show. Kelly needs to get HIS priorities straight and give his wife credit for all the weight she has lost. He should be praising her not putting her down. It really helps when you have someone in your corner cheering you on. That's why I am so happy to be back here as everyone is so supportive.  

Have a great day Nora and ALL  

Karilyn  

The prednizone tends to make you gain weight. I have been on it before and that's what it did to me but when I went off of it I started to lose it again. Keep the faith and remember that we are all here to support you. 

Karilyn 

I had the surgery about 15 years ago. It didn't work for me because I wasn't ready. I was badly depressed and needed counseling. So you have to  be in the right mind-set for surgery as big as this. I lost 20lbs and started eating too much and it just stretched my stomach all over again. I am really happy for anyone it works for. So to all of you who are getting the surgery......Good Luck and let me know how things go. I am here for you if you need me.

Kathy

Hello, Everyone....I was here when Dr. Phil had the weightloss challenge and I lost over 100lbs but I gained it back and here I am again. I am determined to lose it all and keep it off this time so I came back to get support and give support. I am on the plus side of middle age even tho I don't feel like it. I have over 200lbs to lose and I am going to do it!!!

Kathy

Thank You for the welcome!!! That's why I came back. There is so much support and Caring for each other. This is my 3rd week back on the meal plan. I have lost 18lbs and I weigh in tomorrow morning. I think I will weigh in on Wed. and Sat. instead of just Sat. Maybe it will keep me on track better. What do you ladies think? I used to think "oh well, It's just Monday and I don't weigh in 'til Sat. so if I cheat a little I could wear it off by Sat." But I have to change my mindset and get real and I feel I am doing that now.

I like to get out and walk but I am afraid I won't be able to get back home because of my breathing. I am taking puffers for my asthma so that helps a bit. I don't like walking alone either. All my neighbors are nice and slim and most don't exercise.  I have a treadmill but I am too big yet to get on it........I am 330lbs and it only is good for up to 250lbs  I do stretches and weights.

My doc is a male and he encourages exercise. He says he gets up at 4am to do his routine. I like to exercise early too but I wouldn't go by myself when it is dark out.

Gotta go and get some work done around here. I will let you know  how my weigh in goes tomorrow.

Ciao,

Kathy

Hi All

Thanks for the info, Jillian. Maybe I'll try doing the weigh-in every day. I'll see what works best for me. I got weighed this morning and I lost another 6lbs!!! Ya hooooooo!!!!

Have a great weekend everybody!!

Kathy

I agree 100%to everything you have said,Teresa. I come from a family of 20 counting myself.  Some are very dark skinned and some look like indian. That's because my Great  Gramma was pure Indian and my Great Grandpa was black. My father was so ashamed of the black in us and wouldn't talk to us about it unless he was drunk.There isn't one of us that are like him.

I also have a sister who is a lesbian. She is the sweetest person. My family don't talk to her about it much but my daughter and I do and she loves that we take an interest in her life.

I am "obese" and I am working on it. I understand what obese people mean when they say how some people treat them. People like that do not know what they are talking about unless they have been there themselves. Overeating is a very big part of it but it's what causes the overeating that matters.

I say " Clean of your own doorstep before judging others. Leave that up to God.