GO ABBA GIRL WITH YOUR FABULOUS SELF!!!

WAY TO GO ON THE BIG 50 LBS


GO ABBA, GO ABBA!!!!, GO ABBA!!!!!!!


Miss Ladybug, Is VERY PROUD OF YOU!
way to go!
Kim

Aww, thanks, Kim and Margaret! It feels GREAT to have lost 50 lbs! I love the way I look now. Physically and emotionally, my life has improved a great deal. I feel EMPOWERED instead of defeated and hopeless, which is pretty much how I felt before I started my WL journey. In fact, losing this weight has really inspired me to get other parts of my life in order - and I am doing it! Slowly but surely, my dreams WILL become my reality, just like my weight loss.

So thanks for cheering me on, and DON'T STOP! I still have a ways to go. I believe I will reach for 150 as my final WL goal. It seems that it would be sustainable. At least, that is my thought this week; once I get there, I may want to plunge even lower!!!


FEELING POWERFUL,
abba

CONGRATS ABBA!!!

That is AWESOME, I'm so excited for you on your huge accomplishment!! And I'm so glad to hear about the positive things your healthy lifestyle change has done for you. That's fantastic.

* Dances around her her Canuck friend*

Congrats on the 50 lbs woman, you've made it a long way and I'm sure you can make it to any goal you can set from now on.

Also I envy you, all we have here is snow and piles for it.

Hey Umbra! Sorry about your lousy weather! What can I say - God favors the West!!! tee hee...

Scale still showing 161 today post workout, so maybe that will be my actual weight at Friday's weigh in!

Started my first job as an independent contractor yesterday. This means that in addition to working at the hospital, I am slowly starting to build up outside work for other docs, at my own wage *smiles* I would like to be running my own business within the next year, on my way to building my vast empire of wealth! MOOOO-HA-HA-HA! (evil laughter, not a happy cow).

All for now
ABBA

Hey Abbagirl, great progress so far! Thanks for stopping by my diary (some time ago!).

I don't know why it is not working for me to use any of the emoticons anymore, or even to adjust the size of my font??? I suspect it is this #$%& laptop I am now using...

At any rate, did my workout today and go for weigh in on the morrow. (Don't you just love that - it sounds so deliciously Jane Eyre!). Sadly, my plantar fasciitis appears to be rearing its VERY ugly head again, paining me badly in my left foot. But now I am so dependent upon my treadmill for exercise, I cannot bring myself to stop! *sigh* Wisdom forces me to take a break, at least on Saturday and Sunday, hoping by Monday I will feel much better. I am stretching and icing and continuing my ACVinegar.

I D-R-E-A-D the thought of having to get another evil cortisone injection in the bottom of my foot! You simply cannot imagine how much it hurts to have a large needle thrust into the sole of your foot, and then having what feels like cement injected into the most painful part. Yes, I am one big baby! LOL - smaller now by 50 lbs, however...tee hee!

Wish me luck on my weigh in.
Cheers
ABBA

I'm most certain your weigh in is another good one!! Good luck on your new independent work ventures, I'm sure you'll do wonderfully, take it a day at a time!!

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy it! Hope the shot isn't to bad in the foot this time. OUCH! I can only imagine
Hugs
Kim

Well PHOOEY on the WW scale! Harumph. They still show me to have 1.2 lbs left before getting to my 50 lb goal. So I guess I will be working extra hard this week and writing down all my food.

On the very happy side, today after weigh in I went to a more upscale consignment store, and bought 3 teeny, tiny dresses! Two of them are for my 20 yr high school grad reunion; one lovely & elegant and one that says HA! LOOK WHAT YOU MISSED OUT ON!!! hee hee I will have DH take some pics of me in my gor-ge-ous new duds so you all can see, too. That helped to alleviate some of my WW disappointment, so I suppose it was a little bit of retail therapy.
Oh, the dresses are medium. I think they are all size 9/10 Cdn.

Cheers!
ABBA

ps. my scale still shows me at 161...

Hey Janice, ABBA!!
I just thought I would stop in and tell you how you ROCK big time!! lol
You go girl!!

Ive been kind of up and down lately, so havent been up to myself, so I havent written in your thread for a while, sorry.. lol

Id rather write when I am completely upbeat lol...lol

so you bought new clothes .. you go girl!! I love retail therapy, especially when you find out you are a smaller size lmao ..

I have found out through retail therapy that I am not a 22/24 shirt anymore ..they are like balloons on me . I am now a happy 18/20 ..so I know what you are feeling .. I have a long way to go, but reading your diary ..always reminds me it is a reachable goal .. every goal in my life ..

you go girl!
and I have also noticed I am trying to get other things in my life in order and kudos for you for feeling the ultimate and wonderful feelings in the world..
you are trully an inspiration hun

alot of peeps on here are ..but you are def at the top hun

love yas
always
natalie jo

Hey ABBA! Phooey on the WW scales indeed! In my mind though you've already hit your mark.

Take care of that foot!! Has anyone recommended something else you can do to help the pain? Does it ever go away? I had to take a day off from the gym this week too because my knee was bothering me! Oh the woes of those of us who work out!!

Have a great weekend

A big HUG to all of you who have been so supportive and encouraging of my journey. I have not reached my goal yet, but am clearly getting closer each month . I know now that daily exercise & portion control MUST be a part of my life until I get to heaven!

Remember I started in July '07 at 211 lbs. The most recent pics in black dresses (for my 20 yr high school reunion - pretty sweet, I must say!) show me at 161 lbs.

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Just followed you in here through Margaret's diary.

You look absolutely amazing! You look like a whole new person, younger, fitter, and more beautiful! Congrats on getting so far

Hi Janice

You have done so well. I love the new photos - you are so slim.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Hi there, I just came over from Omega's journal and I say you're smokin'~