Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[oesdog]

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Oesdog - IS short for OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG - I rescue Old english sheepdogs that have been badly treated. The one in my pic is Murphy he is my current project! I have had 3 the other 2 have died. Also I am English NOT Irish - so it is kind of fitting cause I am an old English myself!

here is my murphy. He was locked in a shed for 18 months and only excersized by being made to chase a 4x4. When I got him he was not socialized , had NO lead training. Was food agressive and he never even had a blanket toy or bowl of his own.

Oesdog

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Yeah, not being able to find clothes that make you feel womanly and beautiful really sucks.

Someone told me the other day "If you didn't have swimmer's shoulders you'd have the body of a boy".... and it's like... wow, thanks? Last I checked the stuff between my legs made it so I didn't have the body of the boy. Oh yeah, that and the things I use to get free drinks at bars. But then I look in the mirror sometimes with the clothes in the shops and.... size 6 is a size 0 (it says size 2 online but it is SO not, vanity sizes have changed) and sometimes I don't fit into it. I have to ask for a 4. They usually don't have it. I'm lucky if they have a 6. Sometimes... embarassingly... I have to shop at little girls' shops. Do you know how humiliating it can be to figure out what clothing size you are in teenager? I'm sure you do.

Thank you SO MUCH for that!! It feels good to get support and kindness somewhere.

My DH ALWAYS takes awful photos of me. He doesn't understand angles at all. Even he can make ME look fat, so don't get put stock into the photos husbands take. They are notorious for being terrible at that.

Chocolate IS good for you! I have a piece of 75% covoteur truffle every night. My husband brought them for me from his trip to Melbourne. Good husband.

Just get good dark rich men...chocolate... sorry.. what? Just get good dark rich chocolate and it's REALLY filling for your needs. One square should melt away at the end of the night like a happy little day dream. It's how I used to treat myself when I was heavy into fitness.

 

[oesdog]

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Yeah, not being able to find clothes that make you feel womanly and beautiful really sucks.

Someone told me the other day "If you didn't have swimmer's shoulders you'd have the body of a boy".... and it's like... wow, thanks? Last I checked the stuff between my legs made it so I didn't have the body of the boy. Oh yeah, that and the things I use to get free drinks at bars. But then I look in the mirror sometimes with the clothes in the shops and.... size 6 is a size 0 (it says size 2 online but it is SO not, vanity sizes have changed) and sometimes I don't fit into it. I have to ask for a 4. They usually don't have it. I'm lucky if they have a 6. Sometimes... embarassingly... I have to shop at little girls' shops. Do you know how humiliating it can be to figure out what clothing size you are in teenager? I'm sure you do.

Thank you SO MUCH for that!! It feels good to get support and kindness somewhere.

My DH ALWAYS takes awful photos of me. He doesn't understand angles at all. Even he can make ME look fat, so don't get put stock into the photos husbands take. They are notorious for being terrible at that.

Chocolate IS good for you! I have a piece of 75% covoteur truffle every night. My husband brought them for me from his trip to Melbourne. Good husband.

Just get good dark rich men...chocolate... sorry.. what? Just get good dark rich chocolate and it's REALLY filling for your needs. One square should melt away at the end of the night like a happy little day dream. It's how I used to treat myself when I was heavy into fitness.

Yes I do know what its like to look for clothes in the childrens stores. - My sister is 4 foot 8 inches and very tiny. She would always shop at Mothercare and they did clothes up to age 10yrs. Its all she could get to fit her. I was a bit bigger and got clothes in teenage sizes. - She was happy because she didn;t get Taxed on clothes for kids and was shopping in those stores for years!!!!!! Yes its embarassing and folk say awful stuff. My mother used to say I should shop at the outsize store! As a kid I never realised what she meant but cause my sister was so tiny my mother always made me out to be really FAT but in reality I was only 9 and a half stone. I think that kind of stuff started my balleamia off. As a teenager of 17 yrs I dropped from 9 and a half stone down to 6 in 3 weeks would you believe. Yes it was hard to get clothes to fit me. I had the last laugh though when a policeman found my sister in town and threw her in his police car and took her "back to school" - he was sure she was supposed to be at school cause she was so tiny. Infact she was 19 yrs old and was on her lunch break from her work!!!!! NOw that is embarassing!!!!

Oesdog

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Yeah, not being able to find clothes that make you feel womanly and beautiful really sucks.

Someone told me the other day "If you didn't have swimmer's shoulders you'd have the body of a boy".... and it's like... wow, thanks? Last I checked the stuff between my legs made it so I didn't have the body of the boy. Oh yeah, that and the things I use to get free drinks at bars. But then I look in the mirror sometimes with the clothes in the shops and.... size 6 is a size 0 (it says size 2 online but it is SO not, vanity sizes have changed) and sometimes I don't fit into it. I have to ask for a 4. They usually don't have it. I'm lucky if they have a 6. Sometimes... embarassingly... I have to shop at little girls' shops. Do you know how humiliating it can be to figure out what clothing size you are in teenager? I'm sure you do.

Thank you SO MUCH for that!! It feels good to get support and kindness somewhere.

My DH ALWAYS takes awful photos of me. He doesn't understand angles at all. Even he can make ME look fat, so don't get put stock into the photos husbands take. They are notorious for being terrible at that.

Chocolate IS good for you! I have a piece of 75% covoteur truffle every night. My husband brought them for me from his trip to Melbourne. Good husband.

Just get good dark rich men...chocolate... sorry.. what? Just get good dark rich chocolate and it's REALLY filling for your needs. One square should melt away at the end of the night like a happy little day dream. It's how I used to treat myself when I was heavy into fitness.

Yes I do know what its like to look for clothes in the childrens stores. - My sister is 4 foot 8 inches and very tiny. She would always shop at Mothercare and they did clothes up to age 10yrs. Its all she could get to fit her. I was a bit bigger and got clothes in teenage sizes. - She was happy because she didn;t get Taxed on clothes for kids and was shopping in those stores for years!!!!!! Yes its embarassing and folk say awful stuff. My mother used to say I should shop at the outsize store! As a kid I never realised what she meant but cause my sister was so tiny my mother always made me out to be really FAT but in reality I was only 9 and a half stone. I think that kind of stuff started my balleamia off. As a teenager of 17 yrs I dropped from 9 and a half stone down to 6 in 3 weeks would you believe. Yes it was hard to get clothes to fit me. I had the last laugh though when a policeman found my sister in town and threw her in his police car and took her "back to school" - he was sure she was supposed to be at school cause she was so tiny. Infact she was 19 yrs old and was on her lunch break from her work!!!!! NOw that is embarassing!!!!

Oesdog

Awww

. I'm so sorry your mother pointed out your "faults" out like that. It's not fair when other people need to make themselves feel better by hurting others. You don't know a thing about the person you're mocking, most of the time, you don't know how they cry behind closed doors at your words. If nobody has hurt you, why hurt them? Emotionally or otherwise? I simply don't understand people's motivations to say the things they do - nobody fat nor thin deserves it. Nobody deserves to have a very personal thing, their body, criticised and judged publicly by society.

My mother and I were in the car and she said to me "Look how fat that woman is! She looks proud too!" and I got angry, I said, "Good for her! It's about time a woman of that size is proud of herself and thinks she's beautiful." My mother was upset, "You'd think she'd at least care enough to lose weight or not be proud of it." And I just got angry, "Who are you to say? She's a woman who's name you don't even know who's happy and proud to be alive. If you want her to feel shame and humiliation, that's up to you - but I won't have it in my car."

And my mother wonders why I never call her... hahaha.

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

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Oesdog - IS short for OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG - I rescue Old english sheepdogs that have been badly treated. The one in my pic is Murphy he is my current project! I have had 3 the other 2 have died. Also I am English NOT Irish - so it is kind of fitting cause I am an old English myself!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/59801_bob_new_010.jpg here is my murphy. He was locked in a shed for 18 months and only excersized by being made to chase a 4x4. When I got him he was not socialized , had NO lead training. Was food agressive and he never even had a blanket toy or bowl of his own.

Oesdog

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uh, duh ... thanks. beautiful dog there.

 

[oesdog]

Ok - got up feeling so good cause I was soooo good while away. There were loads of fatty foods and lovely stuff.
I ate - this is honestly - a small portion of natural Yogurt each morning - with a little drop of syrup on the top

For lunch I ate everyday salad ( basic tomato, lettice and cucumber) With some fish which was either boiled or grilled. Sometimes with a sauce.
I ate the same for my evening meal with a small bowl of rice pudding with cinemon on top! - nothing after that at all!!!!!!! I mean NOTHING Till the next day!!!

I ate one Ice cream one afternoon and it was just one small scoop. I ate one scoop of vanilla Ice cream instead if rice one night.

I excersized EVERYDAY and I walked for miles.

I was even really sick one day and didn;t eat anything at all????????

I drank water most of the time or a small glass of wine. When I got home I felt so darn pleased with myself because I actually felt thiner and expected to see a loss of 4 lbs at least.

However girls I did the darn weigh in and I am back to the start - I mean right back I gained two lbs???????????
I could have had a great time gorbing all those lovely cream cakes and high fat dishes. I could have had platefulls of chips and all that but I was good darn it I didn;t even have any cheese on my salad. Not one pototo all week - nothing!!!!!!!!

HOw can this happen!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME OUT HERE I FEEL SO BAD

Oesdog - I felt I brought home less of me

I am just a FAT

Its week whatever and I am back to the start !!!!!!!!!!

 

[oesdog]

Ok - got up feeling so good cause I was soooo good while away. There were loads of fatty foods and lovely stuff.
I ate - this is honestly - a small portion of natural Yogurt each morning - with a little drop of syrup on the top

For lunch I ate everyday salad ( basic tomato, lettuce and cucumber) With some fish which was either boiled or grilled. Sometimes with a sauce.
I ate the same for my evening meal with a small bowl of rice pudding with cinnamon on top! - nothing after that at all!!!!!!! I mean NOTHING Till the next day!!!

I ate one Ice cream one afternoon and it was just one small scoop. I ate one scoop of vanilla Ice cream instead if rice one night.

I excersized EVERYDAY and I walked for miles.

I was even really sick one day and didn;t eat anything at all????????

I drank water most of the time or a small glass of wine. When I got home I felt so darn pleased with myself because I actually felt thiner and expected to see a loss of 4 lbs at least.

However girls I did the darn weigh in and I am back to the start - I mean right back I gained two lbs???????????
I could have had a great time gorbing all those lovely cream cakes and high fat dishes. I could have had platefulls of chips and all that but I was good darn it I didn;t even have any cheese on my salad. Not one potato all week - nothing!!!!!!!!

How can this happen!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME OUT HERE I FEEL SO BAD

Oesdog - I felt I brought home less of me

I am just a FAT

Its week whatever and I am back to the start !!!!!!!!!!

 

[elizabethbinary]

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butbutbutbut see that day you didn't eat anything? You probably ended up retaining water from that and you can totally gain temporary weight up to like FIVE pounds of that. So like... you shouldn't count it! >_>

I mean.. I know it it sucks.

It must be hard to make so much effort and not see results. I'd bet my bottom dollar it was just a body hiccup though and you'll drop in no time! I'll give you all my spare good vibes I have lying around!!! *goodvibes* Heehee.

 

[wildorchid053]

i am thinking how wonderful peeps are coming out of the closet.. oesdog you are probably retaining water just like elizabeth said. i ate a piece of beef jerky and put on two pounds of water weight! it was so salty. so just keep at it and drink more water to flush it out.. and elizabeth i feel for you.. shopping in a little girls department is the same as my daughter.. she is barely 5' and wears a size 4 shoe. they don't make high heels for that size and she has such a tiny top .. ( pretty much flat) that she can hardly find anything to wear. she has a tiny waist and a great figure but it is really hard for her.. she has the same jean size she wore in 8th grade. she is also 32 yrs old lol.. my mom is the same as her.. tiny. good old genetics . even in high school all she could ever eat was 1/2 a sandwich and a drink.. her tummy just doesn't hold alot of food. she eats all day long..i used to give her stuff to snack on in her pockets so she could sneak a bite in class. i hope you stay healthy young lady and can get some weight back on your body. now for me.. i am so heavy i could give you some weight. i would gladly donate it if i could.. i am working on it though and i have lost a total of 13 lbs.. yeaaaaaa me.. good luck on the weigh-ins today!!!!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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What EB said, AND...I know this sounds counter-productive, but you might not be eating ENOUGH...you need to add in a couple of small healthy snacks in there somewhere. That's one thing that I learned from weight watchers, if I don't eat enough, I don't lose either...
And, the day you ate nothing, your metabolism went down the toilet, so your body hold onto EVERYTHING you eat for a bit after that. The key is to stick with it!! Don't give up now, you've come so far!!!!!!!