Comment left by Canadian on 05/29/2001: A big congratulations to you on your weightloss!! You are amazing!!!! The low fat diet sure agrees with you. :-) Have a fantastic day!! Diana

Comment left by Kat1970 on 05/29/2001: Good morning and Congrats on the weight loss!!! That 200 goal will be here before you know it!!! =) Keep up the AWESOME work!!!! -Kat

Comment left by Kyrin on 05/29/2001: Congrats on kissing off the 300s! ...and thanks for the song and the chuckle! I never know what I'll find in your diary entry, but it always seems to make me smile.

Comment left by thatmochagirl on 05/29/2001: Kiss that 300lb mark so long and kick it to the curb forever... You have done awesome Rader!

Comment left by pushedtothewall on 05/29/2001:

How VERY wonderful :) :) :) You da MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You DID that! Exactly as you planned and worked toward and in your own timeframe! :) Did it turn out that you saw your Mom, your own family, as you thought that you might on this trip, Dustin? Know that I am thinking of you at your new official great weight and feeling inspired. Connie

Comment left by pastagal on 05/29/2001: CONGRATS:}}}} you are doing so good,,,that is a great loss for you,,,,keep it up,,,,that soup is just burning that fat off you,,,altho it might be that walking and exersise your doing to:}}} whatever it is,,,,keep doing it!!Cute song you made up:}

Comment left by carrie on 05/29/2001: My my my my my! You are doing sooooooooooo great! There is nothing like working toward a goal and seeing the wonderful results! It seems the weight is literally melting off of you! and.. I may add you do deserve it! You've worked so hard! So what did you decide on the scale dilemna? Enquiring minds wanna know?

Carrie

Comment left by Soon2BThin on 05/29/2001: CONGRATULATIONS, Rader!! That is just awesome! And I vote you the funniest guy on this site, okay? Keep up the great work!

Comment left by mommyof two on 05/29/2001: well take one down and pass it around,yougo dustin.... i,m sooooooooooo happy for you!! are you doin the dance?boy, i better get bck in the grove, your gonna pass me up. and soooooooon.the song is great,i love your attitude!!!i bet heather is so proud of her man!!!! keep up the great work!!!!, lisa

Comment left by Miss Piggy on 05/30/2001: YYEEAAAAAHHH. Keep up the excellent work!!!!!YOu Go. I love to hear reports like that. I love your song too. You are an inspiration for me to get back up off my butt and start working out again. I am so close to that island it isn't funny. I can see it. I've been out here treading water for so long. Pick me up on your way out. I'll help row the boat. Keep on keeping on. Have an awesome day today. Hugs.

Comment left by pinkus on 05/30/2001: WOW!!!!!!! Good for you!!!!!!! pam

Comment left by firebabe on 05/30/2001: roflmao and WTG! I love your song and I am sooohappy for you, leaving the land of the large! Good luck to you, you CAN do it!

Comment left by TNYankee950 on 05/30/2001: Congrats! What an accomplishment. Thanks for your comments to me earlier. You had alot of good advice. You're right I wouldn't be able to get rid of all the 'wrong' foods in my house with my kids (neither one of them have a weight issue - just the reverse, they're thin) but that's ok because the 'wrong' foods will always be there. I am going to try to keep a journal of everything I eat. Keep up the good work. I'll continue to look forward to reading your postings.

Comment left by pushedtothewall on 05/30/2001: Thank you for your great comments to me today! I am proud to have that weight loss to post, Dustin. You know how ridiculed I am for declining this or that tidbit that is offered to me. I could so easily pave many of the rocky patches by accepting the gift of high calorie food, the ONLY way this guy knows to show kindness to his overweight wife. He both ridicules my inability to stick to a diet, and my "trying to make a big deal out of a giant cheeseburger with fries". I can't tell you the number of times he has THROWN something in the trash with great force because he bought it for me and then found it was declined. I was at one time into a thing of just forcing down food to say "thank you for thinking of me." I kind of have the type of personality, that does similar things to please, that is true. But one hopes for more consideration from a husband who is aware of the situation, than one does from a stranger. But, that stage is behind me. Thank you for tracking down that artist who I mentioned doing that cute little song. I didn't like it that husband sought to ridicule ME, but I did like the song. And, I was aware that he was reading into it a cruelty that just wasn't there.

Well, I might end up being neighbors with you there in Indiana :) My son and his wife have a four-bedroom rock solid brick home with a second story and a fully done basement. Whenever I visit I am given the guest room on the first floor which is also a very extensive library (my son, the philosophy major :) !!!) It has a private entrance and porch and is unusually pleasant. My little granddaughters sneak in my bed at night and smooth my hair in a petting motion while I feign sleep. It is like being in heaven, for a woman my age, but yet it is not where I want to be, really. They have always asked me to come there to live with them since my first husband died. I know better than that. However, it might be something that I consider on my way to wherever I will be making my own home. Here is something that I am just now thinking of.... my son seems to think of me as way more than I am. Gives me too much credit for everything. I feel uneasy about that and I don't know why he does it. He seems to remember the life that we knew together with a different twist than I do. I was a nineteen year old mother when I met him and in a way he taught ME all of the most important things that I know. First children are an experiment for all parents. I made so many mistakes. I hold such fond memories of his successes. A portrait that he drew of me when he was four that took up one complete bedroom wall! Why did I react so angrily to that beautiful gift? Once he had a first grade school project to draw a scene of his family enjoying Chistmas together. He drew only he and I sitting in front of the tree and I was handing him a plate of cookies. He drew me with a crown on my head!? It was my privilege to teach him a dance step or two before an eight-grade dance. He was so uneasy and I tried to do that like most moms so that he would be a little confident. I completely forgot that most of his friends, would not be dancing to Fats Domino and Elvis! Gosh, you are a great "listener" :) Thank you. I am thinking of you in the world today doing your thing and wishing you ALL of the best! P.S. About the walk "route". I live in the country so I am quite free. I have used the car's odometer to kind of pace out the mile markers. I rely less on that now than other things. Sometimes I try a new trail here or there, sometimes I walk out to the coastal highway by our place (101) and travel that for a while. Sometimes I look for a predominately uphill route. I am still not in the best shape. But, that's coming and I have every reason to believe that.

Comment left by breakaway on 05/30/2001: I think you watch to much Alice! lol And was your favorite caracter Flo? You know something funny...My niece has never heard of that show. Now I really feel old! Great job..Your tied with my hubby now...He just left that same island last week! He bought a really nice bike last week and he has been biking with the kids. He wants me to join but I feel my butt is still to big for that! Maybe we could find a 20" seat someplace. WOO HOO wouldn't that be a sight! lol Your doing terrific! Have a great day and look forward to seeing more results next week!

Comment left by breakaway on 05/30/2001: Australia Dustin!!? lol That is a big island!

Comment left by diva on 05/30/2001: I am sending you a big congrats. Under 300!!!! Thats great. You are doing fantastic. Keep that willpower up and chug the water. C-Ya DIVA.