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on 5/2/10 11:20 pm - Rochester, NY
The bad news is I woke up at 12:30AM last night and was in atrial fibrillation (heart arrythmia). I have had periodic episodes of this in the past but none in almost 3 years. Have an appointment with my cardiologist at 11:00. I usually convert back to normal sinus rhythm within 24 hours on my own and hope that's the case this time.
A rapid weight loss (fluid volume) with the first week of WW triggered this once before, so figure that plus the stress of having my mother and brother both in the hospital this weekend might be the cause. Good news, my brother came home yesterday and my mother comes home today. Now just hope I don't end up in there! We'll need a family discount rate!!
on 5/2/10 10:27 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Hard to pick the most embarrassing moment....so many.....
I guess this was pretty big because I still remember it and it happened about 25 years ago.....
I was in a dept store going to try on some clothes...as I stepped into the stall a little girl with her mother said "shes a fat lady". I remember pulling the curtain closed and looking in the mirror and thinking she is right.
I too had an amusement park mishap. I was on line for a ride....I probably weight about 250 at the time.....It had been a rainy day, my tee shirt was glued to my body...a couple of young Ladies and gentlemen (I say that sarcastically) were in across from me and they kept turning to look at me and then would laugh.
OK - THIS is probably the most embarrassing.
I was on a cruise about 4 years ago. We were on our way to an excursion they drive you there in one of those open buses....as everyone was getting on the bus the driver said to me..."You can sit up front with me". I wanted to turn around and get back on the boat but I didn't.....geez all that awful feeling just filled my body. I'd like to go back, find that driver and say "how do you like me now?"
OK - off to look in the mirror and remind myself of how great I look and feel now.
Have a great day!!!!
on 5/2/10 10:16 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
I'm going out for lunch today to our favorite place.........looking forward to it. I'm proud that I have already planned out what I'll be having....very healthy. I'm going to go up to the hibachi bar and get a big plate filled with veg (peppers, onions, brocc, zucc,) and a little shrimp and have them flash grill it with NO added oil or sauce. The grill is already oily so I don't want more added. I'll also get a small piece of salmon with this and that will be my lunch.
The other thing I'm VERY proud of is that later this morning I'm taking another step in trying to face my fear of flying. A BIG step.
The video's I've been watching have been helping somewhat. Talking about it definitely is helping. I'll post more on this later..... Hope all is well with you all and that you will post what you are celebrating and proud of.
TTFN
Ruth
Oh Oh...I can do this one..lol
1. Having to squeeze my stomach in so tight to fit into the seat belt on an airplane. I refused to ask for the extender (embarrassed), so I tugged and pulled and squeezed for probably a whole five minutes. I REFUSE to get on a plane now until I lose some weight (and this was thirty pounds ago!).
2. Going into a womans clothing store and not being able to fit into their biggest pants that they have. Sort of embarrassing when family is with you.
3. Not being able to sit (or afraid to even try) in a booth at a restaurant..OR your butt too big for a chair in a restaurant! I've been hitting this problem once in a while now. :(
Yeah, I know. It's only fair that I answer this too!
As if being over 420lbs wasn't embarrasing enough, I can remember at least 3 incodents.
I went to Six Flags with a few family members, and I couldn't fit on the rides. After waiting in the long lines, I squeezed myslef into one of the seats, the safety bar would not latch over my big belly. I had to get off the ride and leave infront of everyone, with lots of people witnessing the whole event! And this happened not once, but twice! I was stupid enough to try to squeeze into another ride, only to have the same thing happen! For the rest of the day, I could only watch my family have fun while me and my fiancee (who is scared of the rides) walked around, feeling hurt and humiliated! (I was so glad to have him there with me, at least!)
The second time was everytime I went to the doctor's office. I was too heavy to be weighed on their scales, even though it went up to at least 350lbs. The nurses would have to go into a storage closet, and litteraly drag out an enormous scale ment to weigh people who were in wheelchairs! And the only space they had available was in a hallway, where anybody walking by could witness the whole thing!
And third,...........my fiancee and I were gathering our laundry together to go to the laundromat. We like to keep our clothes separate sometimes. Going through his clothes, he picks up a large pink garment and says, "Why is your shirt in with my laundry?" and tosses it with my pile. Knowing my clothes, I knew it wasn't a shirt he picked up and tossed, it was my underwear!!!!! Was I really so big that he thought my underwear was a shirt???!!!!!
That was years ago. Praise the Lord that I have lost over 120lbs, (however it was unfortunately due to being sick) and just recently had a panniculectomy to remove my large hanging belly. I like the way my new body looks and am still hoping to lose more weight from smart food choices and walking.
I was just traveling down memory lane, and felt like sharing those experiences with you. Anyone else had any embarrasing experiences?
Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? I say, what difference does it make--I paid for a full glass,so either way I am getting jipped!!!
I think every body is different. Whether they call it "cheat" or whatever, it's all the same in the long run. I myself use to call it a cheat. I (and a lot of others I have known) don't think of it as being bad, but as a way to NOT sabotage yourself. Just like some people don't believe in any extra bad foods at all. Others that think they need it, if they can control their intake, might make a "cheat day or cheat meal" just to satisfy themselves. It will give them enough "umph" to make it another two weeks or whenever.
I think nothing of it when some one says they have a "cheat day". If it works for them..so be it! They might have it in their mind that it helps their sanity more than anything. Plus their cheat day or item might end up being a 200-300 calorie item which isn't too awfully bad, considering other things they could have eaten.
What works for the goose , might not work for the gander! : )
Plus...to me it's only a word. The amount of intake on the other hand is totally different! There is cheating a little bit, and there is pigging out all day long.
