Posts by nikidust

Maybe you feel the loss of your weight-loss buddy, too. You won't really be able to talk about your struggles in the same way anymore. Though you will both still have struggles, they will be different. Maybe you could find some other friends to talk to about losing weight naturally. Maybe you could get yourself into a support system like weight watchers, or make some friends at a Curves. I think having friends with similar goals really helps us succeed. It sure makes working out more fun to have a buddy there with you.

I had a friend who got gastric bypass surgery, and we pretty much stopped hanging out after that. Her life changed drastically, and we had a lot less in common. After she lost 100+ lbs, she lived it up a little, partying and being social with new friends (I think this happens a lot with rapid weight-loss) but has settled back down now and is starting a family.

Her weight-loss was rapid, but it wasn't easy. She had to be very careful about what foods she ate or she would vomit, or not get enough nutrition. Her hair fell out a lot, and she was miserable for a lot of it. It's not an easy fix, and even with lap band, there can be serious complications.

Try not to be jealous. There are always skinnier people around us. There are always people who have it easier than we do. There are also people who are bigger and have it harder. It's really not about them, it's about you. What can you do to be the most successful achieving your goals? How can you stay healthy and lose the weight? What would help you stay on track?

If you need a buddy on here to talk with, let me know. I have been struggling to loseabout 60 lbs since September 06. I have lost 23 lbs and stalled (I think in part due to hormone BC which I am off of now). I still have a long way to go, and I want to be fit and strong! I hope you are feeling better about the whole situation now. Just remember, everyone else's success or failure has nothing to do with your own.

This sounds like a good challenge. Is it only for man-made sugary things or all things sugary, like fruit and fruit juice? I think I will go off the man-made sugary things for one month - til October 5th.

I had a teacher in high school that went off sugar for a month and after the month was over, he didn't want sugary stuff, anyway. That'd be handy, huh?

I'm definitely eating the home-grown watermelon my mom is bringing me tomorrow from her garden, though. I could do without cookies and cake and candy, though.

I just had my Mirena removed 3 days ago after having it for 5 years. I had it inserted about 5 weeks after having my 2nd child, and it didn't hurt, only mild cramping afterward. I had break-through bleeding for about the first year, but  then had almost no periods for the next 4 years.

My strings disappeared back into my cervix about a month in, and they used an ultrasound to make sure it was still in my uterus, which it was, so they just left it alone. When it came time to remove it, I was really nervous because of the lack of visible strings, but it only took a minute for the doctor to find it with a grasping instrument and pull it out almost painlessly.

The IUD affected me differently through the progression of its useful life. At first I had a significant loss in libido, which subsided after a couple years. I was fine in the middle, but toward the end I started having a lot of anxiety and mood swings and depression. I cried at the drop of a hat, was lethargic, obsessed about food... like being pregnant. Once it was out, I felt happier, more energetic, and I don't think about food til my stomach growls. 

I thought I was fine on the IUD. I really didn't want to get pregnant again after having 2 kids in less than a year, and the Mirena seemed like the best choice. I had no idea that the low hormone dose would affect me so much. It was such a gradual thing that I didn't really know it was happening until it stopped. I feel SO free now!

For the record, I am using the Billings ovulation method for delaying pregnancy until we move and are ready for #3. It's 98% effective and has been practiced world-wide since the 70's, including developing countries. I ordered the CD from here:http://faf-store.stores.yahoo.net/index.html to learn how to do it and so I would have the software on my computer. It's very simple once you learn it.

I had mine out when IW as 8 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child. I had several severe attacks and ended up in the ER 3 times in a matter of weeks. Turns out my case was very bad, with involvement with the common bile duct and I ended up with pancreatitis while they were trying to flush my system with fluids to get the stone dislodged. I was SO relieved to have the pancreatitis pain gone that the surgical pain was fantastic! I even turned down post-surgical pain meds.

The only side-effect I have experienced after having it removed was that fatty foods give me the runs. It was way more sensitive at first but now it's only very fatty foods that get me. Before it was almost anything.

BTW don't eat lettuce. It causes attacks, too.

You could have a vitamin deficiency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A_defici ency

Breakfast: low fat strawberry yogurt (lighter than my usual breakfast, but it was a late snack before lunch)

Lunch: eggs cooked in Smart Balance,  toast

Dinner: Tuna sandwich ( light tuna in water with light mayo,  boiled egg and minced dill pickle on white bread)

Snack: Fudgesicle

That's not enough, so I still need to add something. I will probably have some more yogurt and then some hot cocoa later with skim milk mmmmmm!

Robbie,

Weigh yourself in the morning before you eat or drink and after you use the bathroom. Enter your weight on your weight log here and it will show you if you're averaging a loss or gain or staying the same. The blue line on your chart is the weights you entered, and the green line shows the "trend" which is more accurate since, as you noticed, our weight fluctuates a lot.

Don't expect big results (or necessarily any) to show up on the scale after only 10 days. Many people don't see the scale move right away.

Have you used the tools here to figure out how many calories to shoot for each day?

svmom,

Sorry you'fe feeling ill. I think Mucinex with the cough suppressant is AWESOME stuff. I took some of my kid's Mucinex cough syrup with the cough suppressant out of desparation and it worked SO well. I only took a kid's dose and it worked just fine. It really broke up the crud in my chest right away and made me stop coughing. Great stuff, wish I had found it sooner.

Zicam cold remedy (nasa gel... the edible ones are nasty.) is also great, but works best if you take it when you first get symptoms.

As for what to do, well I don't bother to work out at all when I'm sick except to do the "health bouce" on my rebounder (gently bouncing with your feet still on the mat for 2 minutes an hour to flush lymph and raise your white cell count) because I just get too tired too quickly. it's ok to have a couple maintenance days when you're sick. Take it easy and get some rest. You can pick up where you left off in a few days.

As for me, I weighed myself first thing this morning and the scale said 166, which isn't too bad! My last weigh-in before this was 160 on October 16th, and I haven't been counting calories at all since then, AND I am retaining water right now from hormones, so I'm guessing I only really gained about 3-4lbs over that time. I can live with that.

I'm back on track now and loving it. :) I can't wait to drop another pant size. I bought myself some new workout pants and some resistance bands so I'm all ready to go now :) I also have a new workout video I borrowed from my mom to try out. Maybe I'll try it tonight.

mmmmm crock-pot soup! I like to make veggie-beef soup in the crock pot. Making my mouth water just thinking about it. :) Maybe this weekend. It's pretty low-cal too!

This is so stupid. Parents need to be responsible. Is there a cheap, easy way to test for lead? If so then make it available to parents so they can test their children's own toys. Next thing you know there will be a law limiting the length of shoe laces so as to prevent us from unnecessary risk of tripping over our own feet. Give me a break. Yes, new toys should be tested, but if it extends to re-sales of used toys, that's just ridiculous.

Think about all the toys that would end up in a land-fill instead of ina new, loving home. I can't believe environmentalists wouldn't raise a stink about that. Actually, by all rights, shouldn't we have to test for lead before we throw it away into a landfill?

hey guys, I've been AWOL for a while... but I'm still here. I've been maintaining and not exercising. It's TTOTM so I'll weigh myself again in a few days. I haven't been counting calories at all, but I logged everything so far today. I guess friday will be the day I weigh myself. I have been weighing here and there and fluctuate between 160 and 164, it seems, but that's normal for me. Stupid hormones.

I got a LONG over-due hair cut yesterday! SO happy to have 4" less hair! And even with the huge pile of hair that was behind me on the floor when all was said and done, my hair is still 2" past my collar bone. I probably would have gone much shorter if not for my husband's attachment to my hair, lol.

I also managed to finish a baby blanket for my niece while I was away. Still love knitting, but I've noticed that while it keeps me from eating constantly, it also keeps me from exercising! When I have free time I want to knit, when before I used to squeeze workouts in when I could. Cruel world! Why?! *cries* I so love knitting, but I have to cut way back on it or I'll never get any exercise done. *cries some more*

I've gone from working out 4 times a week to ZERO for the past 2 months! It's gotta stop. Knitting is like crack. Just don't even go there, ladies. Put the needles down and walk... or run away.