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I'm a 46 y old with a lot to lose! Over 100 lbs. I need all the help and support I can get.

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South Beach, Other

Workout Philosophy:

I loath exercice

Who I am & how I got here.

6/10/08 - Ok, so this is it. My last act of trying to do something about my weight. I say it is the last because I fear that if something doesn't change drastically that I will not ever lose the weight, and will be forever sucked into my depression and obesity. I have "dieted" off and on for all of my life. I was a pudgy child, an overweight teen & a fat mom. I'm 46, with two grown daughters, one wonderful son-in-law, two granddaughters and a husband.

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Tuesday... already?

Logging on this morning I couldn't believe it was Tuesday already. I have been really sick. Went to the dr. on Friday, have a sinus infection & a double ear infection. I got Rx's for an antibiotic and cough syrup with codine. When I got home I took the antibiotic, and decided to hold off on the cough medicine till bed time. The antibiotic gave me a nasty side effect of diareha (sp?). So, on top of coughing my head off, and feeling horrible I was in the bathroom, constantly... I didn't make t… Continue

Posted on June 17, 2008 at 9:44am —

LIfe on Friday

Friday's are a day I usually look forward to. I have 2 jobs, an office job where I am basically a secretary. I work that job part time (20 hrs per week), and then my husband owns his own business, so I get to play office manager/accounts payable/accounts receivable/payroll clerk/secretary/receptionist/everything else when I am not at my other job. On Friday's I get to work from home, and don't have to go to my office job at all. The good thing about this is that I can sleep in a little if I want… Continue

Posted on June 13, 2008 at 11:24am —

new & scared

Ok, so I am very new to this, and obviously just learing how to navigate the community, so please be patient with me. I am going to post (repost) what I wrote earlier today, and I thought it was going into one of the communities (100 plus), but I can't seem to see it. So, I looked around & decided maybe I should have put it here in the first place.
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6/10/08 - This past weekend my husband & I flew to Florida for a sales seminar. As I expected I had the embarrasment of having to ask… Continue

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 1:36pm — 8 Comments

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At 3:34pm on June 11, 2008, fatgma said…: 6/11/08 -
What my friend said....

So I went to work today & I was talking with a couple of friends there. The one woman, Carrie,I have known for quite a few years. She is about my size & we have talked about weight issues before. So I decide to share my story of the air line flight attendant with her. She and the other woman both were sympathetic to how it made me feel, and both told me that what was said to me was inappropriate. Then as we were walking back into the office, Carrie comes over & gives me a hug & says, "I'm sorry that happened. We can be fat together." It was a kind, warm hug and I appreciated it, but ..... I DON'T WANT TO BE FAT!

At 1:38pm on June 10, 2008, Leah Danyell said…: Your story brought a tear to my eye. I had a similar experience flying to Denver back in April. It didn't help that I had to sit next to a strange man. I was barely able to buckle that thing stretched out as far as it would go and was in pain for most of the flight as I was afraid to unbuckle in fear that I would never get it to click again... I was too embarrassed to ask for the extension. It was not a fun flight. Just last week I went to a movie theater and ripped my pants (showing my granny panties) on a tight seat. I never go to this place because of this issue, but I really wanted to see the movie. I'm doing Weight Watchers and have lost a little each week. It's ridiculous how overweight people are treated like second class citizens. Even if I get down to a size 5, I will fight for the rights of all good and decent people.

At 12:14pm on June 10, 2008, fatgma said…: 6/10/08 - This past weekend my husband & I flew to Florida for a sales seminar. As I expected I had the embarrasment of having to ask for seatbelt extensions on our flights. The trip was stressful. We had to get up at 3:00 a.m. to catch our plane going down to Florida. Then we walked and walked for miles in the airport on Sunday. Walked a lot more once we were there, and then sat through a horrible seminar all day Monday. By the time we got into the taxi to return to the airport on Monday afternoon I felt like my head was going to explode. The seminar was stressful, I felt like crap. I had a horrible headache, and we had more walking to do at the airports. We boarded the plane & the flight attendant descreetly gave me the seatbelt extender. It was kind of her to try and be descreet, but let's be real... I am huge.
We were late leaving the ground & as we took off the pilot said it would take an hour & 20 minutes to get to our destination. Knowing that we had very limited time to meet our connecting flight I looked at my husband and stated "we are screwed". The flight attendant was right by us, and leaned over to ask if she could help. We told her about the connecting flight, and asked if she knew how far we would have to walk to get to the gate we would be deaparting from. She talked a little about the layout of the airport we would be going to & then she did something that shook me to my soul.... She asked me if I could walk fast... I wasn't sure how to respond. I told her I could try & she leaned in across my husband and said, "I had gastric bypass, I used to weigh 229 lbs, so I understand". I just said thank you & looked out the window. ... I cried all the way to our connecting airport. The rest of the trip was stressful as I was now in a complete melt down. We got home at about 2:00 in the morning & I went straight to bed. This morning finds me here... joining this blog. I know that it is up to me to do the work if I am ever going to lose this weight. If anyone can help me ... I need all the help I can get.