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Lets try this again.

  • Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:44 pm

Hello!  I know it has been a long time since I wrote last.  I have no excuse for it.  But I need to get back at it and I need the support from all my family and friends.  I have been feeling a little down in the dumps again and it is affecting me in more than one way.  I have been putting weight on instead of taking it off, just can not find the get up and go to start walking on the treadmill again and just feeling like I am going around in circles and not getting anywhere.  Has anyone been in this trap?  If you have, what finally snapped in your head to changed it?  I would love to hear your story.

I have gone and cleaned up the playroom/workout room/basement so that I can be on the treadmill while the kids play and I can still keep a close eye on them.  I guess that would be considered Step 1.  Step 2 would be using it, but it is way easier to say I can start tomorrow.  I have been trying to change my life in very small stages to make it more focused on my family.  I love my friends dearly (and a few are more like family than friends.  I don’t know if these folks know that they mean so much to me.  I think I need to make a point to let them know it!)  As I said I love my friends but my I need to refocus my energy on my husband and kids.  They are my life and the sole reason to live, love and do it healthy and right!

I am so blessed that my husband is much healthier and in better shape because he has showed our oldest daughter the right path to take.  They are bicycle riding buddies and they well put easily 40 to 50 miles in a good days ride.  She is 6 yrs old and loves every turn of the pedals!  Steve thank you!

I do hope to get back into writing more again.  I did enjoy that and it seemed to help me a lot to hear from everyone.

Sometimes I wish I could just get control of my mind. My mind is my worst enemy. I think way too much, and I allow my thoughts to defeat me even before I have a chance to succeed.  I am praying for guidance and peace in my life. I want to be healthy in mind, body and spirit.

I have taken my measurements again as well as my starting weight (again) and tomorrow morning I will start this journey all over again.  I know I can do it I just need to find that path through the deep dark woods that will take me to the sun filled fields.  Like a guy that Steve loves to listen to on his Ipod (Dave Ramsey) says… Baby steps.  Everything in baby steps!

 

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Weight Loss Success Can Be Had!

  • Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:54 pm

Today I got on the scales and I am another 3 pounds down! I started my weight loss journey in early March and I am 9 pounds lighter!! I am seeing or rather feeling a BIG change in how my clothes are fitting. I have been keeping track of how many miles I walk on the treadmill and I am up to 34 miles. That would put me just outside of Millersburg, Ohio if I walked from my house.

So what have I done differently? Well, I would have to say the biggest thing has been my choices. I have increased my activities (mostly walking). I have also changed my eating habits (this is the hardest thing for me). I don’t know about you but I get tired of “thin” folks or those that have never had any problems with their weight telling me or you what you need to do to lose weight. This drives me nuts!!  I want to here from those that fought their weight issues and WON!  Well I can at least tell you what I am doing and what is working for me. My hope is that I can be in some small way a help or inspiration to you.

If you can get yourself into the habit of choosing the right foods the easier it is in the long run. It even becomes easy when eating out. You don’t have to eat anything strange, you just eat normal everyday foods. I found that when you eat what is on your meal plan for the day you will find that you will start feeling full by the end of the day. Here is a sample of what I would have as a daily meal plan.

Breakfast:                    Snack:                      Lunch:                       Snack:                         Dinner

1- Fruit                                                           1- Fruit                                                             1- Fruit
1- Starch                                                         1- Protein                                                        1- starch
1- Dairy                                                          2- Veggies                                                       1- Protein
2- Veggies

This is what I put in those categories.

Breakfast:

1- small apple

1- 3/4cup Cheerios

1- 8oz glass of milk

Lunch:

1- small banana

1- 8oz Chicken Breast

1- 6 baby carrots

1- 1/2 cup raw Cauliflower

Dinner:

1- 3/4cup pineapple

1- small Potato

1- 1tsp of butter

1- 1/2 cup raw mushroom

1- 1/2 cup broccoli

1- Fish in Foil

For my snacks I have been eating Special K Bars (Chocolate Drizzle) or I get Nature Trails Fruit & Grain Bar (Apple/Cinnamon)

Here is the recipe for the Fish in Foil if you are interested.

1- fish (i use tilapia or salmon)(about 7oz)
1- Can’t believe it’s not butter Spray
dash of salt and pepper

Oven to 450
Wrap fish securely in a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes.

Open foil and spray with butter spray and add salt and pepper.

Bake uncovered until fish flakes very easily with a fork and is opaque in center.

While you may say there is no way that it is enough food but it really is. As you train yourself to not eat the junk but focus on the right food your body will adjust and soon you will find that you are eating the right amount. Trust me it worked for me before (till I blew it) and it is working again for me.

How else do I know it is working… I went clothes shopping the other day (gosh I hate that) and I came home with some REALLY REALLY cute tops and they were a size smaller! Proof to me that it is working!!

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Motivation to Lose Weight- Pictures are Worth Their Weight.

  • Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:56 pm

So I found while looking for other pictures 3 pictures that are probably the biggest motivational pictures that should really keep me on track.  If I can remember to take my motrin an hour before I get on the treadmill I can keep getting my walks in.  My ankle is starting to feel a little better until I step wrong or step on a big rock in the driveway.

I had said before that when I got pregnant with my first daughter I was around 240 pounds, well in this picture I was about 4-5 months pregnant and about 255 pounds.  This picture was taken in 2004 at a friends wedding.

 

I said that I just did not care about my weight at that time, I just said “I am pregnant and I can eat what I want, when I want.”  At least my makeup looked good in this picture.

My daughter was born in early 2005 and I was pushing 300 pounds.  (sigh).  I knew I was very heavy but I just turned a blind eye to it.  When I went back to my first dr’s visit after her birth, I heard them say the 284 number but I did a great job of not letting it sink in or bug me.  However when my daughter was only 3 months old my family went to Cedar Point and this picture was taken of me.

 

That is when my world came crashing down around me.  It was then that I realized that if I did not do something soon I was going to not be around for my daughter.  I was 280 in that picture.  The awful thing is that I got into one of them kiddie trains so I could ride something with my baby.  I am surprised that I was able to get in or out of it.

I was very depressed when I saw this picture and that started me off on my 1.5 year of LA Weight Loss.  I was 276 pounds when I started there.

When I completed that journey I had lost 77 pounds!  Here was my beautiful self after that weight loss.  While I thought I look great the world still looked at me as being massively overweight.

 

Unfortunately I let things stop me from keeping that weight off or even loosing more and I have now put 61 of that weight back on, well I have lost 6 of that 61!  I thought if I share this that will even be a stronger motivation than just talking about it.  Let me see what I was at one time and what I could look like again.  My goal is to have a new motorcycle and some drop dead gorgeous mesh riding gear!  But I will only do that when I hit my goal weight of 199 again.  This time I will keep losing weight even after hitting that goal!  Bring it on Amy wants a new bike!!!

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A Big Thank You to All Those Who Read and Comment on My Blog

  • Posted on March 18, 2011 at 5:44 pm


This is for all of you who read this and have left comments or whom have talked to me in person, this is a BIG THANK YOU! You are the ones that are keeping me accountable and going. However a few days ago I had lost my motivation to keep going. It is not on the food end that I am struggling with, I am doing pretty good with that. I just can not get myself on the treadmill. I missed one day because between running to doctors appt and working I ran out of time. But that one day I just could not get down there and get walking. HELP! This is not good. I know I am griping about my ankle that is hurting from a race I had with my 6 yr old. I lost that race. She is just way to fast for an old out of shape mom. So I pouted and missed that day HOWEVER the next day i said no more I want to drop the weight more than I want to be over weight. So I gimped down to the basement and got on the treadmill. I walked 3 miles yesterday at a nice easy 2mph. My ankle was sore but I had it wrapped. It felt so good to be back on the treadmill. Ahhhh. But the thing that topped it all off was that I climbed on the scales and it said I lost another 2 pounds!!!
It was my birthday and I did have a piece of birthday cake but it is ok because I can stay away from what is left! Today I was getting ready for work and when I put my belt on I was able to move it up 2 whole belt holes!!!! Oh I was doing the happy dance and was ready to cry! God is blessing me! I have a long way to go but I am on the right track and it will take me to the right place!

So far with my treadmill walking I have walked the same distance as from my house to the outskirts of Mt. Eaton, Oh!! 19.5 miles!

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I Never Knew Working Out Could Be So Fun

  • Posted on March 12, 2011 at 9:59 am

I have had my Wii for a few years now, the oldest child has taken it over with her Scooby Doo game but tonight I decided to use it for why it was bought in the first place.  I broke out the Wii board and the Wii Fit Plus.  Now I have played this before but never and I stress the word NEVER used it for the FIT part of its name.  Well I think I may have changed all that tonight.  I have always liked aerobics but I truly have 2 left feet and I just know that I will trip and fall when I have to do the sideways steps but hey no one was home to watch so I gave it a try.  I ended up doing the basic beginner 3 times and laughed the whole time and only tripped a few times.  I kept thinking it maybe a good thing that I have those padded baby bumper things around the edge of the fireplace hearth.  I so have no rhythm.  Hummm, that was so much fun maybe I might just see what this fitness thing does.  Before I knew it I was into a 25 minute workout.

I started out with a fun Yoga pose then moved on to the snowball fight and ended up on a jog that I thought I was either going to trip over my big feet or the Wii board that I forgot to move or I was going to pass out from jogging longer than I have jogged ever at one time.  Now at this point because of the jogging I realize that I really need to go buy a better bra!  My boobs were not happy with me!  I’ve  got my feet squared away with better shoes and they are happy, now I guess I better take care of the twins.  For those that know me best that are reading this, I know you are laughing, it’s time for a new over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder.  After the jog the workout wanted me to go skate boarding, I decided that I was not going to kill myself on the first try and that I would just stop there and do it all again tomorrow and slowly add a new thing or two each time I do the workout.

One thing is that I am not hung up on the calories that it say I burnt because as long as I am up and moving.  I know that I am burning calories that would not have been burnt 3 weeks ago by sitting on my butt feeling sorry for myself.  I did a little research and found a site that gave me what my “ideal” weight should be and this is what I came up with.  With my height the lovely Medical Community says that I should weigh between 118 – 155 pounds.  While those numbers sound wonderful I can not even begin to remember the last time I weighed 155.  To me that seems a little too thin, I guess because I have always been heavy and have gotten used to seeing that.  Now I had also found on that website a Peoples Choice ideal weight (this is average weight that other people of the same age, height, weight and gender would describe as their ideal weight) and that weight is 177lbs.  This to me sounds like a blessed number but right now I am not focused on that finish line number I am focused on the small numbers that will get me to that final number!  The small numbers are a better goal and are more realistic to achieve.

I am starting to look forward to my new life.  In my opinion I am smiling and talking more.    I look forward to my workouts and while I still struggle with keeping myself from “grazing” all day I feel like I am getting a handle on it.  I find myself going into the kitchen and looking and trying to find something to snack on, but i would have to cook something to snack on and I hate to cook when I am not making a meal so I think that is helping as well with keeping me out of the grazing pasture.  While on the treadmill I have time to look around the basement and find “projects” that I can do that will keep my mind and hands busy and away from the kitchen as well!  Woo Hoo!  Here’s to week 2 of the New Me!

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4 pounds lighter!!!

  • Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:57 pm

I am a full week into the “New Me” and I am down a full 4 pounds. Now that is numbers going in the right direction. I was a very scared to get on the scales today as I was stress eating yesterday. Just being very worried about something and I ate chicken nuggets from McD’s and after I did I thought I was going to throw up. I thought there is no way that I am going to be 4 pounds lighter. I am now kicking myself because what would the number have been IF I had not stress ate. So what have I been doing different this past week.

I started cooking my own meals. I make breakfast for my girls and actually sit down with them and eat. If I need a snack I have been snacking on Wheat crackers. Lunch has been a salad or a PBnJ sandwich. Supper is a nice meal that I make for the family. I have started teaching myself self control again. I gotta remind myself that I have kids that I want to be able to chase around this summer and I can not do it at this current weight. I read a letter yesterday that was on another blog that made me cry. I thought if I keep on this current routine this could easily be one of my kids writing this. I don’t want to ever have my girls go through this. Here is that letter.

A Letter from Kirstin:

I was in fifth grade when I finally realized my mom wasn’t like all the other mommies. Even though in so many ways she was the best mother in the world due to her strong involvement in our lives through school, sports, talent shows, and the like, it was in fifth grade when I noticed my mother wasn’t normal; she was obese.
Once I noticed my mother was this overweight, it wasn’t long before I understood the disadvantages that came with that fact. I soon appreciated every day with her more and more because I had no idea how many days she might have left. It wasn’t like it was just her problem anymore, it was mine too. I would worry that her obesity would catch up with her. I couldn’t just put it in the back of my mind either because as a child, your mother is everything.
As a child of an obese mother, I just want you to know that if you’re overweight and you have children… they worry about it, and they worry about you.
They may not say they worry about it or even act like they notice, but I can promise you that they do. When you decided to have children, you made a commitment to do everything in your power to be there for them.
Also, know that if you’re overweight, you can’t compensate for it by helping at their school or buying them things. Nothing can compensate for the fact that your choices can leave them without a mother. What you may not understand is the reality that you can die from being overweight.
Is any food really worth not seeing your child walk on their graduation day or seeing them get married or holding their first child? If you had cancer, wouldn’t you fight for your life? You would seek help and do whatever necessary to stay alive. Obesity is no different. It’s hurting you and you really do have the choice… obesity is one hundred percent curable. My mom did it and you can too.

I will be the mom that overcame her obesity and became involved in the lives of her family. So I have started putting the treadmill to work. I try to walk at least 2 miles everyday. Just for now as I keep walking I am just working on getting my shins and everything back into shape to handle upping the mileage. When I am at work I have no choice but to climb the 27 steps we have here at the station to get up to the living area, so I run them. Which is fun in steel toed work boots AND yes I have tripped and fell flat on my face.. many many times! LOL!!! Shhhh don’t tell anyone.

I am started to feeling a lot better about what I am doing with my life. I hope that after I get into a better routine I can help others that are struggling with their eating issues and weight. There comes a time in life, When you surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living!! This is so true!!!

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Tell yourself there’s no going back and prove it to yourself!

  • Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:43 pm

I find myself doing a lot of daily “self-talking” or talking to yourself. Some of it is what I need to get done during the day or stuff that I wish I could say or should say but mostly it is all about me. Things I need to change and things I would like to do for myself. Without realizing, I have been doing a lot of negative self-talk (destructive thoughts) about food and my weight. I know that this is not a good thing. SO I really need to do more positive self-talk, why because that will lead to more positive behaviors. It really can’t be that easy… Can it? I need to make an effort to change my negative thoughts and turning them into positives. It is not going to be easy but if I can make this change and make it a part of my daily routine then my attitude will become much better.

My plan is to set myself up for success. I have found my self in the past saying things like “if I have this one cookie, I will just eat less at dinner”. That is such baloney. I never cut back on anything later. If I can just remember the big picture of what I am accomplishing that cookie will never touch my taste buds. The challenge of becoming thinner is realizing that it maybe difficult at times. If I focus on feeling sorry for myself and getting what everyone else is having, the faster I will find myself right back into those bad behaviors. One big way for me to not fall into the “poor me” trap is to make a mental note of why I am not eating things that are unhealthy for me.

For this “new life” to work I need a support person.

What do I want in a support person.

Well I would like to have someone who:
I feel comfortable talking to about my weight and the challenges that goes with it
Someone who will compliment me
Someone who reassures me when I am having a troubled time
Will help out when I am in a pinch
Is honest- without hurting my feelings or use harsh words
Is available to me
That I am not embarrassed to be open with
Supports my weight loss

What I do not want in a support person.

Someone who:
Hassles me or makes demands
Does not understand having a weight problem
Is overcritical of me
Is a “know it all” type of person
Nit-picks and makes me feel self-conscious (I have a BIG problem with this already)

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Setting summertime goals.

  • Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:01 pm

I have set some small goals for myself for the start of summer. #1 is I hope to be able to walk/jog a few miles on the tow path. If the rest of my family gets out and rides their bikes then I could hope that I could do a little walking/jogging. Goal #2 is to able to waterski this year. Steve taught me several years ago to ski and have not been able to due to 2 pregnancies or just being to heavy. We had a nice little “starter” boat that in the past few years could not even begin to pull my butterball butt up out of the water. We now have a new boat that can do it without even some much as a hic-up. Well my goal is to help the boat pull me up by ditching some weight. I am hoping that I can get some off so that my knees and legs will not hurt as much. Goal #3 Getting into a swim suit that don’t look like something straight out of the early 1900’s or a moo-moo. My family loves to be outside and in the water so I would like to look semi decent.

As long as we are talking water I am also a scuba diver, well I used to dive all the time and any chance I got. Have not done that for a while because it takes WAY to much weight to sink me. The unsinkable Titanic sunk, o why can’t I get my large behind under the water. I am starting to think that I am just one big life raft. In Aug my family is going on a vacation where we will be on a houseboat for a week. Wonderful vacation. We boat, fish, (some of us) scuba dive, swim, snorkel or just lounge around watching some of the most beautiful sun rises and sun sets I have ever seen. I am really hoping to be able to dive this year.

I also have horses. I have had a love of horse for my entire life. I love to ride with my mom. We out riding when we can but with having 2 kids that greatly limits my time of loading up the trailer and setting off for a state park. The oldest likes to ride but we are having trouble finding her a horse that she can ride as she lost her mounts due to old age. This makes things very hard. About 7 years ago it was nothing for me to head to the barn saddle up and swing a leg over the saddle and head off into the woods and be gone for hours. Now a days I see if daddy or grandpa is going to be around to watch the girls, head to the barn, saddle up, find my step ladder, and grunt and groan and barely get my leg swung over the saddle. Meanwhile my horse is thinking “Oh Wilber, Where’s the chiropractor?” The day that I can swing my leg up and over the saddle again from the ground will be a glorious day!

With our oldest in school, I can see us cramming in a ton of outdoor activities from the father/daughter bike riding to boating to camping and swimming this summer. I am really looking forward to being much healthier this summer!

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Don’t Let Foot and Leg Pain Keep You From Walking

  • Posted on March 2, 2011 at 2:14 pm

I did the deed and got my measurements and “starting” weight taking yesterday and boys and girls the numbers that looked back at me were not very friendly. I started to get mad, maybe mad is not the word for it. I was down right P.O’ed. Angry, upset, shocked, bewildered and embarrassed. If there was a feeling I had it running like fire through my veins. It was at the moment that I said the excuses had to stop I have to do something and start now! So after I put the baby to bed I grabbed my tennis shoes and onto the treadmill I went. I got my laptop set up to where I could watch “hoarders” on Netflix and away I went. I decided that I wanted to start out at a mileage that I know I can reach with ease. 2 miles was my goal at a speed that I could comfortably handle on knees that were hurting. 2.2mph was my speed. Well I was doing really good till about a mile into it when my left knee and my right hip felt like they were going to crack in half and my feet…. OH my feet…. I swore I was walking on concrete that had a meat tenderizer top. The inside of both feet were screaming. Great now what do I do? I finally get it in my head that I am going to do this and now I can’t. I pushed and I pushed till I hit my 2 mile mark and hobbled and limped back up stairs and collapsed into my chair and tired to calm my poor achy feet. But in the mean time I did burn about 309 cals doing that! WooHoo!!! However I spend that rest of the day with very sore feet.

On my list of things that will get done for the following day (today) was to go to a store called Second Sole in Thursdays Plaza in Belden Village on the recommendation from a friend and get me some good walking shoe. That place is great, you go in there and tell them what you need and what you are doing and they pull out tons of shoes to try. They have to take off your shoes and stand up so that they can see how you stand, he right away asked me if I was having any arch pain or trouble. I smiled and said as a matter of fact I am. He said that my arches are collapsing and my ankles are started to roll in a little. I asked him if that was a weight issue and he said yes and just poor shoe choices in the past. After our little chat you get a different shoe on each foot and go walk around their walking track they have inside. You keep the shoe on that felt the best and get a different one on the other foot and take a lap or two around the track….and just keep repeating until you find a shoe that fits and works the best! After finding the right shoe and checking out and having a heart attack over the price…. Lets face it folks I have never spent much more than $10.00 on a pair of Wal-Mart tennis shoes I came on home to give them a real test drive.

Baby off for her nap and to the treadmill I go. I started off expecting a little pain in my feet but was very happy that when I got to the 1 mile marker I did not have any. I had pain in my legs from being overweight and out of shape but my feet felt great! I upped the speed a little and still no pain….hummmm this is good. When I got to the 1.90 mile point I…. yes me, did a little jogging!!! WHAT? SAY IT AINT SO! I jogged the rest of the way at a whole whopping 4.0mph. I am laughing right now because there are some out there that eat that pace for lunch but hey I DID IT! and I did not fall down and off the back of the treadmill and hit the wall either! My feet never hurt at all my shins on the other hand were barking at me but they will get better and used to me making them work a little.

I decided that I am going to stick with the 2 mile mark as I am hoping that as I go along I can get my speeds up a little more each time and jog a little longer each time till I am able to jog the 2 miles with out stopping. It might not be the best goal to have but it works for me as I can only be on this while the baby sleeps so I get somewhere between an hour or 2. I can’t wait for spring/summer to get here so I can get out with the baby and walk/jog!

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McDonalds, Wendys, and Subway-Unhealthy for Baby and Me

  • Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:54 pm

So yesterday was my major shopping day. I go to several stores to shop because of the prices (that will be another post another day). I made my list and stuck to it and filled my refrigerator and pantry. But while shopping and putting things away I got to thinking about what my “normal” week is for me. I get up, get myself and my oldest dressed, get breakfast in the oldest and get the baby up, changed and dressed, get in the car and head off to the bus, after she is on the bus I find myself heading up the road and right into the McDonalds drivethru. Why? Because it is easy and I don’t have to try to find something that the baby will eat and I don’t have to cook or make anything again. What kind of stupid thinking is that? I am feeding the baby and I crap instead of taking the time to make something that is worth eating and might actually be good for us. After we get home it is take of the house time and while doing this I find myself just grazing all day long. If Steve is at work I do not take the time to cook it is WAY more easier to let someone else do the work, so off to a drive thru we go. Kind of sounds like a song…. Hi Ho Hi Ho it’s off to a drive thru we go….. Wow what an unhealthy life I was leading and dragging my kids along for the ride.

Well this got me thinking about what I was eating in a week. When I would hit the drive thru at McDonalds this was my normal picks.

Egg McMuffin, Hash Brown and a small Diet Coke 450 cals (per their website)
Bacon Egg and Cheese, Hash Brown and a small Diet Coke 570 cals (per their site)
Big Breakfast and a small Diet Coke 740 cals (per their site)
Big Breakfast with Hot Cakes and a small Diet Coke 1090 cals (per their site)

Now that I take the time and look at those calorie numbers it scares me. Why? Because it was nothing for me to be there 3 times a week. When I was at home for lunch I usually just graze on what ever I could find, if I was at work more times than not I would go to Sub Way for lunch. Now I am a creature of habit and I always get the same thing there.

Foot long Turkey Breast and Ham on Honey and Oat Bread with Mayo, Mustard and cheese and a Diet Coke 690 cals (per their site)

If Steve was at work or I was at work I would head for Wendy’s or back to McDonalds for dinner. My dinner of choice was always

Quarter Pounder with Cheese, FF and a Diet Coke 890 cals (per their site)

or

Spicy Chicken Combo, FF and a Diet Coke 940 cals

Because of my being lazy and taking the easy way out of taking care of my health and keeping that weight off I was slowly killing myself or at least on a fast track to maybe becoming a diabetic and having heart problems. So today I am starting to turn my new leaf… I made breakfast for my kids and I before church that was pancakes and turkey bacon. I had 1 medium size pancake and 3 strips of bacon. That is fantastic for me, I love pancakes, I could eat a dozen of them. For lunch I made a fun kids meal and I only had a small bowl of it. Dinner I warmed up left over sloppy joe (1 sandwich). I was so very very proud of myself with my eating choices today. Water water water water….. I drank no pop today! Steve made some tea last night and when I made a glass of it today I started laughing because it was nothing but water with a scent of the tea!

I know that I am going to face lots of trials and situations with keeping away from the fast food. With my family and my wonderful friends and the dear Lord above I can do this and I WILL make it! I deserve it!!

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