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Sept. is nearly here and like the kids going back to school and starting fresh - so will I. Reading blogs today made me re- Evaluate myrnlife. Jo said she has been in a funk. A light went on when I read this.rnI to have been in a funk and just coasting… sometimes we don’t seernwhere we are until we look @ our life through someone elsesrnstory.  I have been @ this journey for nearly 6 months now. I havernmade huge lifestyle changes. Mainly in my food choices. My doctorrncalled me for my blood results and my cholesteral is wonderful -rnincredibly wonderful she said I have nothing to worry about and whatrnever i am doing is great. So changing the diet to a “NO TRANS FATS” isrnpaying off. (I read all labels now) I look forward to DH results as hernhad high cholestral before and should see the new out come thisrnweek.That said… Luella was talking about her routine in the am.. hmmmrnI thought I have no routine, I am a fly by the seat of my pants girl!rnSo with the begining of Sept here I am going to make a schedual. I willrnstart with week 1 - incorp in a morning routine & menu for myrnbreakfast. I will be taking my daughter to school in the am so nornexcuse to be up and adam! I will leave Sat & Sun open forrnwhat  ever. I bought a yoga for weight loss dvd and I also have arn10 min work out dvd so each am I will get in 10-20 mins of tapes. (notrnmuch but am is not my best time of the day) Then eat and then clean up.rnso I am going to allow my self 45-60 mins to get all this done. rnDays well. I am going to work on my resume and a walk or yard work.rn(leaves are a falling) Evenings(3 nightsout of the week)  arerngreat for a walk to the beach and then home for a work out either withrna tape or with my exercise gazelle. I know these aren’t marathon rnwork out routines but I need to get a schedule. Baby steps. I have beenrnworking on a chart and I will add all of this info to it. I needtornrecord all my food intake on a regular schedual. I have gotten lax atrnthis as I do alot of calculating in my head. But a fresh start is arnfresh start. Well dear buddies I need to reconect with all of you nowrnas you are the pillars that hold me up!rnrn

Well I am back ! Missed you all so much!I sure find when I amrnaway  from Buddy Slim Buddies i just loose my anchor! I feel as ifrnI am flooting without a paddle. Even though I was watching what I ate.rnUkraniane wedding….. food galore! The gift opening at our cousinsrnaccerage was wonderful. the food buffet was full of carbs… However…rnI scanned it and made  some choices - Ok ok I had 2 small boiledrnperogies and 2 small deep fried one. ( believe me that is a wonderfulrnthing as in the past I would of prob. polished off abut 20 of thosernthings) Then on to the cabbage rolls. Well there were 2 types. 1 isrnmade with buckwheat. the other is made of  white rice. Well I gornfor the buckwheat 3 and 1 rice. I thought the buckwheat was a wholerncarb and better. (however there is butter & onions on both) Then Irnchose the salads. Well I pass on the pasta & potato but have somernwildrice salad & raw veg. then on to the ham & meatballs. Irnpassed on the buns also. You know this was just the food from the day afterrnthe wedding. I did very good @ the wedding. I mainly had veg. &rnmeat protiens. so I felt good about that. Well a new week is here I amrnmaking a chart  for me to track everything. I will post it laterrnthis week. I am very tired as we have driven 20 hours inthe last 5rndays. I will be back on buddy track tomorrow. Love to all!rnrn

Been busy last few days getting ready for the trip to the familyrnwedding. I woun’t be on line again until Mon or Tues 28-29. All isrngoing well I have been eatting my salad every day Bernice rnBut come Friday I don’t know but maybe I will pick up a bag when we getrnthere. I have been doing great the last few days. after the carb arnthon! but back in the saddle. I went for a nice long walk. about 5krntoday. It felt great. as I haven’t been moving as much as I should. Thernweather has gone from cold in the am to hot late in the day to pouringrnrain. I am looking forward to going home  as my group of old girlrnfriends are getting together on Friday for a coffe with me Theyrnall emailed me with wonderful support about my 10k. (not like some ofrnmy local people) So back to get some hugs and laughs with the girls.rnWow fall is fast approching. and next week I am going to make myself uprna schedual for working out - & meals. I think I need to re kickrnstart my routine as I need to incorporated some inside exercises. I amrnsitting on a plateau now and I know I have to mix up the routine a bitrnto get  the scale moving again. Well all my dear buddies I willrnjust sign off now and check in on you all then finish packing. rnrn

Sat started out fine coffee cottage cheese & salsa Then out to thernstore to get some groceries. Boneless-skinless salmon in the can. $1.00rneach! Yummmm sinlge serving cans. Salad fixings etc. Then out to meet 2rngirl friends for lunch. One is on her way back to Arizon for the winterrnand work. So kind of a going away lunch. We had it at a nice rest.rnoverlooking the lake. Well I could of had a real healthy choice but Irnmade a concous choice to have what I want. Diet coke & water, rubenrnsandwich with fries (homemade fries)rnsmall bowl of tomato soup. Ok looking back I think I should of had onlyrn1/2 of the sandwich and brought home a husband bag. Well I came homernafter my carb induced meal… DidrnI stop…noooooooo I ate 3 cups of fresh blueberries, Did I stop…rnnoooooo Then 2.5 cups of mini cookies (choc.chip & teddy grams)rnStop @ that noooo I had a cup of soup noodles! My gosh! I felt likerncrap. & very tired. I tell you all that carbs make me sick. but Irnthink everyonce and a while you have to talke a walk on the wild sidernthrow caution to the wind… & eat every white carb in the house.rnThe crazy thing is… I don’t realy like cookies. But I kind of know itrnis that pain in the … TOM coming for a visit. But I fed him today andrnthat is it! He will have to go else where. As one day  of badrnindulgence is enough for me. Tomorrow I will go carb free. Kind of likerna carb fast. Just protien and spinach tomorrow! Well all my goodrnbuddies I am 2 days behind on blogs.. Must see what you are all doing.rnHope your day was wonderfulrnrn

Well my mini goal is getting closer! I am @ 192.4 (190 mini goal) Irnlost 1.6 this week. But shows as only 1 -  I have to make it byrnnext week as I have a family wedding to go to. This is a Ukranian onernso involves carbs! perogies & cabbage rolls. But! rnI am not going to have any. I cant’t because I have to confess… I amrna perogie - haulic! Yes all, I am in recovery from those deliciousrnpotatoe filled doughy delights - smuthered in butter & onions! Irnjust know I must not have any of this food. I will partake in the meatsrn(prob. chicken) and salads. I will partake in meaningful conversation,rnI wiill partake in dancing, Ok and maybe a wine spritzer. This is myrnplan. I will also bring a few cansrnof salmon & pitas for me to eat at my sister in laws. I know theyrnwill have pizza and other foods not in my food lists. (they are allrnnaturaly slim) So I will go enjoy my visit and not focus on the food. Irnhave come to far now baby to backtrack! I have my map and I will stayrnon the main highway of success! I am leaving next Thurs so I have arnweek to get my rear moving again - have slacked off with my hardrnwalking since the 10k Shame shamernshame! But tonight we have a walk planned. Thanks everyone for yourrnsupport on the friend issue. (or so called friend) I guess I need arndifferent catogory - business associate? Yup as I have my group ofrnfriends back where we moved from (10 hour drive away) that all sent merngreat emails on my success. So yes I needed that slap on the back ofrnthe head to make me realize who my friends are that are supportingrnme. Yes and I can see you all out there in Buddy Slim land! Routing me on! Thanksrnrn

Sorry not to journal yesterday - I triedrnbut site just got hung up? Anyways Yesterday Monday was a quiet day asrnwas quiet tired after the weekend 10k - I did though do some exercises.rnabs-butt-etc. It helped me as today I wasn’t sore today. Well I talkedrnwith a friend last night - I had emailed her a picture of me crossingrnthe finish line. All she said to me was “what made you go in thatrn10k?”  What the H*** kind ofrna comment is that? I expected a comment like good for you! Today we metrnfor a coffee - I hadn’t seen her in person for 2 months or so. Againrnshe looks @ me - (I don’t want to be conceited but it is very obviousrnthat I have lost alot) and says nothing! I had this same experience thernother day with another friend. Both Friends are in the same business Irnwas in (motel) I know it is a busy time of year for them but -I knowrnthey look at me rested -relaxed - happy - thinner - and they are not inrnthe same place I am in now. I guess it bothers me as even when I wasn’trnin my happy place, when I saw other people doing something good forrnthemselves - I always  complemented others. I always believe that if you give it out you get it backrn! After my 10k this weekend I went to an outdoor concert. in ourrncommunity. I was a directer on the Chamber of Commerce. until Feb. so Irnknew lots of people there. I had lots of comments on how great I amrnlooking. and how happy I look. I guess summing up my feelings…. Whyrncan’t so called friends say hey you are looking healthy and howrnwonderful that you did the 10k. But I guess I have to not feel sorryrnfor myself, but for them and that they haven’t been able to give itrnback. I am the judge of my successrnand I really don’t need others approval. (Bernice I know you know how Irnfeel as you have gone through this alot also)rnrn

Well I did it Irnhardly slept last night I was so nervous! It poured all night andrnfinaly stopped before 8:00 am 10k.  There were 340 entered in thern10k part. I finished # 279! Not last! Holy crap can you believe that! Well I had hoped to finish under 2 hours - My time was (1hour - 39 mins -18 sec.) Wasrnthrilled. we averaged 9mins 56 sec per kilometer. It was an extreemlyrnhilly course. They said this 10k is not one to compare to your personalrnbest. (but hey it was my personaal best) due to the extreme hills - also we had a few areas that were like goat paths. I can’t explain the high I had crossing that line! Well the ultra marathon is still on 62 k Irncan see them running past my window. I am now going to shower and thenrngo watch some Par-a-sailing competion off Mount Swansee and then @ 5:00rngo to an outdoor concert - sounds over the Rockies (I hear there is arnbeer garden there) Oh my bib # was #594! It was so exciting seeing my name and # & times posted on the wall! Will update tomorrowrnrn

Today was the big doctor apt Yearly phys. I went for a good walk beforernI went as apt. was @ 9:30am. I went in and the young tiny doctorrnassistant had me stand on the scale. I was so excited as our scales arernvery close. It showed 194  I said to the tiny assistant “Wow thatrnis great I am happy our scales are simular” the girl looked at me likernI was on Crack I know prob weighed twice as much as herrnbut she has know idea how far I have come! Then sitting naked with arnsheet on in came my lady doctor (very nice lady) She looked at myrnweight today… fliped back to my last weight and said ” did you knowrnyou have lost 21 lbs? ” Daaaa Of course I know and she wanted to knowrnhow I was doing it. I told her about this site & sparkpeople.com .rnThen I told her I was going in our town Loop the lake (10k) and that Irnhave been hiking etc. and hiked to Stanley glacier. She was sornimpressed! Most of our lady doctors in town are into marathons. Shernjust finished a 60K - 2day walk. This doctor appointment was so greatrnas the reminder that I am in the “obese weight” was not even broughtrnup. I even printed out one of my sparkpeople.com food logs for her tornsee. I am glad she could see my lifestyle change. No more ulserrnmeds.  Tonight I have to go to bed early as I have to go get bloodrnwork done @ 8:00 am. I have to fast after 8:00 - but won’t be hard asrnon the 21 day challenge I am not eatting after 8:00. Also tomorrow Irnpick up my 10k package - tshirt - map - & # for Sat  8:00 amrnrun walk!I think for tomorrow I amrngoing very low carb as I find I have more energy. Just a short walkrntomorrow and a good rest! I will have a lite breakfast on sat beforernthe 10k. I think just 1/2 a whole wheat pita - 1 egg & 1/2 crncottage cheese. I find when I have gone hiking and not have somethingrnin my stomach I don’t do well. Do you think this is ok? Well tillrntomorrowrnrn

I havn’t journaled much these last days. been busy and trying to walk alot before this Sat. 10k life just gets to busy  sometimes. Well it was weigh in day today and I stayed the same .rnNo loss but  weird  yesterday it  was showing i was downrn1.5 lbs. but what ever it all catches up eventualy. I have my yearlyrnphysical tomorrow. (it has almost been 2 years now) So I am glad to getrna good base line check up as I am 1/3 through my weight loss goal. Irnhave a wedding to go to now Aug 26th so I ordered a couple dresses onrnline (no real shopping here) I have to stay very on plan now so that Irnwill look good @ the family wedding. (yes you all know how it is….rnthey look at you and think my she is still so big….) But I know Irnwon’t be @ my goal but I will still walk in with my head hi and withrnconfidence that I am on a wonderful journey and my trip is not over yet. So all I am so tired and not real chatty today.  But will try to read some blogs and then bed. Love you all…..Take care and have a great Thurs.rnrn

Well yesterday I didn’t post. Butrncleaned the house (company coming)  Put chicken breasts inrnslowcooker (protien for the weekend) then hubby & I went for a 5rnmile hike. I was exhausted when I got home @ 4:00 - had some dinner andrnslept! Today was a slow day I dolled myself up and went for lunchrn(walked there) with 2 girl friends. I had a chicken breast with veg onrnsome neat bread. and a salad with cup of soup ( and 1 corrona beer)- we ate on the top deck overlooking the busy street.It was great. rnWalked around town bought a couple closet organizers.( Shoe &rnsweaters ) Then came home blah blah blah…. then made dinner for me.rn(hubby gone) I took a sushi wrap and spread humus on it - cucumbers -rnhot peppers - ginger- & chicken breast- rolled it up and cut intornsushi rolls. I made 2 of these and yummmmm. Low carb & highrnprotein. Dipped it in soya & wasabi - with lots of water -(veryrnspicy!) Then to top off this exciting day rnI reorganized my closet. and dresser. I pulled out a pair of jeans Irnbought along time ago that I couldn’t even get over my hips.rnWelllllllllllll now not only do they go over the hips but I was able tornzip them up and button them Sorntomorrow I think it is time to measure myself! As the scale is movingrndown slow but sure - I have realy noticed the difference in how myrnclose fit! It has been 2 monthsrnsince I have measured my self. I made a spread sheet up to keep trackrnof it and printed it off to put in my book. I plan to go for a longrnwalk tomorrow am and another tomorrow night. with my friend. I hoperntomorrow brings you all a Happy Day
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