crisonclovr
196lbs! and laryngitis!
Jan 17, 2009
thanks for the call deb! and the e-mails amy.
i am doing good and feeling like aside from taking off 64lbs ...that i have removed 5 yrs off of my age! i feel great.
i know to the average person 196lbs sounds like a hefer...but i feel fantastic...dare i say attractive?!
confidence is what is attractive to me...so nice to have it back...i missed that dear old friend.
it was nice to HAVE to go buy smaller bras & panties! yeah...nothing wierd like butt floss...just some good ol' single digit panties...and some bras that didn't have 5-6 hook & eyes in the back!
i even had to buy smaller scrub tops...that was GREAT!
i also do not stress that i am going to break the damned pedicure/spa chair!
thankful and greatful are my daily words to myself...it radiates beyond me and to my family...life was good and it is even better now. i hope the new year finds all of my OH family well and happy.
*hugs* and what the hell....*kisses* too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~karrie
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i am doing good and feeling like aside from taking off 64lbs ...that i have removed 5 yrs off of my age! i feel great.
i know to the average person 196lbs sounds like a hefer...but i feel fantastic...dare i say attractive?!
confidence is what is attractive to me...so nice to have it back...i missed that dear old friend.
it was nice to HAVE to go buy smaller bras & panties! yeah...nothing wierd like butt floss...just some good ol' single digit panties...and some bras that didn't have 5-6 hook & eyes in the back!
i even had to buy smaller scrub tops...that was GREAT!
i also do not stress that i am going to break the damned pedicure/spa chair!
thankful and greatful are my daily words to myself...it radiates beyond me and to my family...life was good and it is even better now. i hope the new year finds all of my OH family well and happy.
*hugs* and what the hell....*kisses* too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~karrie
I'M HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 27, 2008
hello friends...sorry that i have been MIA.
i started to work...i have not worked in 5 years. got a job at a daycare center.
i work the front desk and it is wonderful to have a job where i can take my girls with me. i work evenings and weekends and have pretty much worked everyday since halloween as it is a brand new facility.
it has helped tremendously in my weight loss. down to 206lbs. now.
i feel great. 54lbs off and just plain ol' happy.
i do miss having time to coorespond with you all...but i still think about each and everyone of you.
i still volunteer in the morning at my daughters school...so planning meals on the go have been crucial.
i saw my surgeon last week and he was pleased with my progress...it would have been my 4th fill...we both felt that i didn't need one and i'll see him the first week in january.
so all, please do not take offense that i have not responded or blogged...just adjusting to working and my husband has been gone more (Navy)...so i am super busy but loving it.
hope you all had a great thanksgiving...i am thankful for friends like you!
i started to work...i have not worked in 5 years. got a job at a daycare center.
i work the front desk and it is wonderful to have a job where i can take my girls with me. i work evenings and weekends and have pretty much worked everyday since halloween as it is a brand new facility.
it has helped tremendously in my weight loss. down to 206lbs. now.
i feel great. 54lbs off and just plain ol' happy.
i do miss having time to coorespond with you all...but i still think about each and everyone of you.
i still volunteer in the morning at my daughters school...so planning meals on the go have been crucial.
i saw my surgeon last week and he was pleased with my progress...it would have been my 4th fill...we both felt that i didn't need one and i'll see him the first week in january.
so all, please do not take offense that i have not responded or blogged...just adjusting to working and my husband has been gone more (Navy)...so i am super busy but loving it.
hope you all had a great thanksgiving...i am thankful for friends like you!
217lbs baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 25, 2008
woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink Cast
Oct 16, 2008
Took my little one to her Orthopedic Surgeon appointment to have a cast placed on her Tuesday. They re-xray'd w/out splint and saw that it needed pins placed surgically...she had surgery Wednesday morning & was discharged yesterday. She is doing great & adapting to her new hot pink cast just fine.
I am so glad my DH was home...usually if anything happens he is out to sea. But, I also have to be positive and his sacrifice of usually being gone, is one reason why I never worried about medical expense and could focus all my attention 110% on her well being....Our insurance is fantastic and growing up most of my life we didn't have insuarnce. I truly appreciate him.
Noelle will go back in 4wks to be placed under "twilight anesthesia" to have the pins removed.
I am so glad my DH was home...usually if anything happens he is out to sea. But, I also have to be positive and his sacrifice of usually being gone, is one reason why I never worried about medical expense and could focus all my attention 110% on her well being....Our insurance is fantastic and growing up most of my life we didn't have insuarnce. I truly appreciate him.
Noelle will go back in 4wks to be placed under "twilight anesthesia" to have the pins removed.
Stress & wanting to eat bad food.
Oct 12, 2008
had a brief moment saturday night where i wanted to binge eat & was thinking that i couldn't eat that stuff since i would get stuck...then my mind started to think of easy slider foods that i could binge on...grabbed some ice tea (w/liquid fake sweetner) and looked at myself in the mirror...moment was over and lost. i will always battle head hunger and the wanting to binge when stress.
what i was stressin' over was my littlest one was jumping on the couch with her sister and fell into the entertainment center and fractured her elbow and her growth plate in her elbow has slipped out of place. i took her to the local ER to find that out and for now is in a temporary cast to accomodate swelling. she saw an orthopedic surgeon tuesday morning being monday is a holiday. yesterday morning i drove her to the naval hospital to get a 2nd opinion and to see if i could get her seen sooner...nope. but i did have thier on-call ortho surgeon look @ her and it was splinted properly & her finger have good capilary re-fill so circulation is great. they x-ray'd it even though it was in a semi cast & saw the smae thing as the doc the night before...i just am all for 2nd opinions you know!
she is being such a trooper w/her arm splinted and semi casted @ a 90 degree angle (it is wrapped well past her little elbow).
ok, have a great day & thanks for listening.
what i was stressin' over was my littlest one was jumping on the couch with her sister and fell into the entertainment center and fractured her elbow and her growth plate in her elbow has slipped out of place. i took her to the local ER to find that out and for now is in a temporary cast to accomodate swelling. she saw an orthopedic surgeon tuesday morning being monday is a holiday. yesterday morning i drove her to the naval hospital to get a 2nd opinion and to see if i could get her seen sooner...nope. but i did have thier on-call ortho surgeon look @ her and it was splinted properly & her finger have good capilary re-fill so circulation is great. they x-ray'd it even though it was in a semi cast & saw the smae thing as the doc the night before...i just am all for 2nd opinions you know!
she is being such a trooper w/her arm splinted and semi casted @ a 90 degree angle (it is wrapped well past her little elbow).
ok, have a great day & thanks for listening.
flea market & not a sweaty mess!
Oct 05, 2008
ok, i know it was 10 degrees cooler than the summer...but we walked the flea market and usually i am a sweaty mess and tired and wanting to go home. well not yesterday day buddy, i was less self conscious...walked a ton and had a great time. that for me is a NSV. i even had energy to pick up around the house and put on a nice dinner, dh grilled chicken.
it was weird to only be able to eat 1/2 a chicken breast...but, i just had my 2nd fill thursday. even now it is to the point that my family having texas toast and baked potatos doesn't bother me like in the begining. i feel like, feeling great "taste" better.
but, something that i noticed this week...now mind you i am no bridget bardot...but this really pissed me off...i went into my regular tattoo parlor to get one on my wrist touched up friday (the guy who did it wasn't in until later so i didn't have it done)...the same guys that seemed to ignore me when i was in there 4 months ago were talking to me both @ once and offered me a chair & asked me if i wanted something to drink! WTF!
oh well, that is society and i kinda had to chuckle to myself that they were idiots! and the guy at the gas station on base kept trying to have a conversation with me over the gas pumps. huh!?
i am so glad my dh is even keeled and has loved me no matter what size. that is what keeps my head in check as to what is real. it makes me feel as if i have an advantage to handle these situations and see them for what they are... because i have been flirted with and have been ignored all my adult life depending on the size of my butt!
ok, gotta go get some laundry done. take care everybody!
I'm here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 03, 2008
Hello! I am alive! Just been helping out w/new Navy Wives & @ my youngest daughters school....then DH was in TN for a week and was doing it all by myself. Busy but great!
I had my 2nd fill yesterday...down 11 lbs since my first fill 3 1/2 weeks earlier!!!!! WOOT!
I was so excited I forgot to ask how many cc's he placed yesterday...but boy can I feel it!
I am @ 226lbs...I feel fantastic. I was 260lbs June 5th the day my DH returned from the Gulf.
Sorry to all my support group friends, I was in bed and asleep by 8pm last night.
I will get some new pics posted soon. Everyone take care and big ol' hugs to you all!
busy, but happy
Sep 12, 2008
with both girls in school, volunteering and keeping up the house...i am runnin'...but i love it...it also takes even more planning on my food intake so that i can keep away from drive thrus.
it has also helped me with a goal...to feed my girls and husband healthier foods. i take the girls snacks and bottled water in the car....same for myself...and not going out to eat and cooking huge carb loaded family meals has affected my dh's waist too! that was my goal...to be healthier for me & my family. it wasn't even as bad off a lifestyle change like i thought it would be, i always had the word "food deprivation" pop into my head...not so...just being a bit more creative. the reward has been great. health & empowerment and it will only get better.
i put on a pair of shorts yesterday that haven't been on my butt forever...pulled 'em up and zipped them no problem...now the scale has not moved but a pound...but that was a fun NSV.
i am backing off things like protien peanut butter and protien wafers...i realized i was starting to get into the crappy habit of snacking between meals...not good.
i still do a protien atkins bar for breakfast on the way to driving the girls to school.
my newest coffee addtion is "Dulce' Di' leche'" by Divinci Sugar free syrup...OMG! is it tasty...and by using the HOOD low carb milk...i save a ton more calories and carbs than using 1/2 & 1/2.
i notice my fill is not carrying me to the next meal...but tough toenails...i get my second fill oct. 2nd. i am increasing my liquids due to that and i can only benefit from more liquids...as a sweet no cal treat i finally learned to make homeade sweet tea...i use a bottled liquid sweetner that i found @ big lots (no cal no carb)...i was gonna buy Divinci's, but this was $2 a bottle...so i stocked up on it for now! learned that trick from kimkimmie...becasue i was always fretting about how many packets of splenda i could have a day since each one is 1 carb...that adds up quick!
ok, gotta go...take care everyone!
it has also helped me with a goal...to feed my girls and husband healthier foods. i take the girls snacks and bottled water in the car....same for myself...and not going out to eat and cooking huge carb loaded family meals has affected my dh's waist too! that was my goal...to be healthier for me & my family. it wasn't even as bad off a lifestyle change like i thought it would be, i always had the word "food deprivation" pop into my head...not so...just being a bit more creative. the reward has been great. health & empowerment and it will only get better.
i put on a pair of shorts yesterday that haven't been on my butt forever...pulled 'em up and zipped them no problem...now the scale has not moved but a pound...but that was a fun NSV.
i am backing off things like protien peanut butter and protien wafers...i realized i was starting to get into the crappy habit of snacking between meals...not good.
i still do a protien atkins bar for breakfast on the way to driving the girls to school.
my newest coffee addtion is "Dulce' Di' leche'" by Divinci Sugar free syrup...OMG! is it tasty...and by using the HOOD low carb milk...i save a ton more calories and carbs than using 1/2 & 1/2.
i notice my fill is not carrying me to the next meal...but tough toenails...i get my second fill oct. 2nd. i am increasing my liquids due to that and i can only benefit from more liquids...as a sweet no cal treat i finally learned to make homeade sweet tea...i use a bottled liquid sweetner that i found @ big lots (no cal no carb)...i was gonna buy Divinci's, but this was $2 a bottle...so i stocked up on it for now! learned that trick from kimkimmie...becasue i was always fretting about how many packets of splenda i could have a day since each one is 1 carb...that adds up quick!
ok, gotta go...take care everyone!
stuck
Sep 10, 2008
i was chomping away on grilled pork chop...took another bite and swallowed w/out pulvarizing it...y'ouch! my arms & shoulders got all tingley and i started to salivate...my husband said my eyes watered and bugged out...boy, what a dork i am! aye aye aye! gotta use my cocktail fork...it does work! working on drinking more water too.
6 wks to fit into my formal ball gown...3 inches to go at top of gown until it'll zip and look good.
6 wks to fit into my formal ball gown...3 inches to go at top of gown until it'll zip and look good.
still think that i need to eat like a horse!
Sep 06, 2008
yesterday we went to a kids birthday party @ ollie koala's...the cake and pizza didn't bother me....it was when we went to cracker barrel afterwards....(she only served the kids cake & pizza not the parents, my DH was starving!).
so @ cracker barrel (which has a low carb menu) but i ordered my regular which happens to be on the low carb menu...the chef salad...this time the only thing that was different is my girls ate the croutons dipped in the left over ranch dressing. well, i got a bit irritated and sad that i could only eat 1/2 of the salad. i took the other 1/2 home and ate it for dinner...now mind you it is a huge salad. but i felt a little sad...but at the end of the night when i had only a cup of coffee & an atkins bar and one salad from cracker barrel and some water & tea all day long...that was cool....i did get some head hunger last night...damned pizza commercials...so i steam cleaned the front room carpet...it is a day by day thing...so much to get thru my thick skull.
i am so used to going out to eat and eatting until i am sick.
also, this time of year is my "give up on weight loss" time of year in my old life...seeing all the halloween candy, leads to thanksgiving and christmas and after christmas clearance candy...isn't that sad?...but it is what it is and i am glad to get out of that fat rat trap.
i have 2 big events coming up that all depend on body image to me...october 24th is our "Navy Ball"...a full ball gown formal event and then the ships christmas party, which means cocktail dress...@ both events they take your pictures w/a backdrop just like in highschool....i want to feel & look good in those pictures and events.
ok...monkeys are on the loose (kids are awake).
so @ cracker barrel (which has a low carb menu) but i ordered my regular which happens to be on the low carb menu...the chef salad...this time the only thing that was different is my girls ate the croutons dipped in the left over ranch dressing. well, i got a bit irritated and sad that i could only eat 1/2 of the salad. i took the other 1/2 home and ate it for dinner...now mind you it is a huge salad. but i felt a little sad...but at the end of the night when i had only a cup of coffee & an atkins bar and one salad from cracker barrel and some water & tea all day long...that was cool....i did get some head hunger last night...damned pizza commercials...so i steam cleaned the front room carpet...it is a day by day thing...so much to get thru my thick skull.
i am so used to going out to eat and eatting until i am sick.
also, this time of year is my "give up on weight loss" time of year in my old life...seeing all the halloween candy, leads to thanksgiving and christmas and after christmas clearance candy...isn't that sad?...but it is what it is and i am glad to get out of that fat rat trap.
i have 2 big events coming up that all depend on body image to me...october 24th is our "Navy Ball"...a full ball gown formal event and then the ships christmas party, which means cocktail dress...@ both events they take your pictures w/a backdrop just like in highschool....i want to feel & look good in those pictures and events.
ok...monkeys are on the loose (kids are awake).
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Jacksonville, FL
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Surgery
07/29/2008
Surgery Date
Aug 27, 2007
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