The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[ChynnaDoll]

DAY 52!...what an accomplishment to be proud of Erica I'm so glad you're feeling much better today about things, and i totally agree that you CAN do what you WANT to do...i tell myself that quite often, and especially this past summer with the snakes and all...that's another story...lol!

Just wanted to drop in and give'ya a quick holla!

Chynna~

[queenielou]

DAY 52

i can do what i WANT to do.

I know I can do what I wanna do. If I work hard at it, I'll be where I wanna be...

couldn't help myself

Glad to hear that you were able to resist the scale this morning. I haven't been able to do that yet - unless I'm somewhere where there is no scale. I hope you have a better day at work tomorrow. Keep up the good work!

[ChynnaDoll]

Gooood Morning Mzzz Erica!!!! Here's wishing you a GREAT day today

Chynna~

[lifelovinaries]

DAY 52

i can do what i WANT to do.

I know I can do what I wanna do. If I work hard at it, I'll be where I wanna be...

couldn't help myself

Glad to hear that you were able to resist the scale this morning. I haven't been able to do that yet - unless I'm somewhere where there is no scale. I hope you have a better day at work tomorrow. Keep up the good work!

hey queenie, no need to try to resist, i can use all the help i can get!!! i know i can do what i wanna do If i work hard at it, i'll be where i wanna be...

I've always been one who couldn't resist the scale either...can you believe that the EVIL out*with*the*old had me weighing myself one NIGHT? It worked out fine that night but i decided that i would NEVER do that again. But on a serious note, i really needed to pull myself away from the scale to let ME know that it doesn't control ME. I felt as if i was losing it, losing control in many MF related areas. It wasn't a matter of giving in, it was a matter of feeling like i had a real short fuse on my "giving in" bomb. I had to figure out a way to diffuse it.

[lifelovinaries]

DAY 53

today WAS great day (thanks chy, for the wish). However i was a LITTLE tempted to weigh myself, it took very little resistance to convince myself otherwise. Well maybe convince is too strong a word. It was more like "uh, no, you are NOT weighing yourself til Sunday remember???" and i replied "oh yeah" and kept it moving. So anyhoo, i remained FULLY compliant. I have no cravings nor is my hunger level going crazy. But then again, i wasn't having any cravings/extra hunger when i ate that cracker either... I'm feeling much stronger mentally as each day passes. i am focusing on the bigger picture and my purpose for being OP. Then i focus on you guys that help keep me strong. Not only would i NOT want to disappoint you, but i wouldn't want to disappoint MYSELF. So i keep pluggin along, one hour at a time and as each hour passes the OC on my chest gets bigger as i gain more strength <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_27_1.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_27_1/image.gif"> (or is that actually just my boobies???)

[lifelovinaries]

DAY 53 AGAIN

i know i just posted but i wanted this to be separate for some reason...Does it bother any of you when someone asks "how much weight have you lost?". I know it seems silly and normally, i would be extremely proud to shout my accomplishments from the rooftop but, for some reason it is bothering me now. I think i just don't want to really speak about it, i wanna BE about it. I know it has a lot to do with how i am feeling about my "failure point". It was never a problem before (other weightloss attempts) with people asking me how much i have lost but i recently it has bothered me (it's only happened about 3x's.) With me, you really can't start to see the weightloss until 15-20lbs gone, so unfortunately, the timing has fallen in line with my dreaded 215 therefore i am extra sensitive. I know that people mean no harm when they ask and i should take it as an NSV that they noticed. But when they ask, i interpret it completely differently. BESIDES THE FACT THAT I AM REALIZING YOU GUYS HAVE SENT THAT FRIGGIN PMS BUG OVER THIS WAY!!! What???? i don't even normally suffer from PMS but it is that TOM next week. A little moody. I'VE LOST 23.SOMETHING LBS...WHY DO YOU WANNA KNOW????

[Mike]

DAY 53 AGAIN

BESIDES THE FACT THAT I AM REALIZING YOU GUYS HAVE SENT THAT FRIGGIN PMS BUG OVER THIS WAY!!! What???? i don't even normally suffer from PMS but it is that TOM next week. A little moody. I'VE LOST 23.SOMETHING LBS...WHY DO YOU WANNA KNOW????

Hey Erica,
How much weight HAVE you lost?
I had to...sorry.

I wish I could relate to how you feel. I know that when I hear that question its coming from folks who know. What I have been tired of in the past is when I haven't lost any and they say that I look different and that I've lost more. Are they REALLY seeing me, or is it that they know I'm trying and are just being nice?

Anyhow... just had to razz you a bit, before Kym had the chance.

[bikipatra]

Most people just congratulate me on my weight loss or say "I hardly recognized you" or "You look so different." I have to admit that the only person who has asked flat out how much weight I have lost is my snarky competitive friend I have spoken about in the past. Then she asks how much more am I planning to lose. I haven't seen her in a while so she hasn't made any comments about my double chin lately.

[Out*With*The*Old]

Hey Chicky!

I'm glad to see you are feeling better and stronger and good for you for staying away from the scale!!! (and to clear my name, I didn't force you to weigh at night - - can I help it if you wanna be like me? LOL)

About the dreaded question - I too hate it!! It's not OK to ask someone how the hell they got so fat - or 'OMGosh how much did you gain?' - so what makes it OK to ask how much was lost?? I just blow off the question and thank them for noticing.

To be honest, I'm a very private person IRL. I don't share my business with a lot of folks. When I was pregnant, I HATED the 'are you going to breast feed' question. I think that is such a personal decision and act and I just found it annoying - ESP from strangers. But then, I am one of the few chicks I know who never did it in public (aheam - breast feed, that is :-) ). I never thought it was 'OK' to bare my breast and feed my child in public. I know others see this differently - so this is JMHO - I am private and kept that private too (I don't shower at the gym either - lol).

OK, enough - I am glad you are on track with compliance! Cause I would HATE for EatThemCrackersYumYum to post a pic of a cracker in yer journal

[Mike]

OK, enough - I am glad you are on track with compliance! Cause I would HATE for EatThemCrackersYumYum to post a pic of a cracker in yer journal

Too funny. Besides, we really don't need lots of alternate "entities" on the forum.

[lifelovinaries]

Too funny. Besides, we really don't need lots of alternate "entities" on the forum.

They are other personalities that exist within kym's head. but shhhh.. <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_112.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D4%252F4_2_112/image.gif"> she hasn't quite realized that they aren't REAL. When she goes to sleep at night, "they" get up and do the things she would LOVE to do (i.e., eat a whole bag of hawaiian rolls and a cracker!) Hey kym, you never DID tell us what became of those rolls. Or did they just disappear and you have NO idea where they went?

[Out*With*The*Old]

They're in my pantry - unopened! They make me strong!

[lifelovinaries]

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UM, YEAH, WHATEVER MAN!!!says the roll keeper to the cracker eater!

[lifelovinaries]

actually, vice versa

[lifelovinaries]

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and i did it HERE TOO!