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Topic: RE: Small Victories
That is sooo awesome!!! You are right, the small victories are the BEST!!! Congratulations!!
~Kim~
Topic: MONDAY GRATEFUL POST
Morning Everyone,
So sorry I am so late posting this. I had something that I needed to take care of after I posted the Motivational quote for today. As we all know by the name of this post....that it is a grateful post. No matter how bleak or what is happening in our lives no matter how wonderful or how tragic we ALL have something to be grateful for. Trust me....last week I will refer to as "HELL WEEK" in my life. I am uncertain as to how this week will be but it doesn't look much better so far. But I have faith that it will be OK and I will get through it. If life seems bleak to you at the moment...I am so sorry but trust me....it WILL get much better. PLEASE feel free to share with us what you are grateful for today....if you are reading this and think you have NOTHING to be grateful for....you are mistaken. Some have NO eyes in which to see. SO you can be grateful for that. Today I am so grateful for......My strength ( not physical ) but mental strength. With all that is going on in my life right now.....I am amazed that I haven't had a nervous breakdown. I am grateful for my Faith and the big man upstairs who holds me close daily and gives me strength when I feel that I haven't got anymore. Grateful for my family and friends. Grateful for encouragement and support. Grateful for my WLS and all the choices of different surgeries for everyone to chose from. Grateful for all the blessings that have come into my life. Grateful for hard things that come our way...because they make us a stronger person in the long run. Grateful for Obesity Help Conference coming to New Orleans, La. Sept 9-10. Hope to see you there. Now PLEASE share with us what you are grateful for today and go out and make it a great day !!!
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
So sorry I am so late posting this. I had something that I needed to take care of after I posted the Motivational quote for today. As we all know by the name of this post....that it is a grateful post. No matter how bleak or what is happening in our lives no matter how wonderful or how tragic we ALL have something to be grateful for. Trust me....last week I will refer to as "HELL WEEK" in my life. I am uncertain as to how this week will be but it doesn't look much better so far. But I have faith that it will be OK and I will get through it. If life seems bleak to you at the moment...I am so sorry but trust me....it WILL get much better. PLEASE feel free to share with us what you are grateful for today....if you are reading this and think you have NOTHING to be grateful for....you are mistaken. Some have NO eyes in which to see. SO you can be grateful for that. Today I am so grateful for......My strength ( not physical ) but mental strength. With all that is going on in my life right now.....I am amazed that I haven't had a nervous breakdown. I am grateful for my Faith and the big man upstairs who holds me close daily and gives me strength when I feel that I haven't got anymore. Grateful for my family and friends. Grateful for encouragement and support. Grateful for my WLS and all the choices of different surgeries for everyone to chose from. Grateful for all the blessings that have come into my life. Grateful for hard things that come our way...because they make us a stronger person in the long run. Grateful for Obesity Help Conference coming to New Orleans, La. Sept 9-10. Hope to see you there. Now PLEASE share with us what you are grateful for today and go out and make it a great day !!!
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Topic: RE: Looking for a friend
What I say to people that say "well stop"....would you say something like that to a drug addict or alcoholic? Most can understand addiction when it comes to liquor, drugs and even cigarettes but tell some one you have trouble controlling the amount of food you eat and they can't understand??? Or they act like they have the same problem. Like they will say "I have trouble saying no to chocolate" ...well that's not really the same thing. They will never understand. Not to mention we also have an addiction that we are forced to face everyday in a way that others don't. For instance drug addicts aren't told don't abuse drugs but here you have to have drugs three times a day. Well we do. We have to eat to live. We HAVE to eat and struggle with that every day.
If ever you need to vent, cry, or just ask a question you can always come here. We are are here for anyone who needs us.
If ever you need to vent, cry, or just ask a question you can always come here. We are are here for anyone who needs us.
Topic: RE: Looking for a friend
Good morning Darci
I was banded March 30 this year and thought about this situation the following way: My first week of protien shakes, my sister came to visit, and we went everywhere going out to eat, and everyone was eating hamburgers n fries, wings, pizza, chinese, etc., and I would just have ice tea and then a protien shake later after everyone ate...I figured that if I had enough willpower to sit through and watch everyone eat (although I played games on my phone or had something to occupy my time) then I was strong enough to change my eating habits for the rest of my life...
Good luck and hope youre doing well...
~~kim
I was banded March 30 this year and thought about this situation the following way: My first week of protien shakes, my sister came to visit, and we went everywhere going out to eat, and everyone was eating hamburgers n fries, wings, pizza, chinese, etc., and I would just have ice tea and then a protien shake later after everyone ate...I figured that if I had enough willpower to sit through and watch everyone eat (although I played games on my phone or had something to occupy my time) then I was strong enough to change my eating habits for the rest of my life...
Good luck and hope youre doing well...
~~kim
Topic: RE: Looking for a friend
Darci
You can do this. I know you can. Try the slim fast. I am doing that. I have cheated a few times and I feel bad about it. It is absolutely one of the hardest things I have ever ever done. It is one thing to do liquid only when you are ill or have had dental work or whatever but a completely different ball of wax to do it when you are healthy. I feel your pain. You can do this. I have researched it quite a bit and alot of doctors allow chicken and veggies for one meal a day. My weight loss doctor only wants fasting the day before the surgery but I chose to do it for seven days based on all I have read online. Listen, email me at my regular address which is [email protected]. I check it more regularly and will get back with you as often as I can. Stay Strong. Cindy
You can do this. I know you can. Try the slim fast. I am doing that. I have cheated a few times and I feel bad about it. It is absolutely one of the hardest things I have ever ever done. It is one thing to do liquid only when you are ill or have had dental work or whatever but a completely different ball of wax to do it when you are healthy. I feel your pain. You can do this. I have researched it quite a bit and alot of doctors allow chicken and veggies for one meal a day. My weight loss doctor only wants fasting the day before the surgery but I chose to do it for seven days based on all I have read online. Listen, email me at my regular address which is [email protected]. I check it more regularly and will get back with you as often as I can. Stay Strong. Cindy
Topic: RE: Small Victories
I am so very happy for you. Just think, Your son is going to carry the memory of how much fun you had together. I can't wait to Hike with my 15yr old daughter. Congrats!!
Topic: MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE FOR TODAY
"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."
James Gordon
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Topic: Small Victories
I actually rode the water slides at a water park with my son. I never could fit in one of those tubes......It's these smallv ictories that are the most important. My son and I shared a wonderful memory!
Michelle
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