The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[queenielou]

Hi Ladies,

I'm here but I'm quite ashamed that I haven't been by in a while. Tawanda, I wanted to thank you publicly for your support and PMs. I'm sorry for not responding sooner. I just haven't had a string of on plan days for about two months. It's not that I'm ashamed because I'm not on plan, I just didn't know if I should be here since I wasn't even trying to be on plan.

Otherwise, school and life have been pretty busy and hectic. I haven't exercised much in two months. Last week I jogged 3.5 miles after not having exercised at all for 2 months. Surprisingly, I was able to do the distance but my time has slowed down considerably. Weight-wise, I'm in the 60 pound club. I was there once a couple weeks ago but TOM pushed me back up but now I'm back there.

I was on plan yesterday but I didn't drink enough water. This morning, I left the house without any supplements and ended up eating a clementine my officemate gave me. Not horrible, but not on plan. I don't have any excuses for not being on plan. I just lost the motivation and haven't found it again yet. I know, it's not lost and I have to make the decision to do it. I haven't made that decision yet. I hope I will soon since I just bought two pairs of size 12 jeans yesterday. One pair fits well, the other pair is too snug for now.

All of you who have remained on plan and struggled through the lack of motivation, you are really inspiring. Biki, you're a model now! Some newbies have already surpassed my 60 pounds lost and that's fantastic.

I hope to be around more often!

Thanks everyone for your kind words and well wishes

[Mike]

Glad to see your sparkling personality back and on track.

[queenielou]

I should've said hi everyone instead of hi ladies in the earlier post! Sorry about that, Mike Thanks for the welcome back.

[Tawanda]

So glad to see you!!! Congratulations to you on the 60# club, and on those size 12s!!

[Mike]

I should've said hi everyone instead of hi ladies in the earlier post! Sorry about that, Mike Thanks for the welcome back.

Its okay, I'm macho enough that I can handle it.

[bikipatra]

All of you who have remained on plan and struggled through the lack of motivation, you are really inspiring. Biki, you're a model now! Some newbies have already surpassed my 60 pounds lost and that's fantastic.

I hope to be around more often!

Thanks everyone for your kind words and well wishes

Yes, but a very frustrated one! I need to practice more gratitude. It is so good to have you back. I am grateful for that! Missed you so much! Congrats on the 60 club!

[Serendipity]

Hey there queenie. It's nice to see your smiling face!

[lifelovinaries]

Hi queenie, welcome back to the forum. Hope you are here to stay!

[queenielou]

Good morning,

Thanks for stopping by T, Biki, Jo, Aries. It's good to be back. Down another 2 this morning to 186. Feels good to be back

I'll try to catch up with people's journals soon. I hope you're all doing well.

[Out*With*The*Old]

Congrats on the loss and welcome back!!!!!!!!

[queenielou]

Thanks OWTO! Nice of you to stop by

Yesterday I wore a pair of the size 12 jeans I bought on Sunday. Honestly, I can't ever remember in my life wearing a size 12 in jeans. I kept looking in the mirror and checking the tag to see if they really were a 12. Maybe they were sized wrong. They're Banana Republic Urban Bootcut in case anyone else wants some jeans in a smaller size. They're on sale for about $40, down from over $100.

Didn't exercise yesterday but I want to today. I got stuck in snow yesterday after class and ended up coming home and going back out in the snow to eat dinner with a friend. I spent the night since I'm not a huge fan of driving in the snow. So I didn't get to exercise like I had planned.

I hope everyone is having a great day. I've yet to catch up on the journals but I will soon.

[CGal67]

Congrats to you on the 12's!!! *thanks for stopping by my journal too!* I enjoyed your journal by the way.

I can't wait to fit comfortably in 10's... I won't be rockin any size 8's for a long time but when I do I plan on wearing the same pants for a week straight! LMAO!

Take care!

Carrie

[CaribGirl]

Thank you for once again being active in the forums. I missed reading about your journey!

[rodeomom]

Gee, I think the last time I wore size 12's was when I was in 6th grade. Seems like you are doing GREAT! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for stopping by my journal and for the encouragement. It really means more than anyone can possibly know to have people I have never met face to face be more encouraging than my own family.

[queenielou]

Hey Carrie, Carib and Rodeo,

Thanks for stopping by. Carrie, I've worn those size 12 jeans 3 days this week already. The first day I wore them, I couldn't get out of the mirror. It's hard to believe that I'm wearing 12s and 14s and large tops. Really hard to believe since last year at this time I had to go to Macy's to buy all new clothes to wear while I was at home for Christmas because my old clothes were too small. I wore womens 18s and 20s (or the occasional 16 with the zipper unzipped and a sweater over the skirt to hide that the zipper didn't close ) and 2x sweaters. No one in my family knows I've been dieting and I haven't been home since May so I'm hoping to surprise them a little bit. The last time most people saw me I was around 250-255 so to go home at 180-185 should be a big difference.

Exercise-wise - I just jogged 10 kilometers. Yet another thing that is hard for me to believe. I'm going to Vegas the first week of January and I'm taking Robin's lead and trying to sign up for a race while I'm there. They have a 5k but since I know I can do 5k without any problem, I thought I would challenge myself and see if I could jog 10k by the first week of January. I got on the treadmill tonight with the intention of doing 5 miles at a really slow pace - 5mph. Well, by the time I got to 5 miles, I realized I was so close to 6.2 miles that I should keep going. I did and now I know I can jog 10 k for sure in January. That will be a great birthday present to myself. I'm gonna work on getting my time down between now and then. It's crazy how much endurance I have now seeing as I quit exercising 2 months ago. Imagine where I'd be if I hadn't given up. That's the moral of the story - don't quit!