Re: back from reunion OT

[Guest guest]

Ang, I saw your picture and you are NOT fat! You look beautiful and you need to

stop being so hard on yourself. You are just fine. Believe me, I know what I am

talking about. You are probably comparing yourself to these perfect models or

these women on the internet but those women are not the norm per say. Just be

ready cause the more weight you loose, the worse things are going to get. When I

lost that 95 lbs. my husband was slowly going berserk. He got to the point that

he was starting to get violent and that is when my son and I finally left. I

could take no more. I am just trying to warn you. Inside himself he is going

crazy at the thought of loosing you and he is worried like crazy. PLEASE have a

plan ready in case things get bad as I presume they will. I am not trying to be

negative here but all this sounds like dejavue (sp) to me. Sounds like my life 3

yrs ago. uncanningly familiar. Please be careful and make a plan too. I had to

leave one night at the spur of the moment and had not planned on it. I thought I

could handle it but it got too bad. He got crazier and crazier. Jealous and

started accusing me of things and I never even hinted at anything. I just

started caring about myself and I also started buying pretty undies and things

and he took that to mean that I was buying them for some man to enjoy when I was

just buying them for me to treat myself cause I had never gotten to wear pretty

underthings. I mean I even got to where I wore garters and stockings cause I

thought they made me feel pretty and feminine. I was just having a new found

love of myself. I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean I just never felt so

pretty. I was fat all my life and never felt comfortable with my body but was

finally feeling good. Sorry to go on so long.

Tina )

back from reunion - proud

>

>

> Well - first - I only ate 1/2 a sandwitch (my own low fat/cal)

and 5

> doritos....a bunch of grapes and water - not even a diet soda or

one

> taiste of - man there must have been 50 deserts sitting out - not

to

> mention the tables full of chips and what not. So proud of

myself!

> Oh and I left both my deserts there :-) (Of course now that I'm

home

> I'm starving :-)

>

> AND check this out --- So we are getting ready to leave - still

> sitting getting shoes on and my husband says - " So what to do

whiegh

> now? " I pretend not to hear :-)

> He asks again and I say " How much do I wiegh? I'll never tell! "

> Then he says " About 240? " So I say - " Ya. 240. "

> I was tinkering with the idea of being upset with that.

>

> The husband told me just before we left that " I'm almost there

and I

> need to level off for a while. " I told him I still had 25 or 30

> pounds to go. He said " believe me, your almost there. "

>

> Now that should make me happy - like it's a compliment - but

somehow

> comming from him it only means " not good enough " .

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh - I am VERY happy -- dancing excited -- about my tummy! It's the

part that got to my goal first :-)

My waist is at 34 " by measrueing tape...but that's fine for me. Now

if I could get the rest of my body to just follow it's lead! LOL.

To be honest - I really didn't think that targeting exersice would do

that...it is a shock to me (but a good one for a change). I didn't

know it would ever look like that under the fat! All of the sudden

this last 10 pounds that came off started to look nice in that area.

I'm hopping the legs and aarms will follw soon. I figure at 175,

which is ALOT of weight for a 5'2 " gal...that even if I don't get

down to a certain weight - but just get the wings off my arms and

that ??? off my thighs...I can live with a thick middle so long as

the exersices keep it from hanging over again, and I can live

with 'thick arms and legs, so long as I can some how get rid of that

baggage.

I have no idea if it's celulite that makes them so blobby looking or

if it's just the weight coming off uneven or what...but my thighs and

arms are still real big. Like if I hold a leg up --- This makes me

happy, although it is kind of gross ---- if I hold my leg or arm up -

it's like you can see the size of the actual arm or leg, but there is

this 'fat bag' hanging off almost the same size as the arm or leg

itself. The reason I am almost pleased is because I remember when my

husband when through this phase. He had lready lost about 200 pounds

and had another 50 - 70 to go...I kept looking at him wondering what

on earth was goning on! But as he continued to loos weight they

shrank down - didn't stay large flabs of fatty skin like I was

worried about. I'll try to take a picture of it to show you what I

mean....

I am actually a small boned person, in my teens my waist was like 24 "

at max - and that was when I was NOT thin. So as great as I am

doing, and I am happy as is, It really is still way to much weight

for me. I don't bother with charts - I think that even though 140

pounds when I was young was actually verging on fat (belly rolls

starting ect)...I think after pregnancyes and growing older that 140 -

150 would be alright.

I'll try to get a pic (I'm sorry, I never put head and body together

on the internet unless I send it in private e-mail --- I'm afraid who

knows what might turn up some day :-) But I'll show you what I mean

about my legs and arms, and you'll when I'm fully dressed that with

the 'good part' covered I still look pretty much in need of loosing a

good 30 or 40 pounds.

I could see how the husband could start reacting like that...my

imagination runs wild too. I will be cautious...and I have a safty

box FULL of credit cards with high limits if I need them :-)

I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

Ang

> Ang, I saw your picture and you are NOT fat! You look beautiful and

you need to stop being so hard on yourself. You are just fine.

Believe me, I know what I am talking about. You are probably

comparing yourself to these perfect models or these women on the

internet but those women are not the norm per say. Just be ready

cause the more weight you loose, the worse things are going to get.

When I lost that 95 lbs. my husband was slowly going berserk. He got

to the point that he was starting to get violent and that is when my

son and I finally left. I could take no more. I am just trying to

warn you. Inside himself he is going crazy at the thought of loosing

you and he is worried like crazy. PLEASE have a plan ready in case

things get bad as I presume they will. I am not trying to be negative

here but all this sounds like dejavue (sp) to me. Sounds like my life

3 yrs ago. uncanningly familiar. Please be careful and make a plan

too. I had to leave one night at the spur of the moment and had not

planned on it. I thought I could handle it but it got too bad. He got

crazier and crazier. Jealous and started accusing me of things and I

never even hinted at anything. I just started caring about myself and

I also started buying pretty undies and things and he took that to

mean that I was buying them for some man to enjoy when I was just

buying them for me to treat myself cause I had never gotten to wear

pretty underthings. I mean I even got to where I wore garters and

stockings cause I thought they made me feel pretty and feminine. I

was just having a new found love of myself. I don't mean that in a

bad way. I mean I just never felt so pretty. I was fat all my life

and never felt comfortable with my body but was finally feeling good.

Sorry to go on so long.

> Tina )

> back from reunion - proud

> >

> >

> > Well - first - I only ate 1/2 a sandwitch (my own low

fat/cal)

> and 5

> > doritos....a bunch of grapes and water - not even a diet soda

or

> one

> > taiste of - man there must have been 50 deserts sitting out -

not

> to

> > mention the tables full of chips and what not. So proud of

> myself!

> > Oh and I left both my deserts there :-) (Of course now that

I'm

> home

> > I'm starving :-)

> >

> > AND check this out --- So we are getting ready to leave -

still

> > sitting getting shoes on and my husband says - " So what to do

> whiegh

> > now? " I pretend not to hear :-)

> > He asks again and I say " How much do I wiegh? I'll never

tell! "

> > Then he says " About 240? " So I say - " Ya. 240. "

> > I was tinkering with the idea of being upset with that.

> >

> > The husband told me just before we left that " I'm almost

there

> and I

> > need to level off for a while. " I told him I still had 25 or

30

> > pounds to go. He said " believe me, your almost there. "

> >

> > Now that should make me happy - like it's a compliment - but

> somehow

> > comming from him it only means " not good enough " .

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

---ang,

hey i know what you mean about bags of fat hanging off cause i have

the same thing on my arms and inner thigh. do you know if you keep

losing weight and working out if it will ever go away? maybe it will

keep shrinking as we lose weight. also you said you are 175 and a 34

inch waist. i am at 185 and i am a 34 inch waist i wear a 16. how can

we have the same size waist and have 10 pounds difference lol? thanks

tammy

In weightlossbuddies2@y..., " amdvdhjr " <amdvdhjr@y...> wrote:

> Oh - I am VERY happy -- dancing excited -- about my tummy! It's

the

> part that got to my goal first :-)

> My waist is at 34 " by measrueing tape...but that's fine for me.

Now

> if I could get the rest of my body to just follow it's lead! LOL.

> To be honest - I really didn't think that targeting exersice would

do

> that...it is a shock to me (but a good one for a change). I didn't

> know it would ever look like that under the fat! All of the sudden

> this last 10 pounds that came off started to look nice in that

area.

> I'm hopping the legs and aarms will follw soon. I figure at 175,

> which is ALOT of weight for a 5'2 " gal...that even if I don't get

> down to a certain weight - but just get the wings off my arms and

> that ??? off my thighs...I can live with a thick middle so long as

> the exersices keep it from hanging over again, and I can live

> with 'thick arms and legs, so long as I can some how get rid of

that

> baggage.

> I have no idea if it's celulite that makes them so blobby looking

or

> if it's just the weight coming off uneven or what...but my thighs

and

> arms are still real big. Like if I hold a leg up --- This makes me

> happy, although it is kind of gross ---- if I hold my leg or arm

up -

> it's like you can see the size of the actual arm or leg, but there

is

> this 'fat bag' hanging off almost the same size as the arm or leg

> itself. The reason I am almost pleased is because I remember when

my

> husband when through this phase. He had lready lost about 200

pounds

> and had another 50 - 70 to go...I kept looking at him wondering

what

> on earth was goning on! But as he continued to loos weight they

> shrank down - didn't stay large flabs of fatty skin like I was

> worried about. I'll try to take a picture of it to show you what I

> mean....

> I am actually a small boned person, in my teens my waist was like

24 "

> at max - and that was when I was NOT thin. So as great as I am

> doing, and I am happy as is, It really is still way to much weight

> for me. I don't bother with charts - I think that even though 140

> pounds when I was young was actually verging on fat (belly rolls

> starting ect)...I think after pregnancyes and growing older that

140 -

> 150 would be alright.

> I'll try to get a pic (I'm sorry, I never put head and body

together

> on the internet unless I send it in private e-mail --- I'm afraid

who

> knows what might turn up some day :-) But I'll show you what I

mean

> about my legs and arms, and you'll when I'm fully dressed that with

> the 'good part' covered I still look pretty much in need of loosing

a

> good 30 or 40 pounds.

> I could see how the husband could start reacting like that...my

> imagination runs wild too. I will be cautious...and I have a safty

> box FULL of credit cards with high limits if I need them :-)

> I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> Ang

>

>

>

> > Ang, I saw your picture and you are NOT fat! You look beautiful

and

> you need to stop being so hard on yourself. You are just fine.

> Believe me, I know what I am talking about. You are probably

> comparing yourself to these perfect models or these women on the

> internet but those women are not the norm per say. Just be ready

> cause the more weight you loose, the worse things are going to get.

> When I lost that 95 lbs. my husband was slowly going berserk. He

got

> to the point that he was starting to get violent and that is when

my

> son and I finally left. I could take no more. I am just trying to

> warn you. Inside himself he is going crazy at the thought of

loosing

> you and he is worried like crazy. PLEASE have a plan ready in case

> things get bad as I presume they will. I am not trying to be

negative

> here but all this sounds like dejavue (sp) to me. Sounds like my

life

> 3 yrs ago. uncanningly familiar. Please be careful and make a plan

> too. I had to leave one night at the spur of the moment and had not

> planned on it. I thought I could handle it but it got too bad. He

got

> crazier and crazier. Jealous and started accusing me of things and

I

> never even hinted at anything. I just started caring about myself

and

> I also started buying pretty undies and things and he took that to

> mean that I was buying them for some man to enjoy when I was just

> buying them for me to treat myself cause I had never gotten to wear

> pretty underthings. I mean I even got to where I wore garters and

> stockings cause I thought they made me feel pretty and feminine. I

> was just having a new found love of myself. I don't mean that in a

> bad way. I mean I just never felt so pretty. I was fat all my life

> and never felt comfortable with my body but was finally feeling

good.

> Sorry to go on so long.

> > Tina )

> > back from reunion - proud

> > >

> > >

> > > Well - first - I only ate 1/2 a sandwitch (my own low

> fat/cal)

> > and 5

> > > doritos....a bunch of grapes and water - not even a diet

soda

> or

> > one

> > > taiste of - man there must have been 50 deserts sitting

out -

> not

> > to

> > > mention the tables full of chips and what not. So proud of

> > myself!

> > > Oh and I left both my deserts there :-) (Of course now

that

> I'm

> > home

> > > I'm starving :-)

> > >

> > > AND check this out --- So we are getting ready to leave -

> still

> > > sitting getting shoes on and my husband says - " So what to

do

> > whiegh

> > > now? " I pretend not to hear :-)

> > > He asks again and I say " How much do I wiegh? I'll never

> tell! "

> > > Then he says " About 240? " So I say - " Ya. 240. "

> > > I was tinkering with the idea of being upset with that.

> > >

> > > The husband told me just before we left that " I'm almost

> there

> > and I

> > > need to level off for a while. " I told him I still had 25

or

> 30

> > > pounds to go. He said " believe me, your almost there. "

> > >

> > > Now that should make me happy - like it's a compliment -

but

> > somehow

> > > comming from him it only means " not good enough " .

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Oh gosh - I hope those bags keep shrinking! My husbands went aaway

on his arms - but he didn't have alot of fat there to beging with.

His legs are still icky and so is his stomach. My thighs have went

down by a little over 7 inches - and they aare worse looking now then

they were :-(

but I have to keep thinking they'll get better...I do know we hve to

get alot of protine to keep the skin elastic and that helps.

How tall are you? My waist measurement isn't really the right spot

for the measuring...I measure with the tape exactly over my belly

button so I know I measure the sme spot every time :-) And I don't

suck in my tummy when I measure - but I do stand up tall and that

thins it out by a good 1 1/2 inches. LOL.

My sizes are crazy right now. I have a pair of 13 that I whare and

are loose(ish), but a pair of 14 that are to tight. Levis, I haven't

worn log pants in a while since it's been so hot - but last time

(about a month ago) I was wearing a size 35 in mens.

Ang

> ---ang,

> hey i know what you mean about bags of fat hanging off cause i

have

> the same thing on my arms and inner thigh. do you know if you keep

> losing weight and working out if it will ever go away? maybe it

will

> keep shrinking as we lose weight. also you said you are 175 and a

34

> inch waist. i am at 185 and i am a 34 inch waist i wear a 16. how

can

> we have the same size waist and have 10 pounds difference lol?

thanks

> tammy

>

>

>

>

> In weightlossbuddies2@y..., " amdvdhjr " <amdvdhjr@y...> wrote:

> > Oh - I am VERY happy -- dancing excited -- about my tummy! It's

> the

> > part that got to my goal first :-)

> > My waist is at 34 " by measrueing tape...but that's fine for me.

> Now

> > if I could get the rest of my body to just follow it's lead!

LOL.

> > To be honest - I really didn't think that targeting exersice

would

> do

> > that...it is a shock to me (but a good one for a change). I

didn't

> > know it would ever look like that under the fat! All of the

sudden

> > this last 10 pounds that came off started to look nice in that

> area.

> > I'm hopping the legs and aarms will follw soon. I figure at 175,

> > which is ALOT of weight for a 5'2 " gal...that even if I don't get

> > down to a certain weight - but just get the wings off my arms and

> > that ??? off my thighs...I can live with a thick middle so long

as

> > the exersices keep it from hanging over again, and I can live

> > with 'thick arms and legs, so long as I can some how get rid of

> that

> > baggage.

> > I have no idea if it's celulite that makes them so blobby looking

> or

> > if it's just the weight coming off uneven or what...but my thighs

> and

> > arms are still real big. Like if I hold a leg up --- This makes

me

> > happy, although it is kind of gross ---- if I hold my leg or arm

> up -

> > it's like you can see the size of the actual arm or leg, but

there

> is

> > this 'fat bag' hanging off almost the same size as the arm or leg

> > itself. The reason I am almost pleased is because I remember

when

> my

> > husband when through this phase. He had lready lost about 200

> pounds

> > and had another 50 - 70 to go...I kept looking at him wondering

> what

> > on earth was goning on! But as he continued to loos weight they

> > shrank down - didn't stay large flabs of fatty skin like I was

> > worried about. I'll try to take a picture of it to show you what

I

> > mean....

> > I am actually a small boned person, in my teens my waist was like

> 24 "

> > at max - and that was when I was NOT thin. So as great as I am

> > doing, and I am happy as is, It really is still way to much

weight

> > for me. I don't bother with charts - I think that even though

140

> > pounds when I was young was actually verging on fat (belly rolls

> > starting ect)...I think after pregnancyes and growing older that

> 140 -

> > 150 would be alright.

> > I'll try to get a pic (I'm sorry, I never put head and body

> together

> > on the internet unless I send it in private e-mail --- I'm afraid

> who

> > knows what might turn up some day :-) But I'll show you what I

> mean

> > about my legs and arms, and you'll when I'm fully dressed that

with

> > the 'good part' covered I still look pretty much in need of

loosing

> a

> > good 30 or 40 pounds.

> > I could see how the husband could start reacting like that...my

> > imagination runs wild too. I will be cautious...and I have a

safty

> > box FULL of credit cards with high limits if I need them :-)

> > I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> > embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> > Ang

> >

> >

> >

> > > Ang, I saw your picture and you are NOT fat! You look beautiful

> and

> > you need to stop being so hard on yourself. You are just fine.

> > Believe me, I know what I am talking about. You are probably

> > comparing yourself to these perfect models or these women on the

> > internet but those women are not the norm per say. Just be ready

> > cause the more weight you loose, the worse things are going to

get.

> > When I lost that 95 lbs. my husband was slowly going berserk. He

> got

> > to the point that he was starting to get violent and that is when

> my

> > son and I finally left. I could take no more. I am just trying to

> > warn you. Inside himself he is going crazy at the thought of

> loosing

> > you and he is worried like crazy. PLEASE have a plan ready in

case

> > things get bad as I presume they will. I am not trying to be

> negative

> > here but all this sounds like dejavue (sp) to me. Sounds like my

> life

> > 3 yrs ago. uncanningly familiar. Please be careful and make a

plan

> > too. I had to leave one night at the spur of the moment and had

not

> > planned on it. I thought I could handle it but it got too bad. He

> got

> > crazier and crazier. Jealous and started accusing me of things

and

> I

> > never even hinted at anything. I just started caring about myself

> and

> > I also started buying pretty undies and things and he took that

to

> > mean that I was buying them for some man to enjoy when I was just

> > buying them for me to treat myself cause I had never gotten to

wear

> > pretty underthings. I mean I even got to where I wore garters and

> > stockings cause I thought they made me feel pretty and feminine.

I

> > was just having a new found love of myself. I don't mean that in

a

> > bad way. I mean I just never felt so pretty. I was fat all my

life

> > and never felt comfortable with my body but was finally feeling

> good.

> > Sorry to go on so long.

> > > Tina )

> > > back from reunion - proud

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Well - first - I only ate 1/2 a sandwitch (my own low

> > fat/cal)

> > > and 5

> > > > doritos....a bunch of grapes and water - not even a diet

> soda

> > or

> > > one

> > > > taiste of - man there must have been 50 deserts sitting

> out -

> > not

> > > to

> > > > mention the tables full of chips and what not. So proud

of

> > > myself!

> > > > Oh and I left both my deserts there :-) (Of course now

> that

> > I'm

> > > home

> > > > I'm starving :-)

> > > >

> > > > AND check this out --- So we are getting ready to leave -

> > still

> > > > sitting getting shoes on and my husband says - " So what

to

> do

> > > whiegh

> > > > now? " I pretend not to hear :-)

> > > > He asks again and I say " How much do I wiegh? I'll never

> > tell! "

> > > > Then he says " About 240? " So I say - " Ya. 240. "

> > > > I was tinkering with the idea of being upset with that.

> > > >

> > > > The husband told me just before we left that " I'm almost

> > there

> > > and I

> > > > need to level off for a while. " I told him I still had

25

> or

> > 30

> > > > pounds to go. He said " believe me, your almost there. "

> > > >

> > > > Now that should make me happy - like it's a compliment -

> but

> > > somehow

> > > > comming from him it only means " not good enough " .

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

[Guest guest]

On 8/12/02 10:13 PM, " weightlossbuddies2 "

<weightlossbuddies2 > wrote:

> I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> Ang

It shouldn't be embarrassing! I do it all the time. My husband understands

that I want a record of how I look.

Lucia

--

lucia@...

Lisle, Illinois

[Guest guest]

Is there a way you can post pics without a digital camera or scanner?

Vic

Lucia Liljegren wrote:On 8/12/02 10:13 PM, " weightlossbuddies2 "

wrote:

> I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> Ang

It shouldn't be embarrassing! I do it all the time. My husband understands

that I want a record of how I look.

Lucia

--

lucia@...

Lisle, Illinois

[Guest guest]

If you don't have a scanner - but know someone who does you can e-

mial them to yourself...

Or you cn go to wallgreens and have them put your pics on a computer

disk or put them right on the internet for you. (any phot developing

place should be able to do it)

Ang

>

> > I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> > embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> > Ang

>

> It shouldn't be embarrassing! I do it all the time. My husband

understands

> that I want a record of how I look.

> Lucia

>

> --

> lucia@t...

> Lisle, Illinois

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

cool- thanks for the ibfo. I'll post a pic sometime this month.

Vic

amdvdhjr wrote:If you don't have a scanner - but know someone who does you can

e-

mial them to yourself...

Or you cn go to wallgreens and have them put your pics on a computer

disk or put them right on the internet for you. (any phot developing

place should be able to do it)

Ang

>

> > I'll try to get some pics tonight or tommaorrow - it's kind of

> > embarrising to be cuaght taking pics of yourself! LOL.

> > Ang

>

> It shouldn't be embarrassing! I do it all the time. My husband

understands

> that I want a record of how I look.

> Lucia

>

> --

> lucia@t...

> Lisle, Illinois

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, also scanners are so cheap now. I saw one on sale and with a rebate that

would end up costing only 49 dollars. It may not be the best but it could

suffice until one could get a better one.

Tina )

Re: Re: back from reunion OT

If you don't have a scanner - but know someone who does you can e-

mial them to yourself...

Or you cn go to wallgreens and have them put your pics on a computer

disk or put them right on the internet for you. (any phot developing

place should be able to do it)

Ang

[Guest guest]

thank, i really apreciate the information. I really don't even have the cash

for a cheap one at the moment. but thanks

Vic

joeltina wrote:Yes, also scanners are so cheap now. I saw one on sale and with

a rebate that would end up costing only 49 dollars. It may not be the best but

it could suffice until one could get a better one.

Tina )

Re: Re: back from reunion OT

If you don't have a scanner - but know someone who does you can e-

mial them to yourself...

Or you cn go to wallgreens and have them put your pics on a computer

disk or put them right on the internet for you. (any phot developing

place should be able to do it)

Ang