tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233603072024-03-14T02:47:46.500-05:00My Weigh of ThinkingA bird's-eye view of my weight loss journey!Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-21304830586704323142021-01-31T18:27:00.002-05:002021-01-31T18:27:24.374-05:00Good bye January<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDPNmikgq9E/YBc6T3MXifI/AAAAAAAASKU/kQD-X5EoekQObBnqVg01yJLSb8kSogJJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s246/bears%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDPNmikgq9E/YBc6T3MXifI/AAAAAAAASKU/kQD-X5EoekQObBnqVg01yJLSb8kSogJJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/bears%2B3.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Today is the last day of January. It is cold, rainy and we may get snow tomorrow. I have added some extra parameters to my eating like a Bear. I need to keep my carbohydrates down to 20 or less in order to see weight loss.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have done pretty well this week mainly eating one salad with chicken, avocado, 2 Tbs of Ranch dressing, and salad stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday I made Keto Cedar Broccoli soup, and chili without beans to keep on hand.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have lost 8 pounds this week. Which for my age and slow metabolism is pretty spectacular.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In order to keep using the fat, I already possess I am going for two 48 hour fast a week which means I will only eat 3 meals this week. I may alter that and just do one 48 hours fast to see if it will jump-start my metabolism.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been sorting melty beads into separate colors to keep my hands busy and keep me out of the food. I am also working on my grandchildren's blogs and writing my mom her weekly memory letter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really need to lose this weight. So wish me luck I'm on my weigh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-43705961057638054672021-01-16T16:44:00.004-05:002021-01-31T18:29:48.505-05:00Black belt Charlie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2vL1MrSNdg/YBc9S9YL8dI/AAAAAAAASKk/0pszDQi0hE8m72WpH29UK6hzd8JgcNmmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/Black%2Bbelt%2BCharlie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2vL1MrSNdg/YBc9S9YL8dI/AAAAAAAASKk/0pszDQi0hE8m72WpH29UK6hzd8JgcNmmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Black%2Bbelt%2BCharlie.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />What a wonderful celebration today watching 10-year-old Charlie get his black belt at Olsen's Martial Arts. He had a private celebration with his family and Diva and Poppa. He has been waiting a long time because of Covid restriction but has persisted in his training with Zoom on-line lessons and private lessons. He was able to show off all his skills. I was amazed at how agile he is and graceful with his forms. He spared with Oscar and actually knocked him on his bottom. I later told Oz it was really nice of him to take a dive to make his brother look better.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We loved watching his kicks, twirls, confidence, and agility. I was impressed by his ability to break a board with his hand and break the last one with his heel. He earned his black belt and was given two words...Determination and Patience both of which he displayed to earn his belt.</span></p>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-15214651982133491662021-01-15T10:31:00.001-05:002021-01-15T10:31:25.729-05:00Don't weigh yourself every day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By the time your done reading the book, your going to have a completely new outlook on weight loss, and a solid understanding about what truly works.</pre><pre class="T7nuU" jsname="QUIPvd" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></pre><pre class="T7nuU" jsname="QUIPvd" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So wish me luck I'm on my weigh again....Starting weight 259</span></pre><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br></span></p>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-57279393490326977322021-01-06T19:06:00.000-05:002021-01-06T19:06:04.673-05:00I love soup<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jaWKFEugG0M/X_ZL4EaRz0I/AAAAAAAAR0U/VTFNLGOz-yIr_ZrBW4ohGR0o6Ra-_tNZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s750/healthy%2Beating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="750" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jaWKFEugG0M/X_ZL4EaRz0I/AAAAAAAAR0U/VTFNLGOz-yIr_ZrBW4ohGR0o6Ra-_tNZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/healthy%2Beating.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is my theme song</span>. <span style="font-family: verdana;">So far I have done pretty well with my eating. No, I'm not seeing dramatic weight loss but I'm also 71 years old with a slow metabolism, and not very active in the wintertime. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did ask Charlie to bring my rebounder to my office after clearing out some space for it. I used to be able to go to the senior citizens center and do water aerobics but since the Pandemic that option is no longer possible. This summer we would just walk the dog in the neighborhood. Oreo </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">is older than we are and is not a big fan of the cold, rain, or snow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This afternoon I made cabbage soup with lots of veggies, white beans, bone broth, and of course cabbage. I like soup in the winter. You can eat a bowl full of hardly any calories and it's warm and comforting. I like to put cheese in it and Fritos for salt and crunch. It makes a huge pot so easily available.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I get discouraged when the weight doesn't just fall off. So I am restricting myself from weighing. Weight fluctuates on a daily basis and so does my mood depending on what the scale says. So I will weigh myself once a month (except when I have a doctor's appointment cause they weigh you every </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">time). I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I hope I will be rewarded with good news. So wish me luck, I'm on my weigh!</span></p>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-50140427183314969032021-01-04T12:43:00.006-05:002021-01-04T12:54:29.434-05:00Eat Like a Bear Progress<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AxCsxjFE7I/X_NIblPArtI/AAAAAAAARzc/G3d5x9qikkQou_zB4B5yT3196XP-G-nTACLcBGAsYHQ/s570/bears%2B2.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="570" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AxCsxjFE7I/X_NIblPArtI/AAAAAAAARzc/G3d5x9qikkQou_zB4B5yT3196XP-G-nTACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h275/bears%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, one week down and surprise 17 pounds did not miraculously fall off my torso. I could lose 17 pounds off my hips and no one would even notice! They say you have to lose 25 pounds before anyone notices.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are this bear's facts and figures. I need to be accountable to someone so I guess that someone is me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> So here goes: Start date 12/27/2020</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highest wt. 285, Starting wt. 260, Goal wt. (150-135) Starting measurements Chest: 48, Waist 45, Hips 64</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today is Monday, January 4, 2021. The scale finally moved down to 254...6 pounds. Hard fought but on my weigh.</span></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">taken Christmas Day 2020</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDOizUzmsoU/X_NPsz7lYeI/AAAAAAAARzo/4Jwev-YeM-MOwpHkBYK50hw1LgjagfY8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Christmas%2B2020.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDOizUzmsoU/X_NPsz7lYeI/AAAAAAAARzo/4Jwev-YeM-MOwpHkBYK50hw1LgjagfY8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w258-h320/Christmas%2B2020.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">s</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-85555408405487934832021-01-01T20:47:00.002-05:002021-01-01T20:47:54.671-05:00Me again....<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuPz3iA5myA/UDI3VKkEvoI/AAAAAAAACjk/xP96UZwnNuotclgFLoZMFJYENglDX4quQCPcBGAYYCw/s264/computer%2Bgranny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="191" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuPz3iA5myA/UDI3VKkEvoI/AAAAAAAACjk/xP96UZwnNuotclgFLoZMFJYENglDX4quQCPcBGAYYCw/s0/computer%2Bgranny.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello, long-forgotten blog...today is January 1st, 2021. So much has happened since my last entry...We moved to Elizabethton, Tennessee. We live 10 minutes away from our 3 grandsons and their incredible parents. I had a cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation 4 years ago but still have not lost the weight I have been trying to lose for the past 60 years! (Talk about a slow learner!) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So what am I doing now...Retired, Lazy, Emotional Eating, lack of energy, and motivation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So here's the new plan. Eat Like A Bear Diet. It means you eat one Really Big Salad, 8 ounces of protein, non-starch</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">y veggies, cheese, dressing. You eat once a day and fast for 23 hours. You have an hour to eat your huge salad. The magazine said you could lose 17 pounds in 3 days. Alas, that would only happen for me if I lose a leg. I started 4 days ago and only have 96 pounds to go. 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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love food....but it does not love me back. So I am finding out what I can eat and not eat and still feel good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know from experience that chocolate mint is not good for me. It doesn't matter if it is coffee creamer or candy I will pay for it with either gastric problems or even shortness of breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that I can safely get away with one cup of coffee in the morning. Any more no matter what time of day will give me re-flux. I'm becoming a fan of herbal teas. They warm me up and don't cause gastric upsets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I have been a vegan for 2 weeks now...with a few minor slip ups. I have lost 8 pounds, my BP is lowest that it has been in years, my ankles aren't swollen, and I have been sleeping better. Over all I would say it is a win/win solution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't say that I don't miss sweets, bread, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and eggs but I feel so much better without them in my diet that it doesn't seem to be a problem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not much on exercise yet. It is still cold and windy to walk. I need to start walking again with Leslie Meyer and her walking indoor videos. I'm hoping as I continue to lose weight my desire to move more will follow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've tried so many eating plans and failed so many times that it is hard to get excited about one more adventure in eating. Hopefully now that I see improvement in my physical health it will motivate me to stay the course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish me luck....I'm on my weigh!</span><br />
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Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-60707896601485950022016-03-30T16:53:00.001-05:002016-03-30T16:53:42.818-05:00Health Scare....Will it be the reason I finally change?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always start out so good.....my follow through not so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a wonderful week chasing after my 3 grandsons and I thought ...wouldn't it be nice to live closer so I could see them more often and be an active part of their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took me a good week to recover....not good I thought. So I said to myself, "Well, when the weather gets better it will motivate me to get healthy."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Spring! My eating is much better but only because I had an episode of Atrial Fibrillation with my heart rate in the 140's for several hours. Charlie gave me a Toprol pill that he takes for arrhythmias and it stopped within 30 minutes. " Good I thought, I'm glad that's over. " <b>Two days later, I found out from the ER doctor that that tablet could have killed me!" Good to Know!!! I won't be doing that again!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From experience I realize that there is a 1 to 1 correlation to my cardiac issues and what I've eaten. Chocolate, coffee, cheese, and dairy do not love me as much as I love them. Sure enough my blood pressure has been elevated and I began having "a sharp pain" on the right side of my chest. I figured it was chest wall pain from coughing or lifting boxes. It got better so I didn't pay any attention to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday was Easter....a full day with church and visiting friends. During church I starting jaw pain on my left side. It was like a spasm and only lasted about 15 seconds. It was intermittent and I thought...."Oh great, now what?" Every time I thought it had quit.....it would sneak back again. I should have told Charlie put I figured he would freak out so I didn't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monday.....I called my doctor to get a refill on my blood pressure medications. I was afraid he would make me come it before he would refill them. I have been on the same BP medications for 30 years now so I'm seriously wondering if I have become immune to them. Surprise, surprise, he actually renewed the prescription without insisting I come in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I called Charlie to see if he would pick them up for me at the pharmacy and casually mentioned having jaw pain. Next thing I know I'm sitting in the ER as jaw pain is a symptom that should never be ignored as it is a symptom of a heart attack!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long story short....everything is fine. Good EKG, no elevated cardio enzymes and no more running out of BP meds. The ER doctor looked over my medications and said the drugs that I'm on in combination are good for my heart and my occasional arrhythmias. He even liked my supplements and said they were excellent quality. He thinks the jaw pain could have been from reflux and asked it I had been drinking more coffee that usual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No more chest pains....BP excellent, pulse in the 60's and regular. I've lost 7 pounds, no swelling in my ankles or legs and no shortness of breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have "White Coat Syndrome" every time I go to the doctor or ER my BP goes sky high. During my Non Cardiac Episode....my BP was really elevated 200/140. That was my nerves and my stress level going through the roof. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking back I am glad I went to the ER. Knowledge is power. I know what I need to do. Now I just need to do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing I know I need to do is to write every day. I need to cut out my emotional eating so I'm hoping my blogging will help keep me focused on my goals and keep me from grazing at night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So ....I am older....hopefully wiser....so wish me luck I'm on my weigh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-44689248441664337342015-11-16T11:30:00.002-05:002015-11-16T11:30:11.674-05:00The Light has finally broken through.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello long forgotten weight loss blog....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I would love to tell you. I haven't been blogging because I finally reached my goal weight but that certainly wouldn't be the truth. The truth is I haven't really been trying. I cut back and say I'm eating the things I should but then a special occasion comes up or I think I deserve a treat and I indulge till I bulge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I don't like to exercise and have managed to lose or break all my pedometers. I have arthritis in both my knees so walking is harder than it used to be and let's face it....I'm notoriously lazy and getting more so as I age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We recently saw a friend at a conference and when I asked about his wife who has had some physical problems his answer made me stop and think. "You know," he said, "when you reach 65 it's all maintenance." Oh no....that means I'm in trouble!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> My weight has recently spiraled out of control because of mindless eating in front of the TV. I'm an emotional eater and our work is very physical so I reward myself with chocolate or kettle popcorn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is what I know about myself :</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm addicted to salty things like chips, popcorn, and add salt to my food.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm addicted to sweet things like cakes, cookies, chocolate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm an emotional eater....I eat to make me feel good.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I graze at night especially after my husband has gone to bed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't sleep well (probably because of my dietary indiscretions ).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I'm starting to have numbness and tingling in my feet which is a sign of type 2 diabetes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When my belly is upset it causes me to be short of breath.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have high blood pressure and have been on medication for 30 years.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hate having my picture taken.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm embarrassed by my appearance .</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So what are you going to do about it? As you can see by my blog this has been a problem all my life and one that I struggle with. I have lost probably hundreds of pounds by now only to find them again and gain even more. I have tried recording and counting all my calories except it makes me crazy and becomes all consuming. It takes on a life of it's own and I like to think I'm more than just the food I consume.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> On November 2nd I weighed 267 pounds and officially started the " Eat to Live " diet of Joel Fuhrman M. D. The basic diet it vegan....beans, greens, fruits and vegetables. No Meat, No grains, No diary, low salt, no sugar (except that which occurs naturally in fruits) no starchy vegetables like sweet potatoes or potatoes. I didn't like it but I stuck with it during the first week. I noticed that the swelling in my feet and ankles was gone. My toes no longer looked like little sausages. I lost 8 pounds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I was thrilled. It's just water weight I told myself as I inwardly did a happy dance. Last week I made vegetable soup as well as lots of salads with beans and other veggies. I have this super easy chopper that makes it almost fun to make a salad. I declined diner invitations and stayed the course. This week I lost 4 pounds. I'm over the moon and will stay the course even though this week is my birthday and next week is Thanksgiving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is probably not the best time to start a new life plan of eating but if I can get through Thanksgiving, my birthday and Christmas I should be almost bullet proof. (famous last words!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I collect quotes and this one really spoke to me more than anything else I have ever heard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So wish me luck I'm on my weigh!</span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and </span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-37218515192251711352013-05-24T09:43:00.001-05:002013-05-24T09:49:18.919-05:00I must be insane!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, I made the first attempt at getting back on track with my diet, eating, lifestyle, and choices. My first choice was to go through the refrigerator and pantry and get rid of all the RED FLAG foods. That's where the insanity comes it. Rather than just throw them away, or give them to a neighbor I ATE THEM!<br />
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I decided that if they were no longer in the house they wouldn't be a problem and if I ate them I wouldn't crave them. Sigh, I'm embarrassed this morning at the whole incident but at least it's out of my system and I won't be buying replacements.<br />
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Now to get into a love relationship with fresh fruit and vegetables! I need to find them "a peeling" Sigh, how long does it take to make salad your comfort food. One day down and counting.<br />
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Wish me luck, I'm on my weigh! <br />
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The Lord will work out his plans for my life-for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don't abandon me, for you made me.</div>
~ Psalm 138:8, NLTLazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-63850214478751505322013-05-23T10:59:00.003-05:002013-05-23T10:59:57.740-05:00Time for a Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Spring,<br />
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So nice to have you back again. It's been a long hard winter and I have been doing a lot of emotional eating. I've gained 20 pounds.....and am totally disgusted with myself. So it stinks and now it's time to make a change. <br />
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I need to get back to eating more fruit and vegetables now that they are more readily available. <br />
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I need to go to bed earlier.<br />
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I need to stop grazing at night.<br />
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I need to get back to journaling and blogging.<br />
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So here's to a breath of fresh air, fresh fruit and veggies and a fresh start.<br />
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Wish me luck I'm on my weigh.Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-179910291758924052013-03-03T17:03:00.000-05:002013-05-23T10:47:40.865-05:00Looking for Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Long Lost Forgotten Blog,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some where between Christmas, traveling, new grand baby, the flu, and the winter dull drums (where it's always winter but never Christmas...). I lost my motivation, my resolve and my mind. I developed a "Mind over Matter" lifestyle (If you don't mind it doesn't matter!) Guess what? It did matter and I'm now I'm 12 pounds heavier, 2 months older, and looking for spring, my youth, my energy, and my ability to dig myself out of the hole I been hibernating in.... (and you thought it was the ground hog that determined spring by seeing his shadow!) Well, I've seen my shadow, hidden away, and now I'm ready to come up to the surface and start living. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know what to do, what to eat, what to think, and even how to keep busy. I do better when I blog. It keeps me honest with myself and after all I'm the one who is intrigued with my great wit and literary genius. Seriously, I've read some of my earlier post and I crack myself up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've wasted a lot of time, and life is a <span style="font-size: small;">precious gift. So it's time to get serious and get back into the battle. I'm not a betting <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">woman and the odds of my success with my track record <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">would</span> probably be 1000 to 1 against success but I'm willing to <span style="font-size: small;">do what I need to do to succeed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So say a prayer for me, I'm on my weigh. </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-74741120237119359972013-01-04T14:56:00.000-05:002013-01-04T14:56:34.724-05:00Self Esteam Your Vegetables<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dear Our Lady of Perpetual Weight Loss,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got brave this morning and weighed myself.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is exactly what I looked like while weighing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I've learned which way to lean, what time of the day the earth's gravitational pull is less, which night gown weighs the least, how to take off my jewelry and most of all my glasses so if the news on the scale isn't good I can always squint at the numbers and guess in my favor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was good news today so I'm not suicidal. I was down by two pounds which could be water but down is down and I'll take it anyway I can get it. I'm been eating vegetarian foods and praying that one day I wake up and salad will automatically be my comfort food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm working on my self-esteem while steaming some veggies for dinner. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to the book Our Lady of Weight Loss by Janice Taylor I need to do what she calls <b>"A Sacred Assignment"</b> so here goes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I obviously have a great sense of humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have wonderful supportive friends (take a bow you know who you are!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can still wear the same ear rings I wore in high school! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish me luck, I'm on my weigh ( break here for 30 second dance party----hey a girl has to get her exercise in when ever she can!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span> Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-53464660012551420842013-01-03T15:42:00.000-05:002013-01-03T20:26:02.158-05:00What are you teaching me?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My 15 minute drawer cleaning ended up taking several hours and had me running all over the house putting items back into their places.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems that my desk seems to be a major"dumping zone". So I put this sign up to see if it will help. ( Bare in mind this is my desk at home where there is just me and Mr. Wonderful!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Needless to say I am not the person in our household who takes care of rodent remains and I promptly called Mr. Wonderful to tell him about my experience with lots of exclamations of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">" Gross, Major Yuck, Come Get this thing before it stinks up my house." He very calmly told me that he would take care of the carnage when he got home and suggested I just close the drawer and "don't think about it". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I ask you sweet lady....how do you don't? <b>How do you unknow something, once you know it?</b> I tried to ignore it but the dead mouse in the drawer seemed to take on a life (sorry about that) of its own. I thought about it while working at my desk (as the drawer is less than a foot away). I thought about it whenever I walked past the drawer or looked at my overly fed cats sleeping on my bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can tell you I ate less lunch as I didn't want to be in the kitchen anywhere near that drawer. Now that the mouse remains have been taken care of and the washing machine is humming along cleaning the dish towels all should be right with the world? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I guess in my small universe everything is alright. Once you've found a dead mouse in your drawer the rest of the day started looking a whole lot better. So in the long run I guess it's a matter of perspective. A dead mouse in the drawer beats a stick in the eye anytime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now whenever I want to squelch my appetite I just think about the dead mouse. Works for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Isn't this funny? It's exactly what most people in the health care profession would tell their patients</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a soft place in my heart for snowmen. Mr. Wonderful says I'm attracted to fluffy white men! He's ok with that as he is a fluffy white man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The year has just started and I'm doing fairly well with writing in my journal, writing down my food intake <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/kbennetch">here</a> , and keeping myself busy with activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I decorated my journal notebook that was made out of recycled paper. I put empowering words, pictures, and things that are motivating without making it look too cluttered. The nice thing about your notebook/journal is that it doesn't matter what it looks like to anyone else </span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I also found a box of old family photos.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found a whole bunch I need to scan and put in the kids folders. As I was checking to see if a particular photo was already scanned I also went back and put down dates and some interesting facts my children may not know about the picture. I enjoyed my walk down memory lane but didn't find any skinny pictures of me back in time . Probably cause there aren't any. I'm glad I took pictures of myself back then even if I didn't like what I looked like. I want my kids to know that I have always been an active part of their life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much for being crafty. I've got dinner to fix and then I can work on my prayer shawl. I'm knitting it for my daughter Suzy and I pray over every stitch as I knit for her, her boys, her husband, her health, her hormones, for the fruit of the spirit, for all the renovations going on around her and for self-control during all the upheaval.</span><br />
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<br />Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-16848993842209566942013-01-01T15:28:00.000-05:002013-01-01T15:30:49.658-05:00My first attempt at weight loss art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today begins a brand new year and as always a new start. One of my goals this year is to keep my hands busy so I'm not using them to stuff my face.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> So here's my first attempt at weight loss art.</span> I <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">totally hate this picture of me, because it shows me and all my girth so I decided it would be a good motivational starting place. My mantra for the year is <b>"I will be lean in 2013!" </b>I'm framing this in my office so I see it everyday.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a smaller one on my refrigerator and one in my journal. It reminds me of Psalm 51:3 "For I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me." Who needs a mirror, I see my fat on a daily basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you bite it you must write it. Food journaling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talk with my accountability partner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wear my pedometer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get back to the gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See if I can get my exercise buddy back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month will be filled with lots of life, and lots of detours with our new baby boy coming in 10 days! Yikes, that's really soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish me luck I'm on my weigh. </span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-36501347704468782742012-12-27T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-26T19:49:02.889-05:00Patience is a virtue I don't possess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dear Our Lady of Perpetual Weight Loss, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been good all day long. I've watched my caloric intake, worn my pedometer, drank lots</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of water and even thought skinny thoughts. I've put away the Christmas decorations along with all the Christmas goodies and my resolve has been rock solid all day long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day time doesn't seem to be a problem time for me....it's the grazing at night. Yes I did say grazing. Just like a cow and consequently my backside looks like two sides of beef battling each other when I walk. Not a pretty sight. Please help strengthen my "Want Power"--my will power gets shaky at night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's my holiday picture walking away from the camera. Do you think anyone recognized me? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prickly Prayer: Dear Our Lady of Gracious Grazing,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Help me keep my hands busy, my mind occupied, and my body out of the kitchen. Help me erase the tapes in my head that trigger the mindless pursuit of chips, chocolate and other dietary demons that sing out to me to indulge. Help me remember that they who indulge, bulge. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could you reprogram my brain to have salad be my comfort food. I'm just saying.....all is forgiven Mooooove On.</span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-60262788597376512142012-12-25T23:56:00.001-05:002012-12-26T00:35:06.264-05:00True Confessions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today is Christmas and I celebrated with my family with reckless abandon. It wouldn't have been so bad if it was only today but unfortunately my Christmas spirit and season of feasting lasts from Thanksgiving to New Years Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I"m filled with regret, recriminations and a body that looks like Santa except for the snow white beard. Help me to Remember the Top Ten Holiday Commandments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.<b> Believe in thy self and honor thy body.</b> (Be kind, loving, and forgiving to yourself, first and foremost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <b> Thou shalt never leave home hungry.</b> Eat something before the party. A salad, fruit, and plenty of water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. <b>Thou shalt stay clear of the buffet table.</b> Get thou away from food. Engage in good conversation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. <b> Thou shalt not deny thyself a treat or two now and then</b>. Too much denial isn't a good thing. Neither is filling your plate with all sweets and treats. I'm just saying....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. <b> Thou shalt recycle foo gifts quickly before you change your mind.</b> Give it away, candy, cake, and all red-light foods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. T<b>hou shalt keep thy hands busy.</b> Knitting, crocheting, cutting and pasting, drawing, writing - anything to keep your hands busy and your mind off food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. <b>Thou shalt stay away from sweat pants or pants with elastic waist bands. </b>Wear snug clothing. No room for expansion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. <b> Thou shalt walk- a lot.</b> Ask Santa for a pedometer for Christmas then use it. If you already have one. Use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. <b> Thou shalt live in a no-alcohol zone.</b> The calories add up quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. <b>Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's plate, her ultra-thin body, or her ability to eat endlessly without gaining a single ounce. </b></span><b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss....I confess that I'm addicted to Sugar and have no moderation switch. I seem to be an all or nothing kind of girl. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. I will purge the house tomorrow of all goodies or send them downstairs into the "man cave" out of sight. Thank you for a fresh start every morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All is forgiven move on.......<b></b></span>Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-13439124371329937592012-12-22T19:24:00.000-05:002012-12-22T19:24:53.594-05:00Sorry Lady....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The doom-and-gloom-sayers, predicted
that the world would end yesterday, December 21, 2012, presumably
prophesized by the Mayan calendars.
According to calculations measured by the Maya of South America
during the classical period of their culture, from 250 to 900 A.D.,
December 21, 2012 marks the end of a “great” period of time. AND …
December 22, 2012, begins a new era.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, just like I hate to waste a good clean by not having company come over, I also hate to throw away perfectly good food by being annihilated. I figured if death was by nuclear explosion the few extra hundred calories I consumed would get mixed up with other DNA and no one would know. I found a box of Junior Mints that wouldn't fit in the Christmas box I sent my daughter so decided to eat it. (Sorry Beeks)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, today is December 22, 2012 ....the beginning of a new era. So no harm, no foul, play on. I thought no one would notice but be sure your sins will bite you in the butt. See what I mean? </span> Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-12228517849157786942012-12-21T18:30:00.000-05:002012-12-21T18:30:15.287-05:00Seeing is Believing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today our<b> Lady of Weight Loss</b> taught me about visualization. The power of seeing yourself thin.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> " Visualization helps us realize our dreams. When an idea becomes "fixed" in our subconscious, we automatically make decisions that help us move toward it. Athletes are known to utilize visualization to reach their goals. They see themselves performing the perfect dive of the high board, scoring a 10. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">According to the boo<i>k The Einstein Factor</i> by Win Wenger and Richard Poe, visualization helps to increase our intelligence. It helps to build the connectors between the neurons in our brains. It's like building a mental muscle. Albert Einstein conducted most of his experiments in his brain- by visualizing them.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our outside world-what we consider reality-manifests from our mental world. First comes the thought. And from the thought, we create our reality.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> For those of us who want to remove excess weight permanently it is imperative that we spend a period of time, daily consciously seeing and creating our new selves."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> My big fear was the mother/son dance after the wedding. I'm not a dancer. I'm not light on my feet and nor am I graceful. I didn't wear heels and even though I visualized the heck out of the first picture the reality wasn't exactly like I pictured it. You can judge for yourself. Here's my Butt dancing with my son. As for me I'm going back into my happy place, light a candle and say a prayer of thanksgiving that the whole ordeal is over.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forgive me for I have sinned </span>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ok, so maybe I didn't visualize hard enough or long enough and maybe I might have stressed out a little and had mood food to compensate for my poor self image. Actually I may have visualized this image instead of the the top image. Maybe I'm better at this than I thought</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">All<span style="font-size: large;"> is forgiven. Move On.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-22106182866829253612012-12-20T12:43:00.001-05:002012-12-20T12:46:42.944-05:00Our Lady of Weight Loss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just discovered a great book, and website that I'm sure will be a tremendous help to me in this perpetual attempt to lose weight . I bought a copy of Our Lady of Weight Loss by Janice Taylor. She has the wit and humor to keep me motivated and to quit obsessing about food. You can read about her at her<a href="http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/about/janices-story/"> website.</a><br />
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Here's the disclaimer. I am not Catholic but I do like the concept of having a patron saint to absolve me from my dietary indiscretions. Too often I become obsessed with food and that's all I think about, dream about and food takes on a life of it's own. Her concept is to use food as an art project to keep your hands busy so you are not stuffing your face.<br />
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I'm not artistic but why not start making collages and art pieces. If nothing else my grandchildren will think that their Diva was super cool if not a bit crazy. I joined the Kick in the Tush club and completed Kick Number 1 ....<b>Our Lady of Cleanliness is Next to Weightlessness.</b> It consisted of doing a cleansing ritual in which I cleaned out the refrigerator of everything that is not healthy or fresh and actually cleaning the whole refrigerator shelf by shelf, bin by bin. My refrigerator glistens now even though there is very little in it.<br />
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Here's the little prayer, much more to myself than Our Lady of Weight loss.<br />
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"May my commitment to myself shine as brightly as my sparking clean fridge.May I remember that it is not about willpower. There is no such thing. This is about want power. May I give myself everything I want and deserve. Amen." </blockquote>
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<span style="color: red;">Tasty Tidbit:<span style="color: black;"> Willpower is something none of us have. If there is cake in the house, who among us has the willpower to say no? We are all more likely to cave in and eat it if for no other reason to get it out of the house and no longer tempting us. Want power means that want to lose weight enough to make sure that there's no cake in the house-that we want to be thin enough to go that extra mile- to do what it takes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Wish me luck I'm on my weigh. </span></span> <br />
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<br />Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-17488086382298564122012-11-28T16:52:00.001-05:002012-11-28T16:52:27.420-05:00jiggle butt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today has been a busy day. I got up early and got several things done before leaving for work. I love Christmas, the decorations, the food and of course the <b>Christmas music</b>. So instead of jingle bells this season I'm singing Jiggle Butt, jiggle butt, jiggle all the way , Oh what fun to be at the gym and maybe slim one day Hey!<br />
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What I don't like is exercising and that's the one thing I really need to do. I worked at the mission today sorting clothing till I got to cold. I really need to go knock on my neighbors door and reintroduce myself and see if she wants to start doing an exercise video with me in the evenings.<br />
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We did really well for a while till life happened and she got injured. I miss our time together. In the spirit of the season my butt does jiggle all the way just like jello.<br />
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So wish me luck I'm on my weigh over to apologize for being a bad neighbor and bad friend. Maybe we can get back into a routine again. I would really like that. "Jiggle Butt, Jiggle Butt, Jiggle all the way"Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23360307.post-66919381564815059092012-11-27T14:57:00.001-05:002012-11-27T14:57:15.911-05:00My private war on cake!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is me and Mr. Wonderful almost 40 years ago. Yes, I still like cake and take great pleasure in sharing it with the Mr. Cake has never been my friend even though it is sweet and comforting.<br />
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Cake has broaden my hips, thighs, belly and butt . It's my guilty pleasure, my choice of comfort food. I'm trying to make salad my comfort food but alas I still have a long way to go on that.<br />
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So this is my official declaration of war on cake. In this season of overeating, and Christmas goodies I'm swearing off cake.<br />
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Please Remember that I'm good at starting, ....not so good at finishing.<br />
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Wish me luck I'm on my weigh again.....Lazy Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165751161244458479noreply@blogger.com1