Dontworrybeappy
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[SIZE=10pt]I'm normally not comfortable bragging about myself - my horses, sure, but not me. HOWEVER... I guess this is worth a little brag...[/SIZE]
11 and a half months ago, I started trying to lose some weight. Didn't have a specific goal in mind, but knew that for me it was time to shed some pounds... I'd been diagnosed as diabetic, was on cholesterol meds, and they were threatening me with high blood pressure meds. I was having difficulty with pneumonia, my fibromyalgia, IBS and kidney stones, and the stupid Doctors kept trying to blame EVERYTHING on my weight. I was mad, and figured if I dropped the weight, maybe I could get help with the stuff that wasn't weight related.
So I began using medifast (a packaged-meal program... little packets that make shakes, drinks, soups, pudding, oatmeal, etc... they have bars and "snacks" too.) The program had me eating 5 of their meals a day (gawd it was hard to learn to eat that often!) and one "lean and green" meal. Of course it all took some getting used to and some tweaking, finding the habits that worked for me, the packets of food that I liked better than the other packets, etc. I learned to drink more fluids, take more vitamins, pay more attention to why I ate and especially to avoid the fast food joints (*gasp*!), but I did it!
It's an on-going process, unlike an alcoholic, I don't have the option to give up food altogether.... and I do still treat myself once in awhile!
But I have lost 100 pounds in 11.5 months!
Gone from a size 4x to a medium.... from a 26/28 to a 10/12.
I might end up losing a little more, although I have no goal to do that - I certainly need to firm up here and there - but I figure Now that I've done 100, I can do the rest, too!
Yes, I feel better - off the diabetic meds, the cholesterol meds, the IBS meds and now my blood pressure is borderline low! I'm still full of kidney stones, but hopefully these too shall pass and, although the Urologist I've been seeing has no answers or ideas for me except more lithotripsy (no THANK you!) I fervently hope I'm not making new stones and will eventually pass the ones I have. (I drink about a gallon a day, I keep hoping that counts for something!) Asthma and bronchitis I've had since I was a baby, so that's still around of course. Fibro is still an ongoing problem. Doctors are still a problem and still make me mad... But yes, I do feel better these days. I've even been actually riding my horses once in awhile and hope to do more of that too!
In 5 months I'll be 50 and I guess it's a "new" old me to come. I'd like to plan a dress-up party at a restaurant or something ... I want to wear a red beaded dress and look better than Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie"! Anybody got any ideas? It'll also be the 20th year Michael and I have been together, so there's even more reason to celebrate! Heck, I want everyone who has something to celebrate this year and help me to put together a "dressed to the nines in 2009" party of some sort!
But today when the scale finally hit the magical number to show an even 100 pounds lost - I felt like it was another birthday or something... a day to crow!
Of course, now comes the really hard part - keeping it off. Hopefully forever...
Please join me today in my little party in my head! (and really, if you have any ideas about planning a party in SoCal for later this year, tell me - otherwise I don't know how dismal the "big 5 OH" will be - even without the "old 1oh oh" hanging on me!)
Thanks for reading this in any case! I just wanted to share!
11 and a half months ago, I started trying to lose some weight. Didn't have a specific goal in mind, but knew that for me it was time to shed some pounds... I'd been diagnosed as diabetic, was on cholesterol meds, and they were threatening me with high blood pressure meds. I was having difficulty with pneumonia, my fibromyalgia, IBS and kidney stones, and the stupid Doctors kept trying to blame EVERYTHING on my weight. I was mad, and figured if I dropped the weight, maybe I could get help with the stuff that wasn't weight related.
So I began using medifast (a packaged-meal program... little packets that make shakes, drinks, soups, pudding, oatmeal, etc... they have bars and "snacks" too.) The program had me eating 5 of their meals a day (gawd it was hard to learn to eat that often!) and one "lean and green" meal. Of course it all took some getting used to and some tweaking, finding the habits that worked for me, the packets of food that I liked better than the other packets, etc. I learned to drink more fluids, take more vitamins, pay more attention to why I ate and especially to avoid the fast food joints (*gasp*!), but I did it!
It's an on-going process, unlike an alcoholic, I don't have the option to give up food altogether.... and I do still treat myself once in awhile!
But I have lost 100 pounds in 11.5 months!
Gone from a size 4x to a medium.... from a 26/28 to a 10/12.
I might end up losing a little more, although I have no goal to do that - I certainly need to firm up here and there - but I figure Now that I've done 100, I can do the rest, too!
Yes, I feel better - off the diabetic meds, the cholesterol meds, the IBS meds and now my blood pressure is borderline low! I'm still full of kidney stones, but hopefully these too shall pass and, although the Urologist I've been seeing has no answers or ideas for me except more lithotripsy (no THANK you!) I fervently hope I'm not making new stones and will eventually pass the ones I have. (I drink about a gallon a day, I keep hoping that counts for something!) Asthma and bronchitis I've had since I was a baby, so that's still around of course. Fibro is still an ongoing problem. Doctors are still a problem and still make me mad... But yes, I do feel better these days. I've even been actually riding my horses once in awhile and hope to do more of that too!
In 5 months I'll be 50 and I guess it's a "new" old me to come. I'd like to plan a dress-up party at a restaurant or something ... I want to wear a red beaded dress and look better than Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie"! Anybody got any ideas? It'll also be the 20th year Michael and I have been together, so there's even more reason to celebrate! Heck, I want everyone who has something to celebrate this year and help me to put together a "dressed to the nines in 2009" party of some sort!
But today when the scale finally hit the magical number to show an even 100 pounds lost - I felt like it was another birthday or something... a day to crow!
Of course, now comes the really hard part - keeping it off. Hopefully forever...
Please join me today in my little party in my head! (and really, if you have any ideas about planning a party in SoCal for later this year, tell me - otherwise I don't know how dismal the "big 5 OH" will be - even without the "old 1oh oh" hanging on me!)
Thanks for reading this in any case! I just wanted to share!
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