Lisa's Final Countdown, The Good Days, the Bad, & the Ugly

douknowjello said:
Sorry to be MIA for so long guys. I'll be honest that gaining 5lbs in 2 days did send me for a loop even if it was water retention. Lisa, this is just par for the course unfortunately. I gained 2.5 lbs this weekend and I wasn't eating THAT much, but I already took off 1.5 lbs in one work day so easy come EASY GO. I would guess 5lbs is an average water retention increase for your size. Dont let that get to you. As long as you keep it up, your highs will get lower and your lows will get even lower! But I always eat far more on the weekends and hence the scale always goes up by Monday. I still managed to lose weight regardless.

But then like I said things got really hectic and at first it was in a good way I was enjoying taking a break from obsessing over every thing that went into my mouth. I hear ya. I did the same thing and quickly gained about 5-6 lbs. I'm back now trying to get it off. Unfortunately its been a lifelong struggle to maintain my weight and it requires immediately addressing gains lest things get out of hand. We all have this problem on the forum and it sucks, but it is what it is. Dont let it discourage you!

But I have to be honest I found myself not wanting to log in here and it had nothing to do with not being on track, because that never stopped me from gabbing on here before. Without going into detail something made me very uncomfortable and reminded me that you can make friends on here but you can never really be sure who you're talking to...yea I know this is common sense. I'm the same person online as off and I've never been good at keeping my guard up so sometimes I get surprised. I'm sorry that happened Lisa. Try not to take it to heart!

Then on a seperate note, when Shandy just disappeared without a trace that really bothered me and was the final straw. Silly I know....I understand people come and go or are gone for periods of time but for a friend to just disappear suddenly like that....I had to wonder why and what was said to her for her to leave like that without even saying goodbye. This ALWAYS happens here and on other internet forums too, except for the proven die hards like mal for example. You feel kinda guilty and ya feel kind of free from going on about weight issues, which is a tough subject. It feels great to take a break from here if you've been on the forum for a while and honestly, you will find if you still around long enough that everyone does this. Much the way you sort of disappeared without explanation. The nice thing is that no one ever seems to hold it against you.

That being said, it was just bad timing and with school and other stuff getting overwhelming I just couldn't deal with stuff on here too. So I'm back :) Not back on my diet but back, lol. When I didn't log on here to be accountable it was pretty easy to slide back into old ways and not pay attention. Being sick with bronchitis the last 3 weeks I didn't think about it much either but I think that helped in my favor being too sick to care about food. I weighed myself tonight and I'm at 329.6 and was pretty happy to have gained so little back. I'm through this rough spot and still ahead of the game.
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Lisa, you should be able to lose plenty of weight and still eat relatively normal. In other words, maybe you were being too strict with yourself..trying to make too many changes too soon? How about going back partially? Maybe try cutting out a few things everyday that you would normally eat, and replace it with something healthy. If you normally have 3 meals of fast food, have 1 or 2 instead. I'll bet you'll be surprised at how much weight you lose just doing this. Its a hard life carrying so much extra weight around (meant in the kindest of ways) and I just hope you'll at least give this a half assed chance. I hope I didn't annoy you with my bluntness, please dont take this message the wrong way :).
 
I agree with Blancita, you might have been too stressed on yourself with the strictness of your diet. I think you can do it!!!!! I'm glad you're back!
 
Buckeye21 said:
I agree with Blancita, you might have been too stressed on yourself with the strictness of your diet. I think you can do it!!!!! I'm glad you're back!
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Nah the diet wasn't too strict but you have it half right...I was too stressed period! lol. Thanks for checking in on me :)
 
I feel I should explain better a comment in my previous post. Just for those of you who probably didn't know the situation, I know people come and go or go MIA for short periods cuz stuff happens. I completely understand and don't hold that against anyone. Just with the friend I mentioned before we talked to her every day and the day before everything was fine, then her journal and part of her account was deleted.

The worst part is knowing something was wrong because of the circumstances but not knowing what and having know way to check to see if she's ok or if it was even her choice. She was just suddenly gone and there's little hope she's coming back the way it happened. Like I said, not knowing is the worst.

For the record if I ever do quit this forum I will come back and post a goodbye. I've always checked in and at least let everyone know when I'm MIA that stuff is hectic or found a way when my internet was down to let everyone know.

But just in case something weird happens thats out of my control, my email is in my profile and my friends can track me down that way. Well unless the internet itself just implodes...then I guess we're all screwed, lol.
 
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After months of burning the candle at both ends with no days off between school and work this is weird. I got off work yesterday and my classes are out and I don't go back until Saturday. Nothing is looming over my head today, nothing I HAVE to do and I have no clue what to do with myself.

I think I'll go watch a movie on cable and cuddle with the new addition to our family. Here's some pics so be prepared for absolute cuteness :)
 
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Maximum of five? There is no max to this cuteness!!! Guess I should mention my hubby named her Lilly :) Here's more pics
 
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Ok so all this free time in one day and I'm goin crazy but here :) I uploaded to youtube for the first time ever....here's my new puppy. Ignore the fact I sound funny, I was sick with bronchitis.



And here she is terrorizing the cat, then the cat came to me whining about it, lol.
 
douknowjello said:
The worst part is knowing something was wrong because of the circumstances but not knowing what and having know way to check to see if she's ok or if it was even her choice.
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Hi Lisa, I totally understand and agree and ALSO I figured I should make a will and include my login and password to the forum, just in case I bite the big one, ya know.....LOL! "In case of sudden death, I'd like my forums friend to be informed of my demise."

Cute animals! Looking forward to you losing and getting closer to your goals!:grouphug:
 
PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love puppies and kitties! I seriously turn to five years old and just shout KITTY! PUPPY! I lose all coherent thought and start baby talking. I apologize, but I just love PUPPIES! KITTIES!!!!!!!!!!!

That is strange about your friend disappearing like that, and thanks for posting your email and giving us the heads up if in case you ever do leave. I would never ever leave without a goodbye, and even then my journal would always be viewable. That is really scary!

PUPPY!
 
Hey girl :). I wasn't trying to get technical in my post so apologies, I just meant that we all disappear from here as we get busy or want less of a focus on dieting or exercise (which was the case with me, I really needed a serious break) or in some cases we get upset about things on the forum. Some people give a warning or say goodbye and others just disappear off but often come back. Once I had mal delete my journal and I questioned if I wanted to keep visiting because this idiot who I debated with reviewed my journal for personal dirt and used it against me in another unrelated thread. I must admit I was highly upset. Then recently I ended up disappearing, which is admittedly rude, but I never really intending on leaving, it just seems like something was making me avoid the place. I think it was getting too negative for me to keep such a constant focus on my weight for so long and discussing every up and down with my weight. Hence why I barely ever post in my own diary :).
 
Blancita said:
Hey girl :). I wasn't trying to get technical in my post so apologies, I just meant that we all disappear from here as we get busy or want less of a focus on dieting or exercise (which was the case with me, I really needed a serious break) or in some cases we get upset about things on the forum. Some people give a warning or say goodbye and others just disappear off but often come back. Once I had mal delete my journal and I questioned if I wanted to keep visiting because this idiot who I debated with reviewed my journal for personal dirt and used it against me in another unrelated thread. I must admit I was highly upset. Then recently I ended up disappearing, which is admittedly rude, but I never really intending on leaving, it just seems like something was making me avoid the place. I think it was getting too negative for me to keep such a constant focus on my weight for so long and discussing every up and down with my weight. Hence why I barely ever post in my own diary :).
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That's how I felt...not intentional but like I was avoiding it. Tried to log in and post here a couple times but ended up interrupted or logging off. Glad I'm not the only one though cuz I felt silly. And same with the journal. It's nice to have a journal to vent in and open up but sometimes some of the comments make me regret posting. Alot of times I can let stuff roll off but I have those sensitive days and even though I know how stuff online can be it'll still upset me. But the knowledge and support I get here was helping alot so I'm just gonna have to work with it, lol.

I'm really sorry somebody did that to you and it shows you are a strong person to still be here after that...don't know that I would have been. I know alot of people don't care how their actions affect other people or how they treat them but it seems even more so online. People give themselves free license to do damage as if it's not that big of a deal and I've actually had people tell me it's my own dumb fault if I take anything seriously.
 
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Two websites that you might like:





You chose which kitten or puppy is cuter. Great as a stress reducer.
 
That is awesome but it never ends! lol I should submit a pic of lilly :) I have some awesome shots of my cats but it did say "kittens"
 
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