The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[ChynnaDoll]

Hi Tawanda! Just wanted to come over and say hello. Saw you over at Robin's...gosh it's GOOD to see you:+) Hope everything is going well with you.

Chyna

[katieb920]

Hi Ms T..... How are you? Just popping in to say hello

[DogMa]

Hey, T. Just dropping by to say hi. How are you doing?

[Joy]

Greetings!

I hope you are having some results from the exercising you have been doing?

I also hope you have a wonderful week!

regards,
Joy

[nickieluv]

Hi Tawanda - I hope you are doing well. We miss you!

[Tawanda]

Gosh, how did so long go between writing when I check in here.....I've just had nothing to report or share. Same ole', same ole' except that I've let my daily exercising slip. I need to begin again (and keep doing it!). I exercised 6 days a week for 3 weeks and then 'poof' decided I was done. Dumb move.

Anyway, still battling those extra pounds and still trying to figure out why I don't just get them off. I know how, I have the MF products, I just don't seem to care, which is the real problem. I grouse about being over goal, I moan within myself about it......but it comes right down to me not wanting to lose the weight bad enough to give up my gluttonous ways.......

I absolutely LOVED Lauren's message a few days (a week? maybe longer?) ago........somewhere on the forums, not sure where...... but she just said (in essence) just shut up and get to doing it.............

So incredibly true---------just shuddup Tawanda --------

And DO IT!

So..........yesterday I just did it ---until dinner time........

Today........I told myself 'shuddup and do it'

and I did............ALL DAY LONG!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!

Tomorrow I'm planning on telling myself to -------------

JUST SHUDDUP YOUR COMPLAINING, YOUR PLANNING, YOUR EXCUSES, YOUR WHINNING (about wanting to eat something, about how flipping tight my jeans are on my ever widening thighs.......etc) and JUST DO THE PROGRAM one more day.

Each day.............I'm going to tell myself to SHUT UP YOUR WHINING Tawanda and GET IT DONE!!!

I had some chest pains today............(probably just heartburn)........but it made me wonder.......what is it going to take this dumb woman to stop playing foodie russian roulette with my health......cookies, ice cream, candy, pizza, hamburgers, fries............not one of those items is comprised of much (if anything) that is healthy or necessary to improve my goal of living healthy for years to come.

I have made too many foolish decisions for too many years......my foolish food consumption and food decisions have caused so many more problems and unhappiness than it has been worth.....

How many are reading this and thinking that they could be having this conversation with themselves?

How many are thinking they need to tell themselves

SHUDDUP little whiney inner brat who is saying (constantly) "I want 'that' food right NOW!! and I don't care if it isn't a wise, good, healthy food"

And how many are thinking that it is time to JUST DO THE PROGRAM the way that the program is meant to be done.......

It is time for me.......and I pray I'll remember this moment each and every time I think about tossing my determination away....

[katesmom]

Hi T !!
So glad to see you back ! I've missed you and your inspiration !! Like Lauren said...JUST DO IT !!

I had to give myself that message 2 weeks ago and it's working so far. It's amazing how once you get on with it and no longer put it off, how much better you feel ! The MF feeling of being "in the zone" should be bottled !! Really ! It is so great once everything is working and the weight is falling off, that you (me too)just can't understand why it takes so long to get back on the horse...BUT YOU DID IT !!!

No one here is pointing fingers at you because we have all been there !!
You always give such wonderful advice and thoughtful messages that I am thrilled you are back !!

Thank you T for being here !!

[nickieluv]

Welcome back - I see myself in your post of course. Not sure what it will take but I had a bit of a wake-up call last night - I'm fine, it wasn't me at all - that I might post about later on. Planning to start on Monday but I want to be sure that I'm ready to whip the brat. Pam, you're right, why does it take so long to start when it feels so good to get going? But it does.

Hope your 'shuddup' continues to work wonders! Here's to the day the jeans feel comfy again....

[Tawanda]

Today was a day of saying 'shuddup!', to my inner brat, often. I made it through the day (so far) with only consuming 150 calories outside of Medifast food. It isn't a perfect day, but it sure beats the heck out of what I've been doing for months. Yesterday was a great day on program and I'm going to keep saying 'shuddup' and 'just do this without whining for other foods!' . Hopefully it will continue to work as well as it has yesterday and today...with 100% compliance expected soon.

Pam, thank you. I'm so glad you've found your MF groove and that you are doing so well.

Nickie, we all have an inner brat. Some of us (me) have a louder than average brat......LOL. I wasn't pointing fingers, I was just seeing myself in Lauren's post. You might consider just eating as wisely as you can until after your vacation and planning to begin MF as soon as you get home. It would be hard to start soon and then have the temptations of vacation to deal with----putting off starting until after you return from your trip. Just a suggestion, you need to do what you think is best.

[Tawanda]

I've been having to say 'shuddup!!!' almost constantly during the last 2 hours, since my last post. Why is this so darn hard, why do I constantly think of food and wanting to eat. I am not truly hungry, no hunger pangs and I had a nice dinner (baked halibut, green salad, a little bit of cooked broccoli). But I want more.

I wanted something salty while the halibut was baking. I sprinkled a bit of salt in my hand and ate that. It helped and I was thankful that I thought of it.......LOL

Only about an hour until bed time....... I can make it without making a food mistake and ruining my entire day......

I will be happy tomorrow morning that I've stuck to my plan and that I'm continuing to tell that inner brat to just 'shuddup' and leave me alone.

I'm doing fine........I am in control. Food is not my master, food is not running my life.....I am. I make my own decisions and I make good, healthy decisions.....

Shuddup and just do it!

[nickieluv]

Yes, why is that? Why do we just want to eat even when we are not hungry? It drives me nuts.

I've been thinking about vacation - I was saying I might start tomorrow. I just don't know. It's tough to know that you NEED to do something, that you should WANT to do something, but in the end, I don't want to badly enough just yet. It's really only four days until vacation because we leave Friday.

Interesting, though - since I've just given up, essentially, I haven't been bingeing. Eating, yes, but not crazy amounts. Strange. I guess my inner brat is an inner rebel - and it's no fun to binge after mommy already said it was OK.

See you Monday - shake the darn salt shaker right in your mouth if you have to.

[katesmom]

Hey T !
I have a very strong willed 'Inner Brat" that loves to tempt me in just about any situation !! I tell her to "save it" for someone who will listen !!

Yes I have told her to "shuddup" many times !

Onward and upward Tawanda !

Have a great day

[Lauren]

Boy have my ears been burning this weekend from this thread! :-)

T., I'm sorry you've been struggling, but happy to hear that any random thing I might've said elsewhere is helping you quiet your inner brat. Damn, she's loud, huh? :-) I think you might be best to just duct tape her mouth shut - would simultaneously quiet her AND not let her eat! A win-win! ha.

Anyway, I hope it's getting just a wee bit easier since you last posted...but feel free to pm me if you're needing an extra kick in the pants (or mouth).

Ciao, bella!

lauren

[Tawanda]

Hi everyone. Life has changed a lot since I last posted. The inner brat has been subdued by stress and life changes.

Our empty nest has grown (and will be containing for a few years) one adult, one preschool child, one toddler child, a hamster and a beta fish....

There have been some very stressful and frightening hours along with huge adjustments in everyone's lives. My life, my routines, my free time (next to none) and my appetite have all changed. I've had little to no appetite or time to eat.

I tried to get online yesterday afternoon to read the posts here, saw there were quite a few since I last checked on -- don't know when---maybe Saturday afternoon? --- But I didn't get to stay online long enough to read anyone's posts. I don't know when I will get to be back to reading and posting, perhaps soon....perhaps it will be days or weeks. I have no control over most of my life or time right now. The couple hours in the early morning are my only 'quiet' *my* time right now. My dear, sweet hubby has even less quiet time than I do.......I think as he drives to work in the early morning is it for him. His after work drive has held errands and such. Poor fellow.

Hopefully life will settle down and settle into a routine soon. As hard as it is for me & DH, it is much harder on others. We feel blessed that we have the space and resources to assist our child at this time.

Well, I hear othes stirring so I need to get off line.

My best to all and I hope everyone is keeping that inner brat quiet enough to be successful in your weight loss journey. (Extreme stress does work to shut them up sometimes!).

[nickieluv]

I hope everyone is OK, Tawanda. As I've said before, your kids are lucky to have you, and it sounds like you're especially needed right now. Take care of others right now and take care of you when you can. I suppose that's the opposite of what we usually say but it's what I say to you as a fellow mom today.