Guest guest Posted June 28, 1999 Report Share Posted June 28, 1999 Hi its a small world isn't it. I am on the southside of Jax. I get over to Orange Park once in awhile. I work at the beach. I am a preschool teacher. We are a strange breed because we get paid next to nothing and still love our job. I have alot of weight to loose on the order of about 200 lbs. Despite the fact that I am large I manage to remain quite active. I don't know how many people on the list have so much weight to loose. I am finally hopefull about being able to do it. I have been large my whole life, in school I was made fun of and called every fat name in the book. I have learned how to deal with being fat but I have made up my mind that I am going to loose this weight and see how it feels to be (thin), I put it in parenthesis because to me anyone within 50 lbs. of normal seems thin. God Bless, Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 1999 Report Share Posted June 29, 1999 Hi Lee.....I need to lose just about the same amount of weight you do, about 160...I have lost 69-70 lbs.since Nov.......Most of my weight loss was the first 2/1/2 months ...then nothing for 4 months, now really trying but having a hard time....Life in general is throwing me a lot of " curves " lately...It's not as if I say " oh a bad day I want cookies etc, it's just that I'm so worn down, I have no strengh to turn down that cracker or popcorn..... it's just 1 little thing a day it seems but it puts me in this vicious cycle..where I'll eat a little something I know I shouldn't, feel like a failure so I will eat 1 more thing....So these past few weeks I have been losing maybe a lb or so a week ...I need to lose about 90 lbs. more....I would like to lose quite a bit by the end of Oct. for my daughters wedding but that dream is slowley fading due to my own doings....Judi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 1999 Report Share Posted June 29, 1999 Hi Lee...it's Judi again...I seemed to run on and on with my last letter and forgot why I wanted to touch base with you!...I also work with small children....You wrote you were heavy all your life and were made fun of..I was extreamly skinny for alot of my life and also was made fun of!.....I used to pray I would gain weight!!!! (they say be careful what you wish for, you just might get it)...Well, I did...I was 5'9 " and 90 lbs till I was about 30 years old, stopped smoking and for the first time in my life I gained aaaaannnnnnnddddddddddd gained ! now I'm 50 and I weighed 286 just before I started this diet in Nov.....But I still am not smoking...just gaining ! which is worse?????...But I've lost quite a bit and know that this is really the best way to eat for the rest of our lives...We all just need to hang in there together...Judi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 1999 Report Share Posted June 29, 1999 Hi Lee I want to go from 310 was my starting weight to 180 my goal weight. right no at last weighing 4 days ago i was 275. :)Sue --- MDa6862715@... wrote: > From: MDa6862715@... > > Hi its a small world isn't it. I am on the > southside of Jax. I get > over to Orange Park once in awhile. I work at the > beach. I am a preschool > teacher. We are a strange breed because we get paid > next to nothing and > still love our job. I have alot of weight to loose > on the order of about 200 > lbs. Despite the fact that I am large I manage to > remain quite active. I > don't know how many people on the list have so much > weight to loose. I am > finally hopefull about being able to do it. I have > been large my whole life, > in school I was made fun of and called every fat > name in the book. I have > learned how to deal with being fat but I have made > up my mind that I am going > to loose this weight and see how it feels to be > (thin), I put it in > parenthesis because to me anyone within 50 lbs. of > normal seems thin. God > Bless, Lee > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 1999 Report Share Posted June 29, 1999 Thank you Lee for your kind words....I do have legal snacks here, all the time...I just get this urge for something, even tho I know I will feel like a jerk after, but do it anyway...Not alot, believe me I have changed my eating habits 97%!...But I must do it 100%...I must be below 20 carbs a day...I am what Dr. Atkins book calls weight resistant, I think.....I never thought of measuring myself..I wish I had done that when I started...I did go down 2 bra sizes and had to get new underwear as the old ones were slipping down where my huge belly used to be and ending up like a ring above my thighs...All of a sudden I would be walking and I say to myself, " jeez, did I forget to pull my underpants up!????? " ...then I realized they had no elastic,which I knew, but they used to always stay up ...So I aslo went down a couple of sizes in them too...I have stopped weighing myself...but will start measuring tho...thanx. I have seen this mentioned alot so I will geive it a try...Again Thanx Judi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 1999 Report Share Posted June 30, 1999 This is great Judi keep it going dont look back on the slips we all do it now and again just look forward. :)Sue --- Jmd6789@... wrote: > From: Jmd6789@... > > Thank you Lee for your kind words....I do have legal > snacks here, all the > time...I just get this urge for something, even tho > I know I will feel like a > jerk after, but do it anyway...Not alot, believe me > I have changed my eating > habits 97%!...But I must do it 100%...I must be > below 20 carbs a day...I am > what Dr. Atkins book calls weight resistant, I > think.....I never thought of > measuring myself..I wish I had done that when I > started...I did go down 2 bra > sizes and had to get new underwear as the old ones > were slipping down where > my huge belly used to be and ending up like a ring > above my thighs...All of a > sudden I would be walking and I say to myself, > " jeez, did I forget to pull my > underpants up!????? " ...then I realized they had no > elastic,which I knew, but > they used to always stay up ...So I aslo went down a > couple of sizes in them > too...I have stopped weighing myself...but will > start measuring tho...thanx. > I have seen this mentioned alot so I will geive it a > try...Again Thanx Judi > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 1999 Report Share Posted June 30, 1999 > > i also need to lose about 210 pounds. > julie Hi , I need to loose 217. That is if I want to be at the weight I was when I was 20 :-) May not be possible, I don't know. Seems like it is, but ya just never know. I am striving for 200 for my first goal. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 1999 Report Share Posted July 1, 1999 I would LOVE to see pictures of you before and hear how you've kept the weight off all these years!!!! Cinda Spriggs Mind Your Own Memories For All Your Scrapbooking Needs www.mindyourownmemories.com -----Original Message----- To: Atkins-A-WayOfLifeonelist <Atkins-A-WayOfLifeonelist> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 5:04 PM >We will have to meet sometime. That would be fun. In 1976 I weighed 280 and >lost down to 150. I have to keep on top of my weight or I will >be right back up there again. I have great success with Atkins...I know now >it is going to be a way of life for me. >You will be THIN if you stay with this diet. I promise. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 1999 Report Share Posted July 1, 1999 I would LOVE to see pictures of you before and hear how you've kept the weight off all these years!!!! Cinda Spriggs Mind Your Own Memories For All Your Scrapbooking Needs www.mindyourownmemories.com -----Original Message----- To: Atkins-A-WayOfLifeonelist <Atkins-A-WayOfLifeonelist> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 5:04 PM >We will have to meet sometime. That would be fun. In 1976 I weighed 280 and >lost down to 150. I have to keep on top of my weight or I will >be right back up there again. I have great success with Atkins...I know now >it is going to be a way of life for me. >You will be THIN if you stay with this diet. I promise. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 1999 Report Share Posted July 2, 1999 Hi I need to lose that much to so don't feel bad I just start last Monday and this week I am down 6 so that a start. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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