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LCer09 · 2004-07-18T19:40:30+00:00

I know I liked reading stuff like this when I was getting started, so... I found an old 'weight loss diary' I had kept about 2 years ago. Reading it was eye-opening. I mean, I thought I remembered how difficult was, but it was actually 10X more so. I would dutifully eat my low fat, low cal foods, and wonder why I was so miserable, sick, tired and to top it off, still FAT. In the same amount of time I've been doing Atkins, I lost maybe 15 pounds. Up-down, up-down. Weighing myself in the morning and getting SO depressed from GAINING, when all I had was a small subway sandwich and some rice cakes the day before, stuff like that. It REALLY made me appreciate what I've discovered with LC, and what it's done for me. And made me mad/sad that I ever had to go through what I did before. I was doing it "the right way" the way everybody told me would work. I'm glad I finally figured out "everybody" was wrong. I also had to go shopping today. I quite literally have no clothes. (what little I have is practically falling off, LOL!) Last December I was a size 22W. Today I was shopping in the misses department (I'm NEVER going back into the plus section, NEVER! LOL) and 14s fit perfectly. They're not even snug. If I wasn't so damn poor right now I might have gone crazy. Luckily I was limited to a few basics, but it didn't stop me from trying on lots of cool stuff, LOL! I don't plan on staying in 14s for long anyway. Yahoo for me! And one kind of sad thing. Or puzzling. I saw my best friend (for 20 years!) yesterday for the first time in almost a year. She didn't say a word about my weight loss. At first it was depressing to me, but then I thought of a few things. First of all, she never mentioned my gaining weight either. Maybe she just doesn't look at me and see a size, she just sees me? I don't know... it's confusing. The other things is that SHE has gained weight. We're about the same size now, which hasn't happened in about a decade. Maybe she's embarrassed about her own gain, I don't know. She'll be staying at my house in a couple of days, so the way we eat is going to come up. I'm curious about what she'll have to say about it. LOL! LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 5'7" 265/181/140 & hubby- 6' 310/198/180 http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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LCer09
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18 July 2004, 19:40 UTC #1

I know I liked reading stuff like this when I was getting started, so...
I found an old 'weight loss diary' I had kept about 2 years ago. Reading it was
eye-opening. I mean, I thought I remembered how difficult was, but it was
actually 10X more so. I would dutifully eat my low fat, low cal foods, and
wonder why I was so miserable, sick, tired and to top it off, still FAT. In the
same amount of time I've been doing Atkins, I lost maybe 15 pounds. Up-down,
up-down. Weighing myself in the morning and getting SO depressed from GAINING,
when all I had was a small subway sandwich and some rice cakes the day before,
stuff like that. It REALLY made me appreciate what I've discovered with LC, and
what it's done for me. And made me mad/sad that I ever had to go through what I
did before. I was doing it "the right way" the way everybody told me would
work. I'm glad I finally figured out "everybody" was wrong.
I also had to go shopping today. I quite literally have no clothes. (what
little I have is practically falling off, LOL!) Last December I was a size 22W.
Today I was shopping in the misses department (I'm NEVER going back into the
plus section, NEVER! LOL) and 14s fit perfectly. They're not even snug. If I
wasn't so damn poor right now I might have gone crazy. Luckily I was limited to
a few basics, but it didn't stop me from trying on lots of cool stuff, LOL! I
don't plan on staying in 14s for long anyway. Yahoo for me!
And one kind of sad thing. Or puzzling. I saw my best friend (for 20 years!)
yesterday for the first time in almost a year. She didn't say a word about my
weight loss. At first it was depressing to me, but then I thought of a few
things. First of all, she never mentioned my gaining weight either. Maybe she
just doesn't look at me and see a size, she just sees me? I don't know... it's
confusing. The other things is that SHE has gained weight. We're about the same
size now, which hasn't happened in about a decade. Maybe she's embarrassed
about her own gain, I don't know. She'll be staying at my house in a couple of
days, so the way we eat is going to come up. I'm curious about what she'll have
to say about it. LOL!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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DG511
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18 July 2004, 19:57 UTC #2

Quoted message said:
[email hidden] (LCer09)
Quoted message said:
I also had to go shopping today. I quite literally have no clothes. (what
little I have is practically falling off, LOL!) Last December I was a size
22W.
Today I was shopping in the misses department (I'm NEVER going back into the
plus section, NEVER! LOL) and 14s fit perfectly. They're not even snug. If I
wasn't so damn poor right now I might have gone crazy. Luckily I was limited
to
a few basics, but it didn't stop me from trying on lots of cool stuff, LOL! I
don't plan on staying in 14s for long anyway. Yahoo for me!
I just noticed your stats, too. You've lost 84 pounds! That's incredible --
congrats, and keep up the good work. You are so impressive. And I'm glad you
were able to "play" in the store, even if you couldn't buy as much as you
wanted.
Quoted message said:
And one kind of sad thing. Or puzzling. I saw my best friend (for 20 years!)
yesterday for the first time in almost a year. She didn't say a word about my
weight loss. At first it was depressing to me, but then I thought of a few
things. First of all, she never mentioned my gaining weight either. Maybe she
just doesn't look at me and see a size, she just sees me? I don't know...
it's
confusing. The other things is that SHE has gained weight. We're about the
same
size now, which hasn't happened in about a decade. Maybe she's embarrassed
about her own gain, I don't know. She'll be staying at my house in a couple
of
days, so the way we eat is going to come up. I'm curious about what she'll
have
to say about it. LOL!
That is odd. I always thought it was rude to discuss a heavy person's weight
with them unless they brought it up, so maybe she's thinking along the same
lines. Then again, I always thought it was okay to compliment someone on an
obvious weight loss. But if she's gaining, she might be embarrassed, as you
note. So perhaps it's a combination of the two situations.
Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

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LCer09
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18 July 2004, 20:16 UTC #3

Oops! Forgot to add, I put those long overdue pics of me up on the yahoo site.
The 'before' is actually a GOOD picture from back then, LOL! I just don't have
much, I avoided cameras like the plague. Oddly enough, looking at the photos
the one thing I notice the most is my ARMS! I'd never even thought about it,
but they don't bulge out anymore like they did. Kind of funny.
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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LCer09
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18 July 2004, 20:19 UTC #4

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Then again, I always thought it was okay to compliment someone on an
obvious weight loss.
LOL! I got the craziest "compliment" a couple of weeks ago. She said "Wow! You
look so different, you've lost so much weight!" (and went on about how she
wouldn't have recognized me, it was my daughter she saw first) but then got a
little worried/embarassed, and asked "You wanted to lose weight right... you're
not sick are you? You don't look sick..." Great. People could think I'm sick.
Or a drug addict. LOL!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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DG511
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18 July 2004, 20:37 UTC #5

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[email hidden] (LCer09)
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I put those long overdue pics of me up on the yahoo site.
I would never have guessed that was the same person. And even though you still
want to lose some weight, you look "normal" now -- I would never describe the
current you as heavy.
Way to go!
Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

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LCer09
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18 July 2004, 20:40 UTC #6

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I would never have guessed that was the same person. And even though you
still
want to lose some weight, you look "normal" now -- I would never describe the
current you as heavy.
LOL! Thanks! I have 40lbs left. Unfortunately the majority of my weight resides
behind me, where you don't see it as much in pictures!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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Saffire
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18 July 2004, 21:04 UTC #7

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
Oops! Forgot to add, I put those long overdue pics of me up on the yahoo site.
The 'before' is actually a GOOD picture from back then, LOL! I just don't have
much, I avoided cameras like the plague. Oddly enough, looking at the photos
the one thing I notice the most is my ARMS! I'd never even thought about it,
but they don't bulge out anymore like they did. Kind of funny.
You look FABULOUS!
--
Saffire
205/150/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Lee Rodgers
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19 July 2004, 00:02 UTC #8

(LCer09) said:
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180

Looking GOOD! Congratulations.
Lee Rodgers
Lowcarb Retreat http://www.lowcarb.org
CHAT http://www.lowcarb.org/parachat.html
Low-Carb Connoisseur http://www.low-carb.com

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Sprgtime
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19 July 2004, 00:11 UTC #9

"LCer09" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Oops! Forgot to add, I put those long overdue pics of me up on the yahoo

site.
Quoted message said:
The 'before' is actually a GOOD picture from back then, LOL! I just don't

have
Quoted message said:
much, I avoided cameras like the plague. Oddly enough, looking at the

photos
Quoted message said:
the one thing I notice the most is my ARMS! I'd never even thought about

it,
Quoted message said:
but they don't bulge out anymore like they did. Kind of funny.
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos
You look fantastic! What an amazing difference. 🙂

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curt
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19 July 2004, 04:11 UTC #10

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LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos
Good heavens, you two have lost an awful lot of weight. I hope you both
keep going all the way to your goals!
That is amazing! I would imagine all your friends are taking notice of that
amount of weight you both lost.
Curt

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Ada Ma
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19 July 2004, 17:54 UTC #11

LCer09 said:
Oops! Forgot to add, I put those long overdue pics of me up on the yahoo site.
The 'before' is actually a GOOD picture from back then, LOL! I just don't have
much, I avoided cameras like the plague. Oddly enough, looking at the photos
the one thing I notice the most is my ARMS! I'd never even thought about it,
but they don't bulge out anymore like they did. Kind of funny.
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos
Last time I checked your pictures I thought you were a man (i.e. your husband).
I didn't notice the sig. Silly me. Your children are beautiful, just like
their mom and dad.

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LCer09
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19 July 2004, 21:52 UTC #12

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Last time I checked your pictures I thought you were a man (i.e. your
husband).
I didn't notice the sig. Silly me. Your children are beautiful, just like
their mom and dad.
Well thank you! What a sweet thing to say. They do take after their dad more so
than me, but that's OK, LOL!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

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