Omega's journey
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i'm not too bothered about the numbers. i'm more concerned about the inches. i think it is time i changed though and faced the fact that i actually weight more then i think i do. my goal will change aswell because i don't think i need to lose more then 20lbs so my new goal will be around 140. so i'm still losing the same amount of weight just different numbers. plus we are getting rid of the old one i think...too much clutter in the house.
congrats on the new low btw!!!
x
Omega
Moderator
Thanks for visiting.
Well you have inundated me with requests for a photo - so here is the most recent one that I have. I wish that I was photogenic and still young like you all.
I still have quite a long way to go and can see this fact on current pictures. In all honesty I cannot see much improvement between the October photo and the early February one - but people tell me that I look slimmer and I did lose some weight.
before - 14 jul 2006
mid - 13 oct 2007 14stone 0.2lbs i.e. 196.2 pounds
recent - 05 feb 2008 11stone 10.2 i.e. 164.2 pounds
Wishes
Did you keep all your old clothes or get rid of them as soon as you shrank out of them? Part of me would love to get rid of them (bid farewell to the fat me, gain much needed space in the house etc) and the other part of me doesnt dare.
I have all my old clothes here. They are huge. I just dont dare to get rid of them in case I start denying that I was ever that big really. I have tons of huge clothes and hardly any that fit! One day I will gain the confidence and have a huge clearout. I swear my old dresses will make someone a wonderful tent!
I wish that I had your confidence in front of the camera! I very rarely feel happy with a photo of myself. I still have quite a long way to go and can see this fact on current pictures.
Kimberly
I must admit that I was surprised when my weight went down again. OK - it was on empty after a walk - but even so.....
I have no idea what this bulge is - and the doctor said that she didnt know either. I watched a TV program a few days ago which had an obese woman who had a slight bulge and she was told that it was a hernia. She had no pain from it. Whatever it is - it is not normal. I have phoned the hospital today to find out about the appointment and they just said that it is in the queue waiting for the appointment to be set. I am sure that you will be envious of our glorious NHS.
Still hungry today!
Kim
You say the sweetest of things. We all inspire and encourage each other here. You have no idea how much support I got a couple of weeks ago when I realised that my weight loss was slowing down too much and I needed to set a new food plan. On top of that I had to count my calories too which always puts me into a vulnerable place - but I get greedy for those challenge bonus points.
The most recent photo is here. You havent missed out.
My waist has turned into the oddest shape and I have a huge bulge down my front. The quack has filled in the form to send me for an ultrasound because she has no idea of what it is.
I would never have known about it if I hadnt lost weight! I dont think that it is anything to worry about and it is not causing me any pain. It is odd, it does keep me in a bigger clothes size and I will be pleased when it is explained to me and dealt with.
Tyly
With each other's support hopefully you will soon be at my current weight and I will soon be at your current BMI.
Angel
I am pleased that you are still just trying to lose the 20 pounds. People get too focused on a magic number which is silly. The big thing is that you like how you look and the tape measure and the fit of your clothes are what dictates that. You were never big enough to actually be unhealthy like I was.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Well you have inundated me with requests for a photo - so here is the most recent one that I have. I wish that I was photogenic and still young like you all.
I still have quite a long way to go and can see this fact on current pictures. In all honesty I cannot see much improvement between the October photo and the early February one - but people tell me that I look slimmer and I did lose some weight.
before - 14 jul 2006
mid - 13 oct 2007 14stone 0.2lbs i.e. 196.2 pounds
recent - 05 feb 2008 11stone 10.2 i.e. 164.2 pounds
Wishes
Did you keep all your old clothes or get rid of them as soon as you shrank out of them? Part of me would love to get rid of them (bid farewell to the fat me, gain much needed space in the house etc) and the other part of me doesnt dare.
I have all my old clothes here. They are huge. I just dont dare to get rid of them in case I start denying that I was ever that big really. I have tons of huge clothes and hardly any that fit! One day I will gain the confidence and have a huge clearout. I swear my old dresses will make someone a wonderful tent!
I wish that I had your confidence in front of the camera! I very rarely feel happy with a photo of myself. I still have quite a long way to go and can see this fact on current pictures.
Kimberly
I must admit that I was surprised when my weight went down again. OK - it was on empty after a walk - but even so.....
I have no idea what this bulge is - and the doctor said that she didnt know either. I watched a TV program a few days ago which had an obese woman who had a slight bulge and she was told that it was a hernia. She had no pain from it. Whatever it is - it is not normal. I have phoned the hospital today to find out about the appointment and they just said that it is in the queue waiting for the appointment to be set. I am sure that you will be envious of our glorious NHS.
Still hungry today!
Kim
You say the sweetest of things. We all inspire and encourage each other here. You have no idea how much support I got a couple of weeks ago when I realised that my weight loss was slowing down too much and I needed to set a new food plan. On top of that I had to count my calories too which always puts me into a vulnerable place - but I get greedy for those challenge bonus points.
The most recent photo is here. You havent missed out.
My waist has turned into the oddest shape and I have a huge bulge down my front. The quack has filled in the form to send me for an ultrasound because she has no idea of what it is.
I would never have known about it if I hadnt lost weight! I dont think that it is anything to worry about and it is not causing me any pain. It is odd, it does keep me in a bigger clothes size and I will be pleased when it is explained to me and dealt with.
Tyly
With each other's support hopefully you will soon be at my current weight and I will soon be at your current BMI.
Angel
I am pleased that you are still just trying to lose the 20 pounds. People get too focused on a magic number which is silly. The big thing is that you like how you look and the tape measure and the fit of your clothes are what dictates that. You were never big enough to actually be unhealthy like I was.
Take care
Love
Margaret
wishes
Coffee Addict
Holy moly! those photos are 'wow' ! im stunned! i even had to show workmates! you are a different person, and you look years younger!
I kept the largest size clothes, just for me, so i can drag them out and show off. The rest of the inbetweens i gave away to friends or family or charity.
keepitoff83
New member
Oh my god, I just saw your pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have come SO FAR!
You look absolutely amazing, I would have NEVER recognized you in that first pic after seeing how you look now!
You have come SO FAR!
You look absolutely amazing, I would have NEVER recognized you in that first pic after seeing how you look now!
Margaret,
I am rarely organized enough to write in diaries but I was just stunned by your pics.
You look AMAZING!!!
You are very beautiful and the real you can finally be seen behind all these pounds! I didn't want to use cliche words but it is so difficult to express my admiration for everything you have achieved.
You are a real inspiration for everyone!
I am rarely organized enough to write in diaries but I was just stunned by your pics.
You look AMAZING!!!
You are very beautiful and the real you can finally be seen behind all these pounds! I didn't want to use cliche words but it is so difficult to express my admiration for everything you have achieved.
You are a real inspiration for everyone!
S
SweatPea
Guest
Hi Margaret,
Just followed you in here from Miss LB's diary.
Your transformation is wonderful!
Just followed you in here from Miss LB's diary.
Your transformation is wonderful!
bikinibound
New member
Wow! you look fantastic! There is such a huge difference in the pics. I think you look great. And don't worry, Margaret, you've still got it.
Ha! I am not impressed with the NHS..lol. That's terrible you have to wait so long. I thought the ultrasound had already been done.
Ha! I am not impressed with the NHS..lol. That's terrible you have to wait so long. I thought the ultrasound had already been done.
Holy crap, Marg, babes, you don't even look like the same person!! My goodness you've done fantastic! I'm most impressed with not only how much healthier you look, but younger as well.
I mean, WOW. You're transformation has glued a HUGE smile on my face. You look AMAZING!! Just wow!!
Really Marg, this has made my night. You're doing such a good job with this.
Big Thursday night hugs!!
I mean, WOW. You're transformation has glued a HUGE smile on my face. You look AMAZING!! Just wow!!
Really Marg, this has made my night. You're doing such a good job with this.
Big Thursday night hugs!!
Omega
Moderator
Thanks for visiting
Angel, Wishes, Keepitoff83, Camy, Wulsk, Sweetpea, Kimberly, Rae
Thankyou for your kind comments about my photographs. I am very much still a work in progress - I have big fatty areas that do need to be dramatically reduced. I am certainly a lot fitter than I was and more "normal" looking. All in all - I am a full year into my project now (started last week of February last year) and I have to say that I am very pleased with my progress to date. I just hope that I can finish the task and get my head around maintenance.
My face has totally changed. Family members say that my face has changed back into more like what my original face would have been expected to change to. You can see a photo of me in my early 20s on page 75 of my diary. I look a lot older now of course.
Angel
I am not ready to start a before and after thread yet. It is a confidence thing. I really have some quite major mental image difficulties and very rarely have photographs taken. It is hard enough to put them in my diary where logic tells me that only people that are my friends will see them. The idea of putting them where the whole forum comment scares me to death. It is lovely when I get nice comments like I got from you all - but I have a major fear of setting myself up for a whole load of less pleasant comments. Some people in life like to be mean. I am hoping to get to a stage where I feel that I can be more open with my pictures because I do think that it encourages larger people to think that they are trying to do something that is possible and not just pure fantasy.
Wishes
I have great admiration for your weight loss achievements and your different photographic records of these. I am envious of your confidence.
Kimberly
I am not sure that I "still have it" but I do intend to "try to get it back" if at all possible.
I thought that you would be impressed at how our NHS is the envy of the world. It is two weeks since the doctor filled in the form. I phoned up the hospital yesterday - they agreed that it has been sitting in their system since then and it is waiting for an appointment to be issued. I asked when that was likely to be and she said "maybe a week or two, maybe a couple of months". Thank goodness my BMI is less than 30 now. The NHS admits that it basically lowers your priority and sometimes refuses to act if anything needs to be done if you are obese or smoke.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Angel, Wishes, Keepitoff83, Camy, Wulsk, Sweetpea, Kimberly, Rae
Thankyou for your kind comments about my photographs. I am very much still a work in progress - I have big fatty areas that do need to be dramatically reduced. I am certainly a lot fitter than I was and more "normal" looking. All in all - I am a full year into my project now (started last week of February last year) and I have to say that I am very pleased with my progress to date. I just hope that I can finish the task and get my head around maintenance.
My face has totally changed. Family members say that my face has changed back into more like what my original face would have been expected to change to. You can see a photo of me in my early 20s on page 75 of my diary. I look a lot older now of course.
Angel
I am not ready to start a before and after thread yet. It is a confidence thing. I really have some quite major mental image difficulties and very rarely have photographs taken. It is hard enough to put them in my diary where logic tells me that only people that are my friends will see them. The idea of putting them where the whole forum comment scares me to death. It is lovely when I get nice comments like I got from you all - but I have a major fear of setting myself up for a whole load of less pleasant comments. Some people in life like to be mean. I am hoping to get to a stage where I feel that I can be more open with my pictures because I do think that it encourages larger people to think that they are trying to do something that is possible and not just pure fantasy.
Wishes
I have great admiration for your weight loss achievements and your different photographic records of these. I am envious of your confidence.
Kimberly
I am not sure that I "still have it" but I do intend to "try to get it back" if at all possible.
I thought that you would be impressed at how our NHS is the envy of the world. It is two weeks since the doctor filled in the form. I phoned up the hospital yesterday - they agreed that it has been sitting in their system since then and it is waiting for an appointment to be issued. I asked when that was likely to be and she said "maybe a week or two, maybe a couple of months". Thank goodness my BMI is less than 30 now. The NHS admits that it basically lowers your priority and sometimes refuses to act if anything needs to be done if you are obese or smoke.
Take care
Love
Margaret
bikinibound
New member
I think it's terrible that the NHS sometimes refuses to act if someone is obese. Are they not taxpayers like everyone else? I understand that obese people are more likely to have health issues that cost the NHS more money, but to take the attitude that they are in a way, not worthy, is very sad and demoralizing. Imo, it's negligence, really. A person could die from lack of health care, and the NHS would be responsible. I guess obese Brits might as well live in Afghanistan for all the quality healthcare they get, eh? I am still considered to be obese by my current BMI, yet I think if you looked at me right now, you would not say I was. Overweight--yes, obese--no. Luckily for me, regardless of where I live, I'm pretty healthy and haven't had any kind of serious health issues, etc. In about a week, I should be covered by H's insurance, and it is top notch. The trouble in this country is getting it in the first place, and getting decent coverage. My dad's keeps getting worse and worse--more expensive and less coverage due to rising health costs and the economy.
You may have lost "it' in the past, but "it" is back now.
You look very good, and I'm not just saying that to be nice. H better watch out when you go to Greece. He might have to take a stick to a few Greek men and beat them off you.
Omega
Moderator
Hi Kimberly
The attitude of the NHS towards BMI based treatment rationing is one of my major ranting points. Obviously I have always had a high BMI until very recently - and frankly I fully expect hubby to always have this.
On page 48 of my diary - Becky wrote the following.
I know people that have been told that they urgently need an operation or could drop dead any day and have been told to lose weight before they can have it done. A cousin's hubby was told this and he had to pay £5000 to have a pacemaker fitted so that he could do the exercise in order to bring his weight down to have the very expensive operation on the NHS that he desperately needed to save his life.
I know that this is going to sound nasty - but someone from the kind of places that you mention would probably get treated here ok as long as their BMI was ok. The fact that people have not paid a penny into the system while others have paid in all their lives seems to be irrelevant at times.
There often are cases of asylum seekers appealing about being sent back home because they want ongoing treatment on the NHS. There are always a number of people that say that it is immoral to not treat these people.
I always get annoyed when all this happens because we have paid in all our lives. I dont work currently - but I still get a bill and have to pay money in each year. You get credited as if you have paid if you are a student, signing on as unemployed or a carer. If you are working it is collected as a tax.
I actually worry about some of my friends from other ethnic backgrounds and their kids. I cannot help but feel that this type of policy could eventually divide the community and bring about more racist attitudes in people that have "had enough". Such things would not lead to greater harmony.
As far as other things go - you do say the sweetest things.
Take care
Love
Margaret
The attitude of the NHS towards BMI based treatment rationing is one of my major ranting points. Obviously I have always had a high BMI until very recently - and frankly I fully expect hubby to always have this.
On page 48 of my diary - Becky wrote the following.
I know people that have been told that they urgently need an operation or could drop dead any day and have been told to lose weight before they can have it done. A cousin's hubby was told this and he had to pay £5000 to have a pacemaker fitted so that he could do the exercise in order to bring his weight down to have the very expensive operation on the NHS that he desperately needed to save his life.
I know that this is going to sound nasty - but someone from the kind of places that you mention would probably get treated here ok as long as their BMI was ok. The fact that people have not paid a penny into the system while others have paid in all their lives seems to be irrelevant at times.
There often are cases of asylum seekers appealing about being sent back home because they want ongoing treatment on the NHS. There are always a number of people that say that it is immoral to not treat these people.
I always get annoyed when all this happens because we have paid in all our lives. I dont work currently - but I still get a bill and have to pay money in each year. You get credited as if you have paid if you are a student, signing on as unemployed or a carer. If you are working it is collected as a tax.
I actually worry about some of my friends from other ethnic backgrounds and their kids. I cannot help but feel that this type of policy could eventually divide the community and bring about more racist attitudes in people that have "had enough". Such things would not lead to greater harmony.
As far as other things go - you do say the sweetest things.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Bellaryna
New member
Okay I didn't realize you had posted pictures!!!!!
MARGARET YOU LOOK FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!
How Awesome that you have come as far as you have!
And I love having a photo of you in my mind. Now I can really feel like we are chatting face to face when we write our encouraging notes to each other.
Your AWESOME!!!
Did I tell you that already!! LOL Oh well......it's TRUE!!!
MARGARET YOU LOOK FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!
How Awesome that you have come as far as you have!
And I love having a photo of you in my mind. Now I can really feel like we are chatting face to face when we write our encouraging notes to each other.
Your AWESOME!!!
Did I tell you that already!! LOL Oh well......it's TRUE!!!
Bellaryna
New member
But the simple fact of the matter is this. Lots of people who are at the size that you started out at don't ever make it to where you are. So kudos to you for making it that far and deciding that you WON'T give up until you reach the end.
*By the way my hubby is absolutely impressed by you. I do believe that you are inspiring him. He started out weighing 335 and is now down 25 pounds.*
Omega
Moderator
Thanks Dawn.
Your hubby is doing really well. I wish that my hubby would stick with things to get that kind of weight loss success. We love these men and would love them to become fitter and healthier just like us.
My hubby more marks time. A year down the track he is basically the same weight as he was a year ago. I suppose that the big thing is that he doesnt weigh more.
Your hubby is doing really well. I wish that my hubby would stick with things to get that kind of weight loss success. We love these men and would love them to become fitter and healthier just like us.
My hubby more marks time. A year down the track he is basically the same weight as he was a year ago. I suppose that the big thing is that he doesnt weigh more.
Bellaryna
New member
That is pretty impresive if he didn't gain any weight. That is a battle won in itself.
Mine did tell me that other day that he needs me to stay on board with this weightloss thing. Because without me there to push/inspire/motivate call it what you want he really thinks that he can't do it.
I guess he got worried because I took a week off to recuperate. My shoulder has been hurting alot. And even though I don't have TOM anymore I still get all the hormonal things. Tired, grumpy, snacky. I decide it would be best to just take the week of to rest and jump back in full force next week.
So even though your hubby may not actively be losing weight he is definately reaping the benefits of your new life style. He is walking more and being a smidge more aware of what he eats. And I would wager to guess that at some point it will click with him and he will just do it.
Just like mine did.