Welcome to my Blog. I am going to take the first post and introduce myself to everyone. My husband and I have been married for a little over 20 years now. We are retired childrens pastors. We just bought our first home, completley paid for so we could retire. Or so we thought..lol Anyhow, thats another story. We have a daughter age 18, who got married in March of this year and had her first baby, a girl, Lillianna Rose, born on June 23, 2008 at 28 weeks gestation. In spite of being premature by 3 months, she is doing fine. We also have two sons, ages 17 and 15.

The reasons I want...

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I have given up on diet "plans" of any type. They just don't work for me. There are too many times that they just DO NOT work such as birthdays, family get togethers, eating out, etc. So I got rid of all my diet books, stashed my leftover Medifast in the basement in case we ever have a big weather emergency like a tornado or earthquake (they are very similar to emergency rations anyway ). I just plan on eating healthy. For me that would be a LOT of veggies, 1-2 servings of fruit everyday, whole grains once a day or less, no full-fat dairy and only low fat or fat free dairy...

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I am continuing to lose weight and I feel I have made the transition to the cottage without a hitch. I survived our one week vacation and a fancy wedding and a wedding brunch and still lost weight.

I am feeling really happy about the successful transition. I got to the gym about 5-6 days a week. I feel the work I am doing there has really made the difference at the cottage. I am not good about walking during the heat. So the gym was the right idea.

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Happy with the results!

Results date: Jan 06 / June 08
Ttl cholesterol: 246 / 226
trigylcerides: 238 / 86
HDL: 47 / 55
LDL: 151 / 154
ratio: 5.2 / 4.1
glucose: none / 92

So, as you can see, I've whopped my tri's waaaaaaay down and brought my HDL up. :::insert happy dance here:::

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Pg. 49: I decided it was time to do something about my weight when...

I got back from my week in Hawaii. Although I had a great time, I felt awkward and out of place. I was just plain uncomfortable! We're going back in February of 2009, and I plan to feel much different about myself. Time to get serious!!

My goals: to lose the blood pressure meds, feel good, fit in my clothes, feel comfortable participating in life and not be just a spectator, feel good about myself.

Pg. 53: Measurements... private...in my Palm

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