Posted by Pam T on 7/10/2009, 8:16 am |
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!
Posted by Yvonne
on 7/14/2009, 12:33 pm, in reply to "Today...."
68.197.232.XHi, Pam:
Reading your post has made me believe that fitness can be a reality and not just a temporary condition that will deteriorate back to where I am now.
Thank you again for your insight, support and being a positive role model for me and many others on this Board.
Good luck with your future surgery. I WANT SOME PICTURES!!!
- Pam
Posted by Carol on 7/11/2009, 11:37 am, in reply to "Today...."
97.96.124.XI am so happy and also proud of YOU!!!
Yeah Pam!!!!
Like Molly I attribute my success on Cambridge from you.As well as people like Yvonne and Molly and the support of this board. - Carol
Posted by Pam T on 7/11/2009, 10:20 pm, in reply to "Pam"
97.117.58.Xwe would all be lost without you here. I appreciate everything you and all our friends here contribute to this group each day. I never ceases to amaze me how caring and generous everyone here is with each other. It's a beautiful thing! - Re: Carol
Posted by Yvonne
on 7/15/2009, 11:27 am, in reply to "Carol"
68.197.232.XI'll second that!! - Newbie
Posted by Suzanne
on 7/11/2009, 9:30 am, in reply to "Today...."
71.90.28.XHi Pam,
Over the last couple weeks i've visited this site in anticipation of maybe starting Cambridge... I'd considered Medifast (too expensive), Weight Watchers (for a 4th time!), Nutrisystem, Clean Eating... but I just can't think about food being prepared for 6 meals a day taking over my life. I don't remember how I found cambridge but remembered it from my teens and know I tried it, I remember mixing it in my diet coke!! I could actually remember the taste of it!
So after weighing my options, no pun intended, I ordered a 30 day FFL kit Thursday... it will be here on Tuesday and I'm so ready to stop letting food rule my life. After 23 years of marriage and raising 2 girls, I'm living alone for the first time in my life, so I have NO EXCUSES because I no longer have to prepare meals for others. I've tried reducing my calories/fat but my issue is always portion control and when you've gained and lost the same 80# over and over and hit that certain age your body just laughs at your attempts!
So I'm nervously excited about starting Cambridge on Wednesday. I'd like to come here and get support from others who are on the plan or maintaining so I'm grateful for your commitment to keep it updated.
I'm currently 224#, 5'7" so I could easily lose 70# and still be a healthy weight. Reading how so many of you have done it, I know i can too.
Again thanks for "being there" even though we've never met, I feel like there's a community I belong to and appreciate you and your bloggers.
- Welcome to the board Suzanne!
Posted by Pam T on 7/11/2009, 10:18 pm, in reply to "Newbie"
97.117.58.XWe love out newbies! Your story is like so many I hear...and even lived myself. This struggle to grasp the concept of living a healthy life is something that challenges us all no matter what our circumstances may be. Rich, poor, married, divorced, it makes no difference. For some reason this equalizes all who suffer from it and makes us connected with a common goal. I can promise you that if you make up your mind to stick to this, you will be rewarded more then you can imagine. Look at this as a life changing event and commit to leaving your old thinking and habits and behaviors behind. From this point on you are going to be living life as a slim healthy person and that includes losing the weight, but also increasing your activity level and pursuing a healthy lifestyle. We are here for you! You're not doing this alone.
- Re: Welcome to the board Suzanne!
Posted by Shaun on 7/17/2009, 3:11 am, in reply to "Welcome to the board Suzanne!"
114.128.177.XYou put that across very nicely, Pam. Thanks. - Suzanne
Posted by Carol on 7/11/2009, 11:42 am, in reply to "Newbie"
97.96.124.XWelcome and best wishes on your weight loss journey.
YOU can do it!
Keep believing in Suzanne! - Pam.....
Posted by Molly
on 7/10/2009, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Today...."
76.176.6.XI'm so happy for you!!!! I know you've got to feel so incredible. (new knee's too)
I too am getting really close to my ultimate goal. I haven't made an appt. with the surgeon yet....but very tempted I must admit
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You always have a way of inspiring me....and I give you so much credit for my success with Cambridge. You have always been here and it has helped me and so many others immensely. Thank you , thank you, thank you!!! It will be three years in October that the weight has stayed off. Those statistics are pretty great.
Pam...you deserve all the happiness in the world.
Congratulations!!!!!!! - Molly
Posted by Carol on 7/11/2009, 12:10 pm, in reply to "Pam....."
97.96.124.XIt has been wonderful having you here on the board!
Crossing the finish line and being in maintenance together is something that I will never forget!
It's hard to believe that it has been 3 years!
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Thanks Molly
Posted by Pam T on 7/11/2009, 8:29 am, in reply to "Pam....."
97.117.58.XYou certainly have defied the odds! 3 years of maintenance pretty much makes you officially thin I think! lol!
You know..they have medical financing for plastic surgery. I am not one for getting in to debt, but this is the only body I've got and it's not getting any younger. I think sometimes you have to do things just for the purpose of bringing happiness and peace to your life. I know that I don't want to spend the rest of my time here on earth wishing I had done something about it. The past 8 years of wishing have been long enough. Why waste any more of my "younger" years not feeling at my best? I'm going to go meet with him and see what the damage will be, try to figure out how to get the time needed to recover, and go for it! I know underneath the fluff I am very fit and toned. I want to see it in the mirror and rid myself of all obvious memory of my old sick life. It's a gamble, and I'm not a gambler, but I think it's worth it. - Tears of Joy!!
Posted by Nonie on 7/10/2009, 8:54 am, in reply to "Today...."
72.36.16.XPam, I can't describe how happy I am for you. I am actually shedding tears of joy for you. Yesterday was a bad day in two ways,,,I found out a very close relitive has advanced cancer. That makes 4 people in my family that (unless God chooses to give us a miracle) will not be here on earth a year from now. I broke down and ate stuff with sugar. I am back on track today,,,more so after reading your post Pam. Thank you. Please send a picture.
- So sorry Nonie
Posted by Pam T on 7/10/2009, 12:25 pm, in reply to "Tears of Joy!!"
97.117.58.XHow devastating to be facing so many losses. Don't worry about yesterday. It's over. Today is what counts and you've got that under control.
I will update pics as soon as I can get Kim to take them and Jason to put them up. Not too worried about Kim's part since she has a new camera that she likes to play with. Jason is another story. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do anything on the website myself. I will take some pics this weekend and just put them here on the board for now.