What are you grateful for?

I am grateful. I have two beautiful children who are healthy and strong. I'm beautiful inside and out. I have a great husband who really works hard to be there for me the same way that I'm there for him. He is epileptic and that is a daily concern, but he lives relatively normally and is having a full life by my side. We don't have many health concerns like cerebral palsy or heart issues other than high cholesterol. We are meeting our responsibilities bills wise and making ends meet. We have a roof over our heads and food in our bellys. Our friends and family are good to us. Thank you God for all you give us and all you do for us. Amen!

Weight Loss Moving!

No matter how much exercise I do, it seems that my scale wants to stay right where it is. Except, just the other day, I didn't exercise for two days straight and low and behold my scale moved. I was so happy. In fact, it went down two pounds. I'm now at 171 and it's stuck again. I'm almost at my 160s goal. My brother comes tomorrow with his family, so I don't think I'm going to make 160 something, but I'm good. I know what I have to do and I'm doing it. I also know that I have to be careful of the amount of calories I consume even though they are coming from healthy food sources.

I feel like I know so much about weight loss and what to do to get to your goals that I should be able to get one of those sales manager jobs at a weight loss or even nutrition center, LOL! Is it a passion of mine, losing weight? NOPE! I just know I have to do it. Do I really want to work in a place where I'm surrounded by people like me. Maybe. It might be the greatest stimulus to weight loss yet. Anyway, I'm still a stay at home mom and I love it, so I'm not going to be looking for work yet. When I do, maybe I won't need to look in the health area.

Getting Away From it All

Don't you ever feel like taking weekend getaways? I'm going on one this weekend. Actually, it'll just be Saturday, but I'm soooo looking forward to it. I have never been to Peanut Island off of West Palm Beach, Florida, but I hear it's a quaint little island that you have to take a ferry to get to. I haven't taken a ferry in ages, not since I lived in Connecticut at least five or six years back.

There is absolutely nothing on the island except maybe some bathrooms, but that's about it from what I hear. I was hoping to have a better shape for this little getaway, but it ain't happening. I'm going to just make it work though. I love myself inside and out and that's what counts. My children are healthy, my husband is happy and what more can I ask for.

So what are you doing this weekend?

Weight Loss is Slow - Weight Loss Moves

Many a day has gone by and although I have lost a little weight, I feel like I'm going nowhere. I'm a little bummed since I have been trying. In fact, I walked, played volley ball, tennis and assisted in an large energy requiring task the last few days. Did any of the weight come off? Nope! What a frustration.

I know that my days on the Fit For Life program worked wonders, so I am on the verge of going back to what works. Why did I ever leave it? Anyway, that's what's going on in this neck of the woods.

On a good note, my business is coming along well. I have this great POS system that does wonders for my business. The other day I was trying to see how I could give customers better shipping options, but I haven't been able to clean it up enough to make it work yet. It'll get there, just like my weight.

A Little Disappointed and Surprised - Weight Loss Moves.

As you know, I recently found out that I have to seriously alter my diet to support a low cholesterol plan. I have been doing that for about a week now, mainly eating high fiber foods and staying away from anything with cholesterol. I did eat whatever I wanted on Saturday, but besides that, I've been pretty on target. However, even with all of the changes, I actually saw that I gained three pounds in a week. I was flabbergasted to say the least.

Here I was thinking I was eating foods good enough for people in tuxedos and evening gowns and yet, I'm gaining weight. What is up with that? It was absolutely unnerving this morning. So, I decided I was going to go back to my all fruit mornings and forget the oatmeal until dinner time or maybe even lunch. That's the biggest thing I changed, meaning, I ate oatmeal in the morning instead of drinking my all natural fruit drink.

Could it be that I totally bombed out on Saturday. I did a whole bunch of exercise that day too.

Anyway, we'll see what tomorrow brings, huh.

Healthier Eating - Doing Better!

I am happy to report that I am staying on track with my weight loss plan/low cholesterol diet. It's really hard though! I read that chocolate is one of my enemies and MAN, am I not happy about that. I even went into the refrigerator yesterday searching to see if there was anything chocolaty, but all I could find was the chocolate syrup for my children's milk. Guess what, I took a little sip of that. I just couldn't help myself. Did it satisfy my craving? NOPE! But I made it through.

My other problem is eating at night. I'm always looking for something to eat after dinner. The last two nights I've chosen very healthy tomatoes and cucumbers. They satisfied the hunger feeling while keeping the calories low.

One of the things I notice helps when I'm thinking of eating although I shouldn't is putting my mind on other things. The other day I was thinking about looking for discount kitchen faucets and bathroom faucets. My brother is coming over with his beautiful family at the end of the month, so we're really trying to clean up around here. I would love to get new faucets just because the ones I have are so old. However, with th economy being the way it is, you know I can't buy expensive stuff. I'll settle for discounts any day anyway though.

So, about my dieting, I have lost two pounds in three days, and I'm looking forward to being in the 160s again. I don't know how I can so quickly let myself go after all the hard work I did last year. Anyway, I'm back on track and doing well. I need to add the daily 30 minutes of walking my doctor suggested. That's coming up. :-)

High Cholesterol - Weight Loss Moves

What happened to me over the past week was an eye opener. I finally decided, after four years, to go to the doctor. Last month was health month for me since I not only went to the dentist a million times to fix some teeth issues, but I went to see my primary care doctor for the first time ever. I've been living in Florida for about four years now and never went to see him. Anyway, the point is that I finally went and low and behold, I have issues. Sadly, they relate to my weight gain since I moved here. I have never had health issues before, but high cholesterol is definitely one of those issues I'm glad I know I have now. Why?

It is an even greater incentive to lose the weight I've been struggling to lose. I had been avoiding going to the doctor not because I thought something was wrong with me, but because of insurance issues. My husband and I both have insurance through his job, but he has needed it more than me, so I hesitated to use up my portion of the deductible so that he could use it if necessary. Lately though, he's gotten a little better and so I decided to take advantage of my portion. If you ever want to get an insurance comparison, let me tell you that I am very happy with my dental insurance under MetLife. I understand that it is the best there is out there. As far as health insurance goes, I had Blue Cross and that was awesome. Aetna isn't all that, but it's o.k. I do seem to be going into my pocket more than I expected.

Anyway, the bottom line of this blog is that I now know that I have high cholesterol and have to bring it down and quickly. I have already started towards that goal and will be going back to the doctor in six weeks. I hope he can tell me things are better then, because let me tell you, I'm not going to take medication. I have to do something so that taking meds doesn't become part of my routine. I feel less than 100% now that I've got a health issue, but I know it could be worse. That's it for now. I'll keep you informed.