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Thanks for visiting.
Eldaweesda
Thanks for the support.
Sophie
Soup can be a good way of turning bits that could be thrown away into a healthy snack. The more health-conscious I become - the more I hate to throw away the water that I have used to boil vegetables. In addition - I believe in big portions so always peel a lot of veg. This can mean that we end up with a little left over in the pan. Chop in some extra veg - like the stuff that could do with being used up soon - and you have a decent start to a pan of soup.
It is thirty years since I was at the weight that I have set as my goal weight - so I might have the experience but it certainly is a very distant memory.
Dawn
I hope that you all enjoy the walk. You seem to get such a lot of difficult weather - that it is good that you get an opportunity to get out. I am sure that your kids will thank you later for encouraging them to be active - we know how much it can help weight control. Walking this morning was pleasant - but this afternoon was wet. We had a very enjoyable lunch out with friends - so I wouldnt be surprised if my weight goes up a little tomorrow.
Kimberly
10st 11.2lbs i.e. 151.2 pounds today so better than yesterday but not as good as the day before. I managed to smile graciously as I watched hubby devouring chocolate cheesecake and eating a starter today so I am hoping that not too much damage was done at lunchtime. I have changed my food around and have just eaten my weetabix at 8.30pm.
I am very interested to hear of your friends satisfaction with surgery. I cannot see how my boobs can ever naturally become a normal shape. There is such a lot of empty skin there that they hang down to below my waist. All that I can say is thank goodness for clothes!
Rae
I am a firm believer in a lot of milestones - in fact I suspect that without them a long term project like ours is almost impossible - people would view it as too big a task and that it was therefore outside their grasp. I like to have milestones at every stone and half stone, every ten pound boundary and every change of BMI. Having said that - we all identify the really big ones as really standing out from the crowd - getting half way to goal, losing 1/3 and 1/2 start weight, coming out of morbid obesity, coming from obesity to overweight, coming normal.
I can easily understand your desire to revisit your goal now that you are so close. You finally have a chance to evaluate whether you guessed right when you thought that it would be the right weight for you. In such things we have to balance things like achievability and expectations. I can strive for the weight that I was when I was young - but know that I will not be young this time around and will therefore not look like I did. We need to try to ascertain whether any flabbiness is surplus pounds that still need to be lost, muscles that need to be tightened which would happen through exercise not weight loss, or it could be loose skin.
I have seen a number of television programs where people have been examined in some form of scanner which can work out things like body fat. Part of me thinks that it may be a good idea to have such an examination just to confirm which is involved.
There is always the danger that we may want to go too far. We want our weight loss dreams to come true - not nearly come true. We must always double check such things as our BMI and make sure that any new goal is at a healthy level. We certainly dont want to become underweight. We have a long track record of not seeing our body as others see it.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Eldaweesda
Thanks for the support.
Sophie
Soup can be a good way of turning bits that could be thrown away into a healthy snack. The more health-conscious I become - the more I hate to throw away the water that I have used to boil vegetables. In addition - I believe in big portions so always peel a lot of veg. This can mean that we end up with a little left over in the pan. Chop in some extra veg - like the stuff that could do with being used up soon - and you have a decent start to a pan of soup.
It is thirty years since I was at the weight that I have set as my goal weight - so I might have the experience but it certainly is a very distant memory.
Dawn
I hope that you all enjoy the walk. You seem to get such a lot of difficult weather - that it is good that you get an opportunity to get out. I am sure that your kids will thank you later for encouraging them to be active - we know how much it can help weight control. Walking this morning was pleasant - but this afternoon was wet. We had a very enjoyable lunch out with friends - so I wouldnt be surprised if my weight goes up a little tomorrow.
Kimberly
10st 11.2lbs i.e. 151.2 pounds today so better than yesterday but not as good as the day before. I managed to smile graciously as I watched hubby devouring chocolate cheesecake and eating a starter today so I am hoping that not too much damage was done at lunchtime. I have changed my food around and have just eaten my weetabix at 8.30pm.
I am very interested to hear of your friends satisfaction with surgery. I cannot see how my boobs can ever naturally become a normal shape. There is such a lot of empty skin there that they hang down to below my waist. All that I can say is thank goodness for clothes!
Rae
I am a firm believer in a lot of milestones - in fact I suspect that without them a long term project like ours is almost impossible - people would view it as too big a task and that it was therefore outside their grasp. I like to have milestones at every stone and half stone, every ten pound boundary and every change of BMI. Having said that - we all identify the really big ones as really standing out from the crowd - getting half way to goal, losing 1/3 and 1/2 start weight, coming out of morbid obesity, coming from obesity to overweight, coming normal.
I can easily understand your desire to revisit your goal now that you are so close. You finally have a chance to evaluate whether you guessed right when you thought that it would be the right weight for you. In such things we have to balance things like achievability and expectations. I can strive for the weight that I was when I was young - but know that I will not be young this time around and will therefore not look like I did. We need to try to ascertain whether any flabbiness is surplus pounds that still need to be lost, muscles that need to be tightened which would happen through exercise not weight loss, or it could be loose skin.
I have seen a number of television programs where people have been examined in some form of scanner which can work out things like body fat. Part of me thinks that it may be a good idea to have such an examination just to confirm which is involved.
There is always the danger that we may want to go too far. We want our weight loss dreams to come true - not nearly come true. We must always double check such things as our BMI and make sure that any new goal is at a healthy level. We certainly dont want to become underweight. We have a long track record of not seeing our body as others see it.
Take care
Love
Margaret
reared his ugly head yet?
That must be what happened this month!
