Life Doesn't End With 50!

My weight has been a formidable opponent of mine for many, many years. To be exact, it has been the bane of my existence, my worst nightmare, my most hated adversary.

Here of late, I haven't been feeling all that well. It might be partially due to stress, a never-ending to-do list, and supercharged family dynamic. The bottom line would be, however, I'm not taking care of myself, my needs. I don't regularly decompress after working in a busy, self-giving profession. In ...

I'm back.  Yes, I'm going to try once again to maintain a level of commitment to this thing I call life.  I have a doctors appointment for the first time in eight years and I'm going to find out once and for all, 'what is wrong with me'.

In the past two years, many changes have taken place.  I decided to stop homeschooling my children, and went into the public work force.  Public school system that is.  I work at a public school in a lottery funded p...

It's been a long, almost two years since I started on my journey to complete and total fitness.  I hate finding myself in a rut, don't you!  Running and moving quickly (Cardio) is my activity of choice.  Recently I hurt my hip.  I'm thinking playing touch football and a quick tackle to the ground, landing on my hip and a huge rock may have played a huge part.  I didn't want to give up, and continued to run, although the pain in my hip permeated my entire body.  W...

Ok... well, yesterday started out wonderfully!  I had my supper made, so when my husband came home hungry he wouldn't have to wait for me to prepare his meal.  I was so proud! 

Then, I got my children dressed in their coats, and hats and we headed outside.  I sent my youngest (3 yr.) child to the play area, while my son and daughter played chase in the larger portion of our yard!  WHEW... so far, so good!

I stretched out ~ a...

Okay... It's Day one!  The fastest time for the Dam Run was obtained by a teenage girl, and it was 19 minutes!  The next to the fastest time was 20 minutes, and was obtained by a 45 year old woman!  What am I shooting for:  19 minutes!

First, Stretching out!  It's Monday, and I want to be strong, and capable.  Right now, I'm running up and down hills and cross country (my backyard - it's in the country - does that count?)!  I haven't start...

I cannot believe it's JANUARY 2011 Already!  Where did last year slip off too!  I find myself in the best shape I've been in, in MY LIFE... and I wonder... why I waited soooo long to get started!  It hasn't always been easy, my comfort use to be food!  Not any longer.  I put my faith in GREATER things, and leave everything that use to cause me pain, and misery in the hands of GOD.

My spirituality saved me, and I focus on that...

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It's already the end of December, and I'm having a difficult time believing so!  It's been an eventful month, visiting sites, going to see family and sharing with friends.  I'm so blessed and fortunate to be able to do all I do!  The holidays are the most difficult times to remain faithful to any diet.  BUT, let me tell ya, if you've been eating clean, and go off it for a minute, you will certainly know it!  I'm doing the best I can to exercise, and get through the co...

Trying to stay motivated this month is going to be a challenge.  My birthday is just a few days away, my anniversary, a trip to Rock Eagle for my daughter's 4-h competition... and then There is Thanksgiving.  Before I forget, I wanted to post a before and after picture of myself...

October!

I wonder sometimes what's wrong... where do I need to make improvements to reach my goals. I don't know what to do about all this lose skin, and cannot afford surgery at the moment (It'll come). I read (somewhere) that it's best to wait 2 years after reaching your goal weight before seeking surgical methods to tighten loose skin. You didn't gain the weight over night, and you certainly aren't going to tighten and tone everything over night. I gav...

September - Where'd the last two months go?

OK... OK... ENOUGH ALREADY! I'm loving the past 2 months of my OXYGEN magazine! I especially love the article on shaping biceps! The air is beginning to cool, and my children are playing in the yard! They keep bringing me beautiful, yellow dandelions, and I'm using the dandelions as book markers when I come across information I want to utilize. "Sneeze" Sweet! I'm seriously thinking of doing the "Eat Clean...