Team Skinny (Dec 08) Sugar Plum Dreams and Candy Cane Wishes (Page 20)

Hi all

Weighing in at 200.6 today...up 0.6 from last week.

I just wanted to thank all of you for your support this year.  I have lost 11 pounds since I joined this group and although I am stalled out now I have managed not to gain too much over the holidays.

Thanks!

i146q - 2008-12-31 1:17 PM Alright now for the bad news: that muscle spasm in my eye, is sparking muscle spasms all over now. The past 2 days has been pretty bad. I've been getting them in my lower back, and my tongue (tip), I know weird huh? It's probably epilepsy! Ha! But on a more serious note: This morning we received news that my uncle (dad's brother) had a stroke last night! He's doing ok now, but he's got severe bell's palsy. He doesn't even have the use of his left leg... So the family kind a circled the wagons today. We'll probably be taking a trip up to see him either tonight or tomorrow (just south of G. Rapids).

Josh- I am so sorry about your uncle...Hopefully he get some of the function back...my dad had a stroke earlier this year and it was a rough road but he is almost back to normal!

Ditto so sorry daisy!

Starting weight was 230 something.

Weekly goal was to be 214.  I weighed in today at 214.  My goal for next Wednesday is to be 213.  My long term goal is 205 by March 11.

 Everyone looks like they are doing great.  Happy New Year!  Chocolate cake for everyone!!!

I use the Weight Watchers weight as my official one for this challenge.  But since I had been darn near perfect with my eating last week - helped tremendously by the No Sugar Challenge - I cheated and weighed myself at home this morning.  It showed that I could expect a 3 pound loss today.  Well, let me tel you, I was strutting something fierce. 

OK, I went to WW and found I was down 1.2 pounds.  Now, I know perfectly well that a 1.2 pound loss is terrific, but I was soooooo disappointed.  Silly, isn't it? 

So, I am at 155.6.  Nowhere near my (unrealistic) goal to be at 150 by this date.  My goal for January is to be at 150.  Deja vu. 

Leah 

Great job this year Kromanowski!

i146q - 2008-12-30 4:36 PM

enders_shadow - 2008-12-30 9:29 AM Keep Sherm & his wife in your thoughts today - today is the new baby's birthday.

Congratulations Shermy. Send my love to your wife and child.

Thanks Man

What a guy, hey and thanks for not throwing my slacker butt out of here this last year. I was the poster child of everything not to do to achieve goals, weightloss, feel better about yourself physically and overall athletically a horrible year. But thats the beautiful thing. Flip the page and its a New year with new beginnings and a whole new outlook and fresh start.

194.6

The first time I've gone down in quite a while.  It's only .4 lb down, but it's something. 

The plus side is that I've stayed pretty consistantly at 195 throughout the holidays, and i've made it through a full year of keeping the weight off and staying under 200....even through crazy work situations and a lot of challenges.  I still have at least another 30 lbs to lose to be where I want to be, but I'm happy as can be that 195 has become my new normal! 

hey you skinny people!!!

i joined you folks last summer in an attempt to lose and keep off some weight.   it helped and i've been staying the course.

however, i'd like to drop a few more pounds the next couple months and thought i'd come back for the encouragment and to keep me in line.  i left at 182 lbs. in October and i'm still there....but i want to be 178'ish.

so will there be a January thread out soon?

i146q - 2009-01-01 11:12 AM Thanx Daisy, as it's only been a day or to since the event, hopes are high. However, over the past several months he had been complaining of severe headaches and other things, and the Dr's didn't really do much except take a BP reading then sent him home, no scans (CT). And it's a little disheartening when Healthcare professionals tell us that WE are supposed to recognize signs of a heartattack/stroke. Isn't that why we pay them, to tell US what is wrong? I understand that some symptoms can create an elusive condition, but where is the vigor, and unrelenting search for the cures of ailments that afflict the public? It almost seems like you have to have an incurable disease in order to get funding now adays anyway. It just really sucks that so many people fall through the cracks of what is supposed to be a life preserver.

Josh - sorry about your Uncle.  It does suck that he recognized that something was wrong and went to the Docs and they missed it.  It says a lot about the sad state of our healthcare system.   Hope he improves daily.