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Well, I had a HUGE set back.  It seems my iron stores tanked and I needed a blood transfusion and in the process packed on a ton of water weight.  I am LOTS of Red Blood Cells to make.  But I have started a group and we are all training for a 5k.  We are all training seperately, but will start walking more together when we can.  I am so excited and focused.  So I start back walking tomorrow.  Slow baby steps… but I will conquer this.  With it, the great side effect of weight loss.  What a great 2010 we are all gonna have.  Hoo-rah!

Well, December is here… and my goal for this month is to lose 6#…  Why 6… well, I gained back up to 332… eek!!!   but I am back down to my set weight right now of 326.  So i would like to start the new year under 320…  I dont think that is too much to ask.   So what goals do you have for this month.  I think a prefectly good one, would be just not to gain over the holidays.   Lets all jump on this together.  We can do whatever we set our minds to do.  ((HUGS)) to my peeps!

What a georgous week!  This is the perfect fall weather.  It is had to keep myself from just going crazy with activity…. but the FM pain reminds me to take it easy…  I went to the gym for t first time in 6 months…   water aerobics class is what was in order for me today…  I am looking forward to being able to work out on the treat mills and weights soon…   But slow I go…. I cannot afford a back lash….

So, to everyone… I challenge you all to do at least 1 intentional activity today.

Here’s t less of us! 

Ok, Peeps… the total for the first week onhere is 3#  !!!   Whoot Whoot!!!!

It has been a stressful week, but Buddyslim has helped me navigate better that I would have on my own.  So, lets all raise our glasses of water … give us all cheers….  Here’s to less of us!!!!

I’d lke to give a big shout out to myself for losing 2 pounds this week.  I am not looking for  large numbers ( but would totally be ok if they came..LOL) but I am looking for a steady decline.  I love being able to see my deficits, but more important for me, I need to be able to see when I am not eating enough calories.  Yeah, my problem when I begin to eat really healthy is that I don’t take in enough calories in a given day and will shut down my metablolism…  totally not my intention. 

So here is to less of me!!!!  I hope you all are having a week focused on yourself.  You are so worth it!!!

What a geourgous way yo start November her in ole KY.  After a perfectly bewitching night at a friend’s Old Hallow’s Eve Party, I slept like a log…  then to awaken to a bright shining Sunday…  What a blessing.  So I made myself some breakfast and in keeping with my program (yep, its only been a few hours…LOL) I made myself a tall glass of apple, carrot, beet celery Juice!  I just love fresh juice!  So, onward and downward!

Well, I allowed 2 things to interfere with my weight loss efforts over the past 2 days…  the first was anger.  I am angry that my physcian did not diagnose me sooner with Fibromyalgia, despite having all of the information in front of her to do so.  I am angry that she did not bother to diagnose my properly with Type II Diabetes, even though my blood work confirms it at least 6 months ago.  I am angry that I did not ask for a referral sooner and I am angry that I did not take my health more seriously, even though I had all of the information in front of me.  The problem was, I only have so much fight in me, and with fighting the pain, and the sleeplessness and the money troubles and running a business…  I didn’t have any fight left in me to fight with my physcian.   The second was the holiday.  For most people, Halloween means candy.  But for me, October is one of the most special months.  It is when fall really kicks it into high gear, I love the color and I love to watch the changes.  But Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve is actually Samhain to me.  It is the beginning of a new year.  It the end of the harvest season.  It is a time of the death of the old year, and when you begin to lay the ground work for the new year.  This is where my new year resolutions start.

So, with the holiday over and the new year begun, here is my resolutions.  I am going to become an expert on my diseases.  I am going to follow and low calorie, low glycemic index type diet.  I am going to become vegetarian.  I am going to eat 50% raw. I am going to devote myself to the preactices of Yoga and meditation. And I am going to be active every day.

I know, those are big orders, but the time is now to start… with little baby steps.  I will be journaling my story, in hopes to keep myself honest and maybe, to inspire others to do the same.  It is a new year.  My journey has begun.  Has yours?

So far, so good.  I like that this program gives you your total calorie balance for the day, and I figure it is a good day if my number is negative!  That is all I am shooting for right now with every thing else on my plate.  I started my weight loss just over a year ago.  I made major changes in my life (all for the good)… I decided to take a year for myself.  It has made a huge difference.  I have already lost 50 pounds, I finally have a diagnosis for my pain (fibromyalgia) and have also been diagnosed with the one disease I was trying to avoid (Type II Diabetes).  But I have stayed focused on the final outcome.  I decided to take babysteps towards my goal instead of going on a diet.  I tried that too many times before.  So I decided it would take me 3-4 years to lose all of my weight, but at least that would allow me to make those changes permanant. 

I am so excited about this website and the tools it has given me.  So, here we all go… onward and downward.  We all can do this. 

Well the hike was just what I needed…. I was very nature defficient… I hugged a few trees, intently listented to the water falls along the trail and fully enjoys both of my children collecting leaves and running through the woods….  What a beautiful way to kick-start my way back to health… 

So I signed up at 2 am last night…LOL… so this is only sorta’ day 2….   I am pretty motivated.  But really wish my body would go along…  I do not mean this to be a gripe session, but it  will help to get it out… My knee is trying to act up again and my pain (I have fibromyalgia) is waxing and waning…  Overall, I am much better than I was two weeks ago, but still am angry that the diagnosis was not made 9 years ago when I first went to the doctor…  Ugh! 

So today will be filled with some activity.  I am taking my kids to go on a hike and a picnic to one of my favorite places.  It is a gorge trail, very easy walking, not quite paved, but nice walking trail.  Great first hike.   Now, to get my vegetables in…  Best of luck to all….