Vees Diary - Page 40

ropemaha · #**781** 30-09-2008, 16:42

you are un-freakin-believable woman....

you are so good at riding out the doubts and uncertainties....i really admire your persistence vee....its wonderful to read your diary, really inspiring ....

oh and btw, of course you arnt gonna look like your minds eye...you have come so far so fast....and only a few short strides to take....wont be long honey...and if you need reminding of this then go and look at your first photo....go on, i dare ya.....

pen

thenewvee · #**782** 01-10-2008, 06:41

Yesterday when I got on the scales I'd gained the 400g again, and today they still haven't shifted! I know it will be fluid retention due to approaching TOM.

Last night I had the most pleasant evening. B/f visited and on the spur of the moment we decided instead of doing the domestic thing and preparing dinner ourselves, let's go out (son is sleeping over at a friends), so we went to my favourite Cohen friendly restaurant and I had some lovely grilled snapper and veg! Ha! Middle of the week jaunting!! It was great! Especially to get you out of the rut!

I feel like I live and breathe work and study at the moment and trying to fit in looking after yourself, time with son, housework and other chores etc, well, it is just not all getting done! Mostly housework is getting left behind, and I'd really like to do more with son. Will see if I can rectify the latter later this week. Housework can wait!

Thanks for your visit AJ, Mette and Penny! Great to see you guys!
AJ, it took a while, but I knew it would pass... one of my post marriage break up sayings.....
Mette, how good are you! Same weight, hey? Well you will be winning that one after my gain and then staying the same today. You deserve it! Just think how great we will be looking when we finish this, and then give our minds time to catch up with our "hot" bods!!!
Penny, I hear ya! That's what I did, kept looking at that before pic and vowing I would never ever go back there! I'm also so excited to see how this 'new' bod of mine is going to turn out, and by all signs so far it is looking good. Just had a temporary melt-down! How fab did you look at your wedding! So glad it all went so well!

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Vee

Mette · #**783** 01-10-2008, 08:18

I'm sure we'll still be around the same at the end of the week. TOM has just disappeared for me, and as you say, yours is just approaching. There will be losses all round! I'm glad you guys decided to go out! Makes it a bit more exciting. I don't think we have a cohens friendly restaurant around here...
And I agree: housework can wait!

drexyl · #**784** 01-10-2008, 10:32

Hey Vee,
You're doing an awesome job lovely! Wish I had half the resolve you do!
Must be nice in the 70's.........

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You rock gorge!

Love from me xo

Annabelle Joy · #**785** 01-10-2008, 14:30

It's so lovely to go out and have someone else cook your meal for a change, Vee. Great idea. Yes, housework can wait.

AJ

thenewvee · #**786** 02-10-2008, 06:45

This morning the scales couldn't make up their mind what I weighed. It swung between 2 figures with a 700g difference, so I'll leave it for today and see what tomorrow brings. Not much else to report. Life goes on as usual!

Thanks for your visit Mette, Drexyl and AJ! Always lovely to see you!

Vee

louise41 · #**787** 02-10-2008, 07:27

Vee I had a morning where my scales were very inconsistent and I discovered that the scales were sitting on a button!

thenewvee · #**788** 02-10-2008, 13:22

Thanks Louise, I did check if the scales were on the floor properly etc and moved it around a bit, only to find nothing. Still different ranges. I think that perhaps the batteries may be starting to be depleted, so will have to get some spare ones for when it does happen.

Vee

katiefrank70 · #**789** 02-10-2008, 14:34

Hi Vee

Thanks for your kind words in my diary. Meant a lot to me.

Just catching up with your diary, seems like your scales are messing with your mind. Show them the bin, and tell them that's where they are going if they don't behave

Don't worry about that little old 400gm rise. A couple of pees should fix that up. You are doing so well.

Sounds lovely having someone else cook ya meal.

Happy losing.

Katie

thenewvee · #**790** 03-10-2008, 06:57

I've lost track of weeks and days, will have to look it up, it is either wk 30 or 31.

Anyway, feeling rather disheartened this morning. Checked the scales over, made sure batteries etc were all good and the result was 78.3, which means a 800g loss for the week. I know, it is a loss etc, but last week was only a 500g loss for the week. The reason I feel disheartened is because I've been struggling a fair bit this week and yet I've managed, somehow, to stay strong and stick to the program, and the results don't seem to reflect the commitment.

Hopefully now that I've said it and got it out of my system, things will keep moving on down, as I know that is all that can happen if I stick to the program. All I can say is that this fat is sure being super resistant!

I definitely take my hat off to AJ for staying so strong and persistent during the course of her journey, as she experienced this for much of her journey! You are a great role model AJ and thanks for persisting as it helps give me the strength to do it to!

Nice to see you Katie! You are doing so great yourself!

Vee

louise41 · #**791** 03-10-2008, 07:32

Hi Vee, I know how you are feeling I had 2 weeks like that - under 1kgs then the next week was !.2kgs. Its hard to know why some weeks are so different to others. I just try and keep the faith that my discipline will pay off in the long run! I had a problem with my scales a while back, I ended up ditching them a getting a new pair, after that no more problems.
have a great day!

Mette · #**792** 03-10-2008, 08:03

I've had a week with no loss and a week with only 500 grams. It sucks when it happens, and I wish there was a proper explanation for it. The scales will start moving again, though. Stay strong and keep smiling, pretty lady! It will start moving again!

newcel · #**793** 03-10-2008, 09:11

Hi Vee,

Ha that's pretty weird about the scales tipping sooo much. it seems like everyone weighs themselves daily. i dont even have scales, is this bad.. I just look forward to going to the gym (or my first weigh in, soon)!!!
yay. Great to see your diary Vee!!!!

!!!!xoxox

thenewvee · #**794** 03-10-2008, 21:04

Thanks Louise, Mette and Newcel! Your positive and encouraging words are a real balm.

I made the mistake of reading the latest deviation thread, and I have to say it is very upsetting and I find it has really brought me down. There is so much negativity and it just seems to be such a negative slinging match. AJ coined it with saying it made her uncomfortable, as it definitely did that for me too and I just find it all very sad. The timing of it all really sucks as I've been struggling as it was already for the last week, and this just about broke me.

As a result, I'm staying right away from all that negativity, as I don't need it and I don't want it. There have been some great people who have left the forum, partly because of this unpleasantness, and that makes me sad too! They were great supporters and helpers on here. (Bye Jeannie and Stoddy! You will be sorely missed!)

I wonder if this forum will ever be the same!

Vee

Mette · #**795** 03-10-2008, 21:17

We will get the forum back, Vee. Just stay out of that thread. It's just tempers flaring, and the lack of control that many of us have felt to some degree or another has just boiled over a bit. What really matters are the experiences and the support and the encouragement that we all still share. That's not going to change, at least not for me. Once everyone calms down and gets some distance, everything will return to normal.
Be kind to yourself, pretty lady, get lots of rest, and enjoy the long weekend! Stay strong and keep smiling! You and me are going to race to refeed together!

thenewvee · #**796** 03-10-2008, 21:23

Thanks Mette!
You are a gem, and I'm sure you are right!

Vee

thenewvee · #**797** 04-10-2008, 07:40

I don't fully understand what's going on with me at the moment. I got on the scales this morning and I'm up almost a kg to 79.1kgs!!!!! Arrrggghhh!!!!!! I feel so FRUSTRATED!!!
Yes, I know that TOM is due to arrive anytime now and that I will retain some fluid, but it has never been this much. Yes I know I did not sleep well last night, was awake from 2.30am onwards so just lay there and dozed occasionally.
While I know these are all not conducive to dropping the weight, I still feel incredibly frustrated, especially as I've been struggling so much and yet I've still stuck to the program 100%!!!

Thanks to the foresight I've gained on this forum, I will soldier on none-the-less, as I know that eventually it must come down to reflect the sticking to the program. It's just in the meantime the headspace takes such a battering!

I can see that I have grown and changed a lot of my old habits by doing this program, as previously this kind of weight yo-yoing would have sent me into fits of eating everything just to prove that it didn't work!

Looking at it from the positive aspects (another thing that has changed and that I can actually do) is that I'm now wearing size 14 pants and tops and I look much slimmer than I did at this weight previously. I still struggle with my stresses and I know that too affects my weight loss.

It's at times like these (when feeling so frustrated) that I know to just focus on one minute at a time, and plan, plan plan my meals and be organised. That has helped me so much to stay on track. And of course implementing new strategies to replace the old ones has been major for me too!

Well, I'm not giving up this battle, I've fought so hard to come this far, so it is onwards for me.

I hope everyone else is having an easier time of it!

Vee

Stoddy · #**798** 04-10-2008, 07:40

Hi Vee

Just wanted to drop in and say Hi. I hope the forum finds that happy positive place it used to be and we all use to love.

Haha .. look .. I have been gone 2 days and already dropped back to say hi .. I had to see how a couple of you were doing. I have been lurking for the last few weeks .. just never posted but did keep up with the little group of us that had been such great support to each other over the last 5 months since I began.

As you probably read .. I will be finished in .. oh less than 3 weeks now and I am a bit excited about it ... just in time to go to Singapore !!

Anyway .. will catch ya on MSN occasionally ... Thanks for all your support over the time and keep up the good work my dear ... I can't wait to see the final Vee product !!

Take care
Stoddy
xx

polly · #**799** 04-10-2008, 08:07

Hi Vee

i looked at your pictures and you look fantastic! I'm sure is it just a case of waiting now for your body to adjust before it starts losing weight again. You know it will happen with time because of how you are eating. And well done for sticking to it.

I was also a bit disturbed by the deviation thread, however there are lots of new people joining who are thinking positively and who value your support and input. I think this will pass into cohen's history. Don't let it spoil your enjoyment of the forum.

katiefrank70 · #**800** 04-10-2008, 10:40

Hi Vee

Sorry to hear you are having a tough time of it right now. Hang in there. You are probably in for a super dooper drop anytime soon. My thoughts is that you must have maintained this weight for a bit sometime in the past. If ya need a good laugh, go see the movie Mamma Mia. That will help giggle the body into motion.

About that thread. I'm glad to see Asy finally closed it. Now if only she had hit the delete on it too. A lot of new people are going to read it and be put off it by that. And this being such the wonderful forum it is, that kind of thing just doesn't do it justice.

Don't give up. You will get there. I promise ((((((vee)))))) cya in the comp.

Take care

Katie