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Hey OH,

Well I did not weigh in today I was running late...but this weekend weighed in at 253..OK did I read that right 88lbs gone in less than four months..Seriously!!!  OMG  I can not beleieve it and i still most days can not even see it.  I am beyond elated.  I am dating and I hate it.  My thing is I got married to stay married.  I am so upset that my husband was not the person he pretended to be so now I have to be out here dating and out of my element.  One of my male friends told me this week.  Your not the dating kind...your the marrying kind...and that is sooo right.   I am going to just keep doing what I needto do for myself and my kids...


Good Day all!

Hello OH  I am happy to say i am finally 259lbs.  i have come so far with my 81lb loss and all I can do is thank God.  I don't have much else to say besides the fact that the clothing swap my support group had this weekend was awesome!!  Hang in there everyone i know that is what I am doing! 

Hey All!  I have to say that God is so very good.  My kids and I are doing great.  I went  out with my girlfriend this weekend and wore that Red Dress that was in the pics ...but I am 26lbs smaller now so it is a little longer but still short...it felt great!  Oh and now I am 80 lbs smaller.  Hooray!!!  I am so excited about life and will be wearing my other new dress to see Dreamgirls this weekend!  I dreamed about what size I would be when I went to this play since I knew about it since May!  Oh and I bought these cute shredded jeans (a month ago...btw couldnt put them on at all) and I knew I could not fit them since they were a size 18...well i figured i loved them so I would buy them and keep them for later.  Well my soulie told me to just try them on and I resisted.  finally after being persuaded I put them on and they FIT!!!!!  an 18...how can it be..I had gotten up to 24/26...I am so excited.  This weekend I am going to my college homecoming.  It will feel so much better to walk around carrying less weight!

Well have a Great Week!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I did not post on Friday.  I am the Teacher in charge of Student Council and Friday was the day of the election...that was pure Drama...You would have thought it was a real political battlefield.  Well I am down 73 lbs total and with that I can not complain.  I am however worried that a glass of Chardonnay I had almost 2 weekends ago has stalled my weight loss! On top of that my daughters school called me several times at work and said that she was sick yesterday.  As a mom I felt that she was truly fine , but after 3 calls I left my job and got her.  Things seemed fishy and later that night she admitted she was not sick and that she just wanted to get out of school..because it is boring! 

WHAT!!!  My mother would have beat my behind!  I worry about her so much.  With her father abandoning us and fleeing the country and then she had a dream my son and I left her.  I hate the toll it is taking on her.  We had a meeting to discuss her skipping the 1st grade...final decision..although she may be capable the  trauma of her father leaving had damaged her creativity and spirit and moving her from the kids she has come to know and care for (they will be together in the same class til 5th grade) may be even more damaging.  So she sits in the gifted class the only part of the day she enjoys! 

Please pray that the lord blesses me and keeps me!  I am so frustrated and FED UP with MEN!!!!!!

Hey  Everyone!  I hope all is well.  Today I am feeling fantastic.  Happy my soulie is having her DS surgery and so proud of her for doing it for herself!  I love her so much and when you see someone you love hurting...life is hard... So cheers to my Soulie for having my back like a true friend!


Had to get that out.  In other news...I am doing great .  Met another weightlifter last weekend.. He is a Bank Manager..and nice to look at...cuz I am just looking!  I am enjoying my kids to much to do anything else.  I am also currently looking into buying a house....do you know what you can get in Georgia for 80k!!!!  Lets just say alot!  Doesn't mean I am not moving... but i have been thinking of staying

Oh and for the big news...I am down 69 lbs.  I lost alot this week.  I am so proud.  It was a hard week with my mother leaving to go back to Chicago.  My kids and i have been so busy this weekend I get a night off so I can wear my little red dress and go out with friends...I am sooo excited  I plan on breaking some hearts..j/k  anyway sorry i am going to get pics coming asap... I'm so bad with that!!!  Have a Great Weekend Family!

Hello All,


Well this week has been good like always!  I have a few things to be excited about.  I can wrap a towel entirely around me....ok its a beach towel but who cares,  I also am now at 279...hooray  that is 62lbs lost since surgery!!!!  My kids and I are doing great and my mother is visiting so I get to hang out with friends tonite.  I also had a student say to me today "Your arms are sooo small", all the other kids told him to stop being mean..but of  I was like GO ME GO ME!!  of course if I didnt already love this kid I would love him now lol.  I have also come to the conclusion that i gotta make myself happy and have given my number out a few times. I am excited about being single and scared at the same time.  I pray GOD keeps me...cuz I am about to sink thinking about my weight lifting friend OMG!!! 

Anyway my phone died with tons of my good pics in them that I wanted to post.  I promise to take some this weekend so I can post them for you though...Have a great weekend everyone! 

OK Everyone busy busy busy 4 day work week...Things have been amazing!!!  I am happy to say I am a proud owner of a little RED  DRESS!!!  I will post pictures soon but my computer is out of commission at home.  I have met a few nice Male friends although my heart still remains with that one someone special....Problem is my husband refused to sign the divorce papers and left the country (%#@!@)  I am so mad!  I really wanted to be free! 

I have been getting in alot more water and protein after seeing my doctor last week.  and I have lost 60 lbs!!! Yeah ME! I can not believe it only 9 weeks.  that is large dog!  I am so pleased.  I have to tell the truth... I have not been the best at eating but I am not horrible either...I have a little concern about losing my hair!  We will see what happens!

Well anyway one of the gorgeous fellas I met is a workout buff and he is helping me with a workout plan and weights.  Is it just me or the people  see with the nice body...less loose skin!! work out HARD and do weights...from the start of surgery almost!!  'I want a Laila Ali Body and I am really really worried about my thighs since I want to wear short dresses and skirts!
well my mom is coming to town for 10 days and I am gonna work really hard on my body and my weight loss...well gotta run

Smooches

Hello Everyone!  I hope all is well.  In my life things are crazy and beautiful at the same e time if that is at all possible.  I have lost 54lbs at this point.  I have to admit this week was not good for me as far as food choices.  I realize that the surgery did not take away the triggers for unhealthy food choices. 

I have been really stressed doing this single mom thing.  I have to give props to all of the people who have had my back and are willing to help me out.  I do not know how mamas do it alone with no help! 
We ll anyway I will be signing my divorce papers today (pray that my ex does not give me any trouble)  I am so excited about that...Maybe I shouldn't be but I am so sorry I AM!!!

I have an announcement to make.  One week ago today!!!  I crossed my legs!!  Hooray...Now it was a good cross too...I mean not that flying leg in the air thing..A full cross...Go ME!!!

I am so excited... fell off with excessive this week but I will be going today and this weekend! 

My students are helping me get my water in...and guess what.  I have a really great man in my life.  I am so crazy about him known him for 10+ years.  We are great friends and I don't know where it will lead but I am glad he is around for me and my kids.  My friends say date a little first so I agreed to go on 5 dates with 5 different people...(Yikes)  I will let you all know how it goes!!!


I have a four Day Weekend this weekend so see y'all Tuesday!  Enjoy Labor Day!

Hello World,  I am back with my weekly update. 

Well first off after a two week stall I am now down 52 lbs I am so excited especially because I am on my cycle so i might have lost more!!!  I am so happy and excited about that.  I can fit things that were toooo tight and most clothes are super loose. 

I am trying to hang in there though and keep from spending my money quite yet.  I am excited that next week is my daughters Birthday..she will be 7 and I will be signing my divorce papers...will the church say AMEN!!! ...Thank you church.  This man has been running from this divorce for ages ...meanwhile I am a lil lonely.  I am trying to do things right and wait to sign the papers to move on. I can not begin to tell you what I have been through.  But thank God for bringing me out of the mess!

I am currently deciding if I am going to move back to my hometown since I am now officially here in Atlanta alone and a single mother...my other option is to move back to Chicago to be near all of my friends and family...for love support an babysitting duty!

I am going to see Dr. Chasen next week and i will let you all know how it goes.  I love him so much for all his expertise! 



In other news....wouldn't it be funny if the man of my dreams was really a man I knew all along?  Yes I got some biznezz  but i am keeping it to myself for now...

toodles! 

I have decided that I am going to really document my journey to good health.  I am going to be raw and honest with myself and reveal in my blogs what is really going on. SOOOOOO... I am going through a divorce with a dead bead husband after a 12 year relationship I finally feel so FREE TO BREATHE!  He says he never cared about my weight ...but I can see how mad he is about my progress already. He says I am always going to be alone and that i will never have anything (well I would have child support if he ever paid it!)  I cant lie he was with me when I got dehydrated to the point of staying in the hospital 5 (yes 5) days.  I think he just did not care...I mean i had no strength to even wash myself (sorry gotta keep it raw) and he never tried to get me help.  I told him I think he was trying to kill me.  He even did things to sabotage my doctors appointments. The funny thing is... I wish him the best.  God has taken all the shackles off of me and I am going to the gym now...amazing.  I am so happy withm y DS  I could Sing!  I went out a few weeks ago with friends and I noticed that my heels were super lose on my feet...can it really be...my feet are not so fat,  I have been waiting for this for so long.  I can not wait to buy the heels of my dreams!  I walked pass a mirror at the mall yesterday and realized..I'm so fat...only thing is this time i knew things were changing.  My daughter already says she is so very proud of me....and that means the world to me.  

Oh yeah One of my best male friends from college told me that he told his brother I had surgery and had lost 46lbs...his brother replied..."she already Fine as h#ll who cares! (Very cute) lol
I told him to tell his brother thanks but fine is not healthy!  and that is what I am trying to do regain my life!!!

BTW  as long as I am being RAW and real..My pants almost fell of me yesterday...everything is big on me...Gotta Love it! 


PS  Good Luck to my Soulie Alyssa today...she is meeting with my doctor Dr. Chasen for the first time! Get it mama!