weight

April 16, 2007

- I never really knew what happened to Kendall-just remember

reading that things were not looking good for him.I just read at the

end of your post he was shaken.If you dont mind my asking, when was

this noticed that it happened to him?If you rather not talk about it

again I understand.

Tonia

>

> Hi Marie

>

> I need to jump on the bandwagon for those with weight issues. My

GP's

> first words at my first appointment after surgery were " I want you

to

> lose 5 more pounds before your next appointment. " . When I saw him

a

> year later he said " you've put on 25 pounds! " . At this moment in

my

> life I really don't care.

>

> Jo Blauer

> Staying at Free Bed Rehabilitation Facility in Grand Rapids

> Michigan with Kendrell age 5 months, who was shaken March 16, 2007

>

August 3, 2008

HEY JENN

I HAVE GAINED OVE 200 POUNDS IN THE PAST 2 YEARS...MOSTLY FROM MEDS..I HAVE

EXTREMELY SEVERE RSD AND AM TAKING MEDS THAT PUT WEIGHT ON ME...I KNOW MOST

FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NARCOTICS...BUT I GAIN ALOT OF WEIGHT WHILE ON

THEM....ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I STOPPED MSCONTIN AFTER TAKING IT FOR ABOUT 5

YEARS...SLOWLY I WAS WEANED OFF OF IT...AND IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS LOST 100 POUNDS

DOING

NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN I WAS BEFORE.

I ALSO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA...I AM CONSTANTLY ON AND OFF

PREDNISONE...WHICH IS A GREAT DRUG FOR ASHTMA BUT A KILLER FOR WEIGHT.

I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS AND NOW DRINK A TON OF WATER INSTEAD

OF DIET SODA...EVEN THE DIET SODA IS BAD FOR US DUE TO ALL THE SODIUM..WHICH I

USED TO COUNCIL MY PATIENTS ON...BUT I AM MY WORST PATIENT!!! IN THREE

WEEKS, I HAVE LOST 21 POUNDS SO FAR...SO I WILL KEEP TRYING!

AS FOR NOW, THERE IS NOT MUCH I CANDO ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND MY HUSBAND AND

FAMILYU AND FRIENDS LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ...I HATE THE MIRRORS..BUT ALL ELSE IS

OKAY..I WILL LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR MYSELF NO ONE ELSE...IF ANYONE DOESN'T LIKE

WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ..THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AND CAN KISS MY IRISH

BOTTOM!

THANKS FOR THE SUBJECT...YOU ARE BRAVE FOR BRINGING IT UP, JENN!!!

I HAVEN'T MEANT YOU IN PERSON...BUT I THINK THAT YOUR HEART WEIGHS

ALOT...YOU ARE A REAL GEM!

LOVE YA

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August 3, 2008

I haven't ever understood why fat or overweight is synonymous with

unattractive. I feel like I am attractive regardless of my weight. Now don't

get me

wrong, it has taken years to come to this acceptance of myself. When I come

out of this, and I believe I will, and rejoin society I want to love me

regardless of my weight. I don't want to suffer my entire life feeling like I

should eat less to be more of some else's' ideal woman. I have very exciting

plans to go with my daughter to try on school clothes during the week that I

have my trial. This will be my only chance before school starts considering I

have to wait about a month (hopefully) to get my permanent one. I am so

excited about this, I can't stand it. I am still going in my wheelchair

because

I don't think my endurance is high enough to trot around the mall despite the

pain relief. This will be my first trip to the mall in 3+ years!!

In a message dated 8/3/2008 7:20:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

KGAVI@... writes:

HEY JENN

I HAVE GAINED OVE 200 POUNDS IN THE PAST 2 YEARS...MOSTLY FROM MEDS..I HAVE

EXTREMELY SEVERE RSD AND AM TAKING MEDS THAT PUT WEIGHT ON ME...I KNOW MOST

FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NARCOTICS...FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG

NARCOTICS..

THEM....ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I STOPPED MSCONTIN AFTER TAKING IT FOR ABOUT 5

YEARS...SLOWLY I WAS WEANED OFF OF IT...AND IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS LOST 100

POUNDS DOING

NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN I WAS BEFORE.

I ALSO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA...I AM CONSTANTLY ON AND OFF

PREDNISONE..PREDNISONE...WHICH IS A GREAT DRUG FOR ASHTMA BUT A KILLE

I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS AND NOW DRINK A TON OF WATER INSTEAD

OF DIET SODA...EVEN THE DIET SODA IS BAD FOR US DUE TO ALL THE SODIUM..WHICH

I

USED TO COUNCIL MY PATIENTS ON...BUT I AM MY WORST PATIENT!!! IN THREE

WEEKS, I HAVE LOST 21 POUNDS SO FAR...SO I WILL KEEP TRYING!

AS FOR NOW, THERE IS NOT MUCH I CANDO ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND MY HUSBAND AND

FAMILYU AND FRIENDS LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ...I HATE THE MIRRORS..BUT ALL ELSE

IS

OKAY..I WILL LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR MYSELF NO ONE ELSE...IF ANYONE DOESN'T LIKE

WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ..THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AND CAN KISS MY IRISH

BOTTOM!

THANKS FOR THE SUBJECT...YOU ARE BRAVE FOR BRINGING IT UP, JENN!!!

I HAVEN'T MEANT YOU IN PERSON...BUT I THINK THAT YOUR HEART WEIGHS

ALOT...YOU ARE A REAL GEM!

LOVE YA

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August 4, 2008

You have an excellent point. Trying to lose weight while home bound is

setting ourselves up for failure. I simply don't see a reason to beat myself

up

over being overweight, when physically I feel so poorly already. Eating is

one of the few things that I truly enjoy and still have the ability to do well

LOL. For me, I think food has always been an addiction. I guess I find

comfort in having an excuse to be able to eat what I want without the guilt. I

know that I can't fill that void that I feel inside with yummies or candy

coat my pain but for those brief minutes when I am eating something that tastes

as good as I had anticipated it to be, everything seems like it will be okay.

In reading over this post, I realize how ridiculous it must sound to anyone

who doesn't have a food addiction or a relationship with food like I do. If

you are reading this and thinking that, think about your vice. What is it

that you shouldn't do but you enjoy more than you should? Replace my thoughts

on food with that vice and imagine being able to enjoy it guilt free. It is

pretty amazing. Anyway, I need to stop before you all think I am completely

insane LOL.

In a message dated 8/4/2008 2:21:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

jmatlow@... writes:

Friends, I was up to 270 (I weighed 200 when I retired from the Navy),

at the peak of my disability. Like many of you, at the worst of it, I

was couch bound - I couldn't work, I couldn't (and still can't often)

hold a book to read it, etc. So I was limited to sitting at the couch

and watching TV and nibbling.

With thanks to God, I'm doing better now (before the next storm hits)

and my wife and I joined Weight Watchers as well, in the beginning of

July. I think it takes feeling better before starting a weight loss

program to make it work for those like us. The idea of limiting

intake of candy, cookies, etc., when not feeling well is horrid!

To all of us out their who are losing weight right now, isn't it great

to be a " loser " ?

Keep on keepin' on/Jaron

--- In _Stimulator@groStimula_ (mailto:Stimulator ) ,

UCJAM1977@.., UC

>

> I haven't ever understood why fat or overweight is synonymous with

> unattractive. I feel like I am attractive regardless of my weight.

Now don't get me

> wrong, it has taken years to come to this acceptance of myself.

When I come

> out of this, and I believe I will, and rejoin society I want to

love me

> regardless of my weight. I don't want to suffer my entire life

feeling like I

> should eat less to be more of some else's' ideal woman. I have

very exciting

> plans to go with my daughter to try on school clothes during the

week that I

> have my trial. This will be my only chance before school starts

considering I

> have to wait about a month (hopefully) to get my permanent one. I

am so

> excited about this, I can't stand it. I am still going in my

wheelchair because

> I don't think my endurance is high enough to trot around the mall

despite the

> pain relief. This will be my first trip to the mall in 3+ years!!

>

> In a message dated 8/3/2008 7:20:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> KGAVI@... writes:

>

> HEY JENN

>

> I HAVE GAINED OVE 200 POUNDS IN THE PAST 2 YEARS...MOSTLY FROM

MEDS..I HAVE

> EXTREMELY SEVERE RSD AND AM TAKING MEDS THAT PUT WEIGHT ON ME...I

KNOW MOST

> FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NARCOTICS... FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NAR

> NARCOTICS..

> THEM....ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I STOPPED MSCONTIN AFTER TAKING IT FOR

ABOUT 5

> YEARS...SLOWLY I WAS WEANED OFF OF IT...AND IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS LOST 100

> POUNDS DOING

> NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN I WAS BEFORE.

>

> I ALSO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA...I AM CONSTANTLY ON AND OFF

> PREDNISONE.. PREDNI .WHICH IS A GREAT DRUG FOR ASHTMA BUT A

KILLE

>

> I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS AND NOW DRINK A TON OF WATER

INSTEAD

> OF DIET SODA...EVEN THE DIET SODA IS BAD FOR US DUE TO ALL THE

SODIUM..WHICH

> I

> USED TO COUNCIL MY PATIENTS ON...BUT I AM MY WORST PATIENT!!! IN THREE

> WEEKS, I HAVE LOST 21 POUNDS SO FAR...SO I WILL KEEP TRYING!

>

> AS FOR NOW, THERE IS NOT MUCH I CANDO ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND MY

HUSBAND AND

> FAMILYU AND FRIENDS LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ...I HATE THE MIRRORS..BUT

ALL ELSE

> IS

> OKAY..I WILL LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR MYSELF NO ONE ELSE...IF ANYONE

DOESN'T LIKE

> WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ..THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AND CAN KISS MY

IRISH

> BOTTOM!

>

> THANKS FOR THE SUBJECT...YOU ARE BRAVE FOR BRINGING IT UP, JENN!!!

>

> I HAVEN'T MEANT YOU IN PERSON...BUT I THINK THAT YOUR HEART WEIGHS

> ALOT...YOU ARE A REAL GEM!

>

> LOVE YA

> KATHY G.

>

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August 4, 2008

Wow..Jaron!

You should be very proud of yourself....and that was great that your wife

joined with you!! Way to go...keep up the great work!

I also joined WW...for about the millionth time...lol...but this time, I am

sticking to the points as best as I can and have lost 21 pounds in three weeks

so far...so I am thrilled with that. I always am my worst enemy and

sabotage myself all the time...thank God for my husband...he helps me so much

with

it...he does the shopping, as it is impossible for me to do it with both legs

and my back so bad. He buys a lot of veggies, healthy snacks, and WW

treats.

I really hate hate, hate, hate water....did you guys get the hint that I

don't like water...lol....but now that I am drinking it I truly think this is a

big helper...it fulls you when you are hungry in between meals and if I am

really stressed, I just chug a whole bottle down...instead of a ton of cookies.

I know...no taste comparison...but I am so tired of being this fat!!!!

The meds are a killer for me also....I know most folks lose weight on

narcotics...but my weirdo body gains it...about 10 years ago I was on

MsContin....when I was weaned off of it, I lost almost 100 pounds in a bout

three to four

months with doing nothing differently!!

I also have severe asthma, for which I have been intubated now three times.

When I have a flare, I must immediately start taking Prednisone , which just

piles the weight on. I do like to breath...no actually I love to

breath...so I will have to take it, I guess.

I applaud anyone who tries to improve themselves...but most especially folks

who have physical problems that make it even harder....not an excuse...but a

real reason that makes it harder..not impossible I have found out recently.

I wish pain free days for us all and sleep-filled nights.

Gentle Hugs to all,

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August 4, 2008

Friends, I was up to 270 (I weighed 200 when I retired from the Navy),

at the peak of my disability. Like many of you, at the worst of it, I

was couch bound - I couldn't work, I couldn't (and still can't often)

hold a book to read it, etc. So I was limited to sitting at the couch

and watching TV and nibbling.

With thanks to God, I'm doing better now (before the next storm hits)

and my wife and I joined Weight Watchers as well, in the beginning of

July. I think it takes feeling better before starting a weight loss

program to make it work for those like us. The idea of limiting

intake of candy, cookies, etc., when not feeling well is horrid!

To all of us out their who are losing weight right now, isn't it great

to be a " loser " ?

Keep on keepin' on/Jaron

>

> I haven't ever understood why fat or overweight is synonymous with

> unattractive. I feel like I am attractive regardless of my weight.

Now don't get me

> wrong, it has taken years to come to this acceptance of myself.

When I come

> out of this, and I believe I will, and rejoin society I want to

love me

> regardless of my weight. I don't want to suffer my entire life

feeling like I

> should eat less to be more of some else's' ideal woman. I have

very exciting

> plans to go with my daughter to try on school clothes during the

week that I

> have my trial. This will be my only chance before school starts

considering I

> have to wait about a month (hopefully) to get my permanent one. I

am so

> excited about this, I can't stand it. I am still going in my

wheelchair because

> I don't think my endurance is high enough to trot around the mall

despite the

> pain relief. This will be my first trip to the mall in 3+ years!!

>

> In a message dated 8/3/2008 7:20:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> KGAVI@... writes:

>

> HEY JENN

>

> I HAVE GAINED OVE 200 POUNDS IN THE PAST 2 YEARS...MOSTLY FROM

MEDS..I HAVE

> EXTREMELY SEVERE RSD AND AM TAKING MEDS THAT PUT WEIGHT ON ME...I

KNOW MOST

> FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NARCOTICS...FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG

> NARCOTICS..

> THEM....ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I STOPPED MSCONTIN AFTER TAKING IT FOR

ABOUT 5

> YEARS...SLOWLY I WAS WEANED OFF OF IT...AND IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS LOST 100

> POUNDS DOING

> NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN I WAS BEFORE.

>

> I ALSO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA...I AM CONSTANTLY ON AND OFF

> PREDNISONE..PREDNISONE...WHICH IS A GREAT DRUG FOR ASHTMA BUT A

KILLE

>

> I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS AND NOW DRINK A TON OF WATER

INSTEAD

> OF DIET SODA...EVEN THE DIET SODA IS BAD FOR US DUE TO ALL THE

SODIUM..WHICH

> I

> USED TO COUNCIL MY PATIENTS ON...BUT I AM MY WORST PATIENT!!! IN THREE

> WEEKS, I HAVE LOST 21 POUNDS SO FAR...SO I WILL KEEP TRYING!

>

> AS FOR NOW, THERE IS NOT MUCH I CANDO ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND MY

HUSBAND AND

> FAMILYU AND FRIENDS LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ...I HATE THE MIRRORS..BUT

ALL ELSE

> IS

> OKAY..I WILL LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR MYSELF NO ONE ELSE...IF ANYONE

DOESN'T LIKE

> WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ..THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AND CAN KISS MY

IRISH

> BOTTOM!

>

> THANKS FOR THE SUBJECT...YOU ARE BRAVE FOR BRINGING IT UP, JENN!!!

>

> I HAVEN'T MEANT YOU IN PERSON...BUT I THINK THAT YOUR HEART WEIGHS

> ALOT...YOU ARE A REAL GEM!

>

> LOVE YA

> KATHY G.

>

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August 4, 2008

HEY JENN!

YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT SOUND REDICULOUS!!! I THINK THAT EVERYONE CAN

UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM...WHETHER THEIR " ADDICTION " IS FOOD OR

ANOTHER

TYPE.

MY WEIGHT WATCHERS LEADER IS A GREAT, GREAT LADY. SHE HAS TOLD ME THAT

ADDICTION TO FOOD IS SO HARD...SINCE WE NEED FOOD TO LIVE...AND IT IS

EVERYWHERE....IN OUR HOMES, IN THE MALL....NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO....THERE IS

FOOD.

YOU MADE ALOT OF GREAT POINTS, JENN!

YOU DON'T NEED TO SECOND GUESS YOURSELF HERE, HON. WE ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU!!

LOVE YA

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WAY TO GO, JENN!!! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR OUTING TO THE MALL. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

THE BENCHES AND THE FOOD COURTS...GET A WATER OR A SODA AND JUST SIT DOWN FOR

A WHILE.

I HAVE A WALKER WHERE I CAN SIT ON IT IF I GET TIRED...MAYBE THIS COULD HELP

YOU OUT WITH OUTINGS.

WAY TO GO, JENN!!!

LOVE,

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August 4, 2008

I also have meds that pack on the lbs. How unfair is that? We deal with

horrible pain everyday and also have to worry about the pounds just magically

appearing ..... lovely!!! Jill Boston

Re: Weight

HEY JENN

I HAVE GAINED OVE 200 POUNDS IN THE PAST 2 YEARS...MOSTLY FROM MEDS..I HAVE

EXTREMELY SEVERE RSD AND AM TAKING MEDS THAT PUT WEIGHT ON ME...I KNOW MOST

FOLKS LOSE WEIGHT ON STRONG NARCOTICS... BUT I GAIN ALOT OF WEIGHT WHILE ON

THEM....ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I STOPPED MSCONTIN AFTER TAKING IT FOR ABOUT 5

YEARS...SLOWLY I WAS WEANED OFF OF IT...AND IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS LOST 100 POUNDS

DOING

NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN I WAS BEFORE.

I ALSO HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA...I AM CONSTANTLY ON AND OFF

PREDNISONE.. .WHICH IS A GREAT DRUG FOR ASHTMA BUT A KILLER FOR WEIGHT.

I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED WEIGHT WATCHERS AND NOW DRINK A TON OF WATER INSTEAD

OF DIET SODA...EVEN THE DIET SODA IS BAD FOR US DUE TO ALL THE SODIUM..WHICH I

USED TO COUNCIL MY PATIENTS ON....BUT I AM MY WORST PATIENT!!! IN THREE

WEEKS, I HAVE LOST 21 POUNDS SO FAR...SO I WILL KEEP TRYING!

AS FOR NOW, THERE IS NOT MUCH I CANDO ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND MY HUSBAND AND

FAMILYU AND FRIENDS LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ...I HATE THE MIRRORS..BUT ALL ELSE IS

OKAY..I WILL LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR MYSELF NO ONE ELSE...IF ANYONE DOESN'T LIKE

WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ..THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AND CAN KISS MY IRISH

BOTTOM!

THANKS FOR THE SUBJECT...YOU ARE BRAVE FOR BRINGING IT UP, JENN!!!

I HAVEN'T MEANT YOU IN PERSON...BUT I THINK THAT YOUR HEART WEIGHS

ALOT...YOU ARE A REAL GEM!

LOVE YA

KATHY G.

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August 4, 2008

I thought that my eating comfort food was all in my head. But... my doc told me

that they have done studies and when you eat comfort food it actually releases

serotonin's in your body that make you feel better. So, I was glad that I was

not going crazy because when I am in pain and depressed and eating

something actually makes me feel better than heck I am eating away. But my

sugars are too high now ( thanks to the eating away LOL ) so that is why I am

doing the South Beach Diet.

Jill Boston

Re: Re: Weight

You have an excellent point. Trying to lose weight while home bound is

setting ourselves up for failure. I simply don't see a reason to beat myself up