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<title>I want to Disappear</title>
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<summary type="text/plain"> I have been depressed all day. I just do not feel appreciated, but then again I don’t appreciate myself very well either, so no surprise. I feel so oppressed right now with my life. I wish I wasn’t in...</summary>
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<p>I have been depressed all day. I just do not feel appreciated, but then again I don’t appreciate myself very well either, so no surprise. I feel so oppressed right now with my life. I wish I wasn’t in a relationship, it makes me feel bad right now, but then I brought that on myself. I’m sick of my body, I’m sick of my behavior, I’m just sick of everything. I couldn’t even get it together enough to complete my school assignments today. I’ve never done that. That means more pressure tonight and tomorrow to get that done. Usually when I get done with my work I feel free for a quick minute, but now I’ve got stuff from last week butting into work from this week. I just want to sleep all the time. I slept all morning, then most of this early evening.  I haven’t felt this low in a long time, but such is life.  I wish that I could just dry up, turn to dust, and blow away. I’m tired of feeling scared of what I’m doing to my life and with my life.  I know that there will be a more upbeat time, but right now it just sounds exhausting to even think about it. I just turned 45, I don’t feel 45 today I feel 60. I feel old and bedraggled. I wish that I had made better choices in life. I’m sad for the choices I made and here’s another year of being obese and sad. Yippee for me.<br />
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<title>Clarity, a Life’s Best Friend?</title>
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<issued>2008-02-18T13:23:13Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Fukayna Blood Pressure: 158/82 Pulse 84 Weight 518 Realizations, etc., are not very fun. It’s a hard thing to swallow knowing that you give more than you get. It’s even harder to swallow when you realize you give more...</summary>
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<p><strong>Blood Pressure: 158/82<br />
Pulse 84<br />
Weight 518</strong></p>

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<p>Realizations, etc., are not very fun. It’s a hard thing to swallow knowing that you give more than you get. It’s even harder to swallow when you realize you give more away because you feel you’re empty somehow and hope that the returns will fill you up. I hate how little I have loved this person that looks back at me in the mirror, (whom I often avoid by avoiding mirrors for fear I will see the truth about how I treat me), I hate how I’ve allowed other people’s junk coerce me into continuing their mistreatment of me with the hurts they inflicted and I’ve bought foolishly as the truth! What’s at the crux of my weight, the belief that I don’t deserve to look any different.<br />
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<title>How do I not see me...realistically?</title>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Fukayna I totally screwed up, in my opinion a major paper in school. Even after I read it to my sweetheart he said it seemed like I lost focus. Strange isn’t it that I still got the top points...</summary>
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<p>I totally screwed up, in my opinion a major paper in school. Even after I read it to my sweetheart he said it seemed like I lost focus. Strange isn’t it that I still got the top points in class.  People are always telling me how smart I am, my sister calls me a genius (not sarcastically either) and I just do not get it!  How is that I do not see this. Maybe in comparison to my classmates my grades are considered high, but what about in comparison to myself?  I’ve experienced this same type of phenomenon with my looks. Constantly being told how “beautiful” I am when I feel like the ugliest fattest glob of worthlessness in the world. How is it that I could not, cannot seem to see this. There was even a time in college when I literally would get up and run to class with my hair, curls every which way, overall straps hanging like tails with the big down in front. I looked completely unkempt and un-put-together. Instead of people looking at me like the freak I was, they would say I was cute. I just didn’t get it then, and I cannot really say I get it now. Well now I’m so huge no one looks at me as anything but fat. I am quite sure they feel disgust or revulsion when they look at all my fat.  If they could see the gigantic globs of fat that are hanging off of me like the elephant man, then trust me no one would want to look at me at all.  I don’t want to and I’m me.  I know I need the Daniel Fast, because I am going through something here. I’m on the verge of something.</p>

<p>I do my schooling because it gives me hope for the future, but physically I just can’t seem to get myself moving the way I know I should. A workout in the morning and evening seems easily doable even if it’s a short amount of time. Why do I feel like such a fraud? It’s like something that stays with me constantly, especially when someone gives me a compliment. I feel as if I need to prove to them that they are wrong.  I feel like I have to be brutally honest with myself about everything or with everyone about me. I don’t know if I am actually being honest about myself. I may not be the absolute worthless horror that I seem to want to claim I am.  Oh boy, lot of thinking and reading I think I need to do. I have another paper due but I want to just read and live in quiet today. Sunday I will work on the paper.  I’ve got to get back to my goal sheets. Check in maybe later today. Ij.<br />
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<title>Restarted the Daniel Fast</title>
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<issued>2008-02-16T00:25:33Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Fukayna Blood Pressure: 157/71 Pulse 72 Weight 518 Well, messed up my fast. Why? Donuts, available and I actually ate them to “finish them off” so that they wouldn’t get wasted. Isn’t that morally reprehensible, won’t waste some stupid...</summary>
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<p>Blood Pressure: 157/71<br />
Pulse 72<br />
Weight 518</p>

<p>Well, messed up my fast. Why?  Donuts, available and I actually ate them to “finish them off” so that they wouldn’t get wasted. Isn’t that morally reprehensible, won’t waste some stupid fried sugar dough, but my life, my heart, and those who would be affected by my life being over, I willingly wasted them by eating those awful donuts. This is how I know my thinking is off. Even if someone were to say to me “everyone falls off the wagon don’t be so hard on yourself” I know that this is a way for me to ignore my own horrendous behavior.  I did venture out for dog food today to a part of town I did not know and walked into a store I had never been in and was friendly and cordial.  I liked the store and the woman running it and next time I go, the dogs will go in with me.  I proceeded to drive home and eat 4 donuts! Yes. That’s 1032 calories for a fluff of air that broke my Daniel fast. I started the Clock back another day. I’m not depressed about it, but disappointed in myself. I am going to go lay down and think some more. I just finished 32oz of water. I do feel tired. Whether it’s a PTSD remnant from the unfamiliar trip, or the hordes of sugar in the donuts, either way I need to think and maybe nap and remember why I am doing this fast and how much more disappointed I will be in myself for not completing this fast for myself.<br />
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<title>Everytime I miss coming here...</title>
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<issued>2008-02-14T18:18:07Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Fukayna Blood Pressure: 156/78 Pulse 64 Weight 518 I am gone for any appreciable amount of time I end up gaining, not as much this time, but definitely back up. I have been going back down again, lots of...</summary>
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<strong>Blood Pressure: 156/78<br />
Pulse 64<br />
Weight 518</strong></p>

<p>I am gone for any appreciable amount of time I end up gaining, not as much this time, but definitely back up.  I have been going back down again, lots of stressors in my life teaching more life’s lessons that pretty much have been kicking me about. It is still the greatest struggle on the exercise. I even joined an online weightloss site that gives you set exercise each day; it really is a good site to utilize when you do it. I have even come up with some routines for myself since I am so big that traditional exercising does not always fit my body.  Since the PTSD of my life began, I have been peeling back layers, and layers of realizations about life, myself and my “way” in the world and it helps me to move one baby step closer to a healthier life and body, but I do lose focus. I have learned enough to know that I do it on purpose when I do not want to deal with something. The way someone treats me, Disappointment about something, such as gaining on the scale when I was so close to being under 500 lbs!  I let it creep back up and pretended I did not care. You know, it’s funny, when we say we don’t care about something or act like we don’t, it’s always the things we really do care the most about. </p>

<p>It’s Valentine’s Day and I would not have believed I would still be up in the high seats of this weight nightmare, but that’s a lesson I finally get. I cannot keep revisiting this unhealthy situation from this side of things. My body is breaking down from it. I can see how my legs have shifted in their alignment to deal with the constant abnormal excess weight. That will be that way most likely for the rest of my life, not to mention the excess skin that I do not have the funds to do away with when the weight drops.  Can’t focus too much on my scary monsters or I’ll try to salve it away with something ingestible, no doubt.</p>

<p>After popping in here checking out the responses the Daniel fast post continues to get responses, and I thought about it I really need a spiritual rejuvenation.  I had to deal with a betrayal from a friend lately who took advantage of my good nature.  When I was crying alone in my bathroom I looked in the mirror at my grossly huge body and how I’ve let my fear of the world put all this obese weight onto me and allowed people to treat me however they chose to and I realized something.  I am treated this way because I do not stand up and treat myself better. I’ve been to this conclusion before, but looking at myself pathetically crying for feeling hurt by someone who took advantage of me since I allowed them the tools to do so really stiffened me up. I think I really wanted them to feel sorry for me and take care of me, do the things I did not want to do. That’s pathetic all right! No more.</p>

<p>Because the heating bill is so astronomical I have kept the curtains closed most days, and probably will continue with that till Summertime, but it’s led to my feeling comfortably sequestered again, and wanting to retreat from the world.  I have felt good though when my dogs and I have emerged for some reason, but every look in the mirror tells me that I am like some alien mound of flesh that people would run from if they were more honest about how creeped out they are around people this obese. Who can blame them? We want them to be compassionate and not “judge” us as bad because we are obese, or we wanted to be treated like everyone else, but how can that happen when we cannot fit in Airline seats, desks, restaurant booths, our cars???!!! </p>

<p>By virtue of looking so different, people with look and why shouldn’t they? Take a good look, don’t let yourself get so out of touch with you, that you become someone else…. or practically 4 selves at one time. All the awful truths of being obese they are horrendous! How to fit in toilet stalls, wiping yourself, the showers, bathtubs, and the inability to stand for more than twenty minutes hecks ten minutes if you’re anything like me sometimes.  Sometimes my body can handle physical endurance, on most days it seems I cannot, but that might have something to do with I slept (which leg was crushed during the night, or which hip, if I didn’t turn enough) It’s all so sordid and this isn’t even the tip of this iceberg!  Well that’s the grim of it all, or certainly a tiny look at it and my intention wasn’t to focus on it and feel horrified.  Truth be known… I don’t have to recount it because I live “horrified” but each and every out I am moving away from the horrors of this useless lifestyle. My birthday is literally in 4 days, 12 hours, 27 minutes and 10 seconds.  I found one of these great countdown timers online I think it’s called timeleft.com or timeleft something. I’ll post the link tomorrow. You can put in a day and watch the days whittle down.  I decided after I popped in to read the Daniel Fast responses that I would do a Daniel fast before my birthday.  It felt right and made sense… Starting another year of my life ruled and controlled by food and awful habits is not serving my highest self physically, emotionally or spiritually. I started at midnight officially. What a valentine treat right? No food! My sweetheart sent me a box of chocolates yesterday and I imbibed on some, but left most of the box in tact. He said he felt guilty because of my working on my weight, but my thinking is this: If I cannot live with something like that, I’ve lost the battle already. I do not feel motivated to eat the chocolates and they are sitting in the box real close. I know some obese people would feel challenged, but my main challenge is not so much the food as it is “NOT MOVING” enough. </p>

<p>I’m working on redesigning my life and writing out my goals and this fast are helping me to focus. So happy Valentine’s Day to me Chocolate Free!  I expect I’ll be back tomorrow, I sure hope so, and I need this self-reflection even though all mirrors make me queasy. Ij.<br />
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<modified>2007-10-20T01:45:32Z</modified>
<issued>2007-10-20T01:44:44Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 138/65 Pulse 72 Weight 506 I haven’t had a Blood pressure this low in years! Wild! I didn’t weigh in today I’m going to weigh in on Sunday I think. Took it easy today, a little...</summary>
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Blood Pressure: 138/65<br />
Pulse 72<br />
Weight 506</strong></p>

<p>I haven’t had a Blood pressure this low in years! Wild! I didn’t weigh in today I’m going to weigh in on Sunday I think.  Took it easy today, a little computer time and writing. That’s the best news I’ve had in such a long time.  My life is going to be so much better after I get below 500lbs and stay below it!!! I just can’t wait!!!!<br />
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<title>Water, My Body&apos;s Best Friend.</title>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 149/77 Pulse 72 Weight 506 Blood pressure’s trying to normalize. I’m down another 3 pounds, but barely eating, if at all. My thought process is that the more excess weight/FAT I can get off the better...</summary>
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<strong>Blood Pressure: 149/77<br />
Pulse 72<br />
Weight 506</strong></p>

<p>Blood pressure’s trying to normalize.  I’m down another 3 pounds, but barely eating, if at all. My thought process is that the more excess weight/FAT I can get off the better to avoid a stroke or worse.  I mean, which would you rather have, food or life??? I don’t’ know quite why I never looked at that bottom line before, but it’s very real to me now.  I’m still ridiculous though had a couple cookies yesterday even though they tasted too sweet.  I will probably throw them out, they seemed stale, if not, it’s a good excused to waste food.  I’m not afraid of them it is simply just not what I want to eat unconsciously, and they really did seem stale. That particular cookie jar doesn’t seal like the old one. Okay who cares about all this crap, I’ve got 6 more pounds before I reach 500! That’s a big number I’ve been battling for the past year.  I’ll be in the 400’s soon and that’s surely something to work toward!  The new ticker will be 500 to 399.  I can’t wait to switch.  I hope I can this weekend!  I’ll re-measure my body after reaching 499.  Water is my best friend these days. It works harder for me than anything, other than my heart!  My goal is to be hungry all the time, then, I know my fat will be burned. I’m going to learn to enjoy hunger pangs in my stomach, and I want to go to bed hungry every night. I want to get my Blood Pressure down below 140 at least with the next hundred pounds I lose. It’s taken a while, but I’m on my way, that I can feel!  Someone asked me what I was doing because they could see some loss in my body (I can’t) I told them water. <br />
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<title>Last Scare and Push Needed!</title>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 156/82 Pulse 72 Weight 509 Neck: 18 Chest: 77.5 Upper Arm: 22 Waist: 81.5 Hips: 84.5 Thigh: 52 Calf: 24.5 Those are the digits; here&apos;s the situation. Two days ago I woke up ran upstairs for...</summary>
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Blood Pressure: 156/82<br />
Pulse 72<br />
Weight 509</p>

<p>Neck:      18<br />
Chest:     77.5<br />
Upper Arm: 22<br />
Waist:     81.5<br />
Hips:      84.5<br />
Thigh:     52<br />
Calf:      24.5</p>

<p>Those are the digits; here's the situation. Two days ago I woke up ran upstairs for what I thought was a dog emergency felt instantly extremely tired. Tried to make a phone call and it didn't work so I tried to email a friend to call phone company, my typing was all sporadic and confused and when I tried to use the phone again it worked but as I tried to talk I was experiencing what they call Aphasia, loss of speech control. Last all of maybe 5 minutes.  I found out later I experienced what they call a TIA Transient Ischemic Attack.  Sometimes it's referred to as a mini-stroke. It was the most frightening upsetting day of my life.  My blood pressure was off the charts for the past two days</p>

<p>I started an aspirin regiment to help thin the platelets and I’m going to try taking some herbal blood pressure remedies to avoid traditional medicine unless I can't get my blood pressure to consistently stay down. I give myself a month to change things around super fast or I'm checking in to a hospital.</p>

<p>Last week I started taking One A Day Women's formula to help regulate my periods, which before last week started coming out extremely heavy with horrendously huge chunks of I assume cervical lining.</p>

<p>Lot of stressors for me. Haven't been feeling well.  I still want to take it easy today and I probably will.  I've got 2 and a half more months before the end of the year and I will not go into the next year this way I will not go into November this way either!</p>

<p>I'm drinking my water and trying to remember the absolute pain and work I've been putting on my heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs... not to mention my bones and skin.  How could someone I thought was so good treat anyone this way? What was I thinking? Certainly not about me. This is one tragedy I can do something about.<br />
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<title>Anniversary feelings...PTSD remnants</title>
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<modified>2007-09-17T06:57:02Z</modified>
<issued>2007-09-17T06:47:54Z</issued>
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<created>2007-09-17T06:47:54Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">It&apos;s been six years since my assaults, and I haven&apos;t been sleeping for past few weeks, other than an hour here or 2-3 hours there. Some days not at all. I feel depressed and moody. I guess it&apos;s realizing how...</summary>
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<name>ijellorca</name>

<email>knewmenow@earthlink.net</email>
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<![CDATA[<p>It's been six years since my assaults, and I haven't been sleeping for past few weeks, other than an hour here or 2-3 hours there. Some days not at all. I feel depressed and moody.  I guess it's realizing how shifted I am from who I used to be. Even though the weight's coming off, and I've moved on in many ways it's just a tragic time for me.  I keep thinking it won't affect me anymore, but then within weeks of the event I get unexplained low feelings and sleep loss as well as jumpiness and hypersensitivity to everything. I'm a raw nerve.  Then 9/11 anniversary happens a few weeks later so I just get the double whammy. I'm going to have to figure out a new paradigm to this time of the year... haven't been successful at this yet, but I know it's the only way to keep me from dropping in a hole every fall.  I'm down more weight but too tired to go change the ticker or fitday just yet. I've been too exhausted to really think through typing and computer stuff.  I do my classes and that's about it. More later I promise,just not sure when... maybe after I get real sleep.</p>]]>

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<title>Cleanse Your spirit; Lose the weight!</title>
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<modified>2007-08-12T00:58:01Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-12T00:56:42Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.healthdiaries.com,2007:/mentalhealth/ptsd/brenda//174.6625</id>
<created>2007-08-12T00:56:42Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 142/76 Pulse: 71 Wow blood pressure way down today closer to my normal Blood pressure before all the weight gain. Today I had a great start to my day. I have two main fears these days’...</summary>
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Blood Pressure:  142/76		Pulse: 71</p>

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Wow blood pressure way down today closer to my normal Blood pressure before all the weight gain.  Today I had a great start to my day.  I have two main fears these days’ bugs and the shower. The bugs are understandable; the shower is definitely strange. After gaining this much weight, it’s been difficult being able to stand long enough to shower long, and it’s hard to reach lots of places.  It used to be that my back would hurt and then my feet would hurt and then I’d just find it hard to get really clean for my standard, without a handheld showerhead. Today sat for about 20 minutes trying to psych myself up enough to take the shower.  I finally told myself: “Just get the key areas and that’s okay” I got in the shower today and I could have stayed for hours!  I took a long drawn out shower, reached all over my body and it felt just fine!  Actually it felt great and I was able to scrub clean really well.  I got out and languished for a spell and even put moisturizer on my face.  I never do that, I never see to myself in such personal ways.  I know it’s only 35lbs, but I swear there is something about the amount of water I drink daily and think about how I’m treating myself or loving me.  The water is just cleansing my soul and my ways.  Food just doesn’t taste the way it used to and water tastes like the spirit of God. I wish somehow I could impart the life that runs through my veins now. There is hope for me; there is hope for everyone. There is not only hope there is a destiny of a healthier, happier, wide-eyed the road and me stretches wide and beautiful finally with the life God meant for me to have.  I am truly thankful.<br />
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<title>Breakfast of Chamnpions</title>
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<modified>2007-08-08T18:56:33Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-08T18:55:41Z</issued>
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<created>2007-08-08T18:55:41Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 153/78 Pulse: 83 Today breakfast of champions was celery with peanut butter. I’m starting to get into this weightloss thing! How much can I lose before September 1st? I hope it’s substantial, then my hopes for...</summary>
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Blood Pressure:  153/78		Pulse: 83</p>

<p>Today breakfast of champions was celery with peanut butter. I’m starting to get into this weightloss thing!  How much can I lose before September 1st?  I hope it’s substantial, then my hopes for September, October, November, and December will be great! That’s four months with a lot of weightloss potential!  It’s funny I’ve never looked at things from this angle before.  I am loving it.<br />
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<title>&quot;Human&quot; sized Body</title>
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<modified>2007-08-07T23:56:45Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-07T20:06:36Z</issued>
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<created>2007-08-07T20:06:36Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 160/77 Pulse: 68 I almost can’t believe it; I’m down 34 lbs! I guess all that water added to better choices of food, most of the time is finally working! I still can’t seem to get...</summary>
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Blood Pressure:  160/77		Pulse: 68</p>

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I almost can’t believe it; I’m down 34 lbs!  I guess all that water added to better choices of food, most of the time is finally working!  I still can’t seem to get the “post all your food” bit down.  I literally hate taking the time to look up everything and then add ingredients for ones not listed etc.  Maybe I’ll get to that someday but right now it’s a stressor I really don’t need to bother with. I do believe the experts that say it helps with weight loss; it’s just not one of the things I’ve been able to get myself to do.  To be perfectly honest, for me convenience and ease is the best thing to keep me on track.  Counting all the calories and such etc just drives me nuts.  It works for some people, but then weightloss is a highly personal issue.  People are made up of all kinds of different chemical equations so it makes sense that all programs don’t work for all people.  It’s not so much the physical equations as much as the mental and social ones.  Obviously for me I’ve been dehydrated for a very long time.  Today I had some seafood with pasta, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  I couldn’t finish it all and the rest will be left for another day.  I don’t like to get full because then it’s hard to drink as much water as I crave these days. I burp a lot and I use the bathroom constantly, but things run pretty clear and obviously it’s doable to get me back to a “human” sized body!  Fat ass indeed!<br />
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<title>Well, Fat “A” lost another 3 lbs</title>
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<modified>2007-07-25T17:16:53Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-25T17:13:09Z</issued>
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<created>2007-07-25T17:13:09Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 162/81 Pulse: 72 I was so excited today to see this! Not to show up the unenlightened man who called me that yesterday morning, but because last night I was so hungry between about 10 PM...</summary>
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<p>I was so excited today to see this!  Not to show up the unenlightened man who called me that yesterday morning, but because last night I was so hungry between about 10 PM and Midnight.  That infomercial was the perfect reminder of my journey and how possible it is that someday I will be a thinner, healthier person physically.  I went to bed and slept through the night. First time in forever it seems.  I didn’t even drink water before I went to bed to quell the hunger pangs, which meant I didn’t have to jump up all night to run to the bathroom.  I am so proud of myself.  <strong>Out of all the weight I’ve lost and will lose, this last 3 lbs means so much because I worked through what would normally be a really rough emotional day for me.  I triumphed! Those 3 lbs …Sheesh I’d knew I’d cry.  There’s something about realizing you have strength you didn’t know you had especially when it involves saving yourself, and treating yourself good.</strong>  Before now it was so hard to have hope. It’s still not easy when I feel the thickness of my thighs and the big chunks of flesh hanging on me to think that someday I will have a normal looking body, but the laws of physics act upon just like everything else on this earth, and that means with less input and more output, you lose!  Or I win, depending on your point of view.<br />
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<title>Informational Motivatons?</title>
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<modified>2007-07-25T08:40:45Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-25T08:38:59Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.healthdiaries.com,2007:/mentalhealth/ptsd/brenda//174.6424</id>
<created>2007-07-25T08:38:59Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Is this possible? It’s just after midnight and I’m feeling hungry, and even started thinking about what to eat. Cottage cheese, hamburger, cheese sandwich, salad, ginger snap, fish stick, Soup, potato? I just couldn’t figure it out, but then the...</summary>
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<![CDATA[<p>Is this possible?  It’s just after midnight and I’m feeling hungry, and even started thinking about what to eat. Cottage cheese, hamburger, cheese sandwich, salad, ginger snap, fish stick, Soup, potato?  I just couldn’t figure it out, but then the show I was watching ended and a Nutrisystem commercial came on with a woman who lost 142 lbs. Her photos looked like me, except she’s actually smaller than me, 142 lbs would still put me at just under 400 lbs!  It’s a long haul, but it’s got to be possible if it’s possible for other people.  I liked the fact that one woman had even checked into the lap band and bypass surgeries but decided against it.  I don’t want to go under the knife and to be honest it’s not something I have the funds to do anyways.  I don’t have health insurance just like millions of other people in America.  I often think if we had the funds I’d do Nutrisystem, but then I also think, why not be able to do this on my own.  I believe the biggest hurdle for me has been the “Believability” of being able to lose weight, especially the great amounts I have to lose. Sometimes I think I should write into a show or something because if I could lose weight it would inspire others, but if I do on my own I’ll inspire myself and that means more than inspiring others.  How do I inspire anyone else if I myself am not inspired?  So now about twenty minutes later and the commercial’s still on.  I won’t be eating tonight.  Hearing the stories from these people is like listening to myself in many ways.  They talk about the mean things people have said about their weight, or what they eat.  Just seeing them beam about how their lives have changed so incredibly is inspirational. They talk about their feelings etc.  Well instead of snacking or making a meal, I’m going to go to bed. I want to see myself in a size less than 14 minus rolls, jowls and big ham-like arms and thighs I am ready for bed and dreams of the smaller me, and a much happier me.  I can’t wait to see how low I can go.  Tomorrow’s a new day and a new me…with each passing minute in fact!</p>]]>

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<title>&quot;FAT ASS!&quot;</title>
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<modified>2007-07-24T15:57:00Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-24T15:54:37Z</issued>
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<summary type="text/plain"> http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=PsychExperiment Blood Pressure: 152/83 Pulse: 74 When I was taking the garbage out this morning a person in a passing car yelled &quot;FAT ASS&quot; while my back was turned to the street. I have to really journal that, I...</summary>
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<strong>Blood Pressure:  152/83		Pulse: 74</strong></p>

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When I was taking the garbage out this morning a person in a passing car yelled "FAT ASS" while my back was turned to the street.  I have to really journal that, I haven't niched my feelings on it yet.  It's moving around from humiliation to embarrassment to indignation to anger to complete dejection.  Afterall, my butt is fat, I'm the cause of it, but what is the purpose of yelling such a thing at someone? Is it to be cruel to a stranger? And why? <strong>Why would I let such an insignificant person with obvious lower levels of intelligence affect me?</strong> He doesn't know me.  I've done nothing to him. The fact I'm working actively on getting healthy means nothing, losing 23lbs means nothing. This should mean nothing to me.  I'm just not sure yet and I'm wondering how this may or may not affect my day. I wonder if I really, I mean really understood what it would be like as person weighing more than 550 lbs if I would have actually behaved differently with my eating and behavior.  To think I avoid going out in public because of my weight, and let’s see this just confirms my reasoning.  I am sure there are those who say I shouldn’t let these kinds of comments affect me, but it is really difficult.  I would think if I had the kind of tough exterior that could weather such comments I probably wouldn’t have used food as an emotional crutch for my feelings of inadequacy. The world won’t change just for me and why shouldn’t I be any different from any other fat/obese person on earth?  After all we asked for this kind of treatment by being out of control and eating boxes and boxes of Twinkies right? Wrong!  It’s just wrong in my head.  Where’s our humanity and compassion for those less fortunate than us, whether that fortune be physical, mental, social, or financial?  I am ashamed of my brothers and sisters on this earth for their continued persecution of those less fortunate by whatever means.  I’m ashamed that before 7:00 AM there’s someone awake enough to be cruel.  I suppose he’ll go to work and talk about how FAT I was. I’m the fat lady at a carnival only I ain’t laughing and I ain’t jolly. I’m just treading water to keep my head from going under with these health issues.  </p>

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