One month later..............

I'm down 14.2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY ME!!!   I'm so excited and rather proud of myself!  
I keep this up and I'll be ready for Christmas Vacation!

I have been drinking my slim fast... drinking my water and eating nice dinners with my boys.  Occasionally I end up changing my "meal time" out for breakfast or lunch.... depending on what is going on that day... so I drink my slim fast accordingly.   
Yesterday for example... I met my mom so she could get her car worked on ... while the mechanics tended to her car... we went to breakfast at Summer Kitchen.  I had a nice breakfast... kept it simple ... good for me .. and watched my calories.  We had a great time getting some "mom/daughter" time in shopping.... then back to pick up her car.   I had my slim fast for lunch and dinner then.  Worked out just fine...and I feel great!

I have really been good about my water intake!!  I carry my water glass EVERYWHERE! 

Well... gotta get back to my boys!
catch back up again soon!
hope to see some of you ladies pop back on!

Keep drinking your water!!!!!!!
love you all
God Bless
.::Tam::.

New Beginnings................

Well ladies................ its been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since we have been on here! 
I'm back ...... and I'm serious!
I have been so stressed and I'm done!  I'm tired of being stuck at this weight... I'm tired of stress... I'm just stinkin' tired!   I havent slept in MONTHS!    So.... getting serious about eating better may help all of that!

I'm doing the Slim Fast diet.   This forces me to have a breakfast and lunch!  Then I eat a nice dinner with my boys.   I've been taking my water  glass EVERYWHERE with me... so I make sure I drink my water!  
My problem hasnt been eating too much... my problem has been not eating right or at all.   So you see... I need to give my body some nutrition to burn.   The slim fast is my nutrition and the water helps cleanse.

I have my water glass (24 oz glass).... filled for the second time this morning! :)  I had my Slim Fast breakfast shake! :)  I'm ready for the rest of the day!

So............... hope to see you ladies pop back on and lets help each other get healthy again!

hugs... love & blessings to you all!
go get you water

.::Tam::.

Greetings!

Hello Joycie!!  It's great to hear from you; I'm thrilled to hear your new doctor is helping your weight-loss progress!  I'm still here; seems like the more I think life should slow down just a little bit, the busier it gets - which is okay, I guess.  Not too much to be done about it at this point, anyway...

I would like to be under 200 pounds by my next (40th) birthday.  That's 10 months away.  I need to lose around 6 pounds a month.  That does NOT sound like an impossible goal to me!!

My brother is getting married tomorrow.  Not much else to write about right now; I need to get my dress fixed up and pluck my eyebrows...  Keep up the terrific progress!!!

~ Melani

saying hello

Hello, any of us still out there?

What's the news? Is everyone ok, I miss hearing from all of you.

As for me I'm on the same old merry go around but I'm so ready to get off for good!

The 15th of last month I went to see a new kidney doctor (shes wonderful!) she went through my medicines one by one found no matter what I did ( besides starving myself to death) was was never going to lose weight, the water pill was taking fluid off and two of the others was putting it on. She put me on renvela and vitiman D! No dairy products for 2 weeks, some for a week, none for 2 weeks.

The 15 of Aug. 269! This morning 252 and feeling so much better, walking better, breathing better, oh and she put me a routine of iron IV on Mon, Wed, and Fri! I'm tired of all the needles better its all working .

Hope all is well and God Bless

Joycie

I AM BACK

Evening everyone, I just looked back and see where I have NOT been here since Sept! To long and I am sure I have added pounds!

My Hubby and I are FINALLY back in our own home again after having to live with my sister and then my Daughter for a year and a half! and in that time I went all the way up to 326!! LORD HELP ME!! It has been tuff this pass year with everything that has gone on and still keeps going on. But I know I have to get under control or I will not be here to much longer! I need to be Healthy and get my Diabetes, BP, and all my other problems under control! so I told John we are back in our own place now we can go back to cooking right NO not go back but start! cause if I had of been cooking and doing right I would never have made it to 285 before we moved home and had to live with family!

So anyway this morning is the first time I have been on the scales since I moved out of my sister's home and back into my daughter's home where being there i was more active running after a 2 year old grandson:) can't remember the date's but when I was on the scale last at my sister's I was at 326:((( this morning I am at 302.6!! I have no idea how this has happened other than being more active and just not eating as much. i was not trying. So now that i am we will see what happens:)

My Goal this week will be to FINALLY be back below 300 again. so a 3 pound weith loss would be great!

I am happy to see others are still here and doing good with your loss as well. maybe together we can all get Healthy again:)

Hugs
sissie

Still here.................

*sigh* Some days................... *sigh* I'm so sorry I havent been around ladies! Its been INSANE here! I'm literally exhausted....... physically and mentally! I lost 5 lbs... but havent lost anymore. Got my water... been eating only cuz I know I have to.. so you would think I would have lost tons... but its amazing what stress and exhaustion will do to ya. Hang in there ladies! I'm with ya.. .and cheering you on like crazy! I just need 5 minutes of peace. love you guys.... keep up the good work! God Bless .::Tam::.

weigh in report!!!

Warning: when you try to lose weight and your gaining...... see your doctor, there is a reason!

I was so depressed I was doing everything right, limited calorie, got more active, drank my water, AND put on weight!

Had some blood work done last Tuesday and Friday the doctors office called to tell me to get on a new medicine asap. picked up the medicine, Levothyroxin (throid hormone). Friday I weight 275 pounds, normal TSH is 0.35 to 5.50, mine was at 19.52! been on it for six days and this morning weight is 265. I'm not close to were I was but now I know why.

good luck to all of you, keep at the water and exercise even if its just a little, just make sure you do a little more each day.

Take care love goes out to you.

hey all

Just popping in very quickly to post my weigh-in for today.  It's 243.0 - and now, I'm off to bed!  :)

weigh in

Hi gals!  I bought a scale yesterday and weighed myself today for the first time since before my Mom died... and I can report to you all that I weigh 246.2 lbs. as of this morning.  I know for sure that's down from before the scale I had quit working, I was working to get down to 250 then (from around 257 or somewhere in there) so I'm making progress!  Now that I have a new scale I can keep closer tabs on what's going on with me weight-wise.  My mom's death at the too-young age of only 59 was a stark slap in the face for me to get my act together and drop a good chunk of this weight NOW for my health.  That's all it's ever been for me - I need to lose to be healthier, and I know I'll look better and feel better overall, too.  With my family history of diabetes, I have a lot riding on this!  My mom's mom died at the age of 69, then mom at the age of 59... I'm going on 39 and definitely want more than another decade on this planet!!!  :)  My great-grandmother (Mom's grandma) was 96 when she died, and I'm convinced my grandmother and my mother could have lived many more years if they had been more diligent in watching and controlling their weight.  I am determined not to walk down the same path!

Okay, that's my update.  How is everyone else doing???

WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY

I'm back on track weight this morning 261.2 , we went to the store yesterday and I bought my first Yarn for weight lost, that felt really good, I did a little extra housework and feel pretty good this morning,

Not to sure what the meals today will be, but Lou has to work so he may bring me a salad from Pizza Hut, I told him to skip bring home Pizza, even though I love it, Fish sounds good for supper,

Tammy, we are praying for your family, sorry to hear Ken's back in the hospital, this has to be hard on you, we love you and hope all goes well,

Good to hear from you Mel, I sent a note off to Sissie since her Email address changed, would love to hear from any other readers of this blog, there's room for more comments, come join us!

Love to all

Joycie

hey girls!

It's great to hear from you!!  I have been so out of the loop lately - my computer caught a virus and we took it in to get it cleaned, that took a week, then when I got it back it had a whole new operating system on it!  Arrrgh!  So, on top of dealing with everything that's been going on with cleaning out my dearly departed mother's house and keeping track of all things necessary with that, plus the usual day to day chaos that defines my life, I've pretty much lost "me" in all of it!  My scale died a few months ago, so I have absolutely no clue what my weight is right now... it's on my list of things to buy next time I have an extra $20 though, so I should be getting a new one soon.  I've been watching what I put in my mouth, and have to say I don't feel tremendously different, so I don't think I'm getting any bigger.  Lately I've been battling an extremely irritating cough that won't let up.  I think we've diagnosed it as bronchitis, so that's how I'm treating it for now... :)

I have been getting out a bit more often, since my brother moved into my Mom's house that she was going to move into.  He also kept the biggest of Mom's 3 dogs, so now that he's here in town I've been going over and taking the dog for a walk every so often (when I'm home to do it & it needs to be done... LOL)  Last week on Thursday & Friday I walked the dog then walked up to the elementary school & walked the kids home, so that's more movement... I need to cook up some more rice.  I have this kind I really like, it's got all kinds of whole-grain and yummy rice in it, some kind of gourmet blend.  It's a tad pricey, but I figure since I'm the only one that eats it I'm worth it!  LOL  I usually just put a little sesame oil on it with some salt & pepper.  It's really yummy in beans, too.  I've been learning to cook different foods (like beans, I cooked beans for the first time EVER a couple weeks ago!  LOL) so that I can avoid the canned variety (thus trimming down my sodium intake).

Okay, anyhow, I think I've rambled on enough.  Need to get to bed (not that I'll get much rest with this crummy cough) so I can get the kids up & out of here in the morning.  My goal for tomorrow is to locate my desk and bring some semblance of order to my bedroom.  Wish me luck!!!  :)

Sending you all much love, many hugs, and lots of prayers!!!

- Melani

THANK YOU, glad to hear from you.

Thanks Tammy for your support, I know they say" you have to do this on your own" but even on the show "the biggest loser" they have partners and team members helping them out. I NEED YOU!

I know all the information about eating the right foods and exercise but your right, with all the things going on, we forget to take care of ourselves! We can let each other know WE CARE.

I'm back on the water and no more snacking at night, ( it was so easy to fall into my old habits)

The last few months I just got lazy, I let Lou wait on me hand and foot, (literally) so my goal is to do as much for myself as possible, every movement is actually exercise, boy do I need it!

I was using the fact that Sarah Jo is slowing down (she had a defib/pacemaker) put in last month and is suppose to take it easy. So we went out to eat ALOT. Yes I'm the one that put all the weight on.

Thanks for sticking with me,

Startin' new ...............

·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸Good Afternoon¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸

WooHoo................... I'm with ya Aunt Joycie!!!
Weather has started to show some nice days... so I'm ready to get up... out and move!
I want to get some weight off and get my body back to moving. My short term goal is by walking the school track get some of the weight starting to move off. Long term goal... be able to run the school track by end of summer.

With all the stress in my house.... people living her that dont belong here... hubby sick... son sick... etc......I havent lost anymore weight.. havent gained... .but the weight I have wanted to loose for some time isnt moving. I'm so tired emotionally I just cant seem to stay focused.

so.................... here we go............... I'm gettin' my glass of water..... how about you Aunt Joyce?
I'm super excited for you to be able to get to the pool........... so lets get movin'!!!



God Bless
<>< Tam

Starting over how about you!

GOOD MORNING

Well time to start over and lose weight! I put a lot of the weight back on, NEED to get this extra weight off, Are you with me.. Lets hear from YOU , I need your support.

I weighted this morning and I'm up to 265.0 I set a goal of 35 pounds off by summer so I can get into a swim suit to use at the pool, I always exercise better in the pool, plus we have one right here in the Apt complex.

Miss you all, love hearing from you.

Joycie

checking in:

Hi everyone, I've been off the computer for awhile...... had my surgery on my hand (the knuckle on the left index finger remove, it was so bad from gout) I'm having a hard time healing! but its getting better. and of course I have to type one handed!!!!! I put on a lot...... of weight with the surgery, was 241 the morning of surgery and 249 a few days after. but I started eating rice again and this morning I'm at 239. I like rice with a cheese sauce, and rice and black eyed peas, rice and chicken breast with cream of mushroom soup. If you have any good recipes I'd like to have them.

I love hearing from all of you. I really need your help with staying with this. (so much better for my health) I've been feeling pretty good but I miss my knitting and crocheting.

God bless all of you,

Joycie

weigh in for me!

Hey gang - just a quick note with my latest weigh in... I've been bouncing around the 251 - 252 mark for a while now, which on one hand is a good thing since I haven't gone back up to the 257.5 mark where I started from... BUT it's also slightly discouraging because it's like the scale is just stuck there.  But then, today, I got on the scale fully expecting to see the same old numbers, and I was very pleasantly surprised to see the number 249.5!!!  So somehow I've finally broken through the 250 mark, I'm pretty excited about that.  The only thing I did differently yesterday was eat rice.  No joke.  So I'm going to cook up some more rice, and eat some today also - we'll see what tomorrow brings!!  :)

I'm checking in, too...

Hey hey everyone!  Sissie, let me just say that you should join a bowling league with a score of 202!!  My friend Kelly bowls, and I'm sure they'd LOVE to have you!  :)  Great job!  No matter what you do, getting up and moving around counts!!  :)  I went grocery shopping today, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm counting that!  LOL

Yesterday I was back down, today I'm back up.  I still haven't reached 250 even, but I'm not giving up yet... these last few days I've had a visitor, you know the one, our wonderful "Aunt Flo" that makes us hold onto water, crave salty things and chocolate... so I figure if I'm not bouncing back up to where I was a couple weeks ago I must be doing something right.  Exactly what that is, I'm not sure, but I'll just keep doing whatever I've been doing and call it good.  How's that sound?  LOL

We went to a wedding this weekend - my husband officiated again... so there was reception food and a few "adult" beverages.  My eldest son drove us home, though - I don't like drinking when I'm away from home if I'm the one responsible for getting everyone home safely... so I let William take the wheel and we made it home safe & sound.  :)  All in all, we had a wonderful time and I didn't gain a bunch of weight, so I was happy twice over!  (At least)  The wedding was for the daughter of one of my best friends... this will be the second wedding my husband has performed for one of my best friends' kids.  Pretty cool, huh??  :)

So officially, this morning I was 252.0 again.  I'm getting rather tired of seeing that particular number on the scale.  I'm hoping when Aunt "Flo" goes home I can make some real headway.  Tomorrow we head East to Ypsilanti, MI for my husband to perform another wedding ceremony... he's getting pretty popular!  :)

It's so awesome to hear everyone's progress!!  You all keep up the GREAT work!  :)

Mega hugs!!

Just checkin in:)

good evening everyone, just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing so far this week. Tammy great job on your loss, and Mel I know you are doing good also:)

so far this week I have used the WII Fit yesterday and today! yesterday was 15 minutes. today I did the bowling against my sister and nephew and I am Proud to say I WHOPPED them LOL I bowled a 202!! then of course nephew beat me good in golf LOL but the main part is we played for 2 hours without me even giving out to the point that I had to quit cause I could not get up and down out of my chair! now the 15 minutes that I do on the Fit is a killer! i am doing as much as I can on the balance cause my back, legs and knees are what hurt me the worse. and I want to say I am doing a little better.

have any of you seen the site http://www.livestrong.com/ ? I found it last week though facebook, someone I can't remember posted it there. it is pretty neat. I am keeping track of my calories on the "my Plate" page. not doing much else there yet. I am coming out almost 700 calories short each day.

ok talk more later
hugs
sissie

Good Morning .......

Well........... I'm on Week #3 now and am down 5lbs! YAY ME!!!

I am so proud of you Sissie and Mel!!!! You two are doing great.. both with weight and attitude!!! Good for you!

I have been doing real good with my calorie count... could have done better this weekend with water intake. Spent alot of time running errands... so I'm counting some of that as exercises.... hehehehee :)

I made a Great pot of chili this weekend and it was only 100 cal per cup... so 2-3 cups is a NICE full bowl... and easy on the calories!

Not sure what we're having tonight... I may make a nice grilled chicken dinner.

you all have a great day!!!!

Check back in tomorrow!

God Bless,

.::Tam::.

Week Two Weigh IN

Good Morning Ladies,
So as we know I have made Sunday as MY official weekly weigh in date. so this is Sunday and I am Happy to say I am down 9.6 pounds! I am now 317.2
NOW let me tell you I am sure this is not all from being good as I ended up with celulitus in my left leg and it was pretty bad. The Dr has but me on Cephalexin 500 mg. and my leg is look and feeling alot better! so I am sure that is where a lot of the fluid and weight is coming off from. But it is a loss and I am taking it LOL

as for my exericing I have not done anything for the last two day been to sick with a cold I am guessing:( but did get in 4 days of at lease 10 mins so better than nothing Right?

oh also while at the Dr the other day my blood work for the second time came back worse that the first:(( My BS count was at 7.5 and should be below 6.0 so Dr put me on Metformin 500 mg. another GOOD reason to do something about this weight NOW!! and my liver count was up again. not sure what this means but am sure if I work on getting healthy again this will fix itself also:)

My Goals for week 2 are: 15 minute work out 4 days on either the WII Fit or a Walk.
do my best to get at lease 48 oz's of water every day!
Stay OUT of My sisters Sweet Tea!! man I have fallen in love with her tea, BUT she makes it with 2 cups of sugar to a gallon. so I know I do not need that!!


ok so enough about me, how was everyone else's week?

Hugs
sissie