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So I did the 5 k last saturday and felt great during it and about mid sunday, i was in such pain. I couldn’t even stand up straight. No pain in legs or anything from the 5k but it was in my lower left side , front and back. so i went to the doc and the told me i have a bad bladder infection. Wow, i really did not know that it could be that painful., It had me in bed for 2 days. I’m feeling better now.

 So has anyone heard of the metabolism miracle?I just started reading the book. Anyone else read it?I need input on what others think.thanks and all have a happy thanksgiving

Good morning friends… Just dropping in to say today is my first 5k walk/jog. I’m very excited and nervious at the same time. I’m not really in shape for this, i have fallen of the wagon with exercise but this is a new biginning. My goal is to do this today and then sign up for another in about 6 months and see the difference inthe  time. well wish me luck, i will post some pic later, everyone have a fun saturday and be productive!

Well I fell off track, way off track. I am bigger then I have ever been and feel worse then i’ve ever felt. My weight is up to 253 and I am not healthy.

 I’m gonna start over and give it all I have.Since i’ve been gone I have become a grandma and I want to get healthy so I can see him and the family grow. His name is Emmitt and he will be 4 months a about a week. I want to be able to get on the floor and play and now i can but it is hard as the dickens to move. I found motivation and inspiration here befor and knowing there is others is the same boat makes things a lil easer.

Just wanna say I’m glad to be back and now i’m gonna go browse all the things I have missed.. 

  Well, once again i have left and of course gained my weight back but i am back and willing to give it ANOTHER TRY. I was doing very good before and then i hurt my ankle and that was it, i lost my ambition to keep going.If you have been here , you know once you stop exercising that it is so hard to start back up. i keep saying tomorrow, well tomorrow is here. I have made up my mind and i am gonna do it.

  Well, it has been several months since i have popped in here.Alot has been going on in my life.As my friends here should remember my granny isn’t in the best of health and a few months back it  only got worse. We almost lost her. She has been in a nursing home for the past few months and recovering well. Things have been rough though. But I am happy to say that threw it all i have managed to loose a few pounds. I found that going to aerobics and kickboxing relieves my stress.

 I hope all is well here and i am hoping to get back here more often.

It has taken me well over a year to finally get into the habit of exersize. I mean going to the gym 5 days a week and loving it. I have been so proud of myself and when i look in the mirror ,I see things i like . The scale has not moved much but my clothes are fitting better and I feel better in every espect. now the bad news of it all, friday i fell and rolled my ankle. The dr has me in a boot right now and does NOT want me to be on it very much. The x-rays showed no brake but she wants me to come back friday for another ,she thinks it might be fractured but it didn’t show cuz of the swelling. So I am really bummed. I did go out and walked around lows today and now my foot is swollen up to my knee.so i guess i’m out of comission for now.

 My heart and body misses my classes but i know i must do what is right .untill then i guess i will do upper exersizing. Thanks for listening and wish me luck..

             Oh,my!Do you know how long it has been since I could cut my own toenails? It has been several years. I mean cut them and breath at the same time.LOL this morning as I got out of the shower i noticed my toe nails looked awful!                           

                                                      They needed attention, and they hurt in my shoes.So With dread in my heart, I get the clippers and decide Well hell here goes nothing. I bend over….and Dang I could reach my toes and breath. I was so excited about the situation that went ahead and panted them too!

 So to all of you who can’t reach thier toes without breathing,hang in there one day you will. Have a great day all….

P.S. those are not really my feet.LOL

Well it has been a lil while since i last blogged. Most of the time I really just don’t know what to say, so I say nothing. BUT……. in my journey I have learned a few things. Most importantly is , that I have learned to Love ME!  I have also learned to stop eating when I am full. I still eat what I want , just more healthier portions. (2 slices of pizza instead of 4)

I have also learned to love exersizing, thanks to a few friends pushing my to go to the YMCA everyday! I have been here a lil over a year and I haven’t lost much weight (16lbs)but the changes I have made are great. No I am not where I want to be but I am on my. To me this isn’t a quick fix thing it is a life changing journey.

Here is pic of me last yr

ok, here is now.

 sorry about the different sizes.

  Mothers Day weekend is here and I hope that all you Mothers out there have a Blessed Day and to those off you who don’t have children ,you have a Blessed day too!

 I don’t know why we always associate celebrations with food. We are having a cook out , and i’m gonna try and make everything healthy. I’m very Blessed to still have my Mother, I almost lost her a few yrs ago and a few months ago my Grandmother almost left us , so this weekend will be special!

 So you all make wise choices this weekend and Let your Loved ones know what they mean to you!

 Just a few thoughts I have come up with during my journey to a healthier lifestyle. I don’t know about you but i wanted a quick fix to this weight problem. I have taken diet pills and joined these fad diet clubs and always gained my weight back and some. I reached my heaviest weight last year and i hated myself, i didn’t like what or who i had become. I began to withdraw myself from life and the things that I liked. So i started to watch the things I ate and I would do good for a few days and then boom, bad! I would be so hard on myself and give up . It was a vicsoius cycle. I would get up and say today is the day and then by the middle of the day i would mess up.So since I messed up i would eat like a pig cuz i was gonna start better tomorrow.Then it would be time for bed and I would cry myself to sleep cuz once again I failed! Well I said I guess I was ment to be fat and I gave up.. SO after a few weeks I noticed I was very unhappy and unhealthy. Some of the girls I work with noticed the change in me and would try and talk to me and I would get affended, well I had one special friend who knew how to approuch me and asked me to go to the gym with her and I did. She encouraged me for what I could do and always bragged about me to the other girls, so it made me feel good and I kept going. Now I go 5 x’s a week and love it .Now that I exersize , i find it to be easier to watch my foods.

  So what I am saying is….. it didn’t take over night to gain this weight so the weight doesn’t go  away in one night. I see the changes that I have made in the past year and I feel Great! It has been a year and I only lost 16 pounds but that is ok, I feel alot better. so to those of you who get discouraged ,hang in there the changes take time and each of us are different.What works for me , might not work for you.  Best wishes on your life changing journey….