The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Tawanda]

Jo, so good to see a post from you! I was getting to worrying about you (yeah, I'm older than you so I can worry when you aren't where I think you should be....... ).

The kitchen sounds like it is going to be lovely. I have a spot in mine for an easy chair with side table, but it is currently taken up with a child-sized dining table and chairs for the g'son (g'sons some day). Nothing fancy just cute.

I ordered that book through Amazon after Robin said it looked good. Eager for it to be released and arrive.

[DogMa]

OK, that author needs to start sending me a commission.

[Lizabette]

JO, Guess we'll have to start a Join the Thin Club Club, sort of like the 100 Day Challengers!

ROBIN, share and share alike, when the commissions start rolling in!

[holberry]

to one of my weight loss heros
good to read your journal again JO.

good thing you dont have a house full of kids during the remodel eh?
have a good evening.
hol

[SuzyQ66]

Jo - so glad you are back. I hope your thoughts and feeling turn to cheery ones soon. So many people look up to you, Robin and Lizabette - myself including - that we can't afford to have you feeling blah....and fat...and well you know what I mean. I am sure this will work itself out.

[Serendipity]

Robin, I think you may have a point about my routine. I never knew how much my life revolved around my kitchen until I didn't have it. We really live in our kitchen. It's truly the center of our house. And as for scheduled meals, well we haven't cooked in over a month, so it's been grab something to nuke, order in, or eat out. When we get back to our routine, I'll probably feel less insecure about my eating choices.

T, I have a table and chairs in my den for the grandbabies. This is the 4th generation in our family to use them.

Liz and Suz, I've been here, but haven't had much time to post. Don't worry, I'm not goin' anywhere.

[Lauren]

Hey, Sexy Girlfriend! :-) Glad to see (um, hear, er, read) you're doing well, and sorry about the struggles with feeling settled in your weight/body/maintenance. I think Robin is 100% right on the routine thing - whenever I am totally out of my daily ritual, like if I am at the beach for a few days, I always come back thinking I just gained like 15 pounds, even though I was so careful. Funny enough, I almost always have LOST after a few days on a different routine - I think my body is begging me to mix things up a bit! So, cut yourself a little slack on the head games, and approach it from an intellectual standpoint. You know how much your eating, and you have a pretty good idea what the calorie content is of these items. Recognize that if you remain consistent with a certain level of calories, you WILL NOT gain weight. Energy in vs energy out. Treat it like a science experiment, not an emotional journey. If you don't eat more calories than you expend, you will not gain weight.

One thing, Jo. I know you are, uh, not a fan of exercise. :-) But if your mind is messing with you right now, you may want to at least do some walking or something that you KNOW you're expending energy/burning calories, so that when you sleep at night you may have fewer fears about pounds just coming back on. I know if there is a day I don't exercise (rare), I feel suddenly like I'll gain a million pounds! Totally irrational, but just doing some activity on every day makes me feel like I am in control, not the pounds. Just a thought.

Miss you!

Lauren

[Sojourner]

Energy in vs energy out. Treat it like a science experiment, not an emotional journey.

Or how 'bout this, Jo?
Treat it like a spreadsheet.
An accounting of caloric debits and credits.

[Serendipity]

The only thing I like less than exercise is keeping track of calories, UGHHHHHHH.

I have actually been walking to work and back every day. That's 2 miles total, but one of those miles is a steep uphill climb, so I'm not totally sedentary. I do see progress in the exercise department.

I'll probably never be a triathelete, but something is better than nothing.

[queenielou]

2 miles a day sounds like more than a little progress in the exercise department, especially since one way is uphill. You sure you don't want to do a triathlon? If you change your mind, let me know. I'll start training with you once I learn how to swim

[bikipatra]

Good Morning, my future triathlete! I am up a bit early this morning and wanted to say hello since we don't get to chat so much anymore. I think it is great that you are continuing your 2 mile walks. As soon as the sun comes up I am going to take one myself. Not being manic anymore, I don't feel the need to take long walks in the dark by myself. It is DC.

[Serendipity]

Morning, bebes. Real life has been getting in the way of our cawfee talks. I'm sorry. As has been the case all of my working life, when I accept temporary extra workload, it becomes permanent. I am enjoying the extra challenge, but it surely does put a damper on my free time.

On top of the additional accounting work, my QuickBooks consulting practice is growing too fast and I'm being spread pretty thin there. Enough about boring stuff, though.

The rest of my real life is equally hectic because I need to have it all, ya know. I insist on seeing my grandbabies at least every other week (we need to bond!) and the kitchen remodel has really thrown us for a loop. It's almost done, though, and I love it, love it, love it! I've been working all day and then coming home and working all evening getting it in order......gosh, I never knew we had so much stuff!

Through it all, the one sure thing has been my Medifast. My eating routine has hit a good place and I'm even losing those couple-a extra pounds that were hanging on. It's so nice to know that I have the tools I need to maintain and that my plan is working.

Beginning and ending my day with Medifast, with usually a bar somewhere in between......sticking close to the forum even when I can't post.........reminding myself daily of where I want to be. That's it! No magic, just common sense.

I loved the quote in Chynna's journal.....can't remember it. (OK! I'm 51!!!) Guess I need to go find it and write it down......

Have a great day every one! BTW, I'm so happy with the compliance trend that's happening on the forum......you know me......compliance and patience.......it's that simple.

[Serendipity]

Ahhhh, my mind is really going.....the quote was in Tawanda's journal (sorry, T, but you understand, right? hehe).....

*The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret*

[Tawanda]

I'm only forgiving you because it is your birthday!!!


Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!!

Happy 51st Birthday Jo!!!

[bikipatra]

Happy Birthday!!!