Omega's journey

I got an email from Margaret the other day, and wanted to let everyone here know that she is well. Her father (who had been ill) is much better, she and Rod are healthy and she's pleased with where her weight is. Her treadmill is fixed and she's still doing her walking. :)
 
Thanks for the update Kimberley. I wasn't aware of the situation with Margaret's father. It's great to know that she's still in a healthy place. :)
 
Thanks everyone for visiting. It is great that Kimberly stopped you worrying about me.

I dived into the forum because I suddenly twigged that my chum Kimberly's birthday is about now. To my shame - I had missed it.

My latest news is that I am currently back in Newcastle. My mother (86 years old) was taken ill and into hospital over two weeks ago - and I have been up here again since then. Luckily we were visiting when she was taken ill. I am kept pretty busy sorting things out for her and for my father (who is 91 and has recently had poor health himself).

She had an emergency operation about a week ago when they eventually twigged what the problem was - a scary experience in itself! Naturally the recovery takes much longer than it would for a younger woman.

Poor Rod has been travelling up and down the country every weekend.

I will admit to having had one toffee binge which gained me about 3 pounds during this period - but this weight came off the following week. Otherwise my weight has stayed fairly stable at just a few pounds above my goal weight. One problem with staying in Newcastle is that I do not have my scales here. I have however been going to my slimming club here and have been weighed there. Unnatural for a daily weigher like myself!

My secret weapon is that I only have UK size 10 jeans here (which is a pretty small size) - so I know that I have to be able to get into that size the following day or have a pretty embarrassing trip to the shops wearing unzipped jeans!!!!

Thanks to everyone for all your support. I wish i had the energy to dive into all your diaries and support you the way that you have supported me.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
I was so happy to see that you had made an appearance here! :) Sorry to hear about your mum, though. :( How is she doing these days?

It's good that you are maintaining your weight even without a scale...lol. I still weigh myself everyday, despite it creeping ever upward. I am looking forward to being able to watch it go down again. ;)

I hope the cost of petrol has gone down there as much as it has here, that will at least make it less expensive for Rod and his weekly cross-country travels. :)

It was sweet of you to think of my birthday. :beating:
 
Thanks Kimberly and Stacy for your good wishes. My mother's health appears to be slowly improving - but Rod and I both doubt that she will regain her previous good level of fitness for a woman of 86. She is not taking well to her current health limitations. We are getting more serious about our plans to move north and have viewed a couple of houses. The dire state of the economy and stagnant property market may mean that there are bargains to be had.

Petrol isnt any cheaper - but what can you do???!!!

Kimberly - your weight will plummet. I know that you will have only gained baby weight and when the baby is out that will sort itself out. You will have given your baby the best start from continued great nutrition and will see some amazing weight losses before you know it. I have already checked your diary and seen that the baby isnt here. It was the first thing that I checked as one problem with being so absent round here is that I am last to hear about such really important things.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
I can't believe petrol hasn't gone down there. It's more than halved in price here. That sucks!

What will Rod do job-wise if you move up there--find another one?

I am very disappointed in my weight lately. It's just been going up and up when it shouldn't be. I'm afraid I've gained nearly 30lbs total, so I'm very upset about it--had a little crying jag over it this morning after the daily weigh in. I was hoping to keep the weight gain to around 20lbs. Not gonna happen. :cuss:

It was sweet of you to check my diary first thing to see if baby had arrived. :)
 
Haloooo Margaret!!! :seeya:
Ahh how I have missed you.
Knowing that you are busy with your mum and the possible move I don't expect that we will be seeing you very regularly.
Just glad to know that things are continuing to go well for you and Rod.
I agree with Kimberly that it sucks that your prices on fuel haven't come down at all. Here in Indiana we have been floating at about $1.84 a gallon for quite some time now.
The cheapest I got it was before Christmas for $1.33!!!!
Soooo happy to see your back.
Chat at you again soon.
Dawn
 
Margaret I'm so glad to hear you are okay and sorry to hear your mum hasn't been too well.
Good to know that your weight has been keeping steady even though you have had so much going on.
Take care x
 
Hi Gang

Petrol came down a bit - but is certainly not low and if anything heading upwards. A receipt which comes to hand from this month has us paying 90.9 pence per litre which is far from being a reasonable price. This is from a supermarket garage so should be about as cheap as is available.

I have to admit that I am suffering from a level of apathy regarding my weight at the minute. I seem to be having greater difficulty persuading myself to get out walking. I had been trying for 11 miles a day - but that is currently not happening. I am continuing to manage at least 7 miles a day which will not get those last few pounds off and me to a goal weight. My food control is not as tight as it was a while back either. I had a sore throat yesterday and had 4 huge spoonfuls of honey. Now you can say that it is medicinal - but I enjoy honey too and know that part of the reason that I went back for more was that I was enjoying it. Some days I eat far too much of the healthy stuff. I am not good at portion control. Stress does not help.

Part of me - call it the bad voice inside me - keeps saying things like - as long as I can get into my UK size 10 jeans I am ok.

Are you on facebook? I have noticed that some of the others are. If you are let me know or link to me there. The status should let me know of major events for people - I am counting on it letting me know if Kimberly's baby arrives and I havent popped in here.

Kimberly - I tried to make a posting in your diary yesterday about your weight - but have just checked and it seems to have disappeared. I saw what Wishes put - and I think that it is important to bear in mind that her experiences of pregnancy were as a big person who had not made major positive changes to her nutrition and fitness levels before she became pregnant. You have a great understanding of nutrition and have been exercising throughout. You are still walking - which is still great exercise. I am sure that her experiences would have been different if she had been well into her weight loss project when she became pregnant as was the case for you. It is natural that you have gained weight - there is a whole extra little person there (plus fluid cushioning) getting onto the scales with you. Dont get upset about the scale - it is just a number. You will know only too soon how much it will drop in the couple of weeks after you deliver. You are nearly there. I know you and have every confidence that you will be just fine. Take my advice and start a challenge with the start date just before you are due. Make sure you remember to weigh in before you head for the hospital!!!! Your weight loss will be fantastic and you will win for sure. :)
 
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Margaret, you have a right to enjoy food sometimes. That's why we have taste buds so dont beat yourself about a natural urge! A UK size 10 is equivalent to a US size 6. That is a beautiful size on most anyone. Is it possible that THIS really IS the perfect weight for you and that its a weight you can maintain on a reasonable amount of exercise and some treats now and then? A strict diet as the one you were/are on is not necessarily meant to be on forever. Who can and wants to keep that up with no leeway ever? So question really is, is the goal weight as important as the ability to do reasonable (rather than extreme) amounts of exercise and getting to eat more? I personally have always found the latter worth the extra pounds (I used to be a size 6 and never aspired lower as I knew it would take A LOT of exercise and dieting). And frankly, the really truly thin look with no meat anywhere isn't always the most attractive either. Not sure about your man's tastes or whether you care or not. But its something to be considered. Anyway, I'm sure whatever you decide will make you happy. Luv, C
 
I wish I could say that I have only eaten healthy foods during this pregnancy..lol. But I splurge nearly everyday--be it chocolate, peanut butter or last night it was crepes with lingonberry jam and low-cal syrup..lol. Sometimes I eat fast food, although I have been avoiding that lately. So I have been no saint. What's saved me is the exercise, but for about 2 or 3 weeks I didn't do any. This is the first week in ages where I have been consistant. :blush5:

I agree with what Claudia said. Honestly, when I saw you in June, I thought you looked great, and if you never lost another lb from that weight, you look just fine. And I know that your weight is actually lower now than it was then. I wouldn't worry. You have enough going on in your life atm, enjoy your food within reason, and do a reasonable amount of exercise to stay healthy. But I see no reason why you need to worry about walking 11 miles a day and eating like a saint. :)

I believe we were paying 1 pound, 10p per litre in June/July, so it looks like it's gone down about 20p per litre--which is at least something..lol. Here it ranges between 32p-.35p per litre. The GBP has weakened a lot against the US dollar. Of course, that's my luck, right? We would've saved tons of money on our trip had it been the current exchange rate..lol.
 
Claudia - You ask what Rod thinks of a woman's weight. I know that he does not like anything too skinny. He often uses the term "more meat on a butcher's apron" regarding the "too skinny". Having said that - I asked him. He says that I look great as I am. He did however say that he loves me (and would always find me attractive) and would love me if I was 50 stone and he would love me if I was 8 stone. He would however think that these were both unhealthy weights for me.

He sounds like he is making sure that he stays in my good books whatever weight I end up being......

I guess that I will have to wait and see what happens with my weight.....

At the minute it is certainly increasing a little.

Kimberly - The truth is that exercise saves many of us with generous healthy appetites. Look for the positives where you can - at least you were using low calorie syrup. Also a consistent good week is a bonus at any time. When your life is being turned upside down and your hormones are playing tricks it is a major achievement. Even if some of the gain needs to be addressed again - you have done it before and can do it again. Many people on this forum would kill to be in your shoes - weight gain included (and magnified).

Your holiday to England / Scotland was destined to be when it was. The pound seems to be performing badly against a load of currencies. It is currently not worth having any money in savings here.
 
So wonderful to see you back, Margaret! Do take care of yourself in the midst of all of your caretaking of others.

((hugs))
Janice
 
Wow, I have just read loads of your posts and I must say, you are quite the inspiration. I am just starting out on my journey, and it is reading threads like yours that give me the motivation to keep on keeping on. And you do so much for other people. Nice! Good karma is no doubt coming your way!
 
Nice seeing you Janice too. It is hard to say how often I can get in here these days.

Nice meeting you Fatbird. Remember - everyone that has lost a lot of weight here has been just where you are and knows exactly what it is like. The feelings that they are trying to do something that feels impossible. On the "dont do as I do but do as I say" basis - I would say that it is really important to keep coming to the forum and get as much information and inspiration as you can get. I am not here so much now - but that is what I did when I was losing weight. Also join in on challenges. They can really help to keep things on track.
 
I've just checked page 122 of my diary and note that on 13th - Monday - it will be exactly a year since I halved my weight...

My weight has wiggled up a little since February (when my mother was taken ill) - I have only just changed my ticker to reflect this and I spent some weeks being stressed and away from my scales. I am currently around nine stone 10 (136) which was the weight that I was last June.

I must admit to being less than happy with my weight - but things could be a lot worse. There is a big positive in the fact that I have maintained that major weight loss for approximately a year. I might not have finished the project as quickly as I would have liked - but have put in some solid groundwork on the maintenance side through some difficult times.
 
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