Who could be more alive and beautiful than this precious girl! Nobody!!!

i got that dress cuz it hides the fat. LOL. Thank you tho

Absolutely beautiful Blaine! And look how happy you are!

(((((((((Hugs))))))) My dh has struggled with his weight most of his life. He puts on weight sooooo easily and he just LOVES food. I know nothing I say when he's dealing with his weight changes how he feels.....so I just want to say I love ya babe, you're absolutely beautiful, and to vent away.

Blaine,
You are te most exquisite - alluring and gorgeous person I have ever known. Please wipe your tears and smile for me.

There.

Now.... Take a deep breath and thank everything that has happened to you in the last year or so. Yes, you are getting married to a wonderful man that loved you NO MATTER what is going on downstairs or wherever. He's in love with YOU!

I love you too and I am sure you are just pmsing Take it easy my friend.... You'll be ok. Take your time losing weight and dont frustrate yourself too much - it will come on its own terms.

CaraMish, I'm so glad you're back.

Blaine, I am so sympathetic. This whole thread reads like so many long talks I've had with my sister - dealing with jobs, home life, hormones - and in the meantime you're supposed to look like Calista Flockart?

I have to tell you though - you are drop dead gorgeous. I think most women would kill to be as pretty as you are.

You are beautiful.

So eat some friggin cake sweetie..only a little piece...dieting sucks...I want to kill whoever invented it. I dieted and dieted and was so damn depressed I cried every friggin day. Then finally my mother said just stop. Leave it to mother for words of wisdom... the best advice is sometimes simple. some of us, (me) can not deprive ourselves of taste. I love food, I learned to love LESS of it. It worked for me. If I want candy I eat candy, only a mini (look by the register they are everywhere, who knew they made chocolate other than king size?) pick up a roche' thingy...they are luscious and you can buy just one. Lock your car doors, put it in your mouth and let it sit there. HEAVEN!!! I eat all of the same stuff now, only less and only one trip. NO regular soda/diet and try to pic something like green tea instead or flavored water, but hey, I like soda.
Sometimes...you have to use what works for your mind and body. I found that when I deprive my body my metabolism is non existant. If I don't eat enough it just plain stops. I can go for literally a week without food and I won't loose weight (pass out in Walmart...no weight loss though) I eat three meals a day, even if it's an AdVantage shake or a Pria or Slimfast bar. Those things ROCK. They are like eating a candy bar and full of stuff good for you. I'm no diet expert and not trying to play one...I am just sharing what works for me because I've been the blubbering bawling heap on the floor despising myself.
I hope you feel better Blaine. I love ya, I think that you're the coolest side kick any super hero could want, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what anyone thinks but YOU!!! Me telling you that your beautiful and a wonderful person won't make you believe it, even if it is true!

awww blaine! i am so sorry you are feeling down
i was a size 4 now i am a size 10 and the fat aint budging. i can so relate to what you are saying.

its so hard not to hate yourself when you know you were smaller before, it kinda makes you feel like you failed or something.
you know sweetie its not your fault!
you know you have hypothyroidism, it has me gain weight and it usually makes everyone gain weight who has it.

i know its so not fair. it sucks!!!
i know there is a special diet book by Mary Shomon made especially for thyroid patients that is supposed to help them lose weight. i havent tried it yet since i am the food allergy freak

i think its good for you to rant and let out all of the feelings you have, i hope it makes you feel a little bit better at least.

we are all here for you and we love you, and i truly think you are one of the most beautiful people i have ever met, inside AND outside!
sending you a (((((((((((BIG HUG!!!)))))))))))))

thank you soooo much ladies. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Im feeling a little better today. Ive been eating, doing that thing of something small every 3-4 hours, and ive stuck to it. I think a major problem is 2 things. 1.) PMS (aint hormones evil? it takes what your feeling and multiplies it times 50) 2.)i broke the cardinal rule. I was weighing myself everyday. And what happenes when you pms? Yes ladies, you gain weight. I have lost 8 lbs, but i stepped on that scale and gained back 2. and i havent cheated on my diet once. I think seeing that needle go up after killing myself just set me off.
Thank you so the support. Im gonna keep at it, and today will be a better day