After five weeks of steady weight loss the ball has stopped rolling downhill and has come to rest yards from the hole. I can see that flag. I am lining up my shot. Will it just take one more putt? One more push to get me to my goal? Or will it be a series [...]
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Lesson learned after 6 weeks of the 20 lb struggle
Posted in Diet Control & Weight Loss, Health, tagged appetite control, family, motivation, self-improvement, weight loss on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slogging through day 40 of my 20 lb struggle
Posted in Diet Control & Weight Loss, Health, tagged aerobic exercise, elliptical, exercise, fitness, weight loss on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m doing it. But it isn’t easy. I started the day with 40 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise. Hooray! Good for me. When I got to the gym I hopped right onto the elliptical and after about 2 minutes I was already wondering if I could last 5 minutes. Lucky for me my dear friend [...]
Sliding down the slippery slope: Day 39 of my 20 lb struggle
Posted in Diet Control & Weight Loss, Health, tagged appetite control, diet, Health, motivation, self-improvement, weight loss on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Did I fall off the wagon? Or did I jump off? Now my weight is up, my energy is down, my appetite is raging and my mood is gathering dark clouds. What I thought was a little slip-up is turning into a complete diet stand-still. Will I be able to shed the extra pounds and get [...]
Blogging my way to healthy:Day 32 of the 20 lb struggle
Posted in Health, tagged blood glucose levels, cholesterol, motivation, self-improvement, triglycerides, women on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My physician was amazed! She couldn’t believe what I had accomplished in only a month. Here are the stats: GLUCOSE down from 123 to 100; CHOLESTEROL down from 211 to 158; TRIGLICERIDE down from 248 to 122. “This is tremendous improvement. What you have accomplished is very significant,” she told me. “How did you [...]
