An uncomfortable Moment/Bev/Lyn's rambling

September 12, 2003

Thank you, Bev. That is why I put " fat " in quotes. I am overweight, and it

shows....but I look a hullofalot better than I did 65 pounds ago. I am still

clinically obese....and some people still see me that way. When I hit 180, I'll

be officially overweight.

I didn't mean for that to be construed that I was down about things; on the

contrary, I'm on cloud nine right now. Last night I put a pair of size 16 jeans

on that my friend had given to me. I was just going to see how close I was to

getting them on. Well, I wore them out of the house...comfortably, I might add.

I feel I've been very successful and I'm just floating on air right now.

Getting over that 200 barrier was a huge feat for me. It is a turning point.

Before, I had my goal of 144 in mind....but it seemed so far off. My first

major hurdle was getting to 199. Now it's here and I look at how far I've come

and I am darned proud. I have 54.6 pounds to go to reach my official WW goal.

That just doesn't seem so bad anymore. Starting out, it was 120 to lose. That

just seemed so overwhelming to me, so I broke it down into chunks. Well, now

that finish line is within site. I would imagine as I get closer, losses will

slow down somewhat...but that's okay.

I can honestly say that I am FINALLY feeling better. I have less fatigue, I can

do more things. This August I rode the rides at the carnival with my son. I

wouldn't have dreamed doing that, other than the ferris wheel, last summer at

264. I'm coming out of my introverted shell a bit (that's a hard thing for me)

but the confidence I'm gaining with the weight loss can't be measured.

My next goal is to lose 9.2 pounds....and reach my 75 pound magnet. After that,

it's to reach 180 (18.6 to go) so I'm just overweight. Then 34.2 to reach my 100

pound star. Then goal. These mini-celebrations help along the way. I think the

biggest, though, have been the 199 and the next biggest will be getting the 100

pound star.

Sorry for rambling on so much.

Lyn

Re: An uncomfortable Moment

>

> ly, it hurts. I experience it still. I just hit 198.6 last

night at weigh-in, have lost 65.8 pounds, but I still get the " look "

from people (because I'm still " fat. " ) ly, it hurts and it

sucks. I am a wonderful person, but I can guarantee you that many

people only see fat. .

Lyn

Hey Lyn,

look at what you typed. You are not " fat " you've lost 65.8 pounds,

that makes you SUCCESSFUL!

You just keep up the great work you're doing, and they'll be eating

their words!!

Bev

September 12, 2003

Lyn,

Congratulations on all your continued achievements, Lyn.

You captured the emotion around reaching each of these goals so well.

I'm down around 75 pounds and I'm 6-7 pounds away from breaking 200

and I really relate to your post. I'm coming out of my shell too,

doing things I never would have done at my heaviest, feeling great,

feeling more confident, ... , feeling better physically, mentally and

emotinally ... and looking forward to celebrating those coming

milestones ... getting to where I'm officially " overweight " as opposed

to " obese " (only 3 or 4 more pounds for that), breaking 200, having

less then 20 pounds to lose, the 100 pounds off mark, goal, lifetime

.... It's all good.

Mitch

> Thank you, Bev. That is why I put " fat " in quotes. I am overweight,

and it shows....but I look a hullofalot better than I did 65 pounds

ago. I am still clinically obese....and some people still see me that

way. When I hit 180, I'll be officially overweight.

>

> I didn't mean for that to be construed that I was down about things;

on the contrary, I'm on cloud nine right now. Last night I put a pair

of size 16 jeans on that my friend had given to me. I was just going

to see how close I was to getting them on. Well, I wore them out of

the house...comfortably, I might add.

>

> I feel I've been very successful and I'm just floating on air right

now. Getting over that 200 barrier was a huge feat for me. It is a

turning point. Before, I had my goal of 144 in mind....but it seemed

so far off. My first major hurdle was getting to 199. Now it's here

and I look at how far I've come and I am darned proud. I have 54.6

pounds to go to reach my official WW goal. That just doesn't seem so

bad anymore. Starting out, it was 120 to lose. That just seemed so

overwhelming to me, so I broke it down into chunks. Well, now that

finish line is within site. I would imagine as I get closer, losses

will slow down somewhat...but that's okay.

>

> I can honestly say that I am FINALLY feeling better. I have less

fatigue, I can do more things. This August I rode the rides at the

carnival with my son. I wouldn't have dreamed doing that, other than

the ferris wheel, last summer at 264. I'm coming out of my introverted

shell a bit (that's a hard thing for me) but the confidence I'm

gaining with the weight loss can't be measured.

>

> My next goal is to lose 9.2 pounds....and reach my 75 pound magnet.

After that, it's to reach 180 (18.6 to go) so I'm just overweight.

Then 34.2 to reach my 100 pound star. Then goal. These

mini-celebrations help along the way. I think the biggest, though,

have been the 199 and the next biggest will be getting the 100 pound

star.

>

> Sorry for rambling on so much.

>

> Lyn

> Re: An uncomfortable Moment

>

> >

> > ly, it hurts. I experience it still. I just hit 198.6 last

> night at weigh-in, have lost 65.8 pounds, but I still get the

" look "

> from people (because I'm still " fat. " ) ly, it hurts and it

> sucks. I am a wonderful person, but I can guarantee you that many

> people only see fat. .

> Lyn

>

> Hey Lyn,

> look at what you typed. You are not " fat " you've lost 65.8 pounds,

> that makes you SUCCESSFUL!

> You just keep up the great work you're doing, and they'll be

eating

> their words!!

>

> Bev

>

September 12, 2003