Anyone Losing Weight?

[DianaB]

Janet, I'm sorry that your arm is bothering you again. I'd ask the doctor about your shot area......I had a tetanus shot once that did that......made a knot in my arm and it took a long time for it to go away but it eventually did. You've had yours for a long time though so it probably needs looked at.

Judy, you're doing great on your diet!!! I'm really encouraged on mine because I have friends that are doing it and have done really well. They've been helping a lot on what to eat and what not to eat. I weighed yesterday at the doctor's office and I had lost a pound........BUT I had also taken my shoes off!!!!! Oh well!!!!

I had another test yesterday and should get a call either today or tomorrow on the results. I think that this one is going to show some problems.......we'll see, I guess!!!

Glen knows that I've been going in for tests but I haven't been telling him everything that I've found out. He's really bad at talking to everyone and I'm just not ready for him to start talking about me with everyone about my health. He doesn't see a problem with it but it bothers me. There's just some things that don't need to be talked about with everyone!!! I just keep telling him that it's blood sugar and cholesterol problems but it's actually a little more than that. I'm not worrying too much about it yet.......at least until the doctor says that I need to. I'm trying to lose weight and follow what she's saying for now. Getting old sucks!!!!!!!!!

Gayle, take your own snacks with you. Take some dip and veggies and some diet bars or something that you can eat and not feel guilty about. A dip that I like is a package of Knorr soup mix (or Lipton vegetable soup mix) mixed with 1 cup of mayonaise and 1 cup of sour cream. This is great with veggies or especially with pretzels!!! You can use the fat free or light stuff for this too. A week is a long time to try to do good though!!! Good luck!!!!

[gja1000]

Diana, I hope everything gets better!!! And thanks for the tips about what to do and eat this week. I'm going to try to do just what you suggested, take along foods that I know I can eat. I was going to take my 90 calorie rice krispy bars and I will, but I think I'll go to the store and look for more "packable" things I can take with me. Good idea!!! And I KNOW I can't be good the WHOLE week, but I'd like to minimize the damage.

[DianaB]

I'm glad that I could be of help. Just make sure that you take enough to last you the whole week......or plan on going to the store to stock back up while you're there. You'll do fine!!!

When are you leaving to go to Oklahoma?

[gja1000]

I'll be able to go to the store when I run low on something so that is NICE! We are leaving tomorrow - I have to go to work for a meeting in the morning and then we will leave, probably about 11:00.

[judy]

It really is hard to watch what you eat when you are away. Taking snacks is a great idea! But, don't forget to enjoy yourself! You can be really careful when you come back.

Have a safe trip! I'm sure you will be taking your iPad, so you can let us know how much fun you are having, Gayle!

Diana, losing 1 pound is good! They say that a weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds/week is the healthiest. I hope your test results come back good!

[DianaB]

Drive careful, Gayle!!!!

We'll see about the one pound........as I said......I took my shoes off when I weighed so that's probably the pound that I lost!!!! LOL I'm sure that I'm going to start losing soon. I've been doing really good on this diet.....better than I thought I would. I need to get a little exercise in and I will when everything gets settled down here.

[Janet]

You all are doing really great....I'm so thrilled for you. You're right Diana....getting old does suck and it sucks worse when you're like me.....100 lbs over normal. Wow....how did I let this happen....oh I know....I love to eat!

Have a safe trip Gayle and thank you so much for all your support. Hope you have a wonderful time.

[judy]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Drive careful, Gayle!!!!

We'll see about the one pound........as I said......I took my shoes off when I weighed so that's probably the pound that I lost!!!! LOL I'm sure that I'm going to start losing soon. I've been doing really good on this diet.....better than I thought I would. I need to get a little exercise in and I will when everything gets settled down here.

Count that pound! I doubt if your shoes weigh a whole pound. I move my scale around until I find the spot on the floor where it registers the lowest weight! Anyway, you have a positive attitude, which is so important!