WHAT WILL IT TAKE

-L. wrote:

Hang in there...40 lbs it great!! I am still hovering around the 10lb
mark and struggling for every pound lost. It's encouraging for me to
read stories like yours.

Hey girl I think we started about the same time..have you started
"activity points"?? I've not, I'm sort of ambivalent about them as when
I'm at work I'm working up a sweat for most of the shift. I come home
and am pretty sore and tired. I just don't wanna think about more yet.
I lost 5.2 pounds by my second week. I'll find out tonight or tomorrow
how I did this week.

good luck, Lee
Goomba38 wrote in message
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-L. wrote:

Hang in there...40 lbs it great!! I am still hovering around the 10lb
mark and struggling for every pound lost. It's encouraging for me to
read stories like yours.

Hey girl I think we started about the same time..have you started
"activity points"?? I've not, I'm sort of ambivalent about them as when
I'm at work I'm working up a sweat for most of the shift. I come home
and am pretty sore and tired. I just don't wanna think about more yet.
I lost 5.2 pounds by my second week. I'll find out tonight or tomorrow
how I did this week.

Hey All,

Thanks for the encouragement. I am feeling much more positive today as I
just learned I have dropped another two pounds....woo hoo!!! (smiles).

I wanted to also say that I am doing this for myself more then anything. I
guess I just wanted someone to say something, but even if they don't...I am
determined to win this time.

In all I want to send a message out to everyone who's trying to do this. I
know what losing a great deal of weight is like and what it feels like to
gain it all back , only to be doing this again. 4 years ago I lost a 110 lbs
the WRONG way. I went from 290 lbs down to 180 lbs in a year. I look back
in pictures now and I see how great I looked at 180, but at around the 200
mark I began getting desperate to lose the weight. I started going every
other day without eatting and doubling my exercise till I burned out. I
looked great in pictures, but I felt tired and hungry all the time. so much
that when I began to eat again once I reached my goal, I put all the weight
back on. What I am trying to say is that I had reached my goals but had
traded a healthy life style for a one with fast results and I couldn't keep
it off when it was over. This time around I have regretably started out at
325 lbs as I have mentioned in the past, and although I am fighting a larger
number.....I have finially learned the value of doing things slowly and
making life long changes that I can live with long after the weight is gone.
As of today I have lost 42 lbs the healthy way and am sitting at 283 lbs. I
am taking longer to do this now, but am not starving and am exercising
everday. My husband goes with me on every 3 mile walk I do in the evenings,
and in the mornings I head out alone on a 3 mile walk around the lake with my
work out music.

If anything, I just want to encourage those who may have as far to go as I
still do to hang in there. It hasn't been easy, but I feel healthy, I have
more energy and most of all I don't stare at the sidewalk when I walk now....
I walk with my head held high.....I have been told that is a sign of my new
found confidence, and diet pals.....you can't put a price on that feeling.

So Thanks again to everyone who wrote to me.....and just remember....YOU CAN
DO THIS!!!!.....cause nothing in the world feels greater then when we amaze
ourselves.

Sincerely,

Tootsiewoo

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great loss even better attitude, Lee
tootsiewoo via WeightAdviser.com u25883@uwe wrote in message
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Hey All,

Thanks for the encouragement. I am feeling much more positive today as I
just learned I have dropped another two pounds....woo hoo!!! (smiles).

I wanted to also say that I am doing this for myself more then anything.
I
guess I just wanted someone to say something, but even if they don't...I
am
determined to win this time.

In all I want to send a message out to everyone who's trying to do this.
I
know what losing a great deal of weight is like and what it feels like to
gain it all back , only to be doing this again. 4 years ago I lost a 110
lbs
the WRONG way. I went from 290 lbs down to 180 lbs in a year. I look
back
in pictures now and I see how great I looked at 180, but at around the 200
mark I began getting desperate to lose the weight. I started going every
other day without eatting and doubling my exercise till I burned out. I
looked great in pictures, but I felt tired and hungry all the time. so
much
that when I began to eat again once I reached my goal, I put all the
weight
back on. What I am trying to say is that I had reached my goals but had
traded a healthy life style for a one with fast results and I couldn't
keep
it off when it was over. This time around I have regretably started out
at
325 lbs as I have mentioned in the past, and although I am fighting a
larger
number.....I have finially learned the value of doing things slowly and
making life long changes that I can live with long after the weight is
gone.
As of today I have lost 42 lbs the healthy way and am sitting at 283 lbs.
I
am taking longer to do this now, but am not starving and am exercising
everday. My husband goes with me on every 3 mile walk I do in the
evenings,
and in the mornings I head out alone on a 3 mile walk around the lake with
my
work out music.

If anything, I just want to encourage those who may have as far to go as I
still do to hang in there. It hasn't been easy, but I feel healthy, I
have
more energy and most of all I don't stare at the sidewalk when I walk
now....
I walk with my head held high.....I have been told that is a sign of my
new
found confidence, and diet pals.....you can't put a price on that
feeling.

So Thanks again to everyone who wrote to me.....and just remember....YOU
CAN
DO THIS!!!!.....cause nothing in the world feels greater then when we
amaze
ourselves.

Sincerely,

Tootsiewoo

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I started out at 275 and am now down to 187. That is minus 88 lb, over 30%
lost.

But people did not start mentioning or noticing it until I had lost 40 or 50
lbs - and that was a larger percentage loss than you have had so far. And
even then it was only a few people at first.

I think most people just see "big" or "regular" and not all the gradations
between.

Also, another thing to consider is this: even though YOU think about what
you look like a lot (which is natural), the fact of the matter is most
people are in their own world and really don't care that much about what you
look like and so really won't notice until the change is more obvious and
dramatic.

Just stick with it and people will eventually start to notice. Which feels
great!

doug



On 8/29/06 12:52 PM, in article 65798bf41e3aa@uwe, "tootsiewoo" u25883@uwe
wrote:

Hey Everyone,

I guess I just need to vent tonight more then anything. I started dieting
two and a half months ago, and so far I have lost 40 lbs. I feel really good
about it but would like for family and friends to notice. In the past I have
gone on diets that failed, so when I told everyone that this time I was
really going to do it....I don't think anyone really believed I would stay
with it. I have started this diet out at 325 and now weigh 285. It may not
seem like like much to most, but to me that 40lb weight loss so far has meant
the world to me. I know I still have a long way to go to reach my goal, but
I am deternined to do it.
The frustrating part in all this is the lack of people noticing. Some have
said that because I started out so big it takes a more significant loss to
really notice....but I say 40lbs is alot already. I have dropped two dress
sizes since I started and still not one has said anything. I realize some
people aren't comfortable with the subject, but I find it a bit wierd I guess
that NO ONE has said anything. I guess I just feel like it would be
incouraging to have some one....anyone.....notice. I say that and yet my
husband is the only one who has acknowledged how I look. I love him for it,
but when no one else says a word it makes me think he is just trying to be
sweet and that frustrates him, I think because he claims he really see's it.
I'm just bummed....am I crazy to feel this way? Has anyone else out there
had a similar experience?.....it would be interesting to know how much weight
loss it takes for people to notice, and if anyone else has felt as I do some
days with this diet. It's like the wind went out of your sail when you go to
an event, after a big weight loss and no one makes a mention at all.

Sincerely,

40 lbs lighter and bummed.

Goomba38 wrote:

Hey girl I think we started about the same time..have you started
"activity points"??

Nope. My activity is limited with DS in the house, so I am sort of
stuck right now...

I've not, I'm sort of ambivalent about them as when
I'm at work I'm working up a sweat for most of the shift. I come home
and am pretty sore and tired. I just don't wanna think about more yet.
I lost 5.2 pounds by my second week. I'll find out tonight or tomorrow
how I did this week.

That's excellent! I am on week six and hovering just below the 10 lb
loss point. I gained 0.8 a few weeks back, so had a set-back and I was
****ed! I am hoping I am down enough tomorrow to bepast 10 lost.

hang in there!
-L.

tootsiewoo via WeightAdviser.com wrote:
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So Thanks again to everyone who wrote to me.....and just remember....YOU CAN
DO THIS!!!!.....cause nothing in the world feels greater then when we amaze
ourselves.

Yes we can!!

And remember....if you have a bad day - tomorrow is an opportunity to
do better.

-L.