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Topic: RE: Anniversary is right around the corner
Way to go Pammy! That is definitely an amazing accomplishment. I remember days like that and know I'm heading in the wrong direction. For me this year is definitely about remembering who I was and what I accomplished and how I can continue my success. Even at the weight I am at now, I am still better off than when I started this. So that is definitely something to be happy about 
I'd still do it again too in a heartbeat!
I'd still do it again too in a heartbeat! Topic: RE: NEW YEAR HOPE
I'm with you! Good luck with the doctor. He sounds sincere and eager to help you. My prayers are with you.
Topic: RE: New Year's Hopes - Join Me?
Hi Judy,
Ah thanks so much for your post. Isn't it HARD to post how much we weigh? I hate it. But we are in the same boat. We can do this together. It's amazing how faaar off the weight loss surgery "diet" slash lifestyle I am. I am going to post what I bought and what I'm planning.... take a peek at my post. We can do this together. I find that going to the main message boards and the boards where people are just having surgery or are like 3 months out and what they are eating is EXTREMELY inspiring and reminds us of the drastic change we decided to make and what we should be doing. Hang in there!!! ((hugs!))
Ah thanks so much for your post. Isn't it HARD to post how much we weigh? I hate it. But we are in the same boat. We can do this together. It's amazing how faaar off the weight loss surgery "diet" slash lifestyle I am. I am going to post what I bought and what I'm planning.... take a peek at my post. We can do this together. I find that going to the main message boards and the boards where people are just having surgery or are like 3 months out and what they are eating is EXTREMELY inspiring and reminds us of the drastic change we decided to make and what we should be doing. Hang in there!!! ((hugs!))
"Never act until you have answered the question 'What happens if I do nothing?'" - Robert Brault
"Love is borne from soul to soul on the wings of words." - Rudolph Steiner
Elizabeth M 
Topic: RE: New Pics of the Baby and My son Matt
Thanks everyone! She is a handful. She's so funny right now trying to talk. Matt is funny with her too always trying to make her laugh. heh...I always hated getting my picture taken. I was the one always hiding from the camera even when I was thinner. I grew out of it...veeeerrry slowly... but definitely not completely.
Oh I definitely want to see Paulie the wonder bird!!!! 
I think I'm holding off on me celebrating me until I get through some of this weight loss that I am needing to get off. I just don't feel much like celebrating since I've gained. But once I manage to get it off...I'll post more pics 
Topic: RE: NEW YEAR HOPE
I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! 
You can do this, especially the "taking better care of me" promise to yourself - because that's where it all has to start; only then can you be a better you to your family, your Christian base, your community, your world. Can't wait to hear about your lymphatic drainage massage results - getting the toxins out of the system is so crucuial; eliminating sugar is really, really important! Let's do the "buddy system" on the sugar, ok? NO SUGAR, one day at a time - today is DAY TWO for me of no chocolate - YEAH!!!
You can do this, especially the "taking better care of me" promise to yourself - because that's where it all has to start; only then can you be a better you to your family, your Christian base, your community, your world. Can't wait to hear about your lymphatic drainage massage results - getting the toxins out of the system is so crucuial; eliminating sugar is really, really important! Let's do the "buddy system" on the sugar, ok? NO SUGAR, one day at a time - today is DAY TWO for me of no chocolate - YEAH!!! Topic: RE: New Year's Hopes - Join Me?
Judy, thank you for this post - I always so appreciate your honesty and I'm hurting for you and with you, my dear friend. Continuing to look at "the surgery" as the magic cure-all is such a mistake and when I talk to "newbies" I make sure they understand that while the surgery itself is a marvelous jump start for severely obese people to lose weight initially, the stark reality is that ultimately it falls to us to make the daily choices to remain healthy and fit and at a weight that feels good for us. Navigating through the weight loss is one thing, and that takes about 18 months; staying there is a lifetime commitment and a daily battle. I'm with you, Judy - and with everyone on this Board and throughout the WLS industry to fight the fight. I spent several hours yesterday reading about sugar addiction and it is real and how it messes up the body and the brain is unbelieveable! Brain chemistry, and the endocrine system, and the damage it does to the liver and pancreas and kidneys - I came home and threw out every scrap of sugar in the house! Take charge, Judy - be pro-active, believe in your inner strength and I promise you, you can do this! We're here for you. Love, Maureen
Topic: Anniversary is right around the corner
Well we are all coming to our anniversary. 5 years. what do we get for 5 years? is it paper?
I think for me what I get for 5 years is confidence!
I look back at what I was. Now look again today and the difference is amazing.
I also get Strength!
5 years ago I could not walk up the stairs in my little condo without holding onto the railing and pulling myself up the steps. Each and every step my mouth would emit a groan, my knees would send pain though out my body. I would have to stop every 3 steps just to catch my breath. I would plan when and what I would carry with me to go up to my bedroom. Now I do not even think about the steps. I load up my arms and run up them 1/2 the time. My condo has 3 levels the top being my bedroom the middle the living/dining room and the basement is my den with the laundry room. 5 years ago laundy was an all day chore. Now I run up to my room grab the dirty clothes then run down to the den throw the laundry in then run back up to my bedroom to check emails. It doesn't involve anymore thought other than to get the job done.
There is so much more positive that has happened over the past 5 years.
Would I do it again?
Yes.
good luck and god bless,pammy
I think for me what I get for 5 years is confidence!
I look back at what I was. Now look again today and the difference is amazing.
I also get Strength!
5 years ago I could not walk up the stairs in my little condo without holding onto the railing and pulling myself up the steps. Each and every step my mouth would emit a groan, my knees would send pain though out my body. I would have to stop every 3 steps just to catch my breath. I would plan when and what I would carry with me to go up to my bedroom. Now I do not even think about the steps. I load up my arms and run up them 1/2 the time. My condo has 3 levels the top being my bedroom the middle the living/dining room and the basement is my den with the laundry room. 5 years ago laundy was an all day chore. Now I run up to my room grab the dirty clothes then run down to the den throw the laundry in then run back up to my bedroom to check emails. It doesn't involve anymore thought other than to get the job done.
There is so much more positive that has happened over the past 5 years.
Would I do it again?
Yes.
good luck and god bless,pammy
Topic: RE: NEW YEAR HOPE
Ms Judy I loved your post.
I would be curiuous as to how the new doctor works for you. I've been wanting to try acupucture for a while now. I've heard so much good about it and how it can help a multipule amount of different things. Its pretty amazing.
Massage too is wonderful! You know I hadnt had a massage in years i was afraided that they would hit my bad spot on my lower back. I'd had a rutured disk maybe years ago (thanks to the ex hubby) and am very profectful of it. but I found if I told them about it they made me so comfortable and were so careful of it. ahhhh I think its time to make anotyher appointment to go again!
take care happy new year!
I would be curiuous as to how the new doctor works for you. I've been wanting to try acupucture for a while now. I've heard so much good about it and how it can help a multipule amount of different things. Its pretty amazing.
Massage too is wonderful! You know I hadnt had a massage in years i was afraided that they would hit my bad spot on my lower back. I'd had a rutured disk maybe years ago (thanks to the ex hubby) and am very profectful of it. but I found if I told them about it they made me so comfortable and were so careful of it. ahhhh I think its time to make anotyher appointment to go again!
take care happy new year!
Topic: RE: Dental problem for big baby pam
thxs margo i thought it might5 b ok for tylonal but could not remember
& would rather stick it out than 2 take something without being 100% sure.
The tooth is painful but i've been using baby abisol too that helps alittle bit.
I wish i'd taken the chance with maybe having to pay the full amount and just had them do the root canal while i was there. but i can't go backwards now. only a few more days til it gets done.
me who is terrified of dentists is actually looking forward to going!
& would rather stick it out than 2 take something without being 100% sure.
The tooth is painful but i've been using baby abisol too that helps alittle bit.
I wish i'd taken the chance with maybe having to pay the full amount and just had them do the root canal while i was there. but i can't go backwards now. only a few more days til it gets done.
me who is terrified of dentists is actually looking forward to going!
Topic: NEW YEAR HOPE
Happy New Year!! I am going to join Maureen in a New Year Hope. I just want to feel good again!!
I have taken medicine so long and nothing is has really helped me. I have been going to a massage therapist for several years and she does a deep tissue massage and this has helped my back more than any medicine or exercise ever has. I am trying some thing new. I have been twice to a Chinease Doctor and had accupunture. I feel better and he says he can help me with my weight problem . He says my fat is not normal. He says it is a side effect from some of the medicine I'm taking. He came over here from China and went to school at Emory Universary in Atlanta. He then had to go back to China and work as a doctor for 16 years to pay them back for him coming to school here. He is a Christain and he said as a little boy his Mother would show him a penny . She would point out IN GOD WE TRUST on it and tell him he had to come to America to live, so he could worship God freely. He uses the Bible in his work.
I'm going tomorrow to his office to see a massage therapist that works with him. She is going to do a Lymphatic Drainage Massage. He says this will help get the toxins out of my body and get it to working right again. I have read a lot of information about this and I feel good about doing it. I knew that my fat was different. Even when I was at my fattest I still had nice legs, but now from my knees up they are all red and out of shape. This has just happened in the last few months.
These are some of my New Year Hopes:
1. Be a better Christain
2. Be better to my family.
3. Be better to myself by:
-Taking better care of me!!
-Eating 3 well balanced meals and 2 healthy snacks a day adding up to not over fourteen hundred calories a day.
-Not eating any bad carbs. Nothing white, like white bread, white rice, potatoes, sugar, ect.
-Excercising at least 3 days a week.
-Keep a journal of what I eat and how much I exercise.
These are things I think I can do. I will not try to push myself to do things that are impossible for me! If I do good with these New Hopes, I add on more.
So people I am here again for your support and I know I'll get it. Love y'all, Judy
I have taken medicine so long and nothing is has really helped me. I have been going to a massage therapist for several years and she does a deep tissue massage and this has helped my back more than any medicine or exercise ever has. I am trying some thing new. I have been twice to a Chinease Doctor and had accupunture. I feel better and he says he can help me with my weight problem . He says my fat is not normal. He says it is a side effect from some of the medicine I'm taking. He came over here from China and went to school at Emory Universary in Atlanta. He then had to go back to China and work as a doctor for 16 years to pay them back for him coming to school here. He is a Christain and he said as a little boy his Mother would show him a penny . She would point out IN GOD WE TRUST on it and tell him he had to come to America to live, so he could worship God freely. He uses the Bible in his work.
I'm going tomorrow to his office to see a massage therapist that works with him. She is going to do a Lymphatic Drainage Massage. He says this will help get the toxins out of my body and get it to working right again. I have read a lot of information about this and I feel good about doing it. I knew that my fat was different. Even when I was at my fattest I still had nice legs, but now from my knees up they are all red and out of shape. This has just happened in the last few months.
These are some of my New Year Hopes:
1. Be a better Christain
2. Be better to my family.
3. Be better to myself by:
-Taking better care of me!!
-Eating 3 well balanced meals and 2 healthy snacks a day adding up to not over fourteen hundred calories a day.
-Not eating any bad carbs. Nothing white, like white bread, white rice, potatoes, sugar, ect.
-Excercising at least 3 days a week.
-Keep a journal of what I eat and how much I exercise.
These are things I think I can do. I will not try to push myself to do things that are impossible for me! If I do good with these New Hopes, I add on more.
So people I am here again for your support and I know I'll get it. Love y'all, Judy
God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. Today is very imporant, because I'm exchaning a day of my life for it.
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