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Old 08-18-2008, 07:56 PM   #171 (permalink)
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Good to see you back Deborah. Sounds like you had a great visit. My scale was not nice to me this week. No weight loss. Guess I am in a stall again.(sigh) Hope you did better than I have.
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Old 08-18-2008, 08:04 PM   #172 (permalink)
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well i'm back i didnt loose my "bowels" on the 12 hour drive not once! i came really close and had to pull off the the side of the rode with my TP in hand, but the urge passed once i saw i would have to show the world my butt! and made it to the next rest stop. We had church! whewy good ol' fashioned Holy Ghost shouting good time church! i loved it. I go every year but this year i just felt more blessed than usual. My pastor / Bishop gave me a "blessing" of $ on the last day which was so sweet cause i really needed it for the gas. I was bad and went to that open air mall, where they sell the BESTEST purse knock offs! i bought 2 Coaches for 35 each. LOVE THEM! since i cant afford the real deal (one day i will) and the 6year old and 3 year old rode in the car like ANGELS thank God for dvd players and spongebob and Cailu and Max and Ruby etc... they were so peaceful and we even stopped overnight in Los Angeles last night to visit my husband's son and his wife and we stayed the night with thier "older" brother. that was great seeing them and i cant wait to get on that scale you know whats funny i didnt even miss the thing!

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Old 08-25-2008, 01:11 PM   #173 (permalink)
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today i started the 5dpt i dont know what happened over the last week but my carb cravings are out of control! i just want to lick the salt off of everything! So i am hoping i can do the entire 5 days last time i really only did like 3 1/2 days but good results but i want to completely knock the craving out of my system.
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Old 08-27-2008, 02:54 PM   #174 (permalink)
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i am SO glad today is day 3 for me! whew i made it to day 3. i made myself a delicious 4egg omlet with turkey ham and string cheese in it. Of course i ate 1/2 of it and was hoping to eat the other 1/2 for dinner. NOT stupid soon to be ex was over and ate it! i was so mad at him! i said why did you eat my dinner he thought just because it was cooling off that it was left overs. um NO idiot! now i'm out of turkey ham darn moron
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Old 09-02-2008, 02:46 PM   #175 (permalink)
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Ok i'm going to see if i can keep up with this "blog"

I'm so tired of hitting the darn stalls. Not sure why and i keep "changing things up" ie eating more calories and more excersize and its NOT working. I read an article that Toony posted a while back from a Terry Simpson,MD on plateaus and stalls and the only thing i can think of is maybe i'm eating too many carbs in a day. I do love to nibble on cheese its or goldfish. I love string cheese too but sometimes lately i really need that salty cracker. So i'm wondering / pondering doing the 5DPT even though i'm 4 1/2 months out i find myself meandering towards those good ol' crackers and thinking thats got to be why i'm stalling so frequently. I think i'll just do soups and liquids for a day or 2 maybe not the entire 5dpt but gotta get my head away from crackers. hmmmmm i wont know the results because i'm still in scale withdrawls!

And like an idiot at the PCP office the scale was a manual one and it was NOT the number i had on my scale so thats got me thinking i gained 4 pounds. And my husbands daughter in law sticks in my mind she only lost 60 pounds with her GBS so thats got me wondering if i'm thru. But in the good part i'm up to 2.9 mph on the treadmill for 26 minutes yippeeee

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Keep your hope up. We are cheering for you. I keep telling my husband that I am sick of a pound here and a pound there and he looks at me and laughs. He asked me where I would be if I did'nt get the surgery and he is right. I look up to people like you so keep us smilin.............
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:49 PM   #176 (permalink)
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aw Queen your sweet! thank you its people like YOU that encourage me to keep at it and dont give up.

And BTW i didnt loose ONE LOUSY POUND on the 5dpt this time nuts! i go for my 9month follow up with only 67 pounds lost since surgery gee big fat whoopie doo and stopped my maddness with the carb monster and nothing. This is exactly what i was afraid of when i did this surgery failure. My surgeon cant call me a success yet because i havent lost at least 60% of my excess weight. I'M NOT EVEN AT 50% yet! i'm still wondering if the constant BM's are making me slower than everyone. who knows
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:03 PM   #177 (permalink)
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Hey Missay!

Is that a new advatar I see? You loooook beautious! Keep up the good work, all in time you will reach your goal.

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Old 09-02-2008, 09:11 PM   #178 (permalink)
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haaa it is i'm going to try to snap a few pics before church sunday or friday cause i hate my hair curly
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Old 09-08-2008, 05:23 PM   #179 (permalink)
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WHAT EVER! 3 weeks of a stall enough already! dang it i excersized last week, didnt do that many carbs and still stalling. this week i'm dedicating 5 days to excersize! stupid idiodic mentally retarded scale! i've had it! at least i havnt had any "accident" issues this week. I think (hoping) that its the probiotics making all the difference. God please just give me ONE week where i loose 5 pounds Just one lousy week
My parents are snow birds here in AZ and Maine and i havent seen my dad since May (i think i lost 25 pounds since then and he made the comment he hopes i'm 150 by October 20th when he comes back. Originally i said ya i can do that no prob well now i think thats a stretch
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Old 09-09-2008, 01:36 AM   #180 (permalink)
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Yep Deborah, something is just not right! And then again, something may not be wrong... Regarding your weight and "accidents" that is...

I went to my doctor about my then 8 year old son and told him the not right/not wrong bit. He sent me home telling me I was an over reacting mother hen! Well, dammit, I knew instinctively that something was amiss. I would be darned if I were brushed off so lightly! I wasn't sure what I was looking for, but I just knew I had to find whatever it was. And, lo and behold, a few months later, I heard something on the radio and then I knew - like a bolt of lightening! My whole world fell into place, treatment was assessed and therapy had started: my son was "diagnosed" with dyslexia! Once we knew what the problem was, it was so easy and straightforward to set the track straight, improvements were immediate and drastic.
All this babbling on? Morale of the story: don't give up, keep looking, listen out and sooner (I hope) or later, you WILL find your answer!
Chin up girl. Don't worry about what you have not lost - 25 pounds is far better than nothing at all under the circumstances of your current situation - again, you know you are working out in the gym!

And, by the way, I love your red outfit! Stunning and you wear it so well! Glam Girl!
Chin up Deborah - I know the battle is hard and unrelenting. But you are better off than this time last year!
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