The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[DonnaS]

It's late but I wanted to drop in and say thanks for stopping by my journal and for the encouraging words.

[Ginger]

Brenda

I just wanted to stop by your journal and say thank-you for all the nice encouraging posts you have sent to me.

Getting your cast off was a big day for you and you deserve all the long hot baths and showers you want.

I sometimes think God is trying to teach me patients as well, I def. know what your talking about there.

Keep up the good work!

Ginger

[katieb920]

Hey BREN,

No more cast YAY YOU... That is exciting. How did it feel to sleep with out it. I think I would go crazy having a cast on.

Good job on getting back on track.

Katie

[holberry]

Im so happy you got the old cast off, shew! that bath must have felt like heaven
here's to staying on plan girlie

oh, and how exciting a foal. How long is the gestation?

[rodeomom]

Thanks everyone! Yes, that bath did feel amazing! Sleeping was a little different. Since the ankle is still stiff and sore from being stuck in a cast for 8 weeks, it still doesn't want to move much. I actually woke up in pain a few times, but still better than trying to turn over with a 6 pound cast on my foot.

I can't believe that I am actually excited about being able to really exercise again. I have NEVER looked forward to physical activity before (EVER). Just a sign that MF is changing more than the numbers on the scale or the measuring tape - very good sign!

Hey Hol -- A mare's gestation is typically 11 months, but for some reason most mare's are actually starting to go a full year before the blessed event. My mom and Deanna aren't sure if Roxy is pregnant or if she just has a hay belly and I haven't been able to get out to the barn to do my own "inspection" -- maybe next week!!!

[rodeomom]

Physical Therapy was grand last night! For the first time since Oct of 2005 someone was able to touch my Achilles tendon without sending me through the roof in pain! Neither my therapist nor I could believe it. He was even able to do a deep muscle massage there and I tolerated it very well. The "workout" was mild, but we want to take this slow and steady to make sure we don't rush anything. I am very happy with my progress since the surgery and I am sure that this one really did work.

Now that I am more mobile, I am hoping to tackle this demon that has been sitting on my shoulder. I speak of the food demon that has been playing with my brain and driving me NUTS. Having been so successful on the program before the surgery and not EVER having any even minor cheats, I am finding these last few weeks very frustrating. Why do I keep doing this to myself? The whole thing makes no sense to me at all. I have been optimistic enough to purchase some spring/summer clothing in a size 16, but if this keeps up, I am afraid that I will have to exchange them for 18's. I guess I should be happy that I haven't gained anything - in fact, even with my horrible compliance record, I am still losing a little. I am not losing like I was, but I am still losing. Perhaps that is the problem? Could it be that since I still see myself losing a pound or so a week despite the fact that I am NOT on plan at all I choose not to comply? If that is the case, I really need my head examined because I would really rather lose the 3-5 (or more) pounds a week that I was losing when I was completely compliant.

Here I am, razzing everyone about winning the contest and I can't stay compliant for more than a couple of days. Time to buckle down and stick the nose to the grindstone. The halfway point is not where I intended to stop! I still have 80 or so pounds to lose and I want it gone!!! Time to kick myself in the butt and get it over with once and for all.

OK, I am done with my pity party. Since I am going to be going to PT 3 times a week and doing a routine exercise program, it is time to get serious about the program again. I have done it before so there is no excuse to say I can't do it now.

[lifelovinaries]

I think i know how you feel. It took a quick kick in the but from a friend to get me back on track. Boy, am i glad that the legs on her 5'2" body reached all the way from Georgia. No, you are not happy with the 1lb per week. You wanna get back to the 3+ per week to get in those 16's you already own! No exchanging, do what you gotta do to get into them!

[BabyTrace]

Hi Brenda. Just sending a little hello and a vote of confidence your way! We both know you can finish this marathon. We are all behind you.

Besides I'm 5'2" and have a matching pair of legs to those down in Atlanta if I need to bring them up to see you. She did tell me yesterday that I was kicking butt!

Hang in there girl. You've made such great progress!

[katesmom]

Hi Brenda,
Today is a new day !!!

Don't worry about yesterday...it's gone !

Start again today and think about those cute Spring and Summer clothes that we all want to wear !

You can do it....Keep going, I can feel your momentum building !!!!

The cast is off...Let's have a "cast away" celebration !!

Now that the cast is gone, the pounds will melt away too !

I'm here for ya...

[aquarianskye]

Um ok lady. You're coming to see me soon and if a BUTT KICKING is what you need then I guarantee I'll give it to you. I stand by Jo's saying "JUST DO IT". You know what needs to be done. Now do it. And if I have to I'll make you start emailing me your cheats so you have to be accountable.

I know you can do this girlie. You've saved my hiney from eating off plan more times than you know. Let's do it together. Besides I wouldn't want to just take your $$ when I win your little contest!

[rodeomom]

Okie dokie - now that my butt is sooo sore from all that butt kicking I just got, I think I am back in the right frame of mind to kick the next 80 pounds to the moon!

Sitting here, responding to some other posts I realized something. Like I said to someone else... there is enough going on around me that I have no control over. So it is about time that take control over the things that I can. My diet is one of those things. I am not talking about diet in the negative notion (like I am on a diet I can't have that), but rather my overall dietary intake.

All of your support posts (and the friendly rear end kicking) got me back into the right frame of mind. Until today, even getting on and posting here was almost a chore. I would read the threads I was involved in and answer here and there, but I wasn't willing to do anymore. Newbies were joining and I didn't even want to welcome them. I am now, back into my old mindset and ready to do what it takes to find victory.

That means that all of y'all that are in the contest had better watch out. I may be a bit behind in the weight catagory (though I am ROCKIN in the inches by the way if I do say so myself). I am out for blood now and I am going to make an effort to win BOTH catagories!

Thanks to each one of you that helped put me back into the right frame of mind to git r done.

[aquarianskye]

Good girl! I knew you'd get right back in here kickin it with me! Don't expect me to lay down and just lose my $$ tho! You're in for a fight girlie!

[ChynnaDoll]

Okie dokie - now that my butt is sooo sore from all that butt kicking I just got, I think I am back in the right frame of mind to kick the next 80 pounds to the moon!

Sitting here, responding to some other posts I realized something. Like I said to someone else... there is enough going on around me that I have no control over. So it is about time that take control over the things that I can. My diet is one of those things. I am not talking about diet in the negative notion (like I am on a diet I can't have that), but rather my overall dietary intake.

All of your support posts (and the friendly rear end kicking) got me back into the right frame of mind. Until today, even getting on and posting here was almost a chore. I would read the threads I was involved in and answer here and there, but I wasn't willing to do anymore. Newbies were joining and I didn't even want to welcome them. I am now, back into my old mindset and ready to do what it takes to find victory.

That means that all of y'all that are in the contest had better watch out. I may be a bit behind in the weight catagory (though I am ROCKIN in the inches by the way if I do say so myself). I am out for blood now and I am going to make an effort to win BOTH catagories!

Thanks to each one of you that helped put me back into the right frame of mind to git r done.

annnnnnnnnnnd you ARE git'n'r DONE my friend LOVE the new mindset sweetie:+)

Chynna

[rodeomom]

Almost 9pm and I am one MF supplement away from a perfect 6/0 day. I really didn't intend to do a 6/0, but it just worked out that way - just not in the mood to eat.

I got some really bad news this afternoon. My buddy, Alicia, that has been fighting stage 4 breast cancer (through her whole body now) is in her last 24 hours on this earth. God is ready to call my sister home. The world will never know the amazing person it is losing. I can only rest in the fact that she will no longer be in pain and will be held in the arms of our Lord God Jesus Christ!

Please pray for her family, husband Jim, 20ish year old son Nathan and 17 year old son Blake. Though they know where she is headed, they will have a hard time letting her go.

[lifelovinaries]

Prayers and to you and her family. The world may not know what an amazing person it's losing but heaven sure knows what a beautiful flower it is gaining. May the family and friends gain peace in her suffering's end.