The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[bikipatra]

Tawanda I am so proud of you!!! Congrats!!! And you just keep on going! That fairy is back to work after her stint in rehab.

[BiggerInTexas]

Congrats on the halfway mark!!

[Tawanda]

176....again today. I drank very little water yesterday as I was away from home most of the day. I don't drink much water when I have to be away from home. I helped with g'babies a bit and also visited my mother & did some shopping (it was my birthday).

When I began Medifast I had set myself a goal of being 172 by my birthday, but I missed the amount by 4#. I was okay with being heavier than my goal because I've had plenty of time to see that it most likely wasn't going to happen at the rate that I was losing. I've been consistant at losing just over 2.5# a week when my loss is averaged out. Why 172? Well, twice in the past 7 years I've lost down to 173 and then gained all the weight back (gone back up to 214/216). The 173 has become (in my mind) a barrier that I wasn't getting through. This time will be different and I'll blaze past it okay......never to see it appear on a scale that I'm standing on (unless I'm holding a g'child and standing on the scale! )....but I'm eager to see 172 and 'know' that I've broken through the barrier.

There was no cake, no ice cream last night. DH said "it just doesn't seem right to not have any celebration for your birthday" (it was just he and I--or is it him and me? ). I said "yeah, it seems odd to me too, but this is one of my happiest birthdays ever--because I feel so good and I'm thinner!!".

So......weird day (unusual day) compared to past birthday's, but it was great that I made it to half my weight lost, on that day, and that I had a good hair/make-up day to have some photos taken.

So........172 will be in a few weeks and then in a month it will be old news/history.

I have the day all to myself today.....can't decide if I'm going to go window shopping at a yarn shop or stay home and just veg out.

Thank you for all the kind comments that have been left on this journal and also for the photos in the studio.

Tawanda!!!

[bikipatra]

Happy belated birthday and I am so glad that you have your thinny picture as your new avatar! I feel like I know the real you now!!! Edit: My weight stayed the same too so the fairy was off last night.

[Sojourner]

Wait...what???
It was your birthday??

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[2getskinny]

Happy Birthday To You!
You are doing WONDERFUL!

[ChynnaDoll]

Happy belated Birthday Tawanda!! I wish you many many more WONDERFUL years to come:+))

Chynna~

[SuzyQ66]

Tawanda we all missed your birthday...sorry about that...but HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!! It is wonderful and refreshing to see your determination in making it to your goal - nothing will stop you and that is great. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and look how far you have come..give yourself a big, well-deserved, pat on the back.

[nickieluv]

Your birthday was the 16th? Mine too!!!!! It's always so neat to meet someone with the same birthday! No cake/ice cream for me either, even though I was in the midst of a cheating episode. I got a pedicure GC from my husband so I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about with these pedi discussions. Anyway, happy birthday!! Oh, and in case I didn't say it elsewhere, I'm very glad to see your pictures!

[DonicaB]

Tawanda~~~~ I love, love, love the new avatar. Congratulations on being half-way there. And...... Happy Belated Birthday!!!!!

I'll have to catch up more after the weekend......see ya then.

Doni

[holberry]

The day you were born, Happy B Day
Must have felt terrific to know you are in control on your day. So many times Ive done the OK next b-day I will be thin. Honestly, that gets tiresome, and you are doing it so well.
Have a wonderful spring day.
hb

[j0j0ruca]

Happy Belated Birthday! Way to go for not being tempted to cheat.

Nickie - you've never had a pedi or just don't go in regularly? I try to go in twice a month if I can. I'm thinking of asking the new place I've been going how much they would charge me just to soak and get the callus remover/soak - not the other junk. If they are willing to do that and it is reasonable ($10 or less) I might be going in weekly. I was just telling my roommate he should go with me for a pedicure. He agreed he needed to go in. We went once together. He got a hot wax manicure and massage while I got a hot wax pedicure. He paid

[DogMa]

Belated happy birthday!!! And you can still celebrate, just with something other than cake and ice cream. I suggest either a special nonfood treat or just a really great lean and green. Lobster? Steak? Whatever you like best.

[nickieluv]

Nickie - you've never had a pedi or just don't go in regularly?

NEVER had one. Unless you count doing it myself and that really doesn't go too well anyway. Looking forward to it! I think. If I can get over letting someone touch my feet - I don't even let my husband touch my feet unless I've just stepped out of the shower.

[DogMa]

I had one once and HATED it. I found it so uncomfortable it was almost painful.