Re: JULIE ROSE U out there?

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ROSe you out there?!!!!?????

>I did a quick search of what I have here and didn't see anything else from

>you, lately at least.

>I have to admit that I don't get to read too many of these, I just don't

>have the time so they usually end up in the delete file.

>I'm just writing to offer a bit of encouragement and to see how you are

>doing.

>I suppose that by now things have turned around, at least I hope so.

>First of all, why did you buy that stupid scale? Don't you know that thing

>is your enemy? Oh you'll have to get on one from time to time (usually at

>the doctors office) but I would think they are to be avoided like lice.

>You should have saved the money for the new clothes that you probably need

>by now. :-)

>I wont bend your ear too much except to say this. Have FAITH. The program

>works. If you weren't sure of that you wouldn't have had it done.

>I happen to be a Christian and from time to time I hear people lament about

>how hard it is to have Faith, BUNK.

>Faith is a choice! YOU choose what you want to believe. It doesn't have to

>make sense to anyone else, faith is personal. The procedure works.

>My father used to tell me to believe nothing that you hear and only half

>what you see.

>How does this apply? Stay the course, the program WORKS. (Choose to BELIEVE

>it) In a while people around you will begin to notice. Some will be overly

>kind, some will act as if they don't notice, some will be jealous. Don't

>put too much stock in what ANY of them say. (nothing that you hear) Trust

>the program, IT WORKS. Their comments will only serve as a reminder that

>something is happening. " You don't need a weatherman to know which way the

>wind blows " (apologies to Bob Dylan)

>Stay off that scale, has that stupid thing, or any of its lesser kin EVER

>been nice to you in the past? Has it ever told you that you are a good

>person or that you have value? (When I get on them they usually say " Hey,

>one at a time " :-) )

>Remember, you are in a marathon, not a hundred yard dash. Stay the course,

>the Program Works.

>Hang in there , I have faith in you and the program.

>God Bless

>Jerry

>

> I gained in the third month???

>

>

>> Hi guys,

>>

>> I am sooooo depressed. My new, expensive scale finally arrived at my

>> doorstep. Its from Staples and will weigh anything up to 400lbs and cost

>> $129.00. Took me months to save up for it and now I want to throw it out

>the

>> window!!!

>>

>> I am three months out. I lost 27lbs before surgery, 25 the first month

>and

>> 19 the second. This morning when I weighed myself, it said I GAINED

>> 4.5lbs!!! I got on the phone pronto and made an appointment with my PCP's

>> nurse to get weighed Monday. (Cause I weigh so much they have to do the

>> hanging weight thingy with the scale, and cause they're so busy, I need an

>> appointment, just can't walk in!)

>>

>> I can't believe that I didn't lose anything and actually gained weight in

>my

>> third month. The scale is a postal/freight scale and should be accurate.

>> Could I have messed myself up that badly?

>>

>> My frame of mind is that I'm not on a diet, eat protein first veggies,

>carbs,

>> but a little of anything else is fine as long as it doesn't make me dump.

>So

>> far nothing has. I stopped keeping a food diary (big mistake) and fell

>into

>> the habit of eating late at nite again. But I didn't think I'd GAIN!

>Maybe

>> not lose alot, but GAIN???

>>

>> OK OK, breathe - breathe. If I did gain then I will use this as a life

>> lesson. I will start keeping a food diary again, and will cut my portions

>in

>> half. If I eat at nite it will only be fruit. I will start over and

>change

>> my mindset, reminding myself that my 'window' is only 12 to 18 months and

>now

>> I've blown one of them. I will not chastise myself anymore than I have

>been

>> doing, will wipe the slate clean and go on. I can and will overcome this

>> setback.

>>

>> After all I have started taking aerobics classes this week. My local

>> hospital is offering classes three times a week for one hour for three

>> months. Man is my back killing me, but I won't give it up! I know this

>will

>> build some muscle, (its only been a week) and I'm prepared for that.

>>

>> I wanted the scale so I could tell if I was on a plateau. That way I

>could

>> try and break it before I wasted a month cause I didn't know I had

>plateaued.

>> I could only weigh at my PCP's or at the hospital where I had surgery.

>>

>> So do any of you think I messed myself up that badly? I don't think I

>should

>> blame the scale, oh sure I'd like it if it were defective, but I think I'm

>> the one thats defective this time. OK OK, breathe -breathe.

>>

>> Hugs and Blessings,

>> Rose

>>

>>

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ROSe you out there?!!!!?????

>I did a quick search of what I have here and didn't see anything else from

>you, lately at least.

>I have to admit that I don't get to read too many of these, I just don't

>have the time so they usually end up in the delete file.

>I'm just writing to offer a bit of encouragement and to see how you are

>doing.

>I suppose that by now things have turned around, at least I hope so.

>First of all, why did you buy that stupid scale? Don't you know that thing

>is your enemy? Oh you'll have to get on one from time to time (usually at

>the doctors office) but I would think they are to be avoided like lice.

>You should have saved the money for the new clothes that you probably need

>by now. :-)

>I wont bend your ear too much except to say this. Have FAITH. The program

>works. If you weren't sure of that you wouldn't have had it done.

>I happen to be a Christian and from time to time I hear people lament about

>how hard it is to have Faith, BUNK.

>Faith is a choice! YOU choose what you want to believe. It doesn't have to

>make sense to anyone else, faith is personal. The procedure works.

>My father used to tell me to believe nothing that you hear and only half

>what you see.

>How does this apply? Stay the course, the program WORKS. (Choose to BELIEVE

>it) In a while people around you will begin to notice. Some will be overly

>kind, some will act as if they don't notice, some will be jealous. Don't

>put too much stock in what ANY of them say. (nothing that you hear) Trust

>the program, IT WORKS. Their comments will only serve as a reminder that

>something is happening. " You don't need a weatherman to know which way the

>wind blows " (apologies to Bob Dylan)

>Stay off that scale, has that stupid thing, or any of its lesser kin EVER

>been nice to you in the past? Has it ever told you that you are a good

>person or that you have value? (When I get on them they usually say " Hey,

>one at a time " :-) )

>Remember, you are in a marathon, not a hundred yard dash. Stay the course,

>the Program Works.

>Hang in there , I have faith in you and the program.

>God Bless

>Jerry

>

> I gained in the third month???

>

>

>> Hi guys,

>>

>> I am sooooo depressed. My new, expensive scale finally arrived at my

>> doorstep. Its from Staples and will weigh anything up to 400lbs and cost

>> $129.00. Took me months to save up for it and now I want to throw it out

>the

>> window!!!

>>

>> I am three months out. I lost 27lbs before surgery, 25 the first month

>and

>> 19 the second. This morning when I weighed myself, it said I GAINED

>> 4.5lbs!!! I got on the phone pronto and made an appointment with my PCP's

>> nurse to get weighed Monday. (Cause I weigh so much they have to do the

>> hanging weight thingy with the scale, and cause they're so busy, I need an

>> appointment, just can't walk in!)

>>

>> I can't believe that I didn't lose anything and actually gained weight in

>my

>> third month. The scale is a postal/freight scale and should be accurate.

>> Could I have messed myself up that badly?

>>

>> My frame of mind is that I'm not on a diet, eat protein first veggies,

>carbs,

>> but a little of anything else is fine as long as it doesn't make me dump.

>So

>> far nothing has. I stopped keeping a food diary (big mistake) and fell

>into

>> the habit of eating late at nite again. But I didn't think I'd GAIN!

>Maybe

>> not lose alot, but GAIN???

>>

>> OK OK, breathe - breathe. If I did gain then I will use this as a life

>> lesson. I will start keeping a food diary again, and will cut my portions

>in

>> half. If I eat at nite it will only be fruit. I will start over and

>change

>> my mindset, reminding myself that my 'window' is only 12 to 18 months and

>now

>> I've blown one of them. I will not chastise myself anymore than I have

>been

>> doing, will wipe the slate clean and go on. I can and will overcome this

>> setback.

>>

>> After all I have started taking aerobics classes this week. My local

>> hospital is offering classes three times a week for one hour for three

>> months. Man is my back killing me, but I won't give it up! I know this

>will

>> build some muscle, (its only been a week) and I'm prepared for that.

>>

>> I wanted the scale so I could tell if I was on a plateau. That way I

>could

>> try and break it before I wasted a month cause I didn't know I had

>plateaued.

>> I could only weigh at my PCP's or at the hospital where I had surgery.

>>

>> So do any of you think I messed myself up that badly? I don't think I

>should

>> blame the scale, oh sure I'd like it if it were defective, but I think I'm

>> the one thats defective this time. OK OK, breathe -breathe.

>>

>> Hugs and Blessings,

>> Rose

>>

>>