Guest guest Posted September 20, 1999 Report Share Posted September 20, 1999 In a message dated 9/20/99 5:24:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lanat@... writes: << >> Wow , that is quite a story!! You have really been through alot!! Welcome to the list and ask any questions that you might have, someone will find the answer!! Good luck, you can do it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 1999 Report Share Posted September 20, 1999 ! Welcome to the list! Here is all the support you could ask for. Any way I can be of help, please let me know! Great to meet you! Warmly, Gainesville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 1999 Report Share Posted September 20, 1999 A quarter ton is 500 pounds. You're a svelte eighth of a ton. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 1999 Report Share Posted September 21, 1999 [smacks self in forehead] Ouch!!!! That hurt!! Oh... man.... see... that's why I always used to get C's in school in math... just not paying attention to the numbers! LOL Ok... I feel better now... Lis > > >A quarter ton is 500 pounds. You're a svelte eighth of a ton. Welcome! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 1999 Report Share Posted September 21, 1999 In a message dated 9/20/1999 5:24:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lanat@... writes: << I've apparently gone from 290 to 263 since I started. >> , Thats great!! your off to a great start!! This is a great list and we all try to support each other!! Feel free to post and ask Questions as much as you want to!! Hugs, Penny 173/159/130 Visit my family at: ****<A HREF= " http://sites.netscape.net/pjwrww6/thewilsons " >Home Page</A>**** http://sites.netscape.net/pjwrww6/thewilsons A new updated site!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 1999 Report Share Posted September 21, 1999 In a message dated 9/20/1999 6:41:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lanat@... writes: << [smacks self in forehead] Ouch!!!! That hurt!! Oh... man.... see... that's why I always used to get C's in school in math... just not paying attention to the numbers! LOL Ok... I feel better now... >> , You mean I am not the only math impaired person on the list!!! YEAH!!! Hugs, Penny 173/159/130 Visit my family at: ****<A HREF= " http://sites.netscape.net/pjwrww6/thewilsons " >Home Page</A>**** http://sites.netscape.net/pjwrww6/thewilsons A new updated site!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 1999 Report Share Posted September 21, 1999 WELCOME LISA your story just touched my heart...I hope you like it here, there is alot of support,sharing and caring....good luck and hugs tina Hey all! I've been hanging about the list for ohhh... a week, I guess. Procrastinating a little about writing out my intro, sorry! It was a bit of a trial for me, too, since I didn't feel I could just jump in with out so much as a " How do you do " , but I wasn't feeling " up to " typing it all out again! So, I've been enjoying your camaraderie, and keep trying to remember to log on when I'm not too tired to type!! LOL Let's see... basics! Well, I'm a single mom, and I'm 37. My little boy is iel. He's 9. (going on 40 - he thinks he's older than me!) When I was a little girl, I was tall and I was skinny. I know, because I have pictures to prove it!! LOL I'm not sure when it " started " happening, but by my freshman year in high school, I dreaded the days we'd have to weigh ourselves. I always weighed the most. Never mind that I was many inches taller than everyone else, it didn't matter. They'd stare, giggle, and make me feel lower than low. As much as an " extrovert " folks seem to think I am now, then, I had no one at all I was close to. By the time I graduated high school I was 40 lbs. overweight and willing to do just about anything to get it off. And nothing worked. My self esteem was rock bottom, and I tended to hang out with a crowd that either liked me for my car (I swear!! I was going to get a sign that said 's Taxi!!) or other things I could " do " for them. I lived with a guy for almost 7 years. He was one of those horrible people that could eat anything and never gain an ounce. We were perpetually broke, and lived off boxes of mac and cheese and spaghetti. He would periodically " mention " my weight, which was steadily climbing, but I'd try a diet for a few weeks and quit, and never made much headway except up. When I went over 200lbs, I kind of gave up. Things got real bad, and eventually I left him. Not that it made a bit of difference on my weight, except that I was totally depressed and started to drink, and gained even more weight eating junk all the time. I snapped out of the funk I was in after a couple of months and dumped all the booze down the drain, but the weight didn't dump that easy. Every time I've gone up, that's where it stays. I may gain 5 or 10 lbs, and lose it, but it seems as if I tend to reset at the " new " higher level... and can't get below it. I'd tried Atkins as a kid in high school, way back in 1979, but my mother thought it was crazy then, and my dad did nothing but badger me about every bite I put in my mouth. After my son was born, I shot up to 250 lbs. Even at nearly 6 feet tall, it looked pretty awful. Well, I thought so. My son's father disappeared almost immediately when I got pregnant. Between the natural weight gain and depression, again, I just shot up there. In the last 10 years I've managed to pick up over 100 extra pounds, and I know for a fact that it's stressing my heart and my joints like crazy. When my son was 2, I quit smoking because I wanted to see him grow up. I started Atkins again July 26. I was doing really good in the initial stage, as long as I kept it really strict, and didn't go out to eat... but I really fell off the wagon for a couple of weeks at the end of August, and I'm really only now getting back on track. I'm starting to see the numbers move down again, I think. I am feeling pretty good most days, about the " downward trend " , and I even have some days where I can look in the mirror and not feel too much like the Pillsbury Doughboy... I get so depressed sometimes about my weight, and how I'm alone, and feel like I'm going to be an " old maid " forever. I have come to realize that the weight is not only a barrier to others, men, who might be interested in me, but it's also a shield. It keeps them away, so I don't risk getting hurt... well... this chick's not hiding behind the shield anymore! I'm too broke to buy all kinds of fancy powders and soy things and stuff, so I'm not ordering stuff online, or shopping at GNC. Just stocking the freezer at sales, and not worrying about it. I am hoping and praying I can get another job, and then things will be better. It's tough sometimes, with no adult support here, and just myself and my son to cook for. I effectively end up making two meals. My son is a real doll though. He's been as supportive as you'd ever want a 9 year old to be! Here I am at over a quarter ton, and he doesn't think his mommy's fat at all! He's SUCH a sweetie! I've apparently gone from 290 to 263 since I started. My idea weight is between 140 and 160, and I'd be happy beyond belief to get into the upper end of that range! There!! Done! a.k.a. ~ Natty's mommy lanat@... http://www.javanet.com/~lanat/ Forget the rest We are the best. BIG AND BEAUTIFUL> BUT LOSING!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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