Losing weight in 2005

“Nope. I am still here in Nashville.”

“Maple leaf, didn't you just get that treadclimber?! Is it under warrenty still?”

“During Lent this year, my hubby and I made the decision not to watch TV UNLESS we were exercising... so we'd walk on the treadmill or do our elliptical rider.... It was a good incentive to: 1) watch less TV, and 2) get in shape...

Been walking a lot for my Breast Cancer walk...

I logged about 40+ miles this week, but am paying for it in blisters....

The scale hasn't changed (only lost about 5 lbs so far), but I know my body's 'redistributing" the fat and muscle, so I'm not so worried about it (yet)... Hopefully, the extra pounds will start coming off soon!”

“thought I gained like a zillian lbs during the Cali trip...but it ended up being only water weight...scared me though...cause i thought we ate a lot and I also forgot to take my thyroid meds a couple time...puhhhhh...

It's all good today...took like 2 days to get back to normal? strange, but hey I ain't complaining.”

“Gem, you have a thyroid problem?”

“yeah....have to take meds every single day. I think I take them now for over 20 years alrady.
sucks big time.

bad part is that everytime I get it checked they are low, but now low enough to increase my meds. makes it hard as hell to loose weight.
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“so how did you know you had a thyroid prob? just in case you want to give TT your medical history, LOL. but for real, i'm wondering.”

“heehee...like I said... I have it for a long time...I remember going to the doc because I felt like I gain weight way too easy...doc looked at me and said "hey eat less". duh...idiot...

a year or so later I found a big lump on my throat... didn't hurt but it was golf ball sized.

They checked it...[can't remember details, but I think i had to drink some stuff], but I do remember the huge needle they used to remove it. [it was only liquid filled].

that was it... i take meds since then.

oh and yes...it was pretty much like I woke up one morning with this huge golf ball sized thingy on my throat... no slow growing thingy
last edited: 6/17/05 11:06:51 AM”

“what, the huge needle removed your whole thyroid?? or just the liquid. but yeah, i think i'd remember that too, haha!”

“it was a huge needle that removed the liquid. that's all they did. I remember the handle on that injection...it was silver and the doctor sort of pulled. whhahaaa....okay, now I am having flash backs. stop it!!

my sister also has a thyroid problem, but they did remover her thyroid completely. she's still having problems trying to get the right dose of synroid meds for her. sucks to have a thyroid problem.”

“I ate way too much in Jamaica last week. My wife and I both gained weight. Back to counting WW points for a while I guess.”

“anybody got some lbs to shed and need a lose weight buddy? I DO!”

“a couple lbs...but I am ending up on the gym thread... because well...you can't effective lose weight without workout. I found that out real quick.

i would say lets do this together, but I don't weigh myself anymore... [or i'll start crying, so I just ignore the damn scale]...”

“10lbs..I'll go to the gym thread but half the time y'all are way advanced over there.”

“what you mean? you do lift right? soooooo.... do what u have to do...get with it girl!

u can't lift effective if you don't know what body part you are working out...

[mho]”

“carlette - Don't go to any restaurants.”

“I don't go to any as it is....I learned a long time ago fast food is a killer.

I really need to tone and lose a few inches. Not rejoining the gym cause I just can't pay for it...hittin the streets I suppose is my best option.”

“what u mean? the women is going to restaurants?? No wonder! I haven't seen the inside of a restaurant for month...well besides after hiking trips or well in Cali. but normally heck no...restaurants are very TABU!!!”

“Don't go to any grocery stores either.

I kid.
last edited: 6/23/05 12:19:21 PM”

“Today was the first meeting of our "Health Watchers" group at work. We had a few rounds of Weight Watchers at work, but the rising cost turned people off. This is a self-run group, we bought a scale and will weigh ourselves in every week. Then at our weekly meeting, members will take turns presenting health-related topics.

The goal is to support each other in our weight loss/healthy living goals. Today, we each had to say our goal out loud for the next week, so there will be accountability within the group.

HOpefully it'll work out nicely. I just recevied my wedding dress in the mail today, and it zips up, but I certainly need to lose 10 lbs to make it comfortable!!”

“IMO if your weight goals are set up on a week to week basis, the program is destined to fail.”

“have one cheat day per week!! stick to it! don't change your mind and say oh....i wanna go out TODAY... so i'll change my sunday cheat day to saturday!

don't go all nuts on your cheat day. I normally go and buy me some sushi. LOL cus i luv that stuff. i still eat lower cals, but i eat some things i normally would not eat.

no soda!!!! NO #&%!$ing SODA!!!!”

“how come you wouldn't eat that on a "healthy" day, Gemini? actually i loooove sushi too, but i'd like it better if it was brown rice instead of white. i've heard of a place near me that makes it w/brown, i'll have to try it soon.

that work group thingy sounds like a good idea, smiley!”

“because of the white rice. I don't like brown rice THAT much. I think sushi needs to be made out of white rice.”

“gotcha. i like brown...and when i do eat it with white, i start to feel like crap shortly thereafter, LOL. but i don't eat it that often, and it sure does taste good!”

“some people mix them - best and worse of both worlds”

“Sarge, we didn't talk weight goals. Goals were things like:

I will walk the dog every night.
I will drink 6 glasses of water every day.
I will run 3x this week. (my goal)”

“Wohoo! ive lost 12 lbs in 2 days...”

“i'm down 15 lbs in the last month... stress does wonders!”

“you where stressing? hope you're okay.

was bored today, so I played around with the mixer:

frozen strawberries
ice cubes
a pack of sugar free strawberry jello
1/2 cup plain non fat joghurt


mix together in the mixer... YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM
even my kids ate it. LOL”

“sounds good!

yes, gem, everything is falling back into place.”

“i am glad. I noticed u disapeared for a while.
hey...remember they are not worth it!!! They NEVER are!!

*ducking* i'll prolly get hit from every angle now.”

“sigh... apparently they really aren't! even the ones you think are "different." all the same : )”

“There's hope Scorch. I almost gave up hope. When I met my wife (well, she wasn't when we met) I knew something was different.

She is absolutely incredible. I thought I met "the one" many times before, but this one was different.

You see. You gotta whip 'em into shape from the get-go. If she responds, grab her! The other ones weren't "whipable". This one was different.”

“whipable??? woahhh!!!
u better hope she never reads this board.

whipable!!”

“She'll read this board when I tell her to read this board, not before.”

“whipable alright!
I think you THINK your wife is whipped, but in trues...well in trues YOU are whipped.

ROFLMAO...that's the right way to do it!

*ducks*”

“Yikes, I've added almost 10 pounds this year! That's what happens when you spend all your time coaching little league instead of running.....


Scorchmeister? Is that you? Where the H, E, double toothpicks have you been?”

“Actually it's hard to even kid about it. I feel guilty just joking around. She is better than I could have ever imagined in a wife.”

“awww, sarge... now why can't i find someone who thinks that way about me?! GOD!.... in a napoleon dynamite voice).

yes, it's me, mr bowlder! i've been around.. just hadn't been posting too much lately.”

“Glad you're still around, scorchy. Hope all is well. You shoulda come out for that Sierra trip - everyone else did! It was great meeting some of the folks I've bantered with over the years....”

“things are going better....

i haven't been on too many trips as of late, but i hope to start going on more this coming fall!”

“I dunno.... Doesn't The OC get started again in the fall?

Decisions, decisions....”

“LOL... i NEED to start watching that show again, i missed 99% of last season :( what a slacker i am.

btw... 16 lbs!!!”

“I gave up trying to lose weight. I've just accepted those extra 15 pounds that I've put on slowly over the years. It seems like I haven't gained any weight in over a year, but I'm never going to lose those extra pounds. I think it has something to do with hitting my mid-40's.”

“scorchie, glad to see your out of AA”

“AA? yea right. plus if i was "in" AA.. they are just meetings, goofy.”

“Another pound? What, are you cutting off appendages or something?!”

“What happens when you spend the whole summer hiking?

Moved to Colorado July 1 -

Weight 192
Waist 37 inches
Body Fat 18.5 %

Back from the Winds Sept. 1 -

Weight 176
Waist 32 inches
Body Fat 11.5 %”

“good job”