[sweet4jay]

OMG Girl! Of COURSE we're gonna stick by you! And you're gonna stick by US too! Right?!?! I am SO SO happy for you! You have worked SOOOO hard for this, & I KNOW you're gonna work JUST AS HARD for the rest of it!!!

You've really got a great head on your shoulders! You're just aMAZING!!!

[9reasons]

Miss Martini, you are dead right! You don't need that emotional 'shield' anymore. I read a book once about a knight in armor but it went all rusty on him and he found it very restrictive and was hardly able to move in the end, so it was the story of how he managed to get rid of the armor and be free again.... of course that is a metaphor for life... but it is similar to that onion!!!

This time is different for you, because this time you are ready!
When the weight goes this time, it will go for good, you simply don't need it any more, you are a strong confident woman girl and the best part is.... when you lose the weight, you won't look like Rosie O'Donnell any more!!!!! to that!!!!!!!!!

It is Monday morning over here, getting ready for Toastmasters, but I will catch up with you soon...no doubt!

[krisd32]

All I can say is Wow! I am speechless, so glad you have reached these milestones because noone is more deserving than you. To some, they may not mean much but to us that have been through this battle, they do. So glad you are doing so well and sorry I haven't checked in with you in a while. Keep up the good work.

[echowits]

Anissa,

Your success gives me such motivation. I really feel like your momentum and determination are helping me (and will help me) stay on my path.

You are such a wonderful person and you have worked so hard. You deserve this elation. Stay strong, face those layers of hurt and leave them behind!

Congratulations!

[kimberpc]

Morning MsMartini! I hope you have been doing good Take Care!

[emmyizzy]

Hi Ms. Martini, Just checking in after a few too many days so this may be slightly longer than I usually write but I appear to have missed some very important events


Firstly, everyone is right, you really are doing so amazingly well - you deserve a medal, but as I can only find a bunch of flowers in the smilies you'll have to have that! 202 is FANTASTIC


I fear poor hubby may be in for a major shopping spree, or at least his credit card (it's worth a try)


I can completely relate to you, I used to weigh about 215 and my partner weighed about 185, he decided to take up body building and I decided to loose weight and when we switched to him weighing more than me I was ecstatic! Granted, if he hadn't gained 30lbs then me losing 24 would have meant he still weighed 6lbs more than me but I don't like to focus on that Lol!


How's the training going? You mentioned a few days back that it had been going really well and that you'd managed to workout 5 days in a row! - Did you get to go for that walk yesterday?


And just so you know, if you've lost your mind, then we all must have lost ours too because I bet there's not a single person on here that hasn't or wouldn't do exactly what you did- it's so exciting slipping on stuff that never fitted just to have it flapping about in the breeze. And doesn't that breeze feel so much better when there's less of you!


You have a very valid point in saying we are all overweight for a reason, it's just like anorexics are starving for a reason it's just people don't see obesity as an illness, just over indulgence! I guess being overweight is a way of keeping people away, a way to test your partners love and just as you say, a way to hurt yourself more than anyone else could because by doing that, no-one else has a chance of even denting the surface, no matter what they throw at you.


Some people carry the burden of others, lugging it round for years. For me it's my mothers guilt for leaving my father, my fathers guilt for not trying harder to keep her, my guilt for being too young at just 6 to help him through it and as a result having to watch him fall apart - we all have it but (and excuse the language here) shit happens and I now refuse to use it as a stick to beat myself with - there are too many people in this world that will put us down and criticise us without us doing it to ourselves! And I'm sure of one thing. I'm sick to death of putting myself through it - it's boring! I have never done anything in my life that warrants me punishing myself in this way and I refuse to do it any more. and nor should any of you.


Sorry, my little rant is over now but I really do see what you were getting at, like you can't tell . So, I raise a toast with you and say thank-you but a definite good-bye to the lb's we've lost. Cheers everyone, here's to loving ourselves just a little bit more each and every day

[cmomof2kids]

Good morning sunshine!!!!

I just wanted to tell you thank you for stopping by my journal and your encouragement. You wouldnt believe how bad my legs hurt after that workout. I think I overdid it just a tad but oh well it was worth it.

I get to go buy healthy stuff today!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAY!! Im gonna try to do an hour or more of cardio today.

I hope everything is going good your way!!!! Talk to you soon!!!!

[9reasons]

Wow miss dances with daffodils, don't you get some nice revelations in your journal? I am right with Emmy, what a great post, another lady who has taken control of her destiny to become whole and gorgeous again!! You two are quite the pair!

Hope your hair turns out super good and catch up with you shortly!