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| Motivation | Yay 5 pounds!! | Oct 07 2006 15:11 (UTC) |
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| Right on! I kind of got off track with logging my food intake ... been waaay busy at work and hey... I lost 2 more lbs! Funny how this happens. But hey, works for me. Happy dance! | |||
| Motivation | Husband Motivation? | Sep 28 2006 23:29 (UTC) |
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| Funny... when guys talk about us women being "fine" it usually means "Freaked out, insecure, neurotic and emotional"
My boyfriend is so funny. He is now checking everything we buy for salt content, calories, fat, etc. When he goes grocery shopping he has to show me all the stuff he's bought and how he "found" all these new brands that are better for us. If we are shopping together he checks the ingredience of something I take from the shelf and may come back with something he feels is better in salt, sugar, etc. It comes from me telling him how it shocks me that some of the foods I thought were so healthy were saturated with salt!!! That was my problem. I never eat sweets, cut all the fat off my meat, remove skin from chicken, don't eat oily fish or foods. But some of the "diet" foods I was buying had sodium contents that would floor a horse! Thank you CC! |
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| Weight Loss | Women only please! - Breast reduction even after weight loss | Sep 28 2006 23:13 (UTC) |
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| You guys sure were fortunate on your choices for your surgery. I was told I couldn't choose my size. "HE" being the Dr., told me he would reduce to where it would look the best for my body. He told me not to go out and by a smaller bra because chances were my old ones would fit. And like some stories I read here, one breast is larger than the other... not the "naturally one is larger than the other larger" but almost a cup larger. Really, listening to all you guys... I wish I'd done more homework. | |||
| Motivation | Wish they would notice? | Sep 28 2006 23:03 (UTC) |
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| and.... if after dawning that "figure revealing" sexy negligee and he reply's to your ? of noticing anything, "nope". Then don't look at him, smile and giggle and say "perfect, then my boyfriend won't notice either" .... and prance out of the room. All in fun honey! My boyfriend tells me everyday, a dozen times a day how great I look and how much he loves me. Honestly? It makes me crazy some days and at times means nothing to me. But if he ever stopped.... well then maybe that may be a different story. Men are funny, they either feel they don't need to tell you everyday or they feel they need to tell you a hundred times a day.
By your pic, you don't look heavy at all. Matter of fact you look very good. Do you think maybe he's thinking you are loosing too much weight. Don't want to be a downer, just another point of view. Congrats on your loss darlin' and the only person you have to please is you. People love people who are happy with themselves. |
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| Weight Loss | Women only please! - Breast reduction even after weight loss | Sep 26 2006 04:04 (UTC) |
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| I have a girlfriend who doesn't have a scar! She told me, "when I bent over,they looked like soccer socks with a grapefruit inside". She had a samll frame and the weight was killing her back, never mind her self image when she took her bra off at night. She loves herself now and says it's the best thing that she's ever done!
Me? Not so lucky. I wasn't like her. Never had the sock/grapefruit issue. Just large, about a double D but with lots of neck and back pain after an injury and when the pain didn't go away, they suggested reduction surgery. Scars? Yeah, if you want to call 1/4 purple tracks around my nipples and across my chest from one arm pit to the other, scars. My doc told me, "if you are worried about scars you might as well forget it now because you are going to have them" I also have little feeling anymore. I still can't have them touched without some discomfort, especially at that time of the month. My sis in law is the same way. So, there's your "bad experience" story. I wouldn't do it again and wish I never had but honey, that is me. You may be just fine. If you decide to get it done, do like the girls are telling you, do your homework and talk to some girls you may know that don't mind showing you their "work". My doc was supposed to be the best. Guess we all don't have the same opinion and it could have just been me. Anyway, it's been almost 5 years and the scars are still purple. Make sure you could live with that. I'm not trying to scare you... many people are very pleased with their choices. |
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| Weight Loss | Horrible weekend - drank too much | Sep 25 2006 00:46 (UTC) |
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| Hey mel,
Drinking any kind of alcohol turns off the "satiety" gland (if it is actually a gland or a function in the brain) Now, I'm not trying to encourage your drinking by any stretch but if you want to "play" for a night, drink your alcohol with diet soda, club soda with lemon or lime if you are having the right type of alcohol (or add club soda to your coolers ) or just drink a large glass of water between each drink. This will fill you, not get you too high (if you are doing the water thing) and you won't want to drink as much, hence you won't be hungry either. And... bonus... you won't have to apologize, explain yourself, find your car, wonder who's house you wake up in... and god help you want to chew your arm off because it's easier than waking the guy up,... etc. Hey chicky, I was at college too! ;) ;) Have fun, be careful but remember what you are there for... THE PARTY...joking... you know what I mean :) |
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| Motivation | Apology from lilbittt | Sep 24 2006 23:32 (UTC) |
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| did someone remove your earlier post m3lody ?? | |||
| Motivation | Body Image | Sep 24 2006 23:23 (UTC) |
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| Thanks girls... but hey, I'm certainly not down on myself for perceiving what I did from those pics. If anything it was confirming my concerns about the conditions I was gradually experiencing over the last couple of years. Finding it hard to get comfortable at night, labored breathing when climbing stairs or doing something active, getting all flushed and too hot after meals sometimes. Bottom line, I was getting too heavy and that was my body's way of trying to tell me and I was just not fully listening. I had my physicals and the the doc was telling me everything looked normal but yes, I should be more active and try to lose the weight I put on. I kept figuring when the "moment" hit me, I'd just do it. It just didn't hit me until I saw those pics. I think it was more the shock of not really seeing myself that way that made me wake up. Hey, I was 150 and then I see myself at 211.... , you know the pics are going to tell on you. So, no, not down on myself. Just real happy my girlfriend loves me enough to finally get through and "I" love and respect myself enough to get healthy again.
I know even when I was 150 and feeling great (I'm 5'9 1/2" by the way) I have seen pics of me I just hated. And there were one's I just loved. Just seems this time there were no "loved" ones. And that's okay. Like I said, I'm very happy that happened because it means to me that I still have respect for myself and getting healthy again. Here's to all of us and the support this site gives us! Cheers ladies!!! Sorry... and Gents! |
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| Motivation | Apology from lilbittt | Sep 24 2006 18:49 (UTC) |
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| People. Why are we stressing about this one post?
lilbittt please don't take this personally but myself? I would be embarassed to continue trying to regain my image especially when some are getting the impression I'm becoming a bit of a pain. It's okay. Not everyone has to agree with me, or help to smooth my feathers if I get a curt reply from someone. And bottom line is... why would I place so much emphasis on people I don't know, have never met, will probably never meet and who's opinions are obviously getting me purturbed. Honey, we teach people how to treat us. Coming to this site repeatedly and "maybe" anticipating a reply you may not like is like believing when that door hits you in the face you're not going to feel it. Move on honey. You've already made your feelings known and that's as far as you need to go. Let the rest be. I hope this finds you in better spirits. |
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| Motivation | Post your motivational one-liner here | Sep 23 2006 21:29 (UTC) |
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| gotcha han! Brilliant! I really like ck142 's also. Very thought provoking... | |||
| Motivation | Post your motivational one-liner here | Sep 22 2006 23:34 (UTC) |
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| If "han" is referring to my post, .... it all depends on what you need, what you feel you want and certainly what you already have....and yes indeed my friend, not everyone is the same. | |||
| Motivation | Hi everyone | Sep 22 2006 23:22 (UTC) |
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| OMG! I thought it was just me... I too am feeling like what you folks are talking about. Worse thing about us girls is that when "Aunt Flo" comes for a visit, we feel like the weight we just lost... found us. I can gain so much "water" during that time and it makes me feel awful. But hey, when it's all said and done.... Bingo! Gone. Then I'm on this big high that I lost so much weight in such a short period of time (I tend to forget I gained it as fast =/)
Sometimes it's a stress thing. I know everyone is different and not everyone works this way, but me? My body won't release a cel, never mind a pound when I'm stressed! Again, once the stress passes, bang... gone. Life in gereral today is practically stress-ful, not stress-free. We need a place to live, a job, the kids need the latest in clothes, toys, games, being part of the hockey team, swim team, dance, curling, tennis, basket-ball, volley-ball, scoccer, and of course when they get good there's weekend tournaments/team, weekday tournaments/team, fall training, spring training, pre- summer training,- pre- training training and when they get real good... out of town tournaments. Stress? What stress? Then we are expected to still keep the house clean, laundry, cook, do homework with (sometimes "for" the kids because you are just tooo tired); put out, take to the vet, wash, clean up after (what the kids swore they would do if you just would buy them that puppy!) dog. What's with all these birthday parties they are invited to that you've never heard the kids name mentioned before??? Prepare lunches, drive to the bus stop, pick up after school because they wanted to do after school sports/activities... AND.. just when you get home from an exhaustive day at work, when hubby "forgot" or had an important meeting that he had to attend, and off you go to the school. You pick them up, get home ( because now you are working on GPS right now) get in the door when you hear.... "What's for supper?" Aw yes.... the day in the life of just about everyone. And you wonder why we are on alert about being an "Obese Nation". I know only too well, when ya get home... what ever is the fastest is what you are getting. So yeah, feeling like you are going nowhere... rollercoaster? If someone out there can honestly tell me that they got it all figured out.... come on and tell us your secret. Cause, looks like alot of us missed that class. |
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| Motivation | Post your motivational one-liner here | Sep 22 2006 22:30 (UTC) |
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| "Here's to being blessed with all the things I need in life; to being fortunate enough to have many of my wants; but most of all to be greatful for everything that I already have." Cheers! | |||
| Motivation | Body Image | Sep 22 2006 22:13 (UTC) |
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| My "bestest" girlfriend had been trying to tell me for a while now that I was getting a bit "heavy". I guess I wasn't listening. We went on a vacation together this summer, just the two of us to her cottage. Because we were the only ones there for 7 days, we wore what we wanted (mostly going around in our bathing suits) and had a ball! After we got home she sent me the pics. I just about threw up! I honestly never realized I had gained so much weight over the past 3yrs and like you, I saw it in the mirror, but never really "SAW" it in the mirror. I cried for hours.
She later told me that everytime she saw me in a position where you could really see how much weight I had put on... she snapped a shot. I hate her...(joking)... but I love her for opening my eyes. I am down 11 lbs and still have 50 to go. Hang in there girl. Sometimes it's hard to be kind to yourself when you feel this way. If that happens, you will start disrespecting your body again. Just say, "I am okay, and I am already doing something about it." |
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| Motivation | Help! Coworker sabotaging me! | Sep 22 2006 21:59 (UTC) |
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| Bravo to the one who said "share". Get a cute dish to place on the front/side where ever, on your desk where it will be seen the most. You know what you are putting in it.... Trust me, they will disappear in a hurry. People will make a habit of passing your desk many times a day ;) Your co-worker will probably stop giving you these as she feels she suppling the whole office, where in actuality... you are just wanting to share her delicious gifts with everyone. Hope this works...(and please don't tell me you will feel obligated to always have something in the dish. Once the habit stops, remove it. ) Good luck! | |||
| Motivation | Unhappy? Gaining weight? | Sep 22 2006 19:46 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for your responses all.
It's taken me a while to come to that realization (that it's maybe due to being so unhappy about where I live) Much thought, conversations with others and trial and errors. I've had everything from "you are just not trying." "when in Rome..." "you are just being anti-social" I've done so many things that keep my time occupied like completely renovating the house, the yard (and the yard is only 25x20, oh yeah, I guess I should have mentioned I moved into a town house, big change from the big house I had in the country) and now that it's done I'm feeling very closed in. I don't like the area I'm in as there seems to be sirens and alarms going off on a regular bases. I guess re-reading this....I'm answering my own question huh? Just really funny how situations you can't figure out can have the affect of someone putting on weight. I've been feeling very closed in since I moved here. I guess that would be my solution, get out of this uncomfortable situation so I can relax and get back to "me" |
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| Weight Loss | Green Tea and Dieting | Sep 16 2006 14:50 (UTC) |
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| Since I've been dieting, I drink Green Tea after each meal. If I overdo it, it tends to help release that bloated feeling. I have digestive problems since my weight gain and this tea seems to really help. Friends told me about it and that it has helped them with sticking to their diets and claim they feel it's helped them lose weight. I buy mine fresh from a chinese store and like this kind better than the bags. Not sure what is in it that helps but it really has kept my stomach from acting up. It's only been a month so I'll keep it up and see how if it keeps working or maybe even gets better! | |||
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