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Post by hpeterson1951 on Jul 14, 2017 15:14:11 GMT
Thank you to everyone on the advice on the progressives.
Lmenglinsh-what do you mean monovision? Is that the traditional bi-focal? The one where you can see the little window in the glasses?
Zazzles- Thanks for the advice on not being able to go back, so start with them first.
Mlillvik-I will have no choice but to wear them consistently. I can no see without my glasses. Unlike my DH, once I get new glasses I just wear them until I get used to them.
I tried contacts about 18 years ago when I was first married. I could not get used to them. The doctor said it was because I'm used to seeing through a "fixed point" of the glasses. I've had them since first grade. Contacts are "floating vision" more like your natural vision. But I will admit I did not wear them consistently.
And no one liked how I looked in them. My brother literally could no look at me. He said I just looked weird, and asked me to please put my glasses on. I wasn't going through all that trouble for everyone to think I looked worse!
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Post by diva49 on Jul 14, 2017 16:08:12 GMT
I'm IN.
Sending good thoughts to those who are struggling... I've certainly been there...
DayJob From Hell. Not even double-hockey-stickx. Just plain HELL.
'nuff said.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 14, 2017 16:19:10 GMT
Morning all! Sorry had to run out and buy a new roll of duct tape for pbnj 🤣 For all those not having maintenance issues ignore this next part. *duct tapes everyone else* You guys have heard me say time and time again, maintenance is just losing with six extra points (or however many work for you to maintain.) because bottom line that is all it is. There is no super secret magic that is going to happen when you hit that goal weight to keep it off. Just keeping your head in the game and faking it til you make it (aka writing down everythingggg the good, the bad and the truly ugly) when you have an indulgent experience (vacation, night out, etc.) is how to maintain. There are going to be times when your weight goes up, please don't let it derail you. That is where the all or nothing mentality kicks in, and where *most* people just think oh I blew it, blah blah blah. This happens both in maintenance and in the losing phase. And it WILL happen to you. Up down up up down down down, welcome to maintenance! I cannot stress enough your weight will NOT stay at the exact same point throughout your journey. At this point it isn't about the number it is about how you handle seeing that number, don't let it discourage you. Learning to navigate maintenance is the key to lifetime. Keep it simple, stop beating yourselves up, use the scale as a tool to motivate your success. If it goes up, just cut down on points. Don't let it mess with your head to the point where you just give up. <<< All of that is how you lost right? Just keep on doing what you did And honestly that is why there is no special maintenance materials, It is all about just doing the same thing with (insert your number of point here) more points. Keep it simple
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 14, 2017 16:25:18 GMT
dina safe travels, have FUN! sullicat1 *drools!!* Good luck at the doctor 100gone . Heather good luck today. Yay zazzles ! Glad you have figured out the trick to making it work. Please let us know when you get the results, will be interesting to see! *waves hi to Marie* Hope the day goes quickly for you diva49!! Sorry 😕 Have a great day everyone! 🌼
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Post by pamthomas46 on Jul 14, 2017 18:20:10 GMT
Late but accountable as I check in. Quiet day ahead in the healthy zone and in the AC. As for progressive lenses, I love mine. I've had them for years. Since they are also transitional, I never take them off. 😊 Have a great day everyone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 19:29:47 GMT
Pat,I'm glad you are back.As Mike said we shouldn't let the scale define us.I know it's hard for you LT meetings members to remember that once a month.
Heather,I hope your procedure went well.
When I first needed bifocals my eye dr suggested progressives.I did get light headed and dizzy for a few hrs but my eyes tolerated them really well after the initial breaking in.One year I got tired of paying the higher prices and decided to go with lined bifocals.Big mistake.I gave them 2 weeks and had to end up getting progressives anyway.Two to three years ago I started having trouble with reading the computer no matter what font and they were able to prescribe me a pair of progressives just for computer work.The pair I got this year are the best prescription I've ever had and of course they cost a lot more too.They are puzzled as why I am able to read books,watch TV and drive in them and they are just intended for computer work but I can use them for everything and I love them.
I went to Curves followed by grocery shopping and I am in for the day.Will get the rest of my exercise in the house.It is 98 and humid and I'm not going back out.
Happy TGIF everyone.
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Post by 100gone on Jul 14, 2017 20:57:57 GMT
@beckyw2016, that's interesting about the computer glasses. I recently got a pair for work but got annoyed that I had to keep taking them off whenever anyone came into my office. So I bit the bullet on progressives. But since I never wore glasses regularly, I think it will be tricky to get used to them. I can't figure out how to read with them and even the optician who helped me told me she wears readers for her phone even though she's worn progressives for years. Some people seem to have one pair of glasses they can wear all day and others have different ones for different purposes. Now I have progressives, prescription sunglasses for driving, drugstore readers, and computer glasses. As for my lightheadedness, my doctor told me to stay hydrated, eat salt (yay), take sudafed, and call the ENT if it doesn't improve. I have orthostatic hypotension so my blood pressure drops when I go from lying to sitting to standing. It's usually caused by dehydration or heart disease. They did an ekg and that was fine so he ruled out heart problems, thank goodness. I've had occasional ear pain so it could be related to that. I'm glad I have a next step in case it continues. sullicat1 is right - getting old ain't for sissies!
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Post by pbnj on Jul 14, 2017 21:02:11 GMT
Glasses... ugh! I was lucky enough to never need them until my arms got too short (late 40's) and I only needed cheap drugstore reading glasses. Then late 50's all that changed and I got a torn retina and old set in and couldn't see distance and needed glasses. Progressives were a nightmare for this dizzy lizzy and even though I wore them faithfully for a month the 'seasick' feeling and intense nausea drove me off the boat and into lined bi-focals. I don't like them but don't see an alternative!
p.s. I'm not really back... I'm just lurking---ha! ha! I'll be back when I can stop shoving food in my pie hole....
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Post by diva49 on Jul 14, 2017 21:13:54 GMT
I went from "occasional, more for fun than purpose" granny glasses <hippie chick!> to bifocals-ALL-the-time at age 46.
I tried progressives briefly but I didn't like them even after a solid couple of weeks.
And I have a pair of bifocals that are reading/computer distance (which, if I walk away from the 'puter, make me dizzy).
And bifocal sunglasses.
Ah, well. I have my eyeglass cases color-coded so even Toots knows which pair is which. Works for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 22:05:14 GMT
100gone,That is a lot of different kinds of glasses.I went to a different eye place this time and the tech found a way I could use them for everything.It was amazing how much better I could see when I finally got them.Scooter broke my last glasses and this time I thought I'd try a new place.That dog can be expensive sometimes but at least I got better glasses and now I keep them in a case in my purse when I'm not using them so hopefully they will last awhile.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Jul 14, 2017 22:43:43 GMT
Hi everyone, Thanks so much for the info on the glasses. I think I will give progressives a try first. But will have a good and honest discussion with my Dr. first.
Thank you for all the well wishes on the procedure- it worked, I didn't need it! Went into hospital, got all hooked up with the IV, was in the surgery room and they were setting me up under the X-ray machine with the "laser beam" (don't know the real term for the sound wave thing). They kept moving the X-ray machine around and around. Finally the doctor said "we can't find it". It looks like I passed it. It was low near the bladder and had moved to a position where there wasn't pain. I was pushing a lot of water and took Flomax. Looks like it worked! I don't normally pass ones of this size, but it wasn't there.
There are a few small ones in my kidney, so I need to go in for a check up. But I'm doing well now.
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Post by sullicat1 on Jul 14, 2017 22:53:13 GMT
Well done Heather. Glad to hear everything is ok now.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Jul 14, 2017 22:54:21 GMT
Deb- You are one great lady! Thank you for that wonderful pep talk/ Kick in the tush! I know Pat isn't the only one that needed it. It meant a lot to me. Your right, it's losing with more points.
I kept telling myself that after 4 years it was different and I didn't need to really count points hard.
I need to get real with myself. I've stopped the program all together recently. I'm not tracking, I'm not counting points (not even using MFP recently), I'm not doing GHG's, I'm not going to meetings. I'm not weighing and measuring.
I'm a WW poser!
I'm stating here and now I'm going to "join" WW. I'm going to weigh and measure my foods. I'm going to learn points as if they are new. I'm going to start writing down everything. I will find a way to get back to meetings
OK, I've made my statement of intent. So now I'm going to get to it.
For everyone else who feels they are "slipping". We will do this together!!!
Thanks Deb!
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Post by daximus on Jul 14, 2017 22:58:56 GMT
There are going to be times when your weight goes up, please don't let it derail you. That is where the all or nothing mentality kicks in, and where *most* people just think oh I blew it, blah blah blah. This happens both in maintenance and in the losing phase. And it WILL happen to you. Up down up up down down down, welcome to maintenance! DebDoesWW, this is so true! I am still new to maintenance - it has been about 2 months. I basically eat the same as when I was losing but I get 6 extra points. I weigh myself every day and while that used to scare me, it now liberates me. My weight is almost never the same every day but it fluctuates in a 2 pound ranger or so below or above my goal. If it's above for a few days in a row then I adjust the next day. I don't freak out like I used to bc I know what I need to do and I know it will fluctuate. i am starting to really feel like I can do this!
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Post by linda72 on Jul 14, 2017 23:31:21 GMT
hpeterson1951, so glad you didn't need the surgery! You must have "scared" that stone right out of you! LOL! Relax and enjoy the weekend. I'm glad you're recommitting to WW. We all know it works, it's a mental thing for many of us! (((Heather))) daximus, Sounds like you are managing maintenance very well. It's like piloting a little sail boat: you drift one direction, you make a correction and then you drift back the other direction. Back and forth, in a zig zag pattern until you get across the lake. You are wise to continue doing what you were doing before, with a few extra points. DebDoesWW, thanks for the great pep talk. We only can learn from it. One day at a time, that's for sure!
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