Posts by jem599

My name is Joan and I'm a sugar addict and have been for at least 50 years.  It isn't a joke.  One taste of sugar and I'm off to the races.  Peanut M & M's are my drug of choice.

On rare phases of control I have been able to go for months and months without candy, cookies, cake, ice cream and every other sugary concoction.  But let me have just one taste and I'll be off on an uncontrollable run for week consuming enough chocolate/licorice to make myself sick.  I can eat an entire 42 oz bag of peanut m & M's in one day.  That's sick.

There is no moderation for me when it comes to sweets, especially chocolate.

It took me 15 months to go from 175 lbs down to 120 and only 15 months to go from 120 to 197.

Some people can have the occasional sweet treat successfully.  I am not one of them.  Some people lose their cravings for sweets after awhile.  I am not one of them.  For me, it's all or nothing.

I've recently taken control again but I know I'm just one tiny piece of chocolate away from disaster.  Let's see if I can drop 75+ lbs and get back to where I want to be!

Good luck to all you sweet-aholics :)

IMHO

Everybody knew Melissa was game playing....she wasn't fooling anybody...she just didn't want to admit it.  I think she's more concerned with winning the $$ than shedding the wgt.  That's not necessarily a bad thing financially speaking.

But what good is the $$ going to do her if she dies from heart disease or some other complication of obesity?

There have been times I haven't had 2 nickles to rub together but I wouldn't sacrifice my health for a dollar, or even $250K....

If you will notice, not much camera attention is being paid to the Pink team and even less to the Orange team because there isn't any drama around them.

Yes, the gum, Subway, and Jenny-O are paying sponsors but for those who are serious about wgt loss, it's good information on healthier options.

I like the show but mostly for it's entertainment value.  It's really not a very healthy way to lose wgt.

I've used the "cocktail sauce" as the liquid in a shrimp/chicken stir fry.  Tastes pretty good.

I use the "chocolate" syrup everyday in my protein shake.  That I can't live without.

Have you tried their website?

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!