Marge

building. One or two of my friends is in trouble. The worst thing about living here. Don’t ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. No man is an island…I came on here to record my food intake for yesterday. Seems so unimportant now. But if I don’t keep up my eating plan and my exercise the next ambulance could be for me. I am lucky my diseases can be handled by diet and exercise. So here it is. B- 1/2 banana, skim milk. Sn.- pear. L.-broccoli c light cheese, salad. Sn.-apple D.- 1 c. veg. soup, 2 sl rye bread, 4 oz. baked fish. Sn. 3/4 c. yogurt. Too much fruit, but blood sugar was still super.118. Take care and don’t let the monsters get you tonight, INCLUDING the sugar monster. Have fun. Marge

Hope things are getting better in California. This is going to be a hungry day! When I wake, if I am hungry immediately, I know it will be one of those days. Getting busy to distract myself. Yesterdays facing the truth about one of the problems in my life that I feel so helpless about has made me blue. Going outside to enjoy the sun and the wind on my face. TGIF. I will have lots of company and they will use my computer …. a few things I would not like to have pop up in their face. Take care buddies and have a super weekend. And Slim dude, go ahead, live each day as though it were your last. We only get one day at a time. ENJOY each one. Love, Marge

I am closer to her then anyone else, especially as we get older. We talk on the phone several times a day and see each other at least once a week. Something is going on with her eating patterns and I am really worried about her. She has been a vegan for over ten years, since her husband had bypass surgery. At the present time she weighs 105 pounds at 5′6″ and her husband weighs  155 at 6′ 3″. She tells me she eats a lot of food, but when I ask what she has eaten, she says we haven’t yet. It will be 4:30 pm and she will tell me her husband is peeling and dicing the veggies for dinner. They have just had coffee several times and she has been too busy to eat. They walk several miles daily. Than she is so tired he does all the housework while she lies down. She can hardly pick up the heavy pots and pans I cook with. She counts every gram of fat they consume. She eats no fruits or veggies except white potatoes, peeled, carrots, peeled and overcooked and zucchini, peeled and seeded. She went to the Dr. yesterday and she said she weighed the same. I asked her what she wore and she said boots, jacket and some heavy things in her pockets. She didn’t want him to fuss at her. He wants to do a bone density test. She is already taking massive doses of Vit. D.( by Rx). She wears a minimizer bra, why? She doesn’t like the way clothes hang on her. I think she is in big trouble and can’t think of a way to help her. She thinks all this is rational. She has nausea and thinks it is something she ate. I think it is lack of food and too much coffee. The Dr. warned her she will be in a nursing home from bones cracking in her spine or hip. The Rx. she will have to take is an inhaler based on chemicals from salmon. She asked me if I would take it. SURE. But I eat salmon a couple of times a week. Does she have anorexia? I think of that as a youner persons’ disease and she is 69. She is a lot of fun to be around and I can hardly stand what is happening to her. Yes, she did have a weight problem years and years ago, but what makes us go over the edge to the flip side? Enough whining already. I just wish I could help her. Take care and have a great weekend! Hugs, Marge

I certainly didn’t expect to lose weight. I guess my better habits caught up with me. The noshing on handfuls of this or that is becoming a habit of the past. Suddenly the clothing problem is getting serious. I need to sit at the sewing machine and take tucks and darts in nearly everything I own. I wear my clothing loose, but this is too much. I turn over in bed and my nightgown doesn’t turn with me. There are a few things in the back of my closet that fit now. More fun then a shopping trip. I wonder why my body took such a long time to SHOW the results of the weight loss? I love it!! But since I love the tunics and skirts I am wearing I intend to alter them to fit and stop falling off my shoulders. My dresses that were mid-calf are now to my shoes. This is the greatest feeling, I FEEL lighter, too. All the many colored fruits and veggies, the water, the senior vitamin I take each day. Now if I can try harder not to injure myself…. Looks like super days ahead. Except I need your prayers for Allison(my daughter in law) After only a couple of weeks of remission, a new mass has shown up in her brain. Small but chemo starts again today. Please give Allison strength to endure this new trial and the family strength to stand by her side. We are all in this together. Thank you, buddies. And have a wonderful week! Love, Marge

on a couple of weeks and there was much yelling of “MOM”!! Get thee to a Dr. It was pretty bad looking, purple, navy blue, blue and they said black. I went to the E R this morning, before coffee even, and it is a very bad soft tissue injury and I need to keep it elevated. I had already done that the first week but I thought that was no longer necessary. No broken bones, no infection. So I have to stay in my room, in the bed, except for grabbing something to eat and BR breaks. I am so bored and will soon be more bored. But lucky I got off that easy with the paralasis and diabetes. Have a great week and exercise some for me, PLEASE. Behave yourselves. Love, Marge

For me weighing everyday can be so frustrating. Even every week. I think this once a month keeps me more honest with my food and workouts. Also reading a note on Dr. Marc’s Celebrity Docs. It seems we are really good at under estimating the amount we eat and over estimating the exercise we record. Why does that not surprise me? Now I keep my pad and pen in plain sight or in my purse. We are believed to be off by as much as 400 cals. per day. You know, a plum here, a handful of pretzels there. Not bad food, just not recorded. When that 1200 cals per day turns into 1600 cals. per day, we are at maintaining, not losing. Time for my HAPPY DANCE and I think I will wait for the peanut butter until I can afford it, calorie wise. Have a super day! Stay on plan and exercise your booties off. Thanks for all your help and hugs. Love ya, Buddies, Marge

I have really been on plan, but I hate the dreaded scales. My clothing seems a little loose, but my weight has fooled me before. But lose, gain or stay the same it has been a good month. I have been out to spin almost every day and have exercised in one way or another every day. Aches and pains are still there, but easier to put up with. Hey, I’m old! I am lucky to be able to feel anything. A lot of my parts don’t work and what works, hurts. Just kidding, sort of. No, I do feel better, a lot better then I did 6 months ago. Actually I crave my veggies, and fruit is better then any dessert I have eaten. Once you get away from the sweets (and stay away) the silly sugar cravings go and don’t come back. I have read so many blogs today I am dizzy. So many people striving for a common goal. Proud of you, Buddies. And thanks again Dr. Marc for giving us a place to get together. Take care and see you tomorrow! Hugs, Marge

He also told the Dr. I was losing weight, but my I was getting super hearing. He said I could hear him eating a banana three rooms away and would say. “Are you eating again?” Probably the truth. It seemed to me he was eating all the time and I was SOOOO hungry! That was the beggining of my weight loss saga 25 years ago. After I had lost 130 pounds, everyone told me I looked so old and so tired and I gained back 30 lbs. Now I would say SO WHAT? I am a lot stronger in my own opinions now, and maybe a little meaner. We lose a lot of confidence when we gain weight. Or at least I did. But I am living life the way I want to now. Have a great week Buddies. I wish I knew how to get this silly picture off here, but my nephew is ill and I am computer stupid. Stay on plan. I weigh 11th and am afraid to get on those scales. Hugs, Marge

Guess the age and circumstances? I am 20 years old and just divorced my first husband and given birth to third son, getting ready to marry Ed the following day.Look how slim I was. But then life grabs you, pounds you around a little and spits you out again. Somehow in all the confusion we grow older and the sweet innocent look on our face is gone forever. From then on we just look bemused and a little puzzled. We can learn a lot from life. but not always something we want to learn, great lessons anyway. Hope you have a great weekend and here comes your first lesson. NEVER GIVE UP!! Love, Marge

wheeling around the apartment with one leg straight out dusting all the high places. I forgot with all the hassle with my foot that the manager was making an inspection with the bank that is going to finance some improvements in our apartments. I wanted everything spotless, of course. I have found a cordless vacuum that I love. No more getting tangled in the cord. But it is hard holding your leg in the air while you clean ….ought to count a few minutes on my exercise journal, right? I am starting fresh this morning. Took “spin” yesterday as soon as I could get my shoe on. Been out this morning and IT FELT SO GOOD!! I see some new members and have missed my buddies, too. Let’s make this a great week and stay on plan. Never give up. Hugs, Marge