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Valentines day was Sunday.  Steve and I went out to play some poker tournaments, including a “Couples” tournament.  We had fun, even if we didn’t win anything.  I wore some jeans, that I was finally able to fit into again.  I started fitting into them a few weeks ago after I lost 15 lbs because of my gallstones.  Well Sunday, when I put those jeans on, fresh from the dryer, it seemed that they fit me a little better than they had before.  I didn’t take the time to weight myself, mostly because I had been cheating a little to much and last week I had a mild gall bladder attack.  Then yesterday I woke up, and went straight to the scale (ok, maybe not straight to the scale.. I went potty first).  I nearly had a heart attack when I saw what the scale said!!  I am down to….. drum roll please……………………………………………………………………………………

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My Health:

So, After I was diagnosed with gallstones I stopped eating so much fat.  I ended up losing 15 lbs in almost as many days.  Then over the holidays, I didn’t stick to my diet and I gained 5 lbs back.  Well since New years, I’ve stuck to my diet much better and have lost 7 lbs so far.  I”m feeling really good, even cute!  So this whole “eating right” thing is working pretty nicely for me. Read the rest of this entry »

So I find myself with an answer that I asked for a while ago. I’ve worried about my weight off and n over the years. As I get older my matabolism has gotten ess active, and with my back my ability to be active physically has waned. So I’ve found myself gaining weight and having less ability to lose it easily.

One of the problems is that I really don’t worry about my weight too much. Ive never been overly self conscious about my weight and have rebelled against the “skinny” image that the media shoves down our throats. Plus I’m just a little lazy….ok a lot lazy too. So finding the motivation to exercise and eat right is really difficult for me to do. And since I have an abslutely fabulous boyfriend who loves me know matter what my size is, well there’s not motivation there either. LOL.

So really the only way to get me motivated to eat better is to make it physically difficult to eat. I thought about getting a Lap Band to decrease my stomache size and it would also make it harder for me to eat various foods too. But it is rather expensive to have that surgery done and kinda frivolous too…. at least in my mind for me it is.

Well the Universe gave me the next best thing….. gallstones. I have to watch the amount of food I eat, or I start to hurt. I can’t eat certain foods, or I start to hurt. So it is forcing me to eat less and healthier or else!

So silver lining of all this icky health stuff is that I will probably end up losing a ton of weight. LOL Be careful what you wish for, because you WILL get it! hehehhehe

I know it’s been a while since I last posted here.  Mostly I’ve been avoiding my health and weight issues.  I stopped exercising and felt really guilty about it.  Of course the guilt just adds weight and keeps me from doing the things that I want to do.  It’s a vicious circle that I’d really like to get out of now.  I’ve been learning EFT and Reiki, but I’ve stopped doing that too, that is until recently. Read the rest of this entry »

A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss ever discovered — and this has the whole diet food and drug industries turned upside down and in nothing less than a torrential uproar.

Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she’s marching to the beat of a different drum. Read the rest of this entry »

So I still have trouble getting out of bed before 7am.  But instead of getting upset with myself for not getting up earlier, and then not doing any exercising, I just did the exercises after I did wake up.  I feel really good about the fact that I actually did start working out.  However, the working out just killed me and I only did 75% of what I was going to do!  LOL!

I used Walking away the Pouds, by Leslie Samsone.  I did the 1st mile “Get up and Get Started”, and was able to keep going for 15 minutes!  Of course my legs are tired and killing me, but I think it’s worth it none the less.

I’ve downloaded and printed out the pages from “Body For Life” website and started filling them out.  I need to go grocery shopping and get a bunch of different things to eat.  None of the food that is on the list of “authorized” foods is very different from what I’m already eating.  Although going out to eat will be only once a week or less.  Other than that, the only difference with the food I eat now, and what I will be eating is that it won’t be white flour in bread, tortillas and pasta, it’ll be wheat or other whole grains.  I love yogurt, cottage cheese, and fruits and vegies.  I”ll still be able to eat meat and some carbs and fats.  So basically just a little healthier than I have been, and more often!  LOL!

So even though my legs are tired, it was still a great day!  I”m glad I wrapped my head around not needing to exercise at a specific time and just exercise when I get up.

So tomorrow I’m starting for real with a new program, Body for Life.  My coach, Honoree, has been using the program for a while and it’s worked great for her.  So, The last four women from the Successful Single Mom group are all doing the program together.  We need to get fit and gorgeous because after the book comes out we’re going to be on TV.  And I can NOT look like I do now on TV!  LOL!  So I’m learning about this program and totally commited now.  Tonight we took our “Before” pictures and in 12 weeks we’re going to take our “After” pictures.

The hardest part will be to get my little (not so much) ass out of bed before 7am, and start working out in the mornings!  The eating won’t be that difficult because it’s a well balanced diet, and as long as I don’t get hungry, I’ll be good.  Luckily the program is eating 6 times a day!!  That should keep me from being hungry!  And with all the support I have with the other moms, I”m sure I can keep myself on track and working out.

I”ll keep you all updated as much as I can.  LOL!  no promises, because as we all know, I’m not so good at keeping all my blogs up to date.  LOL!  But I”ll do my best!  Don’t expect to see the “Before” pictures until the “After” pictures are done!

More often than not I look in the mirror and I flinch.  I hate what I see.  Then I saw a post at the Good Vibe Coach about weight loss.  She says that to lose weight you first have to love your body as it is.  She is so correct about that!  What you resist persists!

So that got me to thinking about how I used to feel about my body.  I never had a weight problem in my life until about 7 years ago.  My eating habbits aren’t any different, my life style isn’t any different, even my physical problems aren’t any different.  The only thing that is different is how I look at myself.

I’ve held onto a lot of guilt through out my life.  I carry that guilt in my stomach.  So, even though my entire body is holding onto a lot of weight, it’s concentrated around my abdomen.  I’ve done the exercising and dieting, which has taken off some of the weight, but it  never stayed off, and I was never able to take more than a few pounds off at a time.

I knew there was something I was missing.   A few weeks ago at my Effortless Living class, my coach, Honoree, got me to release some of the guilt I’ve been feeling (I’ll post the instructions later).  Which released a ton of weight off my proverbial shoulders if not my actual ones.  I started losing weight almost immediately after that, but still just a teensy bit.  Then after I read the post by the Good Vibe Coach, it all made sense to me!

The big difference between me now and me when I was thin was how I was seeing myself.  I needed to get back to that feeling of love for myself, no matter what I looked like!  I realize this is going to take some work, because the negative feelings have been hammered into my self consciousness, but I’m willing to take that challenge to make it happen.

I know I’ve been gone off this blog for a while.  There’s been a multitude of reasons why, but excuses don’t do anything but keep you bogged down in the past.  The reasons I’ve been gone have passed, and now I”m ready to move forward.  So lets take this first step together!!

This is my first action step towards loving myself.  I am going to say and write this affirmation every day.  Once in the morning, once in the evening and then whenever I feel or hear myself saying something negative about my body.  This is the affirmation:

I love my beautiful body.  It is perfect as it is today.  It functions perfectly, beautifully and effortlessly in every way.

You can use this affirmation or create your own.  If you create your own, make sure it resonates with you and where you are having the most difficulty.  Then just keep saying it and writing it all the time!

I know that my guilty feelings are what has created the weight that I’m carrying.  What has created your weight or health issues?

As you can see, I’ve gained quite a few pounds over the last 7 years. It’s only been since I turned 30 that I’ve had any trouble with my weight. And now, at almost 37 (my birthday is next month), I”m at the heaviest I’ve ever been. Of course, I’ve said that so many times in the last 7 years, it almost seems rediculous. But I’m going to change all of that now.

I believe in the Law of Attraction, and in the Power of Tithing to your spiritual advisor.  So what I am going to do, is use those two ideals to change my physical body.  I will be posting updates and idea, as well as articles on the subjects at hand.  But mostly, I’ll be keeping track of my progress in this blog.

Maybe you’ll learn something from my journey as well.  I hope you’ll enjoy either way.