Support Group for the Well-Endowed TM's

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hello! Hello! So sorry that I haven’t checked in for several days. Whew, there has been a lot to do around here. Trying to squeeze in a lot while Mr Bear is home is proving to be more of a challenge than I thought it would be. I’m so glad to see so many of you still checking in here! :smiley:

It has been a bit difficult to stick to eating healthy, but I’m doing the best I can for now. On the plus side, my hubby is now convinced that I am indeed serious about losing this weight, and he has been very supportive, as well as trying to eat healthier himself! :smiley: :smiley: He has told me that I look like I’ve lost more than just 30lbs, and that he loves me regardless of how I look! :smiley: :o

Take care, all of you, thanks for checking in, keep up the good work! I’ll try to spend some more time on here tomorrow and catch up on how everyone’s doing. Thank you so much for the support, and knowing that I’m not alone in this is making it a lot easier for me to stick to this.

DRY, you are quite welcome. Thank you for supporting us here. :slight_smile:
Shayna, you’re still my good buddy for coming here. Not to worry, what you’re doing is very hard, I do understand completely. :slight_smile:
Sorry I don’t have time to comment on everyone today, I’ll do better tomorrow.

{{{{{{{{GroupHugs}}}}}}}}}

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I know that holiday weekends are the hardest time to try and lose weight, but I hope everyone is doing their best.

Good luck for the upcoming week.

BUMP

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I’m here! For a few minutes anyway. Mr Bear will be leaving tomorrow. :frowning: This time, he’ll be gone for at least another 7 months. :frowning: Good thing I have you guys to talk with! :slight_smile: It has been a busy few days, to be sure. I have been trying to stick to good eating habits and drink plenty of water, but I have to admit, it’s been harder than ever with so much going on, and so many family members here visiting. BTW, I kidnapped hubby for a night at the lake in a rented trailer. :wink: We had a great time, and bonded closer, and resolved some issues that had been between us. :smiley: I wish it could have been for more than one night, but there’s just been too much to do, trying to cram in so much in the few short weeks he’s been here.

How is everyone doing? Please check in, as soon as you can. I’m anxious to hear how everyone else is doing, and what is going on with everyone. Thanks, pipefitter for checking on us, I promise to do better now, and check this much more often.

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I’m a really torn. I gained about 13 pounds (not that I’m counting) after going on the pill. It has given me a minibelly that REFUSES to go away. Sometimes, I sit and get depressed that my body is not the shape it was. And this is exacerbated, of course, by living in Southern California. I went to Santa Monica Saturday, and found myself coveting all the cute flat stomachs some of the ladies were sporting. Granted, most of those flat stomachs were on 16yros, but still…

I’m paranoid of being my mother–being on a lifelong diet and obsessed with weight–yet I seem already well down the path (in attitude, if not weight).

I started exercising last summer (got up to 300 sit ups–not that it flattened my stomach any! :mad: ), pulled my back out something horrible, quit. Then two months ago I started power walking/jogging. I was very good, very disciplined. Then I broke two toes and was commanded by my nurse to stop exercising. Then I got a sinus infection and couldn’t jog because I couldn’t breathe. Now I’m so insanely busy with school–the last 2 1/2 weeks are always ridiculous–I just haven’t had the time to think of working out, nonetheless doing it. (Plus I have some kind of stomach ailment that really needs to go away now.) My one recompense is that I have a job where I next to never sit down–it’s a very active profession. Still, those donuts in the lounge every Wednesday morning don’t help!

I’m getting married in 10 months, and dammit, I will lose the fuckin’ weight! If nothing changes, I am declaring war on my body come fall. I want to have as close to a perfect body (for me) as possible come April–then again, this body may be it. But I want to look great walking around the beach on my honeymoon, so…

Shayna, girly, you’re right with me as far as rough numbers to lose. Shall we report to each other? I need accountability!

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Ruffian, welcome aboard! Glad to have you, always. In here, we don’t care how much weight you need to lose, only that you’re trying to change some bad habits and lose weight along the way. It sounds to me as if you already have good habits, just some shifting in inches to worry about aslong with a few pounds. We’ll be here for you anytime you need us. May I suggest one thing that may help you? Try ‘crunches’ instead of sit-ups. If you don’t know the difference, let me know, I’ll help you the best I can. They will prove to be much easier in some ways to do, harder in others, but they will do your tummy far more good than sit-ups ever will. As well as the added benefit of being great for your back. Hope this helps some. Take care, and check in often, if you can.

{{{{{{{{Ruffian}}}}}}}}

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I hope this post will be helpful to some of you. I know what works for some people doesn’t always work for others.

I gained about 40 lbs when I was in college. Although I had always been “skinny” that was a little more than I could carry.

I think it’s harder for people who’ve been skinny to accept that they’re pushing maximum density.

My step father got me started on a program called “Fit For Life” (It’s a book) It’s one of those food combining programs. You’re not supposed to eat fruit with anything else. But when you eat fruit you can eat as much as you like. And you’re not supposed to eat starches with proteins. Which means no more burgers, or potroast with potatoes…it is supposed to have something to do with the acids & enzymes used to digest food. But it was amazing how fast the weight dropped off.

I also started walking more. Not too far. Just 20 minutes at the end of the day.

I still do the walking. But I only follow the diet when I gain a few pounds.

Good Luck & I hope this helps.

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I’m back! Where’d everyone go? C’mon you guys and gals, I need you! I need to be chided, praised, supported, and all that stuff on a regular basis. I apologize for not posting to this yesterday, it was a rough day for me. If you haven’t done so, please go read my thread “a life in the balance…”

To update you, I gained some weight back during hubby’s stay, what with family in town, and lots going on, it was almost impossible to eat right, though I was more succesful with sticking with water most of the time. I have already, as of this morning, lost almost all that I had gained back, and hope to be back on track from now on. I did get a chance to go shopping for food, so now I have lots of salad stuff, fresh fruits and veggies to eat.

I have been exercising every day, but will now have to find another type of exercise to do. :o :wink: So, it’s back to the walking for me, I guess! :smiley:

Check in, everyone, please! I don’t want to be in here alone; it’s too quiet. :eek:

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WTF is that about? I’ve been really frustrated with my body lately, and I’ve had a certain feeling of resignation: “Oh, well, dammit…this must be what my body is meant to be shaped like.” So what did I do when I got home? Even though I wasn’t hungry, I ate some Starbucks icecream. I didn’t eat it for comfort or out of boredom–I ate it because I just felt like, what the hell, I’m undisciplined and will fail at this, so I may as well eat the junk. Not even “eat it and enjoy it” just…eat it.

That’s messed up, man!

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Well, I haven’t posted in a few days on this thread, I hope everyone is eating smarter and healthier.

I will be gone two weeks to Saudi, so I’ll check up on this thread when I get back.

Keep up the good work everybody, and try not to let temtation get in your way.

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First of all, evilbeth, I want to apologize for offering to sponsor you and then disappearing. You are doing so awesome, though. You have so much to be proud of! I promise to check this thread every day to see if anyone needs anything. NOT that I’ll be that much of an inspiration…

Ruffian, you think you’ve been bad? HA! I’ve been eating nothing but fast food and Pizza Hut. I discovered their new “The Edge” pizza. I ordered it for dinner the other night. Got a medium. Ate 3/4 of it in one sitting by myself. Planned on eating the rest for dinner the next night. Got up and ate it first thing in the freakin’ morning for breakfast! And if that wasn’t bad enough, I ordered a LARGE one for lunch that day and ate half of it then and the other half that night for dinner!

Not to mention the half a box of chocolate 'Nilla Wafers I’ve eaten in the last 2 days, or the half POUND of truffles in one day (thanks a LOT, Bricker! LOL).

Ruff, if you want us to be accountable to each other, I am ALL for it. How should we work this? I’m just sick about myself.

Purplebear, honey, I am so proud of all you’ve accomplished so far. And congratulations on your son’s graduation, too. I forgot to mention that before. I’m sorry I’ve kindof abandoned you here. I promise to do better from now on.

I hope everyone else is doing well!

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I’d like to especially say hello to Ruffian, an LA doper that I really haven’t had a chance to meet yet! :slight_smile:

Shayna, how much pizza do you eat? Not trying to pick on your caloric intake, or make you feel bad, but, man–it’s the grease of Pizza Hut pizzas that get me! (I much prefer the frozen wolfgang puck pizzas)

Purplebear, best of luck to you, and please congratulate your son on his graduation for me. Oh, to be young again :frowning:

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Let’s get some updates here, people!

I missed my WW meeting last week because of car trouble. I was really bad this past weekend. In addition to my lunch with RTFirefly, everyone else wanted to either cook for me or take me out to dinner to celebrate this thing or that thing.

But, I am back on the wagon and plan on being healthy and energetic soon!

And don’t let me catch this topic dropping any further than page two from now on, got it?

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Good luck, I worked my ass off over the past 5-6 months. I know how hard it is to keep your goals in front of you…after all, it feels good NOW and the guilt doesn’t come until later.

I wanted to put in a shameless plug for a drink called SOBE Lean - flavor. I found it quite effective at helping to kill some of the munchies (it comes in a big bottle so it filled me up) and it is supposed to boost your metabolism. Actually tastes pretty good too…there’s my 2 cents

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Everyone just keep it up! I, personally, am one week into my heavy duty excercise program and seven months into being smoke free! If I can do it so can all of you. My goal is to be in good shape by the end of the summer. Having been a high level athlete my current conditioning is something of a shock and disappointment. However, that is all changing. But, the key for me is goalsetting. Long term goals are important, but, they must be attained through short term goals. Good luck all who are working to change their lives!

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Everyone just keep it up! I, personally, am one week into my heavy duty excercise program and seven months into being smoke free! If I can do it so can all of you. My goal is to be in good shape by the end of the summer. Having been a high level athlete my current conditioning is something of a shock and disappointment. However, that is all changing. The key for me is goalsetting. Long term goals are important, but, they must be attained through short term goals. Good luck to all who are working to change their lives!

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Everyone just keep it up! I, personally, am one week into my heavy duty excercise program and seven months into being smoke free! If I can do it so can all of you. My goal is to be in good shape by the end of the summer. Having been a high level athlete my current conditioning is something of a shock and disappointment. However, that is all changing. The key for me is goalsetting. Long term goals are important, but, they must be attained through short term goals. Good luck to all who are working to change their lives!

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…Screeeeeeeeeech! Whew!! So sorry, gang! Didn’t mean to abandon everyone for a few days. Got tied up with some keeping-the-family-intact type stuff. I’ll do better, I promise. As for an update, I’ve been doing ok, not lost any more weight for about a week, but I haven’t gained any back either. I ran out of my thyroid pills for almost a week, and that has hurt me, weight-wise. I’m back on track now, and will continue. On the upside, I have lost almost all of the weight I had gained while family was here.

I was a very bad girl as far as water goes yesterday, didn’t drink any at all. Can’t stand the tap water around here, and was out of bottled, will get more today. My clothes are fitting looser though, guess I’m doing something right.

Shayna, that’s ok, I know you’ve been busy. Thanks for the congrats, I’ll tell him you said that! Glad to see you’re still smober! :smiley:

Thank you very much, DRY, I appreciate it. I’ll tell my son also.<Man, do I feel old all of a sudden! :stuck_out_tongue: >

evilbeth, so glad to hear from you! I am so sorry I let it drop that far. Shame on me! :frowning: Welcome back to the wagon, I just hopped back on myself a couple of days ago.

Thank you, Spolvy, for your support here. BTW, where would I find this drink? I’ve never heard of it before.

MrC, thanks for your support. You are correct, goal-setting is the key. I find I’m doing much better with short term goals right now, I’ll worry about the long term ones when I conquer a few of the short term ones.

Keep up the good work, and everyone else: CHECK IN!!!

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I still haven’t started a regular exercise program and I’m getting more and more pissed off at myself every day. GRRRR!!!

DRY, I never eat pizza because I hate the crapass pizza in California. Only now Pizza Hut has this new “The Edge” pizza which is exactly the kind of pizza I grew up with; super thin, extra crispy crust, tons and tons of toppings piled so high and thick that you can’t keep it from falling off as you take a bite, toppings all the way to the edge (hence the name) without that huge “breadstick” on every piece. Oh, and it’s cut in squares, not those gigantic, floppy crappy triangle things. Can you tell I HATE that other kind of pizza? LOL. Well this is like a taste of home to me and I’m getting addicted to it. I even ordered it twice so far this week for lunch - both Monday AND Tuesday! I told you I’ve been really bad!

Purplebear, evilbeth, Ruffian, et al – how’s everyone else doing while I’m being Miss Piggy? I hope you guys are doing better than I am!!

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Hi, Shayna. Where’s everyone else? :confused: I’m beginning to feel as though I’m the only one who is interested in support, or maybe just the only one who needs it. Had a good day today, am still trying to eat healthy, and drink more water. I went out today and bought a bunch of flavored water to drink, and a drink bottle which I’m sucking on at the moment. I’ve almost finished the liter bottle of water in about 1.5hrs!

On the other hand, I haven’t done any exercise to speak of for days now. On Sunday, while taking our daughter to a local university for a summer program, it started pouring rain, I do mean pouring, just as we had to leave to go get some stuff she decided she just couldn’t live without. The steps and landing at the door we came out of are made of tiles. Nice, shiny tiles. It’s pouring buckets so I think to myself: take off these flimsy sandals, you won’t have any traction in these! So, I did, and attempted the stairs barefooted.

Only to discover that bare feet fare no better on wet, slippery tiles. THUD, THUD, THUD… On my tush, on the stairs, bouncing from one to another, and hitting both arms on ??? along the way. Can you say “OUCH!” I have given up trying to count all of the bruises, there are just too many of them, and they’ve been getting bigger every time I look, so I’m not going to look at them anymore.

On the plus side, my daughter rushed back up to me, and made sure I was okay. Could it be that she actually does care about her mom? :stuck_out_tongue: <just kidding, babe>

So, I’m just sitting here, sore all over, and hoping they will all heal up soon. And, how was your day? :slight_smile:

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I have fallen completely off the weight-loss wagon. I am ashamed to go to my WW meeting tomorrow morning. I know I have gained back what weight I have lost and then some.

I ate out many times this past weekend. It was just a weekend for events. My mother-in-law took the family out to eat on Friday night. I had lunch with RTFirefly and his wife on Saturday afternoon. Saturday night, my aunt had a cook-out/birthday party for her grandson and I had to go. Sunday my mother cooked a huge meal for the whole family (my brother’s girlfriend had come up to visit).

I have ingested enough calories for three people since last Friday! But, I am not really discouraged. The woman that goes with me to the meetings is doing really well and she is so happy about it that it’s contagious.

I will be slowly climbing back on the wagon tomorrow but I am going to need some help!