http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/ninnifer's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,161026/Wed, 21 May 2008 12:05:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,161026/Yes!!!!  Some good news to report today.  After my 30 minutes working out with Bob on the Biggest Loser Workout, I decided to measure myself.  And, wouldn't you know..... on less inch on my hops!  Goooo hips!  I thought that I saw a little less back there when I was ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,160085/Sun, 18 May 2008 10:43:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,160085/Well, I made a decision today.  I'm going to join Weight Watchers.  I was reading in the latest Good Houskeeping magazine about this lady who weighed 279 who, through walking, and good ole WW lost 120 pounds.  Well, I've lost my first 120 pounds.  I'm walking twice a week with ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,153556/Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:11:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,153556/Since my last entry, I've been to the chriopracter, the massage therapist and physical therapist.  The PT gave me the go-ahead to start walking again, and I'm glad to have a 'supervisor' I can consult with if things start getting painful again.  I've had a tendency to become pretty negative ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,152086/Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,152086/Hi There! Well, here we are in April!  And damn (!), I've had a rough ride these past few weeks.  First I got the flu, which kept me down for a good week and a half, then spring break came and I went to town excercising -feeling great - planing more ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,147176/Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:19:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,147176/This girl is a-changing!   I am at 246..... a total of 32.41 percent of my total body weight lost.  Here's how I calculated that (just in case I forget in the future and I need the formula.... "IW" = Initial Weight; "AW" Actual Weight IW-AC/AW.  So, IW (364)-AW (246) / IW (364) ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,136575/Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:39:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,136575/I'm writing in green, 'cause that's the color of the day.  Well, some brown too.  During this last week I've been out in my back-yard garden, sewing those little seeds to my heart's content.  And my heart IS really content.  Last weekend I spent several hours out there, and again ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,134682/Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:09:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,134682/I am beginning to see some more movement on the scale....thank God!  It feels like I've been hanging around this 253 mark FOR EVER, and this morning I see that the scale has decided to get with the program, and it registered at 251.   YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have discovered something else ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,126592/Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:57:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,126592/One full year since the life changing event has passed.  On January 16, 2007 I was wheeled into the Operating Room at Sutter-Roseville hospital, practically jumping out of my skin with excitement and anticipation of what a magnificent tool these trained and gifted surgical hands were about to give me.  As it ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,117169/Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:14:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,117169/To people who have not suffered with being obese, what I'm about to write down is probably not very exciting.  But to me, buying my first pair of size 20 jeans this past weekend is VERY exciting.  And to boot, the pair that I found are Ralph Lauren....thank you very ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,116440/Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:54:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/ninnifer/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,116440/Hello There!   Well, after being in mediocre-land for awhile with my eating, keeping track of my eating and excercise, I'm back to A-land!!  Just last weekend Bernie and I found our dream-dog.... a little 5 year-old Sheltie in a rescue center.  The first time we went for a walk together didn't ...