anyone trying to lose weight here, get f

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anyone trying to lose weight here, get f
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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 11:14pm

I have just been searching all the other boards and am not sure which may be the best for me. I am hoping that when I can get a certain medication changed, maybe next week(??)
that that in itself will help with the constant hunger. I Hate it being this way ! Hate it! I Know it won't be easy, but just walking short distances kills me....I am out of breathe to wheezing. I have a big belly, but what gets me is that it is so Hard, like I have a rock in it! A big one. Oh boy am I sharing.......but I feel such shame and frustration because I don't over eat that much, eat well and walk to get places.

But of course I just finished surgery and still need to wait until doc gives approval to start working out again. But I just want to hide sometimes. I no it may be silly, but it is Here that I opened up and don't want to do that any place else ,An actual weight loss board. And so many Ways (supposedly) to lose weight....I have not the energy(mental or physical) to THINK so hard about what it is I am doing, eating etc...ya know what I mean ?

Can anyone here relate ? Not you Caly, you skinny thang ! (smile)

Designergrl47(Brandy)

"Thoughts are things! Think Good ones!"

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 3:51pm

Hi Brandy,


I'm in the middle of trying to lose weight. Ideally, I'd like to lose 20 pounds to start out. Twenty-five would be even better. Even without medical issues, it's a very hard process to start and endure. But, when you've gotten used to it and have your mind in gear, it'll happen.


Consciously deciding to lose weight and eat right takes a lot of brain power and will power, and I know that's hard. I've had to learn what I'm willing to sacrifice and not sacrifice

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Registered: 04-23-2006
Wed, 01-24-2007 - 7:16pm

Well thank you Brandy, you made my day.

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Thu, 01-25-2007 - 12:02am


Thanks you two. I went out today in the gorgeous sunshine (not the usual this time of year in Seattle) and got my hair cut absolutely, gorgeously dykey short ! I noticed I was strutting a bit when I walked out today.

Wanna hear a couple of "funnies" ? Well (first one's not That funny..but...) before I got my hair cut, a friend went w/me. We stopped at a grocery store so she could get a sandwich to eat and then she was accompanying me to the salon. I told her, maybe I'd see someone w/a good hair cut and stop and ask them where they got it cut.Well, I saw this woman that I did a double take on , very short spikey bleached blonde...hot...so I followed her. I said "excuse me?" and she kept walking ..I said "Hello ?" I told her (just what I told you above...and what was funny was my Perceptions were different than the Reality of the situation. I saw a Hot woman, thought "confident, outgoing" and she was practically shrinking into a corner as I talked to her.) I don't mean she was afraid of me, but was really shy or really flattered , I don't know. Anyway, she said she cut her own hair.(later on I thought, well shoot, I shoulda asked her to cut mine....now that's an original pick up ?)

Then...yesterday I had a frustrating morning because I was trying to go to an appt. that had been changed 3 times and 4 times I got on the Right bus on the Wrong side of the street, but to my credit, I Had asked for directions...but I was so late that I thought forget it and headed home. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself, waiting for my bus in front of Macy's, looking at my reflection in the window and Thought "you fat slob"...I know... that's unusually harsh for me. But a few minutes later, this woman (looking pretty dykey to me )(but in Seattle it's sometimes hard to tell!)walks up to me and tells me how much she likes my out fit. I said "well thank you !" It was a two piece tunic and skirt, linen with stamped designs on it.

After I said "thank you" she continued to stand there and stare into my eyes and smiling (Now it's been My experience that a lot of lesbian women are real eyeballers, we have intense stares when we are interested in another woman...str8 women don't do this.) So for half a second I Thought..well.. I said "Are you hitting on me ?"(and smiled back) she didn't answer really quick and I suddenly realized that most likely she was a bit mentally challenged.No matter. It was a great compliment and made me smile. But Right after I asked her if she was hitting on me, then waited a beat... when she did not say anything....I said "Never mind. Scratch that." and she just looks at me and smiles and says "Why...do you have an itch ? " ***** sigh***** It wasn't the Fantasy I had wanted it to be, because I could tell more that she was what I realized a few minutes before...
but it was still funny as hell.

Then tonight I get home and read my horoscope in the paper and it says "Put your seat belt on, you're in for some heavy romancing !" I was having hot flashes all over the place...I mean Power Surges .

Oh...and did I tell you that now *I* have a bit of a crush on my case manager?

Sheeeyut!

And how was Your day ?

Brandy (Designergrl47)

"Thoughts are things! Think Good ones!"

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Registered: 04-23-2006
Thu, 01-25-2007 - 6:56am

LOL Brandy!


Quite a day you had. But applaude for yourself loudly for stepping outside your comfort zone and reaching out to people! Even though you didnt meet the love of your life *smile you found out how many differents types of people there are out there and you got a good laugh ( and a confidence boost)


Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

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Thu, 01-25-2007 - 11:10am

LOLOL You definitely should have asked that woman to cut your hair!


Sounds like you had an interesting day. A good haircut is a true confidence booster and can put a spring in your step for sure. I do hope your horoscope was right!


Have a great one!


Hugs


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Wed, 01-31-2007 - 1:37am
HI


Edited 2/9/2007 9:04 pm ET by halo_hvn

hugs

halo

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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 2:57pm

I've found that I've put on weight as my daily routines have dramatically changed over the last few years and I move around far less and got into sedentary hobbies. I eat healthily but it's not enough. I've always walked around 3 hrs daily but need to lose weight and even though I started a motivational chart to do extra 15 mins excercises during the day I'm either really puffed out after them or else manage to forget on purpose.

I don't know how old you are, but when I was younger there was more of an incentive to lose it. People didn't used to be overweight, so a person would have really stood out. Whenever I put on half a stone, it would be a diet and excercise for a fortnight and it was off.

I am now trying to be healthy for myself rather then for other people, but it's not that easy when there are temptations like the computer where it's easy to get carried away and be sat still for hours, then feel headachey after the screen, temptation to lie down etc.

Hope that you can make progress with this goal. I empathise that it's not easy. The more to lose the harder it gets. Have you tried affirmations? I never kept up with them but it works for some.

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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 3:08pm

Hi there. I am 47 and gained the last 50 #'s or so over the last 1 and 1/2 years during a time in hell. I don't drink any more...so I ate. I eat well, need to lower my portions and exercise more. I walk daily...6 blocks to a few miles, but it's mostly for transportation, and I live on the 3rd floor (stairs). I am slowly incorporating swimming and water exercises into my regimine. One big problem is that when I walk, not every time, but a lot of the time, My legs cramp and shooting pains happen and I have pains in my back. It may be neurological and I am seeing someone about this March 3rd. After that I will figure out what type of regular exercise I can do. Thanks for responding.

Designergrl47

"Thoughts are things! Think Good ones!"