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on 6/10/10 12:37 am - Phoenix, AZ
Sandi
I'm a whole new Mii! From 273+lbs to 145lbs. and a whole new life!!!
Lost through diet and exercise 
( Praise God and thanks Wii Fit! )
Body by God and Dr. Mazaheri!!!!
1st PS 3/30/10 - LBL/Brachio done by the wonderful Dr. Mazaheri
2nd PS 6/1/10 - BL/Thoracoplasty/Full TL of course with Dr. Mazaheri
Thank you God! I will always be grateful for the change you have made in me! All glory is Yours!
And did I read right- did you actually pilot a plan yourself?? Talk about jumping in with both feet!! :-)
So I think I'm the polar opposite...I guess I have "skinny thinking". Problem with that is it kept me from realizing just how out of hand my weight was. (denial is a son of a b....). But at least I don't have to reverse my fat thinking...I just have to get my body to catch up with my mind ;-)
on 6/9/10 11:16 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
I'm back home.
It was a FANTASTIC trip, I had a wonderful time with family and friends.
The flight to NY was harder than the return but bottom line I am so happy and proud that I did it. And the best part...... I believe I can do it again and am already planning my next trip and my next and my next.....
Some of my friends, some former co-workers and even a couple of family members did not recognize me at all. The reaction from everyone to seeing the small me were priceless. I wish I had a camera crew with it, it would have been great to re-watch.
My closest friends and family could not believe the pictures of me flying the little plane. That experience sure helped me with overcoming my paralyzing fear.
Thanks to everyone hear *****commended the hypnotherapy. That was what I needed. That definitely took the panic out of me. I'm a believer!
I think at this point I wouldn't say I love it, I don't HATE it and I'm not paralyzed by it. I'm looking forward to my next flight and feel like I've gained an enormous amount of freedom.....I can go anywhere I want to go now. WAHOO!!!
I've got to catch up on all the messages I missed over the past 6 days.....I'll do that this afternoon.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Thanks for the support with overcoming my paralyzing fear of flying.
Catch you later...
on 6/9/10 9:49 pm - Rochester, NY
Wow, Skylar...how neat to have those records and even more so the feelings of that 100lb weight loss recorded! I think it's very important to have some kind of accountability. I have kept a diary of my weight (loss and gains) on a sporadic basis over the years and it's always interesting to me to look back and see "how much did I weigh last year when I went on this vacation" and similar instances.
I weigh daily....actually twice daily (right before bed and first thing in the morning) and have for the past couple of months been recording it on the daily weigh in thread on Low Carb Friends. It has really helped me stay accountable to myself and has stopped me several times when I would normally snack at nigh****ching TV, knowing that weight had to be recorded the next morning and not just once/week at my WW weigh-in. It also has helped me realize how my body reacts to the unhealthy carbs and salt....I'm wickedly fluid retentive and have had a couple of episodes of A-fib recently when losing large amounts of fluid all at once (whoosh). I am learning amazing things about my body and feel that I'm really taking baby steps all in the right direction toward accomplishing my goals.
Next goal....getting into some kind of exercise routine. 
I am doing a lot of work on my thinking right now, I will be 32 years old this fall and I realized that I have carried this "fat girl" image for a Loooooong time, so much internal dialog and memories to go over, deal with and release. Setting the stage, and building the proper foundation for new and positive experience and mental outlook are not always easy, especially if you have believed something about yourself for a long time. My brain has not fully caught up to where I am at now physically speaking. I will see a picture of myself and think, thats not me, I still expect to cringe when I see a photo of myself, and I dont do that any longer. I also am breaking the mold of limitations I have put on myself, like the being able to run thing. I actually ran (not fast) for 7 whole minutes this morning on the treadmill! that was something I could not do for a long time, ever really! This is new territory, it's unfamiliar, and it will take time to explore it all and form those new healthy thoughts and get them grounded, But I thank God for where I am now and what he has brought me from, little by little all that toxic "fat thinking" will melt away, just like the pounds!
Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net
on 6/8/10 11:49 pm
You would think that along with the physical changes, that there would be mental changes too - and there have been. But every once and a while I realize that something I was thinking was "fat thinking" left over from when I was super morbidly obese and it shocks me when it happens.
For example, when we went to the Arts festival we had to drive around to find parking. There wasn't much available on the streets and we ended up parking in a $10. DH is superb at finding fabulous parking spots but it just wasn't his day - the whole time I was thinking how I wanted to park close to the entrance and it didn't matter what it costs because I didn't want to wear myself out just walking to the festival. What I forgot is that it doesn't matter anymore where we park, I can walk for miles and miles without getting tired and in fact extra walking is good exercise. I wonder when my brain will catch up with the new reality of me.
The trouble with "fat thinking" is that it acts to help keep you fat - things like trying to limit how much you have to move or walk while doing simple every day stuff like walking into work, shopping for groceries etc. all add up to less calories burned, less muscle and bone being built etc. It's defeating us before we even start.
Do you have "fat thinking" - how can we change to "healthy thinking".
on 6/8/10 12:09 pm
This weekend I went to an Arts festival and I was remembering that last year I went with DH and DD#2. I remembered last year I had shed enough weight and had gained enough strength to actually walk through the whole festival which must have meant 3 miles - although I did have to sit twice. I do remember I was on a diet because I didn't eat any of that incredible food - you know, deep fried candy bars etc. and I passed up my favorite which is funnel cake. There was a vague memory of feeling good about the whole thing except that I was too large to fit into any of the clothes that they sell - things like hand loomed wool sweaters and hand quilted jackets etc. I don't wear that kind of clothes - but just the thought that if I should see anything that was so special that I wanted to buy made me sad to think that I was too fat for it.
Well this weekend we went back to this arts festival and I was thrilled - I could fit into all those hand made artistic clothes now so that's another limitation removed, not too important since this kind of stuff isn't my style but it was satisfying to see the difference. So then I was wondering what did I weight last year when I went. I didn't always keep records of my weight and only started partway through the process. In fact I don't know my actually highest weight - I've completely blanked that out of my mind permanently because it was so painful to hear. And I didn't know when I had started to keep records.
Well I went to my excel sheet where I keep my records and guess what - that was the day I started my weight records - and the next day was exactly one year to when I last was at the festival and I could see that from that date I have lost 100 pounds. And for a bonus I had written about how I felt last year going to the festival. I wrote that I was thrilled to see that I was able to walk as far and as fast as DH and DD#2. I cried, it was so wonderful to see this - and for many reasons. This is primarily for my daily weight I also use it as a diary. I have found it so helpful to review it from time to time. I've seen how my weight goes a little up and down on a regular basis so I don't worry if I'm up a pound or two because I know it will go back down again. I've also seen the effects of sodium and of course eating too many calories, going on vacation etc. It has also been a source of comfort when the weight is coming off slowly to go back and see other times when it came off slowly too but it still added up over time to a great loss.
I know not everyone is going to record their weights for many reasons, but if you're not certain I highly recommend it.
Do you keep records? Do you find them useful?
on 6/7/10 9:08 am - Phoenix, AZ
Sandi
I'm a whole new Mii! From 273+lbs to 145lbs. and a whole new life!!!
Lost through diet and exercise ( Praise God and thanks Wii Fit! )
Body by God and Dr. Mazaheri!!!!
1st PS 3/30/10 - LBL/Brachio done by the wonderful Dr. Mazaheri
2nd PS 6/1/10 - BL/Thoracoplasty/Full TL of course with Dr. Mazaheri
Thank you God! I will always be grateful for the change you have made in me! All glory is Yours!
