Wednesday Weigh In
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Down another 3 thanks to watching what I'm eating. Really eating like a bird the last few days. I'm a happy camper.
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I gained 1 well deserved pound. Still don't have my head back in the game.
I have a Zometa treatment today. I mention this because my doc took me off Zometa in Sept citing a 2010 study that showed little benefit, BUT at the AACR conference in Dec (2011) there was a new study showing significant results for those meeting certain criteria. With this new info I was able to convince him to put me back on treatment. He stood by the 2010 study, but agreed to let me continue. Heck, I figured if doesn't hurt anything and there's a chance it could do some good why not. Wanted to pass this info on in case it might help someone else. Here is the link to the study release (there is also a thread on the Stage III Breast Cancer board):
http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/aacr-press-releases.aspx?d=2626
Hugs!
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1 pound down, which means back where I started before Christmas.
But hey, it's not one pound up, so HURRAY!!
20 pounds to go.
(Boo.)
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OK, so I need to lose about 10-15 pounds. It's day one for me here. So-the big challenge will be showing up here again next Weds. Let's keep at it girls!
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Well I went today..............Mrs. Happy said "wow, your down almost 1 lb"....................I said "how much is almost"........................she said "a tad"............................well since there is a bathroom there, I asked if I could go in and strip down to the "1 lb total"............she asked the lecturer...(a male), and last time I checked someone said the EMT's took him to the hospital in "shock"., yelling and screaming "I'm blind, I'm blind"........................well at least it became an "express meeting"....
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Ducky, I thought for sure you would tell us you pulled the prostheses out of your bra or something along that liine, right before you stepped on the scale. Hee, hee, something I would do just for fun. Congrats on the pound.
I was so happy at MO's office today because I was down 11 from my last weight there 2 months ago. I took off my shoes before weighing and told the PA, I've been good, I want to make sure it shows. Later while taking my information she confided to me that she had lost 80 pounds years ago (don't know how long) when she was borderline diabetic. Ha, ha, Ducky. She went to WW. She LIKED the meetings. I just looked at her slender self and never would have guessed she had ever been overweight. Stories like that, one-on-one, are good, especially since I have another 80 to lose. One of the receptionists is 24 years out from breast cancer diagnosis. Always like to hear some of the happy stories too.
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Ducky ! You made me laugh out loud !
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146 this a.m. I think I was at 146.8 last week, and if so, I'll take it!
Huge purrs to you awesome women!
Jenn
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June, when I had planter fasciitis, I had some sports orthotics made for me and kept right on playing tennis and walking. Afterwards I would put ice on the arches of my feet. I had to wear shoes a half size larger to accommodate the orthotics. It took a year or two for me to get over the fasciitis but it hasn't bothered me in a long time. And I take Arimidex.
I was down a lb. to 161 this morning. Before the holidays I managed to get down to 159 for a day or two. Like others in this group I gain and lose the same lbs. My goal is 150.
I'm a WW lifetime member but am not on the WW plan now. I really like the WW web site but it's expensive at about $18 a month so I dropped it.
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Mary, maybe Lake Michigan isn't deep enough. We may need to take a trip west and drop it in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest of the oceans!
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Carolehalston thanks for the input. I keep hearing how it has taken people years to recover and that really gets me upset as mine is so bad every second of the day as I am now limping and cannot put any weight onto that foot, and they told me stop all activity until it gets better. I can ride a bike but it is too cold for that here and the gym just has not fit into my schedule. I do have orthotics and I was told never to go barefoot even in the house so I am always wearing something on my foot. I also just had my 2nd cortisone shot and it did NOTHING.....but I will not give up as I would do anything to go for a long walk outside pain free.
Do any of you weigh yourself daily? I know it is such a bad thing to do, but no matter how thin or big I am I jump on daily and today I was up 1 again.....
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Yes June, I'm also a glutton for punishment and do weigh daily. My scale stayed within the same 2 lbs for months. Really was thinking something was wrong with it, battery compartment corroded or something. It is frustrating but I just can't seem to not step on it every morning.
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Hi All,
I was down 2.3. Amazing - I would do the happy dance but I want to see if it goes up tomorrow or over the weekend. I'm still doing the water loss/gain game. Stay well
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Desny - hooray!!
June - so sorry about the foot - sounds painful and frustrating. Yes, I weigh in every day on my regular scale and record it on loseit.com. For my official Wednesday Weigh Ins here, I weigh in on my Wii Fit. That way I have a track record for both daily and weekly data points.
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On Wednesdayand Thursday of this week, I weighed 124-1/2 - 125. Today it was 125. I find that I fluctuate up and down a few pounds until the new low "establishes."
I also experienced -this week- (and I am VERY new to going out still) that I felt "body-wierd" out in the world. I think the body (mine anyway) sometimes is vulnerable and feels fragile in its new, lighter forms, until it gets used to the new configuration. That's one reason, also, why it may be wise to go slowly - there may be psychological and emotional adjustments that need to take place along with the physical ones.
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truebff, very perceptive! I felt that way after my mastectomy when I went out in public, but I never tried to put a name to it. "Body-weird" is exactly right.
I felt that way after giving birth, too. I felt oddly lonely in my skin.
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I weigh daily but I don't believe a loss until it has showed up 3 times. The scale is not sensitive and sometimes I am on the cusp and feel like if I had stepped on it differently it would show differently. That WW scale seems to show ounces, and many of your scales seem to be accurate to the ounce. That would make me even crazier. I already play with, should I take the sweatshirt off or not today, before I weigh. In the back of my mind, I think of an acquaintance who was anorexic and stepped on the scale about 50 times a day. I don't want to go there. She was as sick thin as I am fat.
So, just saying how I am doing it. I am low sodium so that has cut out so many processed foods, I do not even count calories. I found that limiting salt limits fat intake incidentally. The stuff that doesn't have salt generally doesn't have fat either. To fill the plate, I peel 3 carrots, slice them, and microwave them. I add cucumber with vinaigrette on the plate. I put fresh spinach under my meat course and maybe some sliced mushroom, also mixed peppers from salad bar for color. I season the very small potato with Mrs. Dash. I get cut mixed melons from the salad bar at grocery and put one of each on the plate. I put a tablespoon of chunky applesauce on the plate. I throw on a couple of olives for dessert because I crave salt. That's what I do. What do you guys do?
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Lulube, I have thought more than once that the reason the mastectomy doesn't bother me is that I already went through serious problems accepting the changes wrought by childbearing. I STILL apologize to medical personnel when they have to look at my stomach, for example. Somehow the mastectomy does not seem as bad to me, odd as that sounds.
Kimberley, adding tons of veggies sounds like a really good way to go. Veggies fill you up and give you nutrition with a low calorie count. I am still trying to figure out the diet thing. Adding veggies is definitely one of my strategies.
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www.loseit.com is a really good way to be accountable....food and exercise-wise, I should make myself go back on in!0
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Mary I signed up for loseit.com, the only thing I don't have the time for is inputting all my calories in all my food I eat. I hope to someday find the time to do it as it seems like a cool place to see my progress.
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Uh oh. I learned how to make no-salt italian sausage. Is pizza, lasagna, spaghetti back on the menu in the near future? I see a recipe for barbecue sauce with no salt and I have the ingredients. Wow I lost 3 this week and could maybe even catch another pound before weigh in, 4 pounds, that's half a baby. Not knowing how to cook no-salt was kind of good to me, at least weight-wise, when I was salt-restricted. I'm scared the positive trend is going to go out the window as I learn to cook salt-free, and I will bring back all the fats. Darn. You know how they make sugar that is calorie-less? Wish they could make substitutes for fat and salt too.
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Ok, ladies........................tomorrow is the day.....................I have had it with WW............at 76, on meds, lymphedema, and fluid retention, I am giving up, and giving in......................I have played with the same 10lb loss for the past couple months, and it is really getting frustrating...................I am going to finish out this final pre-paid pass, and then I'm done....................I am being good, doing what I should, and just going up and down................they said it would not be easy, "and I knew that", but when your doing everything right, and nothing is "going right", its time to say "enough is enough".........................
Maybe if I was the age, of Jennifer Hudson, this would all be easier, but I'm not, so adios to WW very soon.
Call me "a quitter"............................I am.....................
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I looked at my favorites and saw that Ducky had posted so I rushed into this forum because I ALWAYS get a good chuckle over your posts, woman! But this time, I hear your frustration-- you are NOT a quitter!!!! Look at it this way, you gave it a really good try and stayed with it as est you could. Not an effective eating plan, I think. I don't think WW works for everyone. Maybe look at your "go to" foods/food types and if they are carbohydrates, start reducing your intake until you start to see a drop on the scale-- not too low on the carbs but you will probably know what works for you.
Good luck and keep posting!
Q
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Ah Ducky, you have to keep posting 'cause we'd miss you too much if you'd quit. If you look back, most of us are gaining/losing the same old pounds too. Maybe WW is not for you. Would an online program like www.loseit.com work better for you? Or if you just 'sort of' watch what you are eating, making sure you eat healthy foods etc....maybe that would be enough to keep you at a steady weight (as long as you add the dreaded exercise!).
I have been good for about two days because I have a doctor appointment tomorrow, and I don't want a bell to ring when I step on the scale!
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Am starting again..... up .9 of a pound. This is since before Christmas, so I'll take it!! Now I must get serious again! I need to see the scale numbers getting smaller!! Luckily, I got the Zumba 2 game for Wii for Christmas and really enjoy it!! Now to make sure I make the time for it!!
My plan is to come back next Wednesday to weigh in again!
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Okay so I am up about 2 since last week, I think I really need to get serious but there always seems to be so much going on these days and I am truly a stress eater.....argh! Mom is doing horribly and can't kick the pneumonia and we are all so worried as the doctors told us that is what would probably take her as she has so many medical issues and I am now having some sort of itchiness in my bad boob and it is driving me crazy, so now I am waiting to hear back from the Onc and see what it could possibly be. I am almost 2 years out from radiation and it doesn't seem to be a radiation recall as it is not red. Anyways, just needed to vent just having such an off day. I lost my Dad this past June and not ready for Mom to go.
Thanks for listening and maybe someday I will get back to where I was happiest, weight wise.
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Aww Ducky, you're not a quitter, you're just movin' on. You had a pretty good run with WW and have now hit the wall. We've all been there. Maybe it's just time to shake it up a little. Much of what you learned at WW will stick with you, especially the value of the weekly weigh-ins . . . YOU CAN'T STOP COMING HERE!! Only then would I be disappointed. Chin up, keep your eye on the ball. I'm confident your weight loss will click in again . . . hate to say it, but "hang in there". Seriously, don't give up. Just take a break or a breath and when you're ready I know you'll be kickin' @$$ again.
Welcome back fmakj: Less than a lb since the holidays . . . awesome!
June2268: ((((hugs, hugs, hugs)))
I almost didn't weigh today. Still feeling so bloated from my weekend binge . . . dinner with friends, too much wine, fast food (curse those criss cut fries!!) but guilt got the best of me and I stepped on to find out I stayed the same. Whew! Nice surprise.
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Ducky - hang in there - as Ruth says, many of us are gaining and losing the same pounds as well. And we've all hit that wall on occasion! I think Quiche has hit on something - time to shake things up a bit. I also think winter blahs have something to do with it - this cold weather and these short days just make the body want to conserve every bit of weight that it can.
Quiche - criss cut fries - yummmm! And the seasoned ones are even better!
June - it's so hard to take care of yourself when you have to worry about and take care of someone else. Give yourself a little pampering if you can - maybe take an hour to get a pedicure and go wild with the color - maybe something crazy like bright blue sparkly polish! I bet you'd smile every time you looked at your toes.
Down .9 - not great, but I'll take the almost pound loss - at least it's going the right way.
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146.2
I'm now having the opposite problem I had earlier,earlier I had no appetite, I am now STARVING (or at least that's what my brain keeps telling me) all the time. It's like that PMS feeling that you cannot get full! And (forgive me) screw healthy foods! I want FRENCH FRIES! And I want them NOW! And a hot fudge sundae. With an onion ring chaser. And a coke. And peanut butter M&Ms.
I hope this ends soon, otherwise the world is doomed.
Ravenous purrs,
Jenn
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Aw Ducky, hope you don't give up on your weight loss goal and this just means you gave up on WW. You can weigh in with us and strip naked without anyone fainting! Some of you ladies who no longer have much to lose and aren't so far out of control, it's harder to get the last 10 or 20 pounds off. I remember when I was young fighting the same 10 pounds over and over again. It's hard being on the heavyweight side, need to lose 100, take off 20 and no one would know the difference unless they saw the numbers. I'm down 3 this week but still have 79 to go. What do they say? Something like eating the elephant one bite at a time. All I am doing is watching and counting salt and that cuts out so many bad choices and processed foods. If you have lymphedema, that may help you too.
June, sorry to hear about your parents, the loss of your dad and your mom failing. I hadn't thought about this in a while but I was 140 when my mom died 15 years ago and steadily packed on the pounds since then. Maybe besides aging, I have been doing the comfort food thing to make up for no mom-comfort.
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