I *love* LBT

I am *nasty*


LMAO

Damm. How do these people survive in the real world. Are they never challanged? Do they stomp their little feet every time someone questions them?

Amazing isn't it?


And the shame of being nasty and from (gasp) AUSTRALIA!

EDIT
Holy crap! I attacked her. That vapid little twit wouldn't survive an attack from me.

And again...

Could someone (who knows what I am on about) tell me where exactly I was nasty? I thought I was being pretty funny in that last post actually.



Oh, and totally off topic. Did my Brick the "She way" today. Run first, then an easy ride. I got in a much longer run/ride combo that way.

Thanks She!

Found the pants!

I tried everywhere short of Myers (I usually don't stress about spending money on good clothes, but navy isn't a colour I wear, so I didn't want to sink money into them if the job doesn't work out. And even if it does, I will be issued with a uniform after 3 months... Hence my reluctance to spend lots of $$$)

Anyway, I ended up getting them in of all places Susan Grey. In a wide leg, short length. Joy. The search is ovah.



Ok. Something that is bugging me (gee, nothing usually bugs ME)

My surgeon has a fantastic down to earth attitude. He is a real person. Not the usual surgeon type.

We agree on pretty much everything, and every time I go in to see him is is usually for a god natter on the latest studies, attitudes and other WLS and obesity crap.

So, there is this chick who sees the same surgeon, and she is forever saying "My surgeon says this" and "my surgeon says that" and it bugs the shit out of me. Have a fucking opinion of your own.

It happens that I agree with the man, but if I didn't... You get what I mean. I just can't stand it, because she is quoting him, and that isn't really what he says to me when I see him. It's odd. I think she hears what she wants to, and regurgitates the bits that sound good.

Meh. I wonder if her opinions / thoughts / comments will change when she is actually banded?

The fox and the grapes

Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The Fox and the Grapes


ONE hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.”
“IT IS EASY TO DESPISE WHAT YOU CANNOT GET.”

I got this comment the other day in reply to the ROFLMAO post;

The "perfect BMI weight" for me is around 130. I haven't weighed that since I was in elementary school. The statistical weight loss puts me at 192. To be honest, 130 seems like a fantasy right now.......I have dreamed of it and failed at it so many times.. let me get to 192 and then RESET my goal?

Yes, I will exercise. Yes, I will use all my resources to follow my surgeon's directions 100%. I will not be the woman on LBT who eats ice cream and wonders why she's not losing weight.

But Chickie, as amazing a goddess as I think you are, remember that we all have to walk our own path.

I have never, ever said anyone should be a particular weight. I HATE that people get that from me. I don't know what I am saying besides 'You can get to a healhty BMI if you want to" to make people believe that I am thinking/saying this.

I fucking KNOW we all have our own path to walk. Hell. My husband is overweight. If I don't pick on him, and condemn him for being over weight why the fuck would bother with anyone else?

I honestly don't CARE what size or shape you (general you,not anyone in particular) want to be. All I say (and I am beginning to sound like Rainman) is that if you WANT to be at a healthy BMI you CAN. Not that you have to. Not that you are required to. Not that I will think less of you if you don't(and lets be honest, why would you care if I did anyway?)

But I am getting sick and tired of people thinking they know what I think.

If you want to know what I think, here it is.

If you want to be fat. Fantastic!
If you want to be thin. Fantastic!
If you want to be somewhere in between. Fantastic!

Because at the end of the day, when I put my head on my pillow, all I care about is the fact that my husband is beside me, and sleeping soundly in the next room is my son.

I really don't care about the aims and goals of random strangers I come across on the interwebs. Honest, I don't.

So next time the Grace's and Shortgals of this world decide to read my blog, or look at my pictures, and decide that I would think they are fat, they can guess again. Because I don't. Until someone opens their gobs, and spews forth bullshit and ugliness, I don't think anything negative of them.

Since I can't get a fair trial at LBT

I never said that Grace should weigh xxlbs. I never said that she should have xx BMI. I never said she was fat.

I did say that she should examine why she feels women within a healthy BMI look unattractive.

To this, I was called boney, unattractive and too thin.

So, it appears that yet again, it is fine and dandy to put those who are at a healthy BMI down, but don't you DARE call Grace or Shortgal fat! Ohhh!!! Nooo. And even if you don't, they will say you are THINKING it, and that is just as bad. Then you can be burned at the LBT stake. You are fair game. They can call you what they like and their Dr Phil degrees in psychology allow them to dx you with a addiction transfer (apparently because I exercise for the recommended 30 minutes to an hour a day I am addicted to exercise)

Good times.

1 thing I do hate

Something I do hate, with a passion is when I post about goal weight being attainable, and I get told that I only got to goal because I am young.

I have had 2 close to term pregnancies (one being a multiple pregnancy), have PCOS, had type II diabetes, and was overweight for the majority of my adult life, and I had 190lbs to lose. But I had it easier than most, because I am young.

I am more than amused by this reasoning.

Thank you all!

I have had my blog open to the public again for less than 5 hours, and the response I have had has been incredible!

I guess it is comforting to know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train!

You are all amazing, beautiful individuals who are capable of everything you desire. Don't forget to have faith in yourself! Everyone in the world can have faith in you... But if YOU don't have faith in YOU, you won't get anywhere.

Have faith. And thank you all.

IF ONE MORE (BANDED) PERSON SAYS

I HAVE PCOS, AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT (OR AM A SLOW LOSER) MY FUCKING HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE.

Lie to yourself all you fucking want. But don't fucking lie to me. Liar McLiarson.

Living on protein shakes?

How can this be done. Really.

I see so often people crapping on about how normally they eat, then on a "What do you eat" type thread they list 3 protein shakes a day, and very little in the way of "real" food.

This disturbs me. Why are people so keen to deprive themselves of food. Is it that they think they will lose quicker if they don't eat?

There is one lady on the boards who HAS starved the weight off. Now that she only has 20lbs to get to her goal weight, she plans on losing that 20lbs in a month (a MONTH!!), and having an unfill.

That is just crazy. She is destined for massive regain.

Why? Because starvation only lasts for so long. Liquid diets only last for so long. People get sick of not eating. It takes a special type of will power to NOT eat for the rest of your life. And when they go back to eating "normally" (normal is usually over processed junk, no one learns about nutrition while starving themselves) they gain most, if not all of the weight back.

And people just don't seem to get that what they are doing NOW to lose the weight, is what they will have to do later to maintain the loss. I don't bother pointing this out on a regular basis, because I am unpopular as it is. But Damm. I would love to know how some of these people tick. What is the thought process behind starving yourself to malnutrition in the name of skinny.

Dude. I snorted. Farted, then snorted again.

I really did!

Posted by B.
Why is it that when people have been successful at something ie: losing weight with the band, they become the judge and jury of any person who is now coming up behind them. They seem to self proclaim themselves as 'better' than the 'others', in an elite group and in some instances more virtuous than the rest of us. What makes succeeding in weight loss the holy grail, and thus the people who achieve it more perfect, more intelligent and more entitled to an opinion? In my opinion it appears to have made people more obnoxious and self rightious,not to mention condescending.
But as I have not yet attained the 'holy-weight-loss-I-am-without-fault-and-know-everything' badge my opinion probably doesn't count.

I had to laugh. So I did. Then the kid came over read the post, and laughed. Then we looked at each other and collapsed in fits of laughter.

My little smart ass said "Mum, you were always like that, losing weight didn't cause it... You were always obnoxious, self-righteous and condescending"

I so needed that this afternoon.

And while I was looking for something important on my removable HD, I was side tracked by crap that I have collected over my time online. I found this, and thought of my "Girls"



You know what you all mean to me ((Hugs, kisses and pink ponies))

Oh, I still haven't found the document I was looking for. LMAO

A couple of things I have noticed

In general....


#1 People are not honest with themselves.

Lie to me all you want. Just be honest with YOU. You will get NOWHERE if you are not honest with yourself, and hold yourself accountable for your own actions. They are your own. Embrace them. They are yours. And if you can't your fucked. Simple as that.

#2 I am not a clairvoyant.

Just because I have lost all my weight, doesn't mean that when I got to goal weight someone just appeared out of nowhere and handed me a crystal ball and said "Now you have the power to know if everyone you come in contact with will lose weight!" Not so. I don't have a fucking clue if you will get to goal. I have even less of an idea of what you will l look like when you get there. And No. I don't know if you will need reconstructive surgery. I didn't go to medical school. My only experence with medical type things is in the field of being a patient.

#3 I'm not nice.

Yep. I don't actually care what you do or where you end up if you don't. If you are not interested in fixing your own situation, I am not interested in helping you. Simple. I just don't have time to deal with wankers who sort of, kind of want to lose weight, but not badly enough to do anything beyond getting the band (forget exercise or actually changing their diet! God forbid!)

#4 I am slightly obsessed with running.

Not really a bad thing. Just an observation.

#5 I don't like being called skinny.

I fucking hate it. It grates. Even when it's said with no malice, I still hate it. Skinny implies ill health, and that couldn't be further from the truth. Simple as that. Nothing deep seated, nothing deeper than that. I just don't like what the word implies.

#6 I eat more than most.

Who came up with this 1/4th of a cup bullshit? I would fucking starve to death on 1/4th of a cup. I am eating a muesli bar as I type this (wipes crumbs off keyboard) I eat roughly 1 to 1.5 cups at a sitting, at least 3 x a day. Granted, I am totally unfilled, but fuck... Who the hell can get all the nutrition they NEED on 3x 1/4 th of a cup a day? It actually smacks of anorexic behaviour to me. One extreme to another.

#7 People don't go to doctors for a medical opinion, they go to LBT.

This strikes me as really, really fucking strange. Why the fuck would they ask a bunch of faceless strangers who have no medical training at all, for a medical opinion? Is it because the faceless strangers tell them what they want to hear? Or is it because they really are that fucking stupid that they think that the stranger on the internet knows more than a doctor who trained for close to a decade?

/rant

I do have to wonder

What I am saying or doing to give people the impression that skinny = good.

I would honestly like to know if I am giving off some "vibe" that gives people the impression that I judging them. I am not. Honestly. Be what you want to be, and be happy with it.

All I ask for is that in return for me not passing judgement on you, that you do the same for me (as a Christian, I believe in the whole Let he who is without sin cast the first stone thing, so I try really, really hard in my daily life NOT to judge, and weight is no exception to that)

So, If I don't say.. For instance (this is what I am being accused of) that "You are selling yourself short by not trying to weigh 32lbs, and be a size -000"

You (general you) don't say "107lbs / size 0 to 2 is sickly, and scrawny, and I would never want to weight that little"

Because as much as overweight people don't like being called fat, I don't like being called skinny, and having my habits called into question.

Mmmkay?