Wednesday Weigh In

Blech !  170 and my pants are getting really tight.  No more pretending it's water weight !

Since the start August 4th 2011 Ive lost and gained. not much maybe 8 pounds, 2 weeks ago was still at 121 up from 117 Im usually 125 though.. Im gonna say Ive lost maybe 5 pounds since thursday's treatment seeing as I cant taste anything I pick at food and ya snacks LOL but can only get down a little at a time..... :-(  One more to go Nov 17th then down for about 8 days or so, then Im good to GO EAT!!!!!! Bring on the Cabbage rolls, Lasagna, Speghetti, and all the other fattening foods I can get LOL

Same as last week.  Grrr.

Happy began weight watchers on Oct. 5th, and got weighed in yesterday, and have lost a total of 7 lbs in 3 days shy of 1 month................considering I have to lose a "small toddler", that isn't a biggy, but at least I'm on my way................................yea

Hey Patoo, Maybe if you rub elbows with Ducky some of that weight loss magic will rub off. Here
you go >< That's a virtual elbow bump. I just made it up, but hope it works!

Natsfan, Hope you're feeling better today. How's Mikey doing :-)

Patoo..............this is a real pain in the ass...........I'm 76, on Femara, and need to lose a small toddler..................you know this is going to be an uphill battle...........I'm only doing this so I can cut down on my estrogen levels.......................I am ER+, PR+, so every bit of blubber I have on this body works against me..............I thought, I'm taking this Femara crap, somedays feeling like a truck ran over me, and what are we doing "trying to stop the estrogen"................well if I'm gonna suffer through this Femara, I may as well do something "constructive" to help  myself further..........................when I think back to when my husband would say "you really need to lose weight".......................but not that nicely.....hahaha.......he's dead now, not from my doing, although there were days I wanted to "kill" him...................I would think "nasty baStard"......................but he was right...........all my ailments, arthritis, bad knees, bad back, cancer, blood pressure, statin drugs................are a result of my "fat ass"................well I am going to try again....................oh whoa is me..............will let you know next wednesday.........I'm not going to get excited yet..........................hugs.

OK got on the scale and I think I am just 169.  Phew.  I don't wear my glasses when I am on the scale and I weigh myself right out of bed.  So, I could be cheating and still be 170.  But, I'm giving myself a little hope.  Anyway, feeling like I have remotivated myself regarding exercise.  Still eating like a horse but starting to write down what I eat and be honest about the portions I eat.  We'll see...

Down the 2 pounds I had gained a couple weeks ago from having too much fun and Halloween...now if only I can stay on the straight and narrow path!

Still not going anywhere!!!!! Why am I down (however little) every morning except Wednesday and Friday?????  Up 2 lbs from yesterday - this is getting tiring (but I continue to push on).

Down ½ pound . . . I'll take it. Still up 2.5 lbs from where I started, seems I've been chasing the same 3 lbs for weeks.

Ducky: Congrats on all the weight loss in spite of everything! I had the same reaction to Femara. Told my doc it felt like I'd been hit by a Mack truck! Doc switched me to Arimidex (first time he ever showed he had a heart). I handled that better, but 10 months into chemopause by body decided it wasn't time yet. So I'm now on Tamox and doing OK, not great but OK. Geez, I can't wait to go through mpause . . . again!

Natsfan: Great day on the scale! Sorry the surgery is taking such a toll. I know you know the value of taking it easy for awhile, but hope you're back on your feet soon and drain free today!

JFV: Sounds like you're grabbing the reins! Ruthbru: Way to go! Patoo and fmaki: Hang in there. Just getting on that scale every week takes guts and proves our fortitude. We're gonna win (lose?) eventually.

Hello, all.

Ruthbru, our exercise champion on the Arimidex SE thread, told me about your thread - so I'm lurking.  Had my regular 6 month check up at Dana Farber yesterday, and I've GAINED 10 pounds since I last got near a scale, think it was Julyish.  Full of excuses.  I'm on the A Team, take an antidepressant ( SSRI) and am lazy. Whew. I was gonna say lacking in discipline, but it's lazy.

I laughed with Ducky, and I'm holding on to about a 50 pound "toddler" - which I'd say is now about 5 years old!!!!!!!!!!  I live in a wonderfully rural community in western MA, spend all my time drawing, painting, reading - and have a beautiful dirt roads all around me, perfect for walking, hills, cows, organic farms. NO EXCUSES.  

SO, I plan to "lurk" with you folks for a while, and soak up inspiration to get my body moving.  Won't go into detail of how many times I've fallen on ice, or just tripped on air & messed up knees &ankles - really gotta get these muscles stronger.  Off to read your Exercise thread now.

Thanks for the INSPIRATION!   Sunflowers

Hi ladies,

May I join you, too? LOL

My onc just got on my case at my last visit about starting an exercise program and eating healthier.  Like Sunflowers, I have no excuse. 

I live in rural Illinois.  I'm on leave, right now, from my nursing job at a free clinic.