dawniegh

  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….

I started a walking challenge in the forum. walk 100 miles by the 4th of July. So if you are interested please come and join me and my friends.I joined one last year and found that it really motivated me, so come along and walk with me….

www.myspace.com/photo_buzz">I just want to say Thanks to all of you who participate in BS. This is not an easy journey and each day is a new one, Thank God! I have been here for a lil over a year and i have struggled and almost wanted to quit a few times but knowing that you all care makes it hard to quit. we are all in this together and we are learning together.

 In the past year, I have only lost 15 pounds but it is at least gone. I have learned alot of things. Like if I eat protien ,i feel better. I have been watching for what foods make me tired and lazy , I also have struggled with mountain dew. I have it down for the most part to drink water. but sometimes it just takes a friend to keep me in line (thanks Flo).

  The point i’m trying to say is please don’t give up, it is ok and normal to have down days and maybe even a few but don’t run….Come here and blog , hang in there cuz it will get easier sooner or later. I am talking to myself too.

 Once agian Thanks to all of you !!!……

Well, the past two weeks have been very stressful for me. I did manage to maintain my weight but i have not been to the gym in 2 weeks. I really miss it and I promise myself i will fit it into my life. Between my grandmother and working overtime the past few weeks have been a big blurr. My overtime is done after tonight and my Grandmother is still in the hospital.One day at a time. I was feeling very overwhelmed and had to just stop and give myself some time to think and pray. I always forget if we just give our worries to God he will give us peace. Well Thanks to all of you for the kind words and prayers.Have a great week and I will keep you all posted on Grandmother.

 Well the rain has been pretty bad here.Between the rain and all the ice melting we are pretty well flooded all around our lil town. Our YMCA is right next to the river so the road it is on ,is closed due to the flooding, which means no way to get to the Y. UUGH! At least the rain stopped today and the winds were high so hopefully it will dry up some. If the Y isn’t open tomorrow ,i promised myself i will do my elliptical. I really want to go to water aerobics tomorrow though.

this is what alot of our roads look like

We have water in our basement but thank God we already have things put up high. Anyway…you all have a great day…