I've bben keeping track of my food for the past few weeks. I've been averaging about 1200 to 1400 Cals a day and about 20/25% fat. I don't get out eveyday for exercise, but I do alot of lifting for about 1/2 hour at the beginning of my day. I'm on the hormone pills for the past 10 years as some of you know and I'm sure you are sick of hearing about it,but I'm not really getting anywhere. One thing I do know that when I cut down alot on my sugar I get really big headaches. Why oh Why I'm I not getting anywhere. I really want to make the change, but I know that if you go below 1000 cals that that is not good for you eigther???? Whats a girl to do???? I've also been drinking more water???? All I'm doing is staying the same????HELP??????? null

I have no idea why that X is there? What have I done? X-(

1 cup of cheerios
1/4 cup of whole bran
1/2cup of 1% milk
1 tea and 1%

Lunch we did not have we were out shopping then we took the kids to the movie.
I was bad and had some Reeses Pieces and 1 Diet pop.

Dinner was 11/2 cups of homemade soup with some leftover roast beef. I made enough for 3 servings and put 2 in the freezer. 1 cup of salad with 1 tbsp on dressing. 2 cups of 1/2 and 1/2 water and Cranberry juice. I also had about 3 glasses of water. Last of all Hubby and I took the dog for a walk.

April 2nd. I had a slim fast for B.
Lunch was ham and cheese on an English Muffin,no butter Toasted. The cheese sort of melts it you put some on each of the hot muffin. 2 glasses of water and an Apple.
Dinner was 11/2 pieces of fish, about 12 fries always cooked on a cookie sheet. 1 cup of salad 1 tbsp of 3 cz ranch dressing. 1 glass of water and 1 of cranberry juice.
I had a fruit cup for dessert without the extra juice from it. And I'm sitting here having a tea with 1% milk.
I went for a 20 minute walk to also. I worked from 8 to 5:30P.M. :x

Hi. It sounds to me like you're doing good. Except for that reeces. But then I'm a sugar junkie, too! That's why I have the Slim Fast bars for breakfast. Get my chocolate in early.. :) Sometimes if I want something at the movies, I'll have licorice (sp?). It's usually fat free, although there are calories, and it lasts longer, that way I get sugar.
Keep up the good work.

Please read my Bio, I guess I did my J there today. I just kept going and going just like the Bunny. Happy thoughts today everyone. :x

I got my feeling hurt on Saturday Night. But I did not let it show. There was someone that we were with at a dance. She had a very nice dress on. My husband trying to be polite asked if it came in different colours and sizes? He thought it would look nice on me but of course it would have to be a different size. He really did not mean anything by it.
The other people we were with made a Very Big Deal of the way he asked the question to imply that I was fat. I played along with it because I was so shocked that they said. But I would like you all to know instead of ruining my evening out I just had a good time anyway.
Today at work I was talking to one of the people that were there and I guess they talked about it all the way home. So I guess I know what they really think of me. :o :o :(

Fortunately, Kimberly, what other people think of you and what they say about you has NOTHING to do with who you are. I think you did the very best thing by ignoring any comments they made and just enjoying your evening out with your dear husband. People really do say stupid, hurtful things to each other, and it's not just about weight issues. I hope you enjoyed the dance!

Hugs
ThinLynn

Thanks ThinLynn for the pep talk. I really did enjoy myself. We don't go out like that very often at all. We did have a great time then and when we got home Ha Ha. No other details.
We are gotting ready to have His mom over for Easter. It will be a good time. We also have invited his sister and her family. I'm looking forward to having a few days away from all those double shifts.

Read my question in the pub. I guess I should have put it here. I rambled, but I hope it gets you thinking about your dreams. Please read it. ;)

Did not have a good week this week. Had to work for the boss and there is alot of stress when I do that because people test you and that makes me angry,but this time I bit my lip and just kept going. I wanted to say alot more then I did but I kept my cool. THere is onw girl working with us now from another office and I think she goes and tells her office how we run things and her boss who is above us phones us and tells how and if we are doing something wrong. We have not called her and asked for her advise but we seem to get it anyway. So some of us have decided to stop talking about different things that we don't want to leave the office so it can not be told to strangers. X-(

I think I did not have a bad week after all. I lost 1 more pound. now I'm at 160/164/130. I feel alot better then I did the other day about myself just because I saw that scale move 1 more time. Guess what I did not get anything for Easter. No candy,nothing. I think I did not even mind. I told them not to get me anything because I did not want to be tempted.

Not much to say today. I went for a walk inbetween my shifts today. Took the dog with me. She never says no.Got 4 loads of laundry done and put on the line. And I made them cookies. And I did not have any while I was making them. I can't believe that I did that. Mom still has not heard anything about her next steps about her breast cancer. She sits and waits by the phone. I'm not feeling that good these days Hubby has had what we were told was a bad cold but I think it is more then that. We found out that at this moment he does not have a Dr. anymore. His quit the practice and did not tell us about it. My Dr. who is in the same office won't take him on as a new person. Can you believe that. He is lucky if he sees anyone once a year and they still won't take him on. We are still looking for one for him. I've put a few calls in to other offices but they have not called me back. Then they wonder why we get angry. X-(

Feeling not so hot today. Hubby has had a cold for a few weeks and I think I'm not to far behind him. I thought I was going to talk myself out of keeping going with the diet. Even though I was feeling terrible yesterday and today I still took the dog for a walk and did all my better eating. I don't know if I have lost any weight yet this week. I only weigh in on Sunday. I don't really feel any different. I guess its because of this cold. I'm home at the moment in between shifts so I thought I would log in while I could get my time in before the kids get home and need it for homework. I'll see you tomorrow. :(

Well results are in for me. I have strep. That is why I;ve bben under the wheather.
I talked to my sister today and she said that mom might be worse then we thought. They took her in yesterday and did all kinds of tests on her from head to toe. We hope to hear the results maybe by Monday.
The Dr. said that he would not operate on her until she had cemo 1st. and then he would see about it. But if they have found any anywhere else that they just might leave her alone and not do anything. I will keep you pposted. :-/

I did it. I've hit one of my goals. I'm now under 160. 159/164/130. I also have less then 30 pounds to go. I was so excited today I got on and off the scale 5 times to make sure I was not seeing things and to also make sure that it was going to come up with the same one. I owe it all to the foodmover I think. I'm still learning how to judge my food and I'm finding I'm making mistakes but that all part of everyday.
Mom is not doing so well at the moment. She saw the Dr. on Friday and he said that he would not do any surg until she had some cemo done first. They did some tests on her from head to toe. We are hoping for the results maybe on Monday. My sister has a friend on cemo now and she has not given us much hope for mom at this stage aready being though it herself. We will see. I can't even go and see her at the moment. I've got strep throat and they said to stay away from anyone that could give her any bug. So for now I just call her everday. Please wish her luck in their findings. I'll keep you posted. :-/

Check My bio for moms update. Does not look that good for her.
I did a test for myself. I stopped drinking the 6 to 8 glasses of water. Big mistake. I did not lose any weight. And you should see my hands. They look like I'm 95. So guess what I have to start doing again. I really believe that I started losing the weight because I started to drink the water. 8-}

Kimberly...looks like you are really paying attention to what works for you on a daily basis (like drinking the water) and making adjustments for them. You are doing so well..keep up the good work.

I've been to busy to talk to everyone. Sorry. Someone quit at work so that left extra time for me to do. I might be doing this for at least 2 more weeks. I don't think I'm doing that well at the moment with the foodmover. It's not the foodmovers fault at all. I have not been in the mood to keep going. I think I'm ready to restart. I did not do to badly. I think I just stayed the same. I won't know until this coming Sunday. I forgot to weigh in on Sunday.
Mom had her first chemo today. She said that she was very tired and was going to bed. She has bone scans tomorrow. :(

Well, I did not have a good week. Work was the ****s. I'm not even going to go there. I put on a bit of weight this week due to all the stresses lately and poor mom's cancer.
She had her 1st. chemo on Monday. She went downhill from there. I talked to her yesterday. I told here I would put in her giant snapdragons in on the 24th weekend. That is her mother's day gift.
My sister does not feel that she will be with us next mother's day. :-/

Saw mom yesterday. She was in good spirits. I told her one of her mother's day gifts was for me to buy and plant her giant snapdragons. She can't wait for them to be in. I can remember as a kid in the summer putting a few holes in the top of a lid of a jar and catching a bee on top of one of her snapdragons. Of course you have to SNAP the head of the flower. Mom would always wonder who was doing that. I would always tell her that it was for school.

Well, I'm back in the swing. I got back down to my lowest so far. 164/159/130.
I got the gardens put in. I can hardly move. I was out for 5 1/2 hours. All I have to do now is put a bit more woodchips around. It looks great now I just have to keep after the weeds.
I did moms garden yesterday. Hers looks great also. She was the foreman. She came out and sat in the shade and told me where to put them. It was just nice to see her out. Dad made me a hotdog on bread. How come things always taste better when someone else makes them. I still think I like moms peanut butter sandwiches better then my own.
My husband played golf with my brother-in-law today and when he got back he told me a bit more about mom.
I guess mom has the kind of cancer that will spread all though you. She did not say a word about it yesterday. Maybe she did not want to wreck my day?? :(

I just read my last post here and I can't believe that it is the same person writing this one.
I had a very bad day today. I felt that I had eaten everything in site. But I did not really. I got into a few cookies and had a few extra crackers. Thats all but I felt like I was outside my body looking at myself and not be able to stop myself. I finally did.
I worked on a project for my daughter's class on the computer for about 3 hours. That kept me busy.
I guess I will have to work extra hard for the rest of the week.
It's amazing how one day to the next can change your eating habbits.
Wish me luck for tomorrow. :(

I just wanted to let you know that there was someone thinking of you and that I really hope things start to get easier for you. I will keep your mother in my prayers! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Take Care,
1luckystar *

Good luck, Kimberely. You are a fighter and you are still around your lowest weight. With all the gardening you did I bet you won't gain from one semi-bad day. I will think a positive thought for you this evening.

I've not been happy about work lately. I've worked my butt off ( by the size of me you would not think so) HaHa. To make a long story short, I've worked double shifts for the past 2 1/2 years due to other people leaving who we thought were coming back. Now that they have retired and someone else left I had put in for the extra hours and they told me no because it was a union job that they had to fill it.
So now I've gone from working 32-40 hours a week down to 16.
How on earth am I going to put my 2 daughters through school. They both want to go to University. They are both excelent students but by the time they head in that direction things are going to be even more costly?????
As it is right now I've been saving all year for our trip. We are taking them to Disney in Florida in Nov of this year. Now that my hours are cut I won't be able to finish saving for it.
My husband says that we are going anyway because we have but this trip off for about 3 years because something has always come up to stop us from going. Last year both the girls got braces at the same time.
That was almost $9000.00. We are seeing people buying all kinds of NEW cars and lots of big toys for themselves,cottages,trips. People just book it and go just like it was $10.00.
We both work, Now me 1/2 time. We don't go anywhere or do anything extra at all.
At the end of the year we usually don't have anything left for us to do anything with.
I can never say we have gone without, because we have not. We have worked ever since we were 16. Friends of ours don't think twice about buying a brand new car for about $40,000. That is more than our mortgage. We usually have these great ideas to do around the house but then something else needs to be taken care of like new tires for the car ETC.
Oh, well listen to me rambling on. I'm sorry to bother you people. I thought is was better to come write it down instead of eating about it.

Kimberly2,

Know that you are never a bother. That is why we are all here, to listen and support one another, good or bad. I wish I had some magic words that could make everything alright. Just know that I am thinking of you.

I saw your post about needing someone to email daily. My email is kbufford@juno.com, I would love to hear from you!

Take Care,
1luckystar *

Kimberely...it is really annoying when you have things planned out financially and then things out of your control come up and wreck everything. I don't blame you for kvetching about it. Just a question...why can't you apply for one of the union positions your company is filling? Seems to me you have alot of experience. Maybe it is time to sit down with the Manager and find out if you have some career options. Good luck to you.

Well. My oldest daughter said something very nice to me to day. Before I tell you what she said I'll tell you what I asked her. " Ok what do you want."
She asked me if I had lost anymore weight. I have not but I have been able to get into an old pair of pants that use to be to tight in the tummy. Now they fit a bit better and I can bend over in them and not pass out.
It was nice of her to notice. I sure was not expecting that.

Hi Kimberly,
Just stopped in to see how you're doing?
Kids say the cutest things. That really makes you feel good when your kids notice!! Good For your--30 # to your Goal, you can do it!!
Always available for email pals,
ccmknapp@aol.com

If I am not out of place, how is your mother doing? My prayers go up for you and your family!!
:rose:

Its great your daughter notices your successes. Hard to beat that feeling of fitting into smaller pants. Enjoy these moments.

hi kimberly,
just wanted to let you know that i have been thinking about you. i admire the fact that you continue to stick with it despite life being tough for you and your family.
having your daughter notice is an added bonus too.
hugs bell :)

I've not logged in for about a week or so. SORRY. I'm busy again. My boss is taking a week off. She is going to have a funeral for her son. He killed himself 2 days before Christmas. So there will be some closure to it for her. There is and always will be some unanswered questions for them.
My scale broke so I don't know how I'm doing??? I think I'm just about the same.
Mom has lost all her hair now and had to cancel an appointment because she was to sick from the one before to go again.
I'm still going for at least one walk a day.

I'm now into my very bust week. I'm working for the boss and mu daughter is graduating next week and I'm to do all the programms for the grad and I'm running out of time to do it. I still have to meet with the teachers to see if they like what I've done and then when I get the ok and the numbers I have to finish everything. I'm also doing up all the certificates. What have I got myself into??????

Boy I really must have been in a hurry. Look at the spelling :laugh: :laugh:

Hi Kimberly2!

Just came by to say hi! Hope you didn't drown in all that paperwork and stuff you had to do! I hope that all is well. Let us know how you are doing.

Take Care!
lucky *

Hello EVERYONE. I'm still around. I've been to busy to even keep up with you people.
I've had a few very busy weeks. I was busy with my one daughters graduation. She was one of the Valedictorions, Spelled wrong?
She did a wonderful job. She asked me if I was going to cry. I told he that I probably would. But I did'nt. Because I had to video tape it for her. They were also taking orders because someone there was making up a good one and selling them. I am going to get one because moms handy work is not as good as theirs.
I'm still up a few pounds but I'm working my way back down and that is a good thing. I feel really good these days even though I'm still up a few.
I woke up this morning and my husband was touching me all over. He said that he could not get over how soft I was. I keep telling him it's the vitamin E. He said I don't care what it is just keep taking it.

Hi Kimberely. It's great to hear from you again and to know you are feeling so well. Isn't it great to have talented daughters that make us feel proud? My daughter was just in a dance recital and she was in six numbers. She finished grade six with straight A's. You must have felt on cloud nine with her up there and speaking to everyone. Definitely buy the video...they do that for the dance recitals and my daughter watches them over and over again.

I'm back in the swing, feeling good about me, I've just got to get some help from you people to keep going.
I've got 1 more pound to go to meet my lowest weight . I put a few back on and got sidetracked. But here I am trying AGAIN to keep going. I'm in sizes 12-14. 2 years ago I was size 18. I'm ready now for help if you have the time to give it.

Hey Kimberly...you are doing very well, down 2 clothing sizes in two years. I am wearing 12s and they are fitting comfortably. I still have about 5 pounds to go and I lost a little momentum in the last week....like 3 pounds mysteriously found their way back to my butt. However, I am not going to give up and I am determined to be at my goal weight by the end of the summer. This is the right place to come for inspiration. There are certain journals I read regularly for the lift I get. Have a great week.

Just dropping by to say hi! Kimberly2, how are you? Hee Hee, that rhymes! Probably very busy. If you get a chance let us know how you are doing.

Take care of you!