100D Q4

For Chris’s 100 Day Challenge we are on question 4. I have posted the answer to one of the questions I think, but the others I’ve just journaled in my book and left it there. I’m pretty open on this blog but there are just some things I don’t feel it is necessary to share with the world. Nothing personal

So this question has me a bit stumped so I’m going to just write, which means it could come out jumbled, but maybe in the end I’ll have the answer.

Her question is:

“What are you passionate about, other than food?   When you get up in the morning...what fires your engine?  Write some things down from your past that used to make you happy.”

Do you have any idea how hard this is to answer? I’m really having a tough time coming up with an answer to “what am I passionate about, what fires me, what used to make me happy??”. That’s pretty sad if you ask me …

Hmmm… what makes me happy? Other than the obvious things like loved ones, family, pets, … I have to make this more personal, more about me – I know… selfish  It is all about ME these days you know…

I love to dance. Yeah, that makes me happy. I feel really good when I dance and I don’t do enough of it. I love listening to music, could listen to it all day, I also love silence, but what I really enjoy doing is dancing, outside in the summer, with my eyes closed and just flowing with the sound. I used to do it at the old acreage (previous life, not this one) all the time. I would just dance with the dogs, dance with freedom – because no one could see or hear me.  It was very empowering. I had forgotten how good it felt.

Which makes me realize that sometimes I’ve forgotten how to have fun.

I also really enjoy walking in nature. LOVE walking in the trees along trails, fishing the streams, just sitting and gazing out at the wonders of the world. I guess that is why I love camping so much. I love just being out there. With winter here I have a bit of cabin fever and can’t wait to get back out again.

But what I’m really looking forward to is gardening. I quite honestly enjoy growing, nurturing and then eating the products of my hard work. I am going to have several raised gardens this summer with hopefully some protective coverings (not going to paint them purple like in the pic but it shows the idea). We have such a short growing season here that I’m going to try to prolong it as much as I can. Already growing tomatoes, strawberries and peppers in my indoor shelving unit. I am so going to enjoy a full summer at the acreage.

But are these the answers she is looking for? Not sure.

If it is to find something that makes me happy and is not food related, then yes, these activities would replace me stuffing my face. However, I don’t have an issue with stuffing my face with food, I have an issue with not enough exercise and empty calories. Camping, and gardening both allow me to consume empty calories…. that’s what I’ve got to deal with….

hmmm….

Can you guys answer this question easily?

Hope you are having a FANTSTIC day!

ttyl

Sandra

Whoops…

I just realized I forgot to do my goals for this week. That should tell you right there how my week is going. I don’t know about you, but Monday’s, after an full Network outage, equals all “h_e_doublehockeystick” breaks out Anyone in IT will completely understand what I mean – and it started Sunday with a frantic call to me “Help Sandra I’ve Fubared up”…. oi vey!

So this week my focus is to just stay on track eating and to exercise every single day.  That’s it, no big goals, no out of reach statements, just plain and simple, stay on track.  I want to lose 2lbs this week and I am going to do it!

We have no kids this coming weekend and it is the end of my 66 days and quite frankly, we are going out on a date night. I have no idea what is going to happen, where we are going, or even what I will eat or drink, but we are going out!

I love having my grandson around (he is 8), and I love Mr. Sandra’s 13 yr. old boy, but he’s 13!! I’ve gone through that age 5 other times and it wears on you once you get used to being without kids. Mine have long grown up and left the home….  We have Young Man 3 weekends out of the month, so when we are kid free it’s like a “breath of fresh air” right now. I’m tellin ya, 13 equals all attitude in that young mans life. All attitude… His mother has no control over him, and he does what he wants. When with us, life is quite a bit different, but the attitude is still the same.

I’m off to Hot Yoga tonight, need it today. For some reason my quads are very tight and sore and a good backwards bend will stretch them out. Now it would if I could just do that backwards bend then they really would get stretched, but I bend as much as my back/hips will allow me and my quads get some benefit from it. Can’t wait until I’m all stretched out and bendable again

I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC week. I’m trying to spend a few minutes catching up on all of you!

ttyl

Sandra

I can do it!!

I went to the JC clinic last night – wasn’t a good session because I wasn’t a good gurl this past week/weekend. She gave me heck, which I deserved, but not something I enjoyed. I dislike it when people tell me stuff I already know and it is all about the BAD choices I made… me and me alone. I KNOW BETTER!

I gained a pound. I’m blaming it on the 1lb of Korean, marinated, lovely, tender, beef/pork I ate on Tuesday night. The kids showed up on Monday from Fernie and Tuesday night they picked me up from work and we went to the Korean BBQ. I LOVE that food, really wishing I was paleo/low carb right now because that would have fit right in with that diet. I ate too much, but enjoyed every morsel of it.

But alas… I am not doing paleo/low carb... I’m eating Jenny Craig and that was about as far away from “on program” as you could get…. she asked me if it was worth it… and I had to admit it was. We don’t go there very often thankfully.

I am now repenting and back on track – have been since that night. But not quick enough to not show that 1lb gain. She just reamed me out… good thing I was at the end of her day and she wanted to get me out of the office last night or I’m sure it would have lasted a lot longer than the 15 minutes that it did…..

I go there after Hot Yoga so I’m all hot and sweaty as well – maybe she wanted me out because that lovely Tuesday night meal was emanating from my pores
Ha I make me laugh sometimes….

I also have 14 weeks until I go to Mazatlan. Yes the flights are booked as of yesterday. Yahoo!

Ms. JC and I mapped out that if I lost 1.5lbs a week I will have lost ~20 lbs by then. I’m hoping I can max it out at 2lbs at week and lost 28lbs. It is definitely doable if I kick my butt into high gear again and get moving. Like so many others,  I started January like a lion and February I became a mouse… however I’ve still got almost a week to not let February end that way….

Yeah… that’s the plan. I can do it! I will do it! I’ll prove to myself I can do it!

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend! I’ve got the Grandson coming for the weekend, it is supposed to snow a lot, so I’ll get some exercising and painting done… and wash my floors over and over again…. dogs+wet snow+wet mud = very dirty floors. I wash them almost daily but do a real scrub, deep cleaning on the weekends. I should really have Mr. Sandra do it because then he might be more careful when he lets the dogs in and keep them in the hallway, closed off until they are dry. Oi vey!

ttyl

Sandra

Lost my way for a moment….

I’ve been a bit off track this past week.  I’ve just been so worried about Ms. Katie. As her swelling comes down in her face because the steroids are starting to work, you can really see some muscle atrophy happening. Her face was small to start with, now it is really slim and with protruding bones… I’m sad…. Every time I look at her I worry. However each day she is able to open her mouth a bit more. She is panting and eating better but still not full mouth extension. She may never be able to hunt again and that is her life – she loves it!

I’ve been stressed and eating off plan a bit. Some munching on non-JC snacks, missing meals, a couple more beers on the weekend when we had company over. Not a huge amount but still… I’ve been doing it. I can’t keep falling off the wagon just because life throws me something. It should be making me stronger, not weaker.

I’m back on track right now, right this very minute, and will make each moment to come on track. I’ve got something to look forward to again…

We are booked to go to Mazatlan (as we do every year) but this time we are going the first week in June. Not sure why we picked that week but it is what it is. We are staying at a new place, farther away from our normal haunt. It is much more secluded and it is not all-inclusive so we will be cooking for ourselves again this year. That actually helps me stay on track diet wise while there. We eat out for dinner and normally it is a pretty high caloric meal, so having control over my breakfast and lunch meals is a bonus.

And  I want to be smoking hot by then. OK the reality is, I want to be at least 20 lbs less. Hopefully more….

So I’m picking up the pace (Oh how many times have you read this …) and getting in more exercise. I’ve been good and getting on the treadmill but I’ve got to get back into the strength training. I was thinking the other day I might start with the 30day Shred because it is only 20 minutes and I surely can find 20 minutes at home to get in the ST workout? Really … it’s only 20 minutes.

So my SCC goals for this week are:

1. Get back eating 100% on plan
2. Get in at least 5/7 30D shred sessions in
3. Hot Yoga 1x
4. Treadmill 5/7 days

Really folks, feel free to kick my butt if you see me slacking off again…. Rub it in my face how well you are doing and dare me to keep up

I hope you are all having  FANTASTIC day!!

ttyl

Sandra

Stop and smell the roses…

Although this has been around for a few years, today was the first time I read this. I thought I’d share it with everyone because of the author’s very last line…

A Violinist in the Metro
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

Ms. Katie…and other stuff

I’ve been worried about Ms. Katie the last week or so and on Sunday I finally realized what was going on. So hard to tell she wasn’t well because she is so active and the discovered issue wasn’t slowing her down.

She couldn't open her mouth very wide (maybe 1/4 inch). She could eat her kibble (which is pretty small) and is drinking lots of water but she cannot open her mouth to grab anything. No toys, no bumpers, no biting back Ms. “Pain in the butt” Maggie. She was running around in the yard like she normally does but wasn’t panting.

I didn’t sleep well Sunday night because it was on my mind so much. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that pets aren’t a part of your family because they certainly are… she may be Mr. Sandra’s hunting retriever but she is my little girl.

So Mr. Sandra took her to the vet on Monday at 2:00. I found it hard to even work because all I wanted was to be there with them both. My mind just wasn’t on the job.

The prognosis wasn’t good. She has Masticatory muscle myositis.

What is Masticatory muscle myositis?

Masticatory muscle myositis, commonly abbreviated MMM, is an inflammatory disease the affects the jaws of the dog. The jaw of the dog swells up and it can be difficult for the dog to open its mouth. The condition is painful. Chronic MMM can cause scar formation that makes it impossible for the dog to open its mouth. Masticatory muscle myositis is known under several different names, including atrophic myositis and eosinophilic myositis.

The term masticatory tells us that this disease involves the part of the dog’s body involved in mastification, i.e. chewing. When the dog chews, it uses the large muscles located on the top and sides of the head. These muscles distinguish themselves from other muscles by having a unique muscle protein composition. In a dog suffering from masticatory muscle myositis, the dog’s own immune system attacks a special muscle protein that is only found in these masticatory muscles. If we take a closer look inside the jaw of a dog, we will find so called 2M fibres in the masticatory muscles. These 2M fibres are quite similar to proteins present on the surface of bacteria, and this is probably why the dog’s immune system goes berserk and tries to destroy the dog’s own muscles. When the immune system attacks the muscles, the result is an inflammation.

Masticatory muscle myositis is the most commonly occurring inflammatory myopathy in dogs. (A myopathy is a neuromuscular disease where the muscles fibres do not function as they should, and masticatory muscle myositis is one of many different forms of myopathy.)

Dogs at risk

Masticatory muscle myositis is chiefly a problem for large dog breeds, especially German Shepherds. Other examples of breeds commonly affected by MMM are the Springer Spaniel and the English Pointer.

So she is on a steroid now for the next 6 months to help battle this. The steroid shuts down her immune system so that it stops attacking her muscle in the jaw. I stayed home yesterday as a flex day and by noon, after having two doses of the steroid she could open her mouth about ¾ of an inch. I got to see her tongue again. I called the vet to get some questions I had answered and she said that she felt we caught it early enough and therefore there isn’t any visual signs of atrophy in her jaw. And that if the steroids work as they should, and she is on them long enough to battle her immune system, we could have this beat and a re-occurrence will hopefully be unlikely.

Totally sucks to find out your perfectly healthy happy dog has a disease that comes out of no-where. The vet says it is a mystery disease and they don’t know what triggers it. This is the same for any disease whether you are human or animal. It sucks…

To look at her though, for the most part,  you would never know she was in so much pain – she’s a trooper.

So what did this do to me? I had 2 beers. Yup I did. I succumbed to the stress and relaxed in the afternoon with Mr. Sandra and had a Valentines beer with him. Am I disappointed in myself – No, I went 45 days which is the longest I have gone in years and I am proud of myself. Did I discover something – Yes. It wasn’t all that great. AND for the first time in 45 days (other than Sunday night with worrying about Kate), I did not sleep well last night at all and I KNOW it was from the beer. And today I feel fuzzy. I truly don’t like how it made me feel.

So what’s my plan from this day forward? I’m calling it a lapse in sanity and going to continue the next 21 days like it never happened. Nothing has changed other than I’ve learned quite a bit.

I had written in my journal the following a couple of weeks ago:

I wanted to have something I can review in the future if I ever start feeling like crap again.

1. Sleep is much deeper (except when you have a headache). You are getting up more rested for a change and have a bit more energy.

2. No nighttime heart burn. Not sure if this is alcohol related or weight loss related but it stopped as soon as you stopped drinking.

3. You have more energy now and get more things done. Remember how drinking made you feel lethargic – you never wanted to do much of anything after a drink. You were to relaxed and lazy at that point.

4. It isn’t the answer to boredom. You have found keeping busy works much better.

5. You lost weight without really trying – empty calories……

So there you have it. I didn’t deal well with the stress and need to move on from that and figure out something else to use to work through it.

I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC DAY!

ttyl

Sandra

SCC WK 7

Hard to believe it is already week 7 into 2012. Time really does fly by and I think it’s just going to keep on going fast.

I did better last week than I did the week before in regards to exercising. And this week I am going to do that much better. I found this iApp called BeatBurn Treadmill/Outdoor and it helped me with some treadmill work this weekend. I did 60minutes on Saturday so that I could do a 5K and I used Day 1 on this app, and just set it to 60 minutes. It had me walking pretty slow for some of the recovery minutes but that’s OK. Just took me a bit longer to complete the 5K.

Sunday I did a 45 minute session. Again, it does a lot of intervals and what I like about it is that it changes the music to the pace. Keeps you walking at the beat the music. I’m pretty sure the music will get boring after  awhile but I do have the option of adding my own. Just not sure how to do that just yet.

It is an app that makes interval training mindless….

For week 7, my goals are:

1. Up the exercising. I lost the weight a couple of years ago mostly from exercising and eating healthy (duh) but I was also drinking throughout that stint. If I would just increase the exercise now, then I think I would get healthy a heck of a lot faster. Stuff not in my favor this time around is menopause and hurting my back. But those can be beat! 
2. Ummm.. not sure what do focus on this week other than exercising. Eating isn’t an issue because I’m on Jenny Craig and all my meals are set out for me.

Well I guess there is one thing….

I’ve gotten into a bad habit of having one moccachino in the morning at work. We have this fancy dancy coffee machine and it makes a lot of different types of coffee. Not like a Kerig et all but a machine that has it all built in. Anyway, I never used to drink coffee until I tried this moccachino thing. Yes, it isn’t really coffee as it tastes like chocolate coffee… but dang it is good.

It is 168 calories for a large one and I’ve factored it in with my breakfast calories and by the end of the day I am still around 1200. But really… I should stop drinking it every single day. Maybe make it my Friday special thing… Kind of like I am going to do if and when I start drinking again.

Speaking of which… I was going to have a beer this weekend. Was going to have a “social” beer with Mr. Sandra on Saturday night. We had talked about it and when Saturday night came along – I didn’t want to break my 66 days. So he had a beer and I had a virgin Caesar. Too much salt but I don’t care… 45 days in folks and I’m proud of myself.

Just thought of an addendum to the exercising goal – I am going to try to get in a 20-30 minute walk at lunch. It is supposed be fairly nice this week and I really do need a break during the day. Getting outside and getting in a walk would really do me some good.

I’m down 12lbs in 6 weeks. That’s and average of 2lbs a week. Although I really want to see big numbers, I am also realistic and know that 2lbs a week is a really healthy weight loss and 12lbs is really good.

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Day!!

ttyl

Sandra

Ha ha.. my horoscope for today

Feb 10, 2012

Your pack rat tendencies are running crazy, making it difficult to prioritize. It`s hard to let go of old things, even if you`re not currently using them. Try to donate clothes you haven`t worn in the past couple of years and other unnecessary things you might have accumulated. Find new ways to reorganize not only your belongings, but also your life. You may need to adopt a different way of going about your everyday business. Beware of agreeing to an unwise career move.

This is so me it’s not funny!!

Listen to your body….

Have you heard what it has to say today? Are you too busy to stop and listen?

I was deaf in 2011, but this year I’m starting to listen… did you realize your body talks to each and every day…mine does.

Mine is telling me to start moving. Wants me to get healthy and all that stuff. Look what it does for me, and look what I’ve done to it?? It’s the only one I have….

This week I noticed that when I stood or laid down on the yoga mat, recovering between poses, I could feel the positive energy flowing through me. Sometimes I just wanted to lift my arms and sway. Close my eyes and flow…

However they would give me heck for moving unnecessarily and disturbing the class

But it is how I felt. I felt like I could float. That I am healthy and able to conquer anything.

… that was for about the first 45 minutes.

The last 45 were a bit more along the lines of “OMG my back is killing me” or “It is so freakin hot in here”. But at least that first 45 minutes gave me an inkling of what the entire 90 minutes could be like once I get back into better shape.

This weekend I am going to walk a 5K for this lady (Sherry Arnold). Such a sad story! Thanks Helen for bringing it to my attention.

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend!!

ttyl

Sandra

Early Bird

Oh how I have let myself go… but Oh how good it feels to get back to working on myself again.  Although the Hot Yoga is difficult for me as my back/hip give me grief, I will get better. Last night was better than last Thursday, last Thursday was better than Tuesday and so on. Consistency is the key for me, I’ve got to keep the motivation going and before I know it I will be back in shape again and burning those calories like mad.

One of my co-workers (I’ve worked with him for 23 years & everyone calls me his work wife, & he’s one of my work husbands – we can fight like spouses sometimes too… ), anyway, he comes to me each morning and tells me about his boot camp workout from the night before. He really likes to brag about it.  When I listen to him, I know at my current physical strength, there is NO WAY I would survive. It is a really tough workout. But him and his wife are both heavily into dragon boat racing in the summer and both keep in pretty good shape all winter. She is also my nutritionist/biofeedback specialist (I’ve blogged about her before). I just haven’t gone to see her in a couple of years….. She is such a perfectly lovely person inside and out.

Anyway, I would like to be as strong as them and I’m going to focus on getting into shape again.

I’ve got the food under control (more or less), which includes the booze, so as I’ve repeated over and over again in the last month – I need to exercise more.

But here is excuse time….Today I didn’t get up in time to get in any early morning exercising, tonight I won’t get home until 7:00 (and I’ll be starving by then) – and I want to get to bed by 9:30. If I exercise after 7 I won’t be able to get to sleep by 10, so that I can get up the next morning by 4:30 to get ready for work. It’s a rinse and repeat thing for me. I don’t know where to get exercising in anymore. Other than I’ve just got to get up earlier… Yeah, that’s what is going to have to be. Early Bird gets it done first thing in the morning.

No more excuses…. like this season’s Biggest Loser….

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I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC day!

ttyl

S

Tomorrow’s Past

Change your Thoughts, Change Your World

I really liked the above video and wanted to share it with everyone.

I need to also remember to not focus on what went wrong yesterday and to make today tomorrow’s perfect yesterday. Making the right choices today gets me one step ahead in my goal to getting healthier.

Today I am going to Bikram Hot Yoga. I am going to make it the best session that I can for today. My goal is to stop any negative self talk. I will be proud that I gave it my best.

You can make today something special too!

Have a wonderful day!

Sandra

p.s., I must have some good mojo going. My tomato seedlings are already starting to sprout. I’m just hoping it’s not too soon and they get too big before I can plant them outside….

SCC Week 6

It is once again time to set this weeks goals.

My plan is to:

1. Stay on the JC bandwagon. – I didn’t do so good last week. I stayed under 1500 calories when I ate other than JC food but Friday I pretty much ate my own food instead of the packaged stuff. What JC is teaching me is portion sizes. I did good that way when eating off the plan.
2. Get more exercising in. I really need to increase this. My 100 day challenge hasn’t started out as good as I hoped. I got in two Hot Yoga sessions, and 2 TM and 1 ST session. Still not good enough. I need 6/7 days exercising.
3. I mentioned last week that I wanted to organize my gardening. I succeeded in that and really need to keep working on my home life. Having just moved in 6 months ago, I still need to unpack and find some things. My goal this week is to keep on organizing my life. I feel so much better when I am in control.
4. Get some of my to-do list scratched off here at work. It is getting ridiculous how much I have on my plate. This also involves organization.

So the 1 ST session I did was a JM 30D Shred session yesterday. I’m freakin sore today. I like it! I was going to get up and do it again this morning but I really want my muscles to recover in between so that I don’t hurt myself. I’m not resting today, just not doing the 30Day session.

It was hot and sunny on the weekend. Hot for our time of year. Mr. Sandra and I sat outside on our patio and had our morning coffee and chatted about our future “to-do” list – like building my chicken coop and garden boxes. Then in the afternoon we putzed around outside. I really really wanted a beer on the patio later in the afternoon. I mean I “really” wanted one. It was a tough thing, like quitting smoking and sitting there with a smoker puffing in your face, but I refrained. I kept thinking that if I had one, just one, I’d have to admit it here and I didn’t want to disappoint my blog friends or myself. You guys are helping me keep accountable. Thank you for that!

I hope you are all having a fantastic day and I hope to get to some blogs today and catch up on all of you.

ttyl

Sandra

Inner Talk

I’m having lots of inner talk lately that I need to address. I especially encounter it during Hot Yoga. What was getting easy for me a year ago is now very difficult and painful. It is a shame I let myself get to this point over the last year when I was doing so well. And that is what conversation goes through my head.

Why, why, why did I stop?

I feel like I have never exercised before, my hips are so tight, my back is so weak, and sore. I can’t bend over as far because of all my junk in my trunk and 18 months ago I remember writing about being excited about reaching personal bests in most of the poses. How it was getting easier and that I was actually getting into the poses properly.

Now I’m starting over.

But at least I am starting over right? Gotta start somewhere and as long as I don’t stop, I’ll get back to where I was and then some.

But the inner talk has to stop. It’s demoralizing. If I continue it, it will program my mind and I’ll get back into my frumpy mood. I don’t like that mood, it’s not the normal me. I’m a happy person normally, I don’t like not being happy, especially with myself.

Yes, I am doing good with no drinking. I’m very proud of myself. But this past week, I’ve wanted to go out this weekend on a date night, and have a beer and something special for dinner. I’m only 2 weeks into Jenny Craig (full two weeks that is) and I’m already tired of the “packaged” food. I’ve never eaten like this before and quite frankly I’m not sure how long I am going to last. I miss my home made healthy food….  I’m grieving for my old normal.

Just need to remember this:

“A lot of people make the mistake of starting something like this with the thought, "I can't wait until I am at my goal because then I can get back to 'normal' and not have to think about this". However, this is the start of something that will not have an ending: conscious food choices, moderation, exercise and proper 'mind management' (otherwise known as how you think about food, diet, exercise, your body, body image, the scale, etc) will be a part of your day every day. So, while it is going to be such a tremendous milestone when you reach your goal weight, enjoy the process too. "Sit back and enjoy the ride" as they say because it's fun (to feel light), it's empowering (to overcome challenges or cravings), it's a confidence builder (to fit into smaller clothes and look great) and it's energizing (to be able to go farther longer or faster while you exercise)."

I am creating a new normal and this is just a part of the adjustment process.

No stopping for this girl anymore. I want to be like Helen and write a fantastic post on how well I am doing with weight and health… you ROCK Helen!!

I hope you are all having a FANTSTIC day.

ttyl

Sandra