see my weight increase :(

[drmon]

Here are some pictures of me (black shirt) during the summer of 2005--before the hurricane blew my house away. I was not really overweight here--I weighed btw 132-135, but I always wanted to lose some weight anyway. Then after the hurricane, I started eating everything in sight and I went up to 150, then 152, then 154, which was my highest weight ever (see pictures in following post). I've been on induction since Monday, Jan 2 and when I last weighed myself I had gone to 149.5, so I think I'm on my way. I feel like I have so much to go though! I wanted to get down to about 110, which I weighed when I graduated from college. Is that unrealistic? I don't know what my ideal weight would be actually.

[drmon]

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here are the heavier pictures, the most current being me on New Year's Eve in the last picture

[LC_Dave]

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Some of the heavier pics - you can't really notice.

I love the pic in front of the white house - that is so cool!

You'll do it no time!

[Kent]

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I just wanted to say we all start from somewhere. I am a typical guy, so I have no clue about what your ideal weight should be. I would just urge you to not be obsessed by what the end number is as many of us change ours along the way. You look fantastic before, and certainly can be that person again. Glad to actually be able to put a face behind the posts.

[stephbob]

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You know what? You look great in all of those pictures! But as Kent said, we all have to start somewhere.

You know you can do it so long as you have the determination

[fluffyman]

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Drmon, keep at it and you can be as thin as you want. Living through the stresses of a hurricane, losing your house, being an evacuee, etc... is so stressful and disruptive. Don't beat yourself up for falling off the wagon. I can only imagine through what my sister has gone through in Lake Charles with Rita.

Now that things have hopefully calmed down, you can position yourself for success by stocking the right kinds of foods and following a relatively steady schedule which will hopefully allow time for cooking and exercise. Glad you are here, among friends, for support and encouragement.

Rick

[drmon]

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Thanks to all of you for the encouragement!! It does seem to be getting easier as time goes on, but I'm still battling some fatigue and also, I'm trying to wean myself off of an antidepressant (which contributed to my weight gain), but it has some side effects such as dizziness and disorientation. However, I've been following induction to the T and exercising and I'm going to weight myself again on Monday. Can't wait to see what the scale says, but I'll try not to be too obsessed with it!!

[presidentholmes]

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You look great, lovely!
I don't see that you are any heavier in the heavy pics. You're gorgeous1
Off topic, that fance in front of the Capitol, is that area all fenced off now? Is that as far as you can walk up the mall now?

[drmon]

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presidentholmes--thanks for the compliments! I think you can still walk in that area behind the fence, but I'm not sure. When I was there it seemed they were doing a lot of construction, they even had a large portion fenced off where Habitat for Humanity was working on homes for hurricane victims. It seemed like a temporary fence though.

[dewdropinn]

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Stephbob



Randomness. I see you post, and everytime I do I see that second pic of you at the bottom. It is so lovely!

[rissa]

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you look beautiful in all of your pictures! wow! and i really cant tell the difference either.

heres a website you can go to, to help figure out your weight you should be... there are many out there...

http://www.herbalicious.com/how.html

good luck to you!

[killerbombshell]

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I'm down at the Capital every day for work, that fence was definetely temporary. I think tourists would scream bloody murder if they couldn't get exactly the right shot of the building that they wanted.

[wayless]

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You are really a beautiful woman. I'm so sorry you've gone through so much in the past year!!! Hang in there, hun, because you LOOK fabulous, and hopefully you'll feel it soon, too!


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