Progress thread for those of us with things we are working on...

Karen,
Thanks for post, I am trying to stay positive. I have gotten my anxiety pretty much under control and staying focused, which is always a struggle for me, and I seem to be doing alright, so far.
My husband will be gone for 6 weeks, I am not so much afraid of being alone but afraid of falling into a "rut"..those of you with depression understand what I mean.
I do not work and most of my friends live on the other side of town. I have been making plans to try avoid falling into that dark place. Have some friends coming over for a couple of days have a dog to keep me company and take on walks..have several doctor appointments, of course. Other than that i will be in a large house alone with my thoughts ..any, i mean any suggestions are welcome.

Well i haven't done the official weigh in this week yet, but so far im only down 0.5 lb this week, which i still think is good considering we had company all weekend and a party and such..Taking vit D and C now, not sure about the C, its a hard pill and i've heard of these passing through you without being digested at all, not sure...Feeling pretty good, trying to walk everyday. Keep up the good work everyone!!

well done for the progress my hw buddies. jamie

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good on ya tanyabless. you have our support, jamie

I am doing well. I also lost some more weight. I don't have a goal weight, anything will do at this point. But it is nice to know that I am not the only one trying to lose. Congrats Geosojda. I am happy for you. Thanks for bumping this thread up again.

I haven't had a chance to work on my projject from the fire. Did strawberries for two days. Got to make the jam, but for right now I froze them. But been eating a few with cake and ice cream. I know, bad... But tasted so good...

I hope all of you are having a good day.

Hugs, Karen

I mentioned it in some of my earlier posts from a few weeks back, but I thought I'd mention it here since the request was initiated. I'm working on having a better docs report by next month (which is when my appt is scheduled). I believe I've made significant progress over the last three months since I got the scare that my cholesterol was out of whack. At that time I was at 206 on the scales. Today after another weigh-in I'm teetering on 183. I was telling Karen earlier that I've cut out a lot of the starches; rice, bread, pasta, juice drinks, desserts, fried foods and a few other things. I have no calories in my drinks (this means nothing but water). I'm eating lots of veggies, salads, fruits, walnuts, almonds, grilled chicken, and fish. I use olive oil to cook with (and very little), I'm taking Vitamin D3, C, an 81mg baby aspirin each day, omega3 fish tab and my normal all-natural vitamins (not that centrum synthetic stuff).
One of the keys is eating early, before 7pm if I can. Twice a week I exercise and all of this is no special tv diet. I feel great and hope to continue. Good luck to each of you, my best. YOU CAN DO IT!

Next month I do blood work to check the cholesterol, wish me the best...I've been trying to be obedient! I want to live a long time, so at 40 something, I'm following the docs orders because I don't want to be on diabetic medicine. :)