Posts by jem599

Hi all...Just stopping by to say hello...I have absolutely no right to be a part of this group since I gained back all of the weight I had lost last year plus some.  Jan 2007 I was 178....April 2008 I was 121...Now I'm somewhere around 178-180.  I won't get on the scale.

Brigitte, I'm sorry my in box was full and you lost everything you wrote to me.  I've also had to get rid of my yahoo email because it was compromised and a virus got through that caused me all kinds of trouble.  I'll pm you my new gmail address.  Glad to see you're still hanging in there.  I had that same problem with the shoulderblade thing and yes it was from the way I was sleeping....side sleeper popping the shoulder forward.

Hi Sherry!  I'm glad to see you're still hanging in there too!  You may not have reached your goal but at least you're staying at a healthy stable wgt.  How is your Summer?  both the season and your daughter :)

Cassie,  I just knew you'd still be running!  How are your kids?  Any new tats?

Sorry I don't know the rest of you but this was always a fantastic group with lots of supportive ladies.

I'm still living with my father and he's needing more and more care.  I don't get to the gym because I have to go right home after work and make sure he's ok.  I really suck at being a care giver...

My eating habits are awful.  I've given up cooking completely because of the way my father destroys the kitchen everyday and I got weary of having to clean before I could cook.  There isn't enough time.  I hate this.  I use to be a fanatic about healthy eating.

Oh well I'll get out of my pity pot and move on. 

Keep it healthy ladies :)

Cassy....glad to hear things have somewhat improved.  I'm sure the pics don't do the actual sceen justice.  Thanks for sharing them.  I will continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers.  Take care.

I've tried those 100 calorie packs and I found I was eating the entire box in one sitting!

I am a sugar addict.  I find that "moderation" is not in my vocabulary and that I can never stop at just a taste.

So, for me, the only alternative is to avoid it completely.  If I have 1 cookie, the box is gone.  Candy is even worse.  One small pkg of m &m's is too much and the entire candy aisle in the grocery store isn't enough.

One taste of sugar will send me on a 2 week uncontrollable binge.

Some people can have a "taste" now and then to solve a craving.  Some of us are better off avoiding certain foods at all costs.

I hope you find a solution that works for you!

I know of a really nice house by the ocean in NC that's for sale!  It never snows there!

Going through a really rough time here ladies.  My spirits are about as low as they can go.  Most weekends I don't even bother getting out of bed except to brush my teeth...then it's right back to bed.  I'm getting fatter and fatter and mostly living on sugar.  All I want to do is go home from work and go to bed.  Even my anti-depressants aren't working for me now.

Maybe when my job really becomes my job and I can get a place of my own I'll be ok.  This move has been so much harder than I thought it was going to be.  I spent the last 40 years of my life out on my own and to suddenly be back living with my father and having absolutely no privacy and always having to clean the kitchen before I can cook has been more than my nerves can take.

At the rate I'm going, there will be no beach for me this year....not unless I don't mind all the little kids sitting in the shade behind the fat lady.

I hope you all are doing well....keep warm.

Hey Karey...I'm a color person so I like the yellow/black dress...although you can never go wrong with a classic black dress.  But I think the yellow one would be a bit more festive on your cruise.

Cassey...I'm not going to say a word about it being cold here but I sure do miss my 70* March temps at my beach house.

Cardiologist says not to worry about the insufficency of my mitral and tricuspid valves.  He says I'm in really great shape and there are millions of people with the same valve problems and since I have no symptoms of there being any problems he's not gonna worry about it.  I do have to go for a stress test on the 18th...LOL so I guess between now and then I have to become a runner!  LOL I'm built for endurance, not speed.  but they said I have to run full out for 4 minutes so they can check my heart/lung systems.  If Iend up huffing and puffing at 4 min there could be a problem.  I told him that after 4 min of flat out running there is going to be a problem...with my ankles and feet!

He did tell me to lay off lifting heavy because it's really not healthy for anybody because it causes the veins and arteries to constrict which puts pressure on the heart.  I told him that I didn't know if I could give up lifting and just do the treadmill, elliptical, and bike....my muscle would completely disappear.  He said I could lift, just not heavy.  Hmmm do we go by the pink dumb bell theory of what's heavy or my ability to lift stuff most women don't even look at?  What I think of as light, somebody else might consider heavy.....so it looks like "heavy" is very subjective.

Well, I haven't been sleeping well, worse then usual, wasting time and energy on worrying about that cardiologist appt today that turned out to be nothing!  LOL I'm actually healthy...or at least til the stress tests says differently...

Ok, ladies, keep safe, warm, and on track :) 

Awe Sherry...those squiggly lines are known as a migraine "aura"....for me they look like an arch of flames...then my lips start to tingle, and my tongue gets numb and feels "thick" and my face sags on one side or the other.  When I have them, a quick injection of Immetrex  usually helps but I don't have any on hand.  I'm so sorry you had this happen...They can be caused by almost anything...hormones, caffene, dairy, cheeses, and chocolate (the caffene in it)...Sometimes vomiting is involved and an extreme sensitivity to light and sounds.  Hopefully it's over for you now.  You did the best thing possible..take a pill and try to sleep!  Feel better :)

Hello Ladies....yes a "voice" from the past!

Good to see so many of you still around and so many of you still fighting the same battles, as am I....

I wish I could spend more time chatting in this room but my job is ever so busy....it's still a temp job but there is a definite rumor that my boss is trying to get it to be perm.  I still love my job.

Started getting back with the program AGAIN!!!!  Am doing a new kind of workout, one that I've never done.  For the first time in 40 yrs I'm not doing a bodybuilder's workout.  Bought the book The New rules of lifting for women and am doing it's workouts.  So far I've only done 2 and they are killers.  But on the positive side, I'm in and out of the gym in 45 min and no need to spend more than a few minutes on the elliptical for a warm up.  The workout keeps my heartrate between 147-171 the entire time.  that's enough cardio to keep my heart strong.

Anyway, I don't want to take up any more of your time.  I hope you don't mind if I pop in every now and again.  Colleen and I have become accountable to each other via email.  We both need to shed 20 lbs!

Take care ladies and keep it healthy!

wow very quiet in here...

Had a busy weekend...left work early Friday, picked up my father and headed 90 miles away to my uncle's wake(father's brother)...timing didn't allow for dinner.  We arrived early and my father was hungry so he went for pizza, I waited in the car to avoid the temptation.  Long late night...Up early to head back for the funeral...Had normal breakfast of oatmeal/strawberries....missed morning snack..Went to buffet reception after the funeral...Had a bunch of salad, lots of steamed veggies, 2 small pieces of salmon(tried to scrape off as much of the cream sauce as possible) 3 chunks of fresh pineapple, 2 tiny broiled marble potatoes, and a mall dinner roll.  Stayed away from the "make your own sundae" table....After a long, tiring day, got home late afternoon and gave in to the temptaion of several chocolates and some chips...I dont even like chips!  Scale still had me down another .2 this morning...146.8...that's 8 lbs since Monday!  YAY....

Sherry I'm glad the scale wasn't as bad as you feared!  Ok now, this is a new year, let's make it a new you! 

Let's make this new year a new Us!

Happy New Year Ladies!

I can't raise my arms above my head, sitting has become a challenge, I can't laugh without my abs cramping...I'm soooo glad I went back to working out to be healthy!  I'm very sore indeed...but I guess it's a good thing...Scale down to 149 this morning, that's nearly a 6 lb loss in 3 days...probably just water but I don't care, so long as it's gone!

Sherry:  you are way too funny..confessing ahead of time!  Maybe you could get Summer to help you cook the vegetables...maybe that would entice her to eat them!  I use to have my kids try one new veg a week.  I did find that they preferred most of the raw...carrots, green beans, baby spinach.  If you buy canned, remember to look for sodium free!  We use to keep a chart with pics of the veggies they tried and what they thought of them.  If they didn't like it, we would post a date in the future when they would try it again.  It seemed to work.  My girls loved popping the ends off the green beans!

Well I have a bit of work to finish up before I can leave...Gotta hit the grocery store for some goodies...My father is having a "party" tonight and the youngest person there will be about 79!  He asked me to join them but I said I didn't think I could handle all that excitement!

Let's hope 2009 is better than predicted!

Hello Ladies.....just popping in to say "Hello"  I'm not allowed to stay cause as of this morning I'm back up to 154.8!  Brigitte I wish I had only put on 15 but since I moved back to NJ the end of April I've put on 31.8 lbs!  most of it since August....It's disgusting....Only got to have 1 New Year's of no losing wgt being my resolution!  Headed to the gym tonight for the first time since Mid Oct...I'm disgusting...

Hope everyone is having a great holiday....Happy New Year!

Hey Ladies...just stopping by for a quick hello and to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm doing better with the sugar issue and start a new job on Monday....Even without that, this is still much to be grateful about...

I plan to be good tomorrow and have made provisions that won't go right to my gut, butt, and thighs!

Enjoy :)

Hello Ladies!

I didn't realize there was another 140/130 club! 

Stacey:  Glad to see you posting here and thanks for your note in my journal.  Yeah I'm struggling but I'm trying to work my way through it.  My younger daughter, and possibly my older one too, is going to meet me at the gym tonight so I can see how she's progressed since I set her up with a lifting program a few months ago.  Hopefully this will get me restarted on lifting.

I don't know the rest of you ladies, yet, so I'll fill you in on me...

I've been lifting since 2 years before dirt was invented!  I believe building muscle is the most efficient way to burn fat.  Jan 07 I was up to 178 Lbs after a serious back injury....April 08 I was down to 123 of lean defined muscle.  I lift heavy and love it...

Unfortunately I moved from living alone in a beautiful, brand new house in NC back to NJ to be near my family and have found the adjustment of living with my 87 y/o father a bit more stressful than I ever imagined.  Hence I began emotional eating again.  As of 11/2 I was back up to 154 but  was back down to 142 by 11/9....I blew it again this week and I'm refusing to get on the scale.

I haven't been to the gym except for last week when all I did was the cardio trainer and elliptical...no lifting...I'm struggling with stress and emotional eating like I haven't done since I blew out my back.  None of my clothes fit me and I gave away all of my fat clothes last year determined that I would never put the wgt back on...Yet here I am.

So, I'm hoping you'll let me join you group and maybe help me get back on track...Please feel free to pick my brain on lifting tips!

Yay Sherry!!!!

Hello All

Well I didn't get the job but it's ok, I found out why....I don't know the SAP program.  Was gonna register to take the courses on line but I ended up spending all my money on new flooring for my fathers laundry room, kitchen stairs, and kitchen.  He finally agreed to remove the carpet that's been down since 1972!  I felt like I had to pay for it since it's rather pricey and it was my idea to go with laminated wood instead of cheaper vinyl..

Food wise I'm still horrid..but today I did bring 2/3 of a pkg of Keebler chocolate cookies to work and gave them all to Guy...he's a bean pole.

Haven't been to the gym in weeks...gotta get back to that....I won't go near the scale but perhaps I should....maybe the shock would do me good..

Cassie:  I can't believe you haven't been running much...but then I bet you've done more than you think.  That party sounds fantastic.  I love Halloween!

Karey...welcome back...now get back on track...I'm trying but I find I'm Oh So Trying!

Sherry:  come on now that race isn't going to run itself!

I'm at work and have absolutely nothing to do...reminds me of my NC job! 

We had 5 inches of snow Tues-Wed...man it's cold here!  LOL and the warm coats I did have don't fit!  I'm really made a mess of things...no one to blame but me.   :(

hello ladies...

yes i know i've been mia.....was an extremely busy week at work last week....didn't make it to the gym even once....didin't get home from work before 8pm even once....

weight up to 140.6....i gotta hit the gym!  went on a hike on saturday with a new hiking club i joined.  was fun but my body sure wasn't use to climbing up/over/around rocks and tree stumps!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Sherry...cut the crapola and get back on track...

Gotta go.... :)