The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[pinkbugs471]

Good Job.

Don't those NSV's make you feel wonderful.

They seem to give you a little more pep in your step.

Keep it up and no one will recognize you after summer vacation. When you go back to school everyone is going to say "who is the new teacher"

[holberry]

Hey Donica!
great come back, on what you eat! Ive always thought that school should end at Memorial Day. Not much learning after that.
Keep going girl
hb

[BiggerInTexas]

Great Job, Donica!!!

[KellyC]

It's such a nice feeling when people notice the weight loss.. I'm very happy for you!!

[KeleeGrl]

Donica...I'm so happy for you...you are doing terrific. It is such a great feeling when people notice AND say something. Keep the momentum...your doing great.

[DonicaB]

Wow.....you guys are so wonderful. You really lift me up each and every day.

Fortunately for me, our last day of school is May 22, so I only have 3.5 weeks left. But then I teach summer school for 4 weeks starting the 1st of June. The money is too good to pass up, besides I have to pay for a trip to Jamaica (or somewhere). And, I have one going to college. I figure I will be teaching summer school every year for the next 6 years. That's when both of my boys will be finished with college (hopefully).

Something I have noticed the last couple of days, is that I feel.......well, more feminine. Does that make sense???? I've noticed I am spending a little more time with my hair and makeup and I've wearing more jewelry and I just feel prettier. I've been thinking more about clothes and wanting to shop for cute purses and sunglasses. I'm just feeling more girly. I think I just hated the way I looked so much before that I felt I wasn't worth the effort. Isn't that sad!!!!! Why are we so hard on ourselves?

I noticed this morning that I don't even have a full-length mirror in my house. I guess I just didn't want to see what my whole body looked like. Again......that whole denial thing.........if I don't see how fat I am, it must not be true. I sure lied to myself a lot.

Question for the ladies.....I'm wanting to buy a new product to help with fine lines and wrinkles.......what do you recommend? I've been using the same moisturizer for years, but I think I need something more for those little lines creeping up on my face. Remember, I'm a teacher, so my budget is limited. I need to be able to buy it at WAL-MART since that is the only store I have in my town. Of course, I could drive 30 minutes to the mall, I guess, if I had to. (Biki, I know you'll have an idea for me, you're knowledgeable in this department.)

[bikipatra]

I do have the product! A recent consumer reports study showed that Olay Regenerist Night Recovery does as much for wrinkles as the most expensive brands out there. The second runner up was something from Lancome that cost almost 300 dollars. Olay has really stepped up to the plate in recent years in terms of skin care. Try their microdermabrasion kit too. (Isn't as scary as it sounds.)

[DonicaB]

Biki~ I knew you would have a product for me. I'll pick that up tonight when I go to the store.

Thanks!!!!!!

Donica

[holberry]

Donica,
I bought all the olay product Biki mentioned at COSTCO>Do you have one near you? I think it's great stuff, especially the microdermabrasion.Also COSTCO has egytian 400 ct sheets for$60. They ard dreamy.
hb

[DonicaB]

I do have a Costco about 30 miles away, but don't you have to be a member???

[holberry]

I believe you can visit 1 time and shop as a guest.
hb

[DonicaB]

My DH is away at a conference for work. He left yesterday and he won't be back until late Friday. I already miss him. I am, however, really excited that I get the bed all to myself for a few nights. He sleeps diagonally across the bed and it drives me crazy.

Before I re-started MF in January, I would get really excited when my DH and boys were going to be gone because that meant I could eat whatever I wanted and noone was watching. I would literally go to the store and buy all of my favorite foods and would eat until I was sick. Even after I felt sick......I would just wait an hour or so and begin thinking about what I could eat next. Nothing ever satisfied me.....I just wanted more and more. Of course, my DH never knew I did that.

I didn't just do that when they went away for a few days, come to think of it, I did it nearly every day. When I would get home from school, I would go immediately to the pantry and get something to eat. I would go watch TV and eat. When I finished whatever it was I was eating, I would go to the pantry and get something else. I did this until someone else came home or until I fixed dinner. Even after all that binging, I still ate dinner with the family, because if I didn't, they would know something was up.

Now that I look back on that behavior, it makes me very sad. I just don't understand why I did such things. I can't believe I ate like that. I'm actually afraid that I could go back to that, if I'm not very careful. I'm hoping that I have learned my lesson, but have I? Several people can lose the weight, but it seems few maintain it. I'm not trying to sound negative, I'm just wondering.....which will I be. I know which one I want to be, but can I do it?

I don't know what brought up all of this talk in my head. I know it's self-doubt. Will I ever fully believe in myself?

[dede4wd]

Just checking in D!

Sounds like you're doing great! The bed to yourself and EVERYTHING!

I know what you meen about suddenly feeling prettier and girlish! It's like someone flipped a switch in me! I'm wearing PINK for goodness sake!
You're right, I think I felt I didn't deserve those things (the girlish touches) because no one was looking, but I didn't know how much I NEEDED those little things to feel feminine and girlish!

You go girl!

DeDe

[Pashta]

Now that I look back on that behavior, it makes me very sad. I just don't understand why I did such things. I can't believe I ate like that. I'm actually afraid that I could go back to that, if I'm not very careful. I'm hoping that I have learned my lesson, but have I?

I think you have since you are admitting it right here to yourself and everybody else! You realize what you were doing and that is a great start.

[MerryMary]

Now that I look back on that behavior, it makes me very sad. I just don't understand why I did such things. ... Several people can lose the weight, but it seems few maintain it. I'm not trying to sound negative, I'm just wondering.....which will I be. I know which one I want to be, but can I do it?

I don't know what brought up all of this talk in my head. I know it's self-doubt. Will I ever fully believe in myself?

The writer/minister, Frederick Buechner, calls doubt the "ants in the pants of faith," stirring things up. I believe what you call self-doubt, Donica, is really the foundation for your desire to maintain to become a reality. It's those who don't give maintenance a thought that fail.

You will be just fine--have faith in yourself (and the power within you)!

Mary