Re: My New Year Fears.....

January 4, 2006

Soâ€¦.whatâ€™s the answer?? How the heck am I going to pull off a 70 pound loss this year???? I know itâ€™s possible! I know it can be doneâ€¦â€¦

OK MELODY......A WORD OF WARNING....YOUR NOT GOING TO LIKE MY ANSWER.....

I think your doing way to much exercise, too many times a day and not getting nearly enough sleep.......

OK before the HATE mail starts pouring in please let me explain........for some reason you do EVERYTHING in astronomical amounts...your at the gym, a lot, and I know we have always been told the way you lose the weight is the way you have to keep it off.

Do you really think you can keep going like your going now for the rest of your life?? You're forgetting you HAD a good loss for the year. Don't short change yourself. You have also been on some weird diets this year. I remember the taco diet. Yes, you were losing but then it stopped. I think it was your body rejecting what you were putting it through.

Yes, losing 70 pounds a year would be great and I know others who have done it BUT that isn't the normal. I hate to see you setting yourself up and then if it don't happen, your crushed and may quit??

Also what makes you so sure Mikey wouldn't want to see his mom graduate even if he was 20 or 21???

I think we can get to tied up with diets and exercise that we forget how to live.

I'm sure I didn't explain my feeling very well as I'm no good at this but Melody, you did great last year, you really did. You know I love you and when you reach goal I'll be there yelling as loud as anyone but I don't want to hear you talk as if you didn't accomplish anything last year. YOU DID!!

OK let the hate mail begin........

Love ya,

January 4, 2006

Melody, first of all I can relate to your wanting to reach KOPS for your son to see you graduate. I reached my KOPS in 2000 Wanted my Mom to see me at my goal weight. She did for 5 months then we lost her. Six months later we lost my Dad and I lost my KOPS status. WHY. Because I did it for someone else. Well this time I did it for myself I want to be healthy and live to see my grandkids grow up. You have to lose that weight for yourself. And yes sometimes when we relax and just give up we lose. I think it is because we have relaxed that we lose. I can't explain it I just know that it does happen. You have done a great job and I have faith that you will reach that KOPS goal and you will look fantastic. Don't you dare even think about quiting if you don't reach it by the end of this year. You have worked too hard for that. Love ya WMelody Moris

wrote: Ya know how I never ask anything of anyone, unless I’m willing to do it myself right?? Well, I gave all my chapter members a journal last night and asked them all to be sure to write in it. I’ve been keeping mine since January 1st. Anyway, as I was writing in mine this morning and looking back over the last couple of years – fear and doubt hit me pretty hard. I want, no, I NEED to

reach my goal this year and I don’t have a clue how the heck I’m gonna do it. It seems like no matter what I do, I can’t seem to get the weight off like I should – I lose pretty good and then dink around in a 10 pound area for a while, then lose a little more and dink around, then lose a little more and dink around some more – why?? Why is it that some people can

consistently lose while others play the yo-yo game? What’s the secret? I have several reasons for wanting to reach goal by the end of this year – but one of the biggest is that it’s really important to me that my son be at my graduation and I know that SRD 2007 will be the last SRD that he goes to with me…..from there he will be 18 and taking off on his own life. Before he does that I just want him to see me graduate – does that make any sense? This pissin’ around with 20 or 30 pounds a year just isn’t cutting it!! And I’m terrified that if I DON’T make it – I’ll just quit – I almost gave up last year when I didn’t hit CCIW like I wanted to……sigh….. So….what’s the answer?? How the heck am I going to pull off a 70 pound loss this year???? I know it’s possible! I know it can be done……others have done it for years, but not me! There’s no rhyme or reason for good weeks vs bad weeks – I can work hard, do all the right things and have a gain…..and then like this week – just not care, don’t pay attention to what I’m doing and have a loss – none of it makes sense, so how am I to plan for losses?? So…..there’s my journal entry for the day and my fears exposed for all to see…… Melody

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January 4, 2006

, the only hate you're going to hear about is Melody "Hateing" to admit you are right! LOL Aggie

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LOL no

hate mail – I know ya love me – and the feeling is mutual

yep, the

taco diet was a doozy (but it was good while it lasted….all 3 weeks of it

LOL)

actually

I’m not exercising enough lately – haven’t been to the gym in

2 weeks (but going to start again today)….I’ve been so busy trying

to get this darn house in order that I haven’t had the time, but I need

to make the time again. Call me crazy, but I really LOVE exercising –

it’s a great way to start my day, my attitude is always better and I feel

like I can conquer the world after I’ve worked out <G>

I don’t

know if I can call 23 pounds a “good” loss for the year, I just

KNOW I can and should do better than that……but it is a loss and I

guess it’s better than a gain. I just get frustrated and keep

looking for the “answer” – not the ‘holy grail/miracle diet”

– just the one that works on a consistent basis instead of all the dinkin’

around. You know me…I’m more than willing to work HARD to get

where I need to be, but it seems like it’s just Mission Impossible ya

know?

Never

fear tho….I will question myself till the day I die, and I will always

see room for improvement in myself…..but I will keep trying, and trying

and trying…..you know my motto “never give up…never surrender”

– and yes…..I will be disappointed if I can’t make it –

it’s hard enough to get Mikey to do anything with me these days, once he’s

out on his own I highly doubt he’ll have any time or use for me (unless

he wants something LOL) BUT….like I said he is only ONE of my many,

many reasons for wanting to reach goal J

Hugs,

Melody

From: TexasTOPS [mailto:TexasTOPS ] On Behalf Of mwdw@...

Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006

8:12 AM

To: TexasTOPS

Subject: Re: My New

Year Fears.....

In a message dated 1/4/2006 6:52:15 AM Central Standard

Time, mmoris@... writes:

So….what’s the answer??

How the heck am I going to pull off a 70 pound loss this year???? I know

it’s possible! I know it can be done……

OK MELODY......A

WORD OF WARNING....YOUR NOT GOING TO LIKE MY ANSWER.....

I think your doing

way to much exercise, too many times a day and not getting nearly enough

sleep.......

OK before the HATE

mail starts pouring in please let me explain........for some reason you do

EVERYTHING in astronomical amounts...your at the gym, a lot, and I know we have

always been told the way you lose the weight is the way you have to keep it

off.

Do you really think

you can keep going like your going now for the rest of your life?? You're

forgetting you HAD a good loss for the year. Don't short change yourself. You

have also been on some weird diets this year. I remember the taco diet. Yes,

you were losing but then it stopped. I think it was your body rejecting what you

were putting it through.

Yes, losing 70

pounds a year would be great and I know others who have done it BUT that isn't

the normal. I hate to see you setting yourself up and then if it don't

happen, your crushed and may quit??

Also what makes you

so sure Mikey wouldn't want to see his mom graduate even if he was 20 or

21???

I think we can get

to tied up with diets and exercise that we forget how to live.

I'm sure I didn't

explain my feeling very well as I'm no good at this but Melody, you did great

last year, you really did. You know I love you and when you reach goal I'll be

there yelling as loud as anyone but I don't want to hear you talk as if you

didn't accomplish anything last year. YOU DID!!

OK let the hate mail

begin........

Love ya,

January 4, 2006

Melody

MY long lost partner there for a while! stupid computers!!!

You have been the biggest inspiration to me thru all my problems lately!!! and I want to tell You Your son will always be there for you..whether in your house or out on his own..Ive learned that from my wonderful son...If you need a pep talk about sons and mommas. Talk to ,,,Now I know your son is a teenager right now and hes doing teenager stuff right now..... But he is behind you 100 percent in your weight loss journey and he will be at that srd whenever that may be. with his proud face staring at his mom cross that stage and that camera in hand!!! so you just get that chin up and onto 2006 and more lost weight..OK OK! you having a loss for 2005 is great no matter what the number...I have a gain for 2005 I know. But I talked to myself and said somethings got to be done..I prayed to God to help me and whatever happens in 2006 to me and my weight will not be for the lack of doing the right things...so lets do it Ok all of us here will do it together

we all love you melody

have a great day

Kathy H your team partner It was fun

My New Year Fears.....

Ya know how I never ask anything of anyone, unless I’m willing to do it myself right??

Well, I gave all my chapter members a journal last night and asked them all to be sure to write in it. I’ve been keeping mine since January 1st.

Anyway, as I was writing in mine this morning and looking back over the last couple of years – fear and doubt hit me pretty hard. I want, no, I NEED to reach my goal this year and I don’t have a clue how the heck I’m gonna do it.

It seems like no matter what I do, I can’t seem to get the weight off like I should – I lose pretty good and then dink around in a 10 pound area for a while, then lose a little more and dink around, then lose a little more and dink around some more – why??

Why is it that some people can consistently lose while others play the yo-yo game? What’s the secret?

I have several reasons for wanting to reach goal by the end of this year – but one of the biggest is that it’s really important to me that my son be at my graduation and I know that SRD 2007 will be the last SRD that he goes to with me…..from there he will be 18 and taking off on his own life. Before he does that I just want him to see me graduate – does that make any sense?

This pissin’ around with 20 or 30 pounds a year just isn’t cutting it!! And I’m terrified that if I DON’T make it – I’ll just quit – I almost gave up last year when I didn’t hit CCIW like I wanted to……sigh…..

So….what’s the answer?? How the heck am I going to pull off a 70 pound loss this year???? I know it’s possible! I know it can be done……others have done it for years, but not me!

There’s no rhyme or reason for good weeks vs bad weeks – I can work hard, do all the right things and have a gain…..and then like this week – just not care, don’t pay attention to what I’m doing and have a loss – none of it makes sense, so how am I to plan for losses??

So…..there’s my journal entry for the day and my fears exposed for all to see……

Melody

January 4, 2006

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,

No hate mail being sent your way by me! You were quite eloquent, I thought. I was trying to think of what to tell Melody and you said it all! Thanks!

Ditto from me Melody!