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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004Who is your biggest supporter?
Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't mind trying it himself. He doesn't need it, though, 6' and about 180 lb. He listens while I babble on and on about the newsgroup and new recipes to try. He even peeks in when I'm on the torture machine just to tease. What a guy! I'm not sure what it would be like to try this without that kind of solid support. God bless men like that. Marsha/Ohio Hmmmm. I don't think I have one. >Hmmmm. I don't think I have one. Actually let me rephrase that......other then *myself* I don't think I have one. Marsha <mas@sev.org> wrote in news:5ZudnSXZ3ukxU5TdRVn-gw@buckeye- express.com: > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio It's really nice to have support from loved ones. My SO is the same way and he's not even low-carbing. Our diets are like yin and yang. He's so funny, though. He'll listen to me ramble on about something I'm going to be cooking (just like your SO). He checks the ingredients in every single thing he picks up from the store and knows all of the different names for sugar. He's never bought me anything that I couldn't have. If he buys himself a treat that I can't possibly eat without getting sick, he'll always come home with pork rinds or unsweetened chocolate, heavy cream and Davinci syrup so I won't be "left out". I didn't really think he was paying attention at first, but I've been proven dead wrong. lol ~miette My nephew and a couple of my friends. My husband! Although he's losing twice as fast as me, which is both depressing and motivating! LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/237/140 & hubby- 310/264.5/180 My wife and family. Getting lots of support at work now too. And, so far as I can tell, at least three people have started low-carb since they started seeing my success.  SignatureJJ. > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio My SO (of 21 years) is very supportive, he likes me the way I am but that can be whatever it is. I was thin when we met and have gained over the years, he is steady in his devotion. He started losing weight he didn't need to lose when I began low carbing so I have made a point to add some rice or potatoes to his meals some of the time so he doesn't waste away to nothing. He has asked a few times what I can and can't eat and seems to have pretty much gotten it mastered. My brother and SIL turned me on to low carb so we support each other via email as they live a few states away. I gave them the Carpender cookbooks for Christmas. Of my children, only my oldest son started ranting about liver damage and all those misconceptions. I just told him I wouldn't argue and didn't remember the scientific details enough to explain in person but I have been sending him URLs when I run across something good. The rest of them are all supportive as they would like to see me thinner and more mobile. There is a lot of tolerance in the family for different ways of eating as most of them are or have been vegetarians of varying degrees. Our potlucks are very interesting and there is always something to eat for any preference. In news:5ZudnSXZ3ukxU5TdRVn-gw@buckeye-express.com, Marsha <mas@sev.org> stated | Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He | thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | | Marsha/Ohio My husband is the quiet supporter. He also asks what I can or can not eat. I fix rice or potatoes for him. Doesn't even bother me. But he has seen me yo-you so many times he is afraid to be too vocal. My big supporters are co-workers and my mom. SignatureMelisa 203/172.5/140 http://www.users.qwest.net/~ztimm/blog/ > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio If your SO is not your biggest supporter than he or she should not be your SO. I dont think that they have to change to your WOE but being supportive and understanding is what being a SO is all about. Once while my mother was trying to quit smoking her "friend" not only smoked non stop right in front of her but would offer her one. She would tell her to have one it would be alright. Not the kind of support a friend should be giving. congrats to all of you that have true SO's. They are not easy to find. > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio >If your SO is not your biggest supporter than he or she should not be your >SO. Why do you say that Frank? I've been watching Dr Phil's weight loss challenge and they have a lady on the show named Terri. In the beginning her SO was not at all supportive of her going into the challenge and in the beginning of her weight loss struggle but she has said he is slowly coming around. Not everyone's SO is going to be supportive of them until they see some results because they have most likely heard the weightloss talk a hundred times before and it is falling on deaf ears Why would you want someone that was not totally supportive of you. MY thoughts on being a SO might be different but thats what a SO is to me. Someone that will stand by you and WITH you through thick and thin. IF a SO is not helping but rather hurting the situation then how are they supposedly in love with you. Different people are going to have different hobbies and activities that their SO does not like. A true SO would want his or her partner to be happy and do thinkgs that made them happy. It makes no sense to me what you said about the Dr. Phil show. Sounds like a guy that is not fully in love. Many times I read success stories and one pretty consistent part is that the person losing the weight has had a very good support group. Mostly it began with their family. Newsgroups and website are great but it has to be tough if the people who supposedly love you are not with you. just my thoughts maybe wrong but thats what I want in a SO. Someone that will be there WITH me because over time we will all need a little help and support. frank > >If your SO is not your biggest supporter than he or she should not be your > >SO. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > some results because they have most likely heard the weightloss talk a > hundred times before and it is falling on deaf ears >Why would you want someone that was not totally supportive of you. Well I wouldn't but I can't speak for others. >MY thoughts on being a SO might be different but thats what a SO is to me. Same here but it took me a while to learn that. >Someone that will stand by you and WITH you through thick and thin. >IF a SO is not helping but rather hurting the situation then how are they >supposedly in love with you. That is a good question for the SO. > Different people are going to have different >hobbies and activities that their SO does not like. Of course. > A true SO would >want his or her partner to be happy and do thinkgs that made them happy. I agree. >It makes no sense to me what you said about the Dr. Phil show. Sounds like >a guy >that is not fully in love. He certainly was a guy *I* would not want to go out with but it is *her* life afterall. Well, in case you haven't been shopping for one lately, perfect people are not that easy to find. Sometimes people have hangups or a lack of understanding that they can get over in time. Most relationships have some issues and some rocky periods that people have to work through. news:yiBOb.30476$VS4.946729@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, Frank Howe <frankhowe@@vvzavenue.net> stated | Why would you want someone that was not totally supportive of you. | MY thoughts on being a SO might be different but thats what a SO is [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] || some results because they have most likely heard the weightloss talk || a hundred times before and it is falling on deaf ears >It makes no sense to me what you said about the Dr. Phil show. Sounds like >a guy >that is not fully in love. Or maybe he is, and is tired of seeing his wife get hurt from the disappointment of all her attempts at weight loss. Can I assume that you're not married? Because it's not always as black and white as you seem to want it to be. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/237/140 & hubby- 310/264.5/180 Wow Congrats on your and your husbands losses. Great results. good luck to both of you > >It makes no sense to me what you said about the Dr. Phil show. Sounds like > >a guy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Me- 265/237/140 > & hubby- 310/264.5/180 >Wow >Congrats on your and your husbands losses. Great results. >good luck to both of you Thanks! I'm doing well, but my husband is like the incredible shrinking man! As of this morning he's a 1/2 lb under MY start weight. Considering that he still a big guy, and 5" taller than me, thinking about how I must have looked is disturbing. If he passes me up and weighs less than me, I'll have to divorce him, LOL! He's done so well at least a half dozen guys at his work have started because of him! Living with someone who thinks not losing for two whole days in a row is some kind of tragic "stall" isn't always easy. But I love him anyway! LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/237/140 & hubby- 310/264.5/180 > If your SO is not your biggest supporter than he or she should not be your > SO. Wow... quite a statement...to answer the question: Mine is my SO... she won't stop 8 people in my office have lost for 18 months...the boss over 60 on LC. nancyy Thats great I think it proves that she really does love you and wants to me there WITH you. The ones that simply amaze me are when someone gains a lot of weight and the SO kind of rejects them for a while and then when they lose the weight they want to jump right back in. I can see not being physically as attracted to someone but a SO is someone that you have looked past that and have connected with. Congrats on your loss and your SO frank > > If your SO is not your biggest supporter than he or she should not be your > > SO. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > nancyy > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. <snip> My son is my biggest supporter since he lives at home but my daughter and the rest of my family are also all supportive of my WOE. My sisters were a little concerned at first because they had heard all the BS about low carb but they came around pretty quickly once I explained that low carbing wasn't what they had heard it was. SignatureJeri 265/189/120 Atkins since 11/5/01 "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio Easy, myself. I don't have any supporters other than some people here, but I look to myself to find support. I want it that bad. I do envy people that have supporters though. I guess I'm a loner in a way. Curt > Easy, myself. I don't have any supporters other than some people here, but > I look to myself to find support. I want it that bad. I do envy people > that have supporters though. I guess I'm a loner in a way. Of course, you're right and I should have included myself. But for me, the road is much easier when at least two are traveling down it : ) Marsha/Ohio > > Easy, myself. I don't have any supporters other than some people here, but > > I look to myself to find support. I want it that bad. I do envy people [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio Couldn't agree more. I would love to have someone join me. Curt I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me to fail again. Hi, I've been lurking for awhile..thouh I would join in. > I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard > time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me > to fail again. Hi, I've been lurking for awhile..thouh I would join > in. You can do it. >>I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard >>time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me >>to fail again. Hi, I've been lurking for awhile..thouh I would join >>in. > > You can do it. There's your support, Joanna. You go, girl! Marsha/Ohio > I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard > time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me > to fail again. Hi, I've been lurking for awhile..thouh I would join > in. Welcome! You'll have plenty of support here, which is very helpful. SignatureJean B. I inadvertantly dumped the OP, so will piggyback on yours if I may. My biggest supporter is my husband. He's been through so much with me about food over the years - real big stuff. He cooks for me, checks carbs for me, is always understanding (ok, so he can then eat his pizza, etc., in the freezer) if I call and say I'm at Country Buffet because I couldn't wait for dinner. Maybe the biggest support he gives me is just listening or holding me when I'm "feeling my feelings," which, frankly, can be a bit over the top at times now that I'm not numbing them. He knows I'll be fine when they're out, and he doesn't need to fix anything for me. That's a very valuable trait, guys. I used to think I turned to food because I didn't have a real partner in life. I was with a good man, but he didn't have the goals I did and he spent too much time in bars. Then I met my husband. He is way more than I ever dreamed I could find, what you'd call a real catch, and he would do anything for me. I gained 50 pounds the first year and a half. I have a theory that whatever we think we lack (support, time, money, etc.) is what we blame our weight issues on. It's that looking outside ourselves to be complete that is the perfect setup. Should I start calling him my sourpie? :) Barb >>I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard >>time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Welcome! You'll have plenty of support here, which is very > helpful. >> I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard >> time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Welcome! You'll have plenty of support here, which is very >helpful. Yeah, and we can cheer you on when you show those people who are "waiting for you to fail" how WRONG they were. Plan your revenge. It'll be SWEET!! :-) LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/237/140 & hubby- 310/264.5/180 > I have no supporters. I guess that is why I have always had such a hard > time losing weight. In fact, I have people who are just waiting for me > to fail again. Hi, I've been lurking for awhile..thouh I would join > in. My mother, sister and son are all very supportive, but all from a distance (QUITE a distance in my son's case since he's in Iraq), but my biggest source of support is right her in asdlc! SignatureSaffire 205/176/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 My sons and I are doing it together. They are very supportive. We are supportive of each other. We talk about what it will be like with the weight loss. We talk together about what to eat, how much junk we used to put in our bodies. We talk about how much more energy, and less food cravings we will have. How healthy we will be over all. I was going to go at it alone. Was very happily surprised when they came to me and wanted to join in. I read alot here and tell them about it too. :) > My sons and I are doing it together. They are very supportive. We are > supportive of each other. We talk about what it will be like with the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > :) My husband who low carbs with me and all my extended family. They have watched me struggle for years. They are happy when something works for me. Laureen Possibly weirdly, it's my colleagues. My friends are very supportive, but they're not there all the time, my family live a long way away - and I've whinged here about my mother. So my colleagues are the ones who see me day after day. And they've been great so far. -- Lexin www.redrosepress.co.uk www.livejournal.com/~lexin LC since 9 June 2003 (300/234/182) my boyfriend and my co-worker that started atkins 4 months ahead of me. if my boyfriend, who I live with, wasn't doing this... there is no way that I would succeed. I plan all the meals and cook everything, so when it came to him doing it, I would work hard for him to succeed, but would never do that for just myself... wierd?? If it was jsut me, I'd screw it up. meg ///\\\ Sure. Drive down my street while you're doped up, come get your pizza and then come rob my house. \\\/// my happy little list: http://db.etree.org/eastphreak ~*~*~*~ notice spam blocker on email addy ~*~*~*~*~ Absolutely my wonderful DH. He is and has been a wonderful support right along, both before he joined me and since. An extremely close second have been my 2 gorgeous daughters (now 7 and 9) who are willing to ask me "Do you REALLY want that, Mummy?" when I'm thinking about cheating. They are also very likely to get in first when those tempting tastes are offered at the supermarket with "My Mummy is allergic to nearly everything - she can't have that!" Without the 3 of them, my whole LC journey would have been a much harder road. Aramanth > Absolutely my wonderful DH. He is and has been a wonderful support > right along, both before he joined me and since. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Without the 3 of them, my whole LC journey would have been a much > harder road. That's so sweet! Marsha/Ohio My Wife ,Susanne...she plans all my meals ( I do the shopping) then every evening after dinner she makes me a complete lunch ( I have never taken a lunch to work before in my life ) she gets up early to prepare something for breakfast too . I Can't fail ...Its been 2 months now and she has been like a rock ..Its impossible for me to let her down . I've lost 29 pounds so far. This NG has been great too. There are a couple Trolls I'ld really like to prove to ,that I can do it too. Peter 300/271/250 Jan 12/04 > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio > My Wife ,Susanne...she plans all my meals > I've lost 29 pounds so far. > This NG has been great too. > Peter > 300/271/250 Jan 12/04 More or less the same here. On Atkins since Feb 5 yet lost 22 metric pounds (24 US pounds) So far averaging a pound a day. And without any problems; I even started to like salade's and vegi's the Atkins way where I hardly ever ate vegi's and salade's befor. Let's hope I stick to this way of life; only 168 days to go to get (and stay) there!! Even at half that rate, it's "only" a year; that's 2% of the time it took me to get to 360 (for those of you bad in math: I'm 50) SignatureBill from Holland 360/338/170 (metric) 6'1" male/50yr Low carb since 15 Feb 2004 What a nice thing to say about your wife Peter. She's a lucky gal! dot My Wife ,Susanne...she plans all my meals ( I do the shopping) then every evening after dinner she makes me a complete lunch ( I have never taken a lunch to work before in my life ) she gets up early to prepare something for breakfast too . I Can't fail ...Its been 2 months now and she has been like a rock ..Its impossible for me to let her down . I've lost 29 pounds so far. This NG has been great too. There are a couple Trolls I'ld really like to prove to ,that I can do it too. Peter 300/271/250 Jan 12/04 > Besides this newsgroup, my SO of 12 years is my rock. He > thinks of new ways to cook what I can have and he doesn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio |
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