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Me, bride Chris, groom Lloyd and backs of heads of family
My sister Chris and my father
Parker (age 4) playing a duet with Tom (age lots OLDER) neither play - having fun
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Fancy Nancy Meeting You Here
I am updating this as promised this weekend. I am doing great - despite a plateau - I am down more than 15 pounds since January 1. It seems things are starting to click into place. My slow metabolism makes it hard to get on a really good roll. I like what I updated in January and don't want to revise it much. The revelation is still feeling RIGHT - We cannot "fail", "fall off the wagon", or even "do over". We are on a SINGLE journey and our weight losses and gains are all a part of that ...
I am updating this as promised this weekend. I am doing great - despite a plateau - I am down more than 15 pounds since January 1. It seems things are starting to click into place. My slow metabolism makes it hard to get on a really good roll. I like what I updated in January and don't want to revise it much. The revelation is still feeling RIGHT - We cannot "fail", "fall off the wagon", or even "do over". We are on a SINGLE journey and our weight losses and gains are all a part of that ONE journey. Regardless of our choices, good, bad, functional, dysfunctional, joyous, blessed, or catastrophic, we get to LIVE WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. We ONLY GET ONE JOURNEY and all of the mistakes, successes, etc. are PART of that ONE JOURNEY. That makes me JOYFUL.
Why? Why would I be JOYFUL about having to live with all of my past mistakes? I am joyful because I KNOW that the progress I see is the RESULT of the positive choices I am making now and the watering down of the negative ones from the past. I am taking my journey with all its ups and downs as a learning experience and the fact that I am still HERE and I am still learning from my journey, I am STILL ALIVE and can change. Think about it - all of those FAT people who are DEAD can no longer turn things around - they can just lie there and be DEAD - I CAN CHANGE. I CAN BECOME WHAT GOD intended me to be. THAT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. So are the little successes along the way - I ate ONE brownie, not three. I had salmon for dinner NOT half (or maybe even the WHOLE) pizza. I chose to PLAN my snacks so I can grab something healthy instead of something that makes my stomach hurt, my knees cry for relief, and my brain fuzzy. I can find a celebration and a success in lots of small things most every day. I CAN be positive even when my world is collapsing around my shoulders. I can stop and take time to talk with God about HIS plan for me while I am trying to figure out my own plans.
I added meditation and moments of conscious gratitude to my day to help me remain upbeat and positive - knowing that what I think also affects how I am doing - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I try to release negativity as soon I it starts to creep in. I journal and track. I am listening to my inner wisdom more deliberately.
Today is the first day of this new phase of my journey. Only a phase, not another NEW JOURNEY because we only get ONE journey through this life. THANK GOD FOR THAT!!
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Member Since: 7/2/2008
SparkPoints: 88,846
Fitness Minutes: 72,245
My Goals:
Wholeness, health, wellness
My Program:
Eat natural. Eat healthy portions. Eat mindfully. Eat so that I will live more joyfully and more serenely.
Personal Information:
My name is Nancy. I live in West Virginia. I teach in a self-contained special education class with students who have autism and other intellectual and behavioral challenges at a local middle school. I have a cat and my son has a dog. We live together in relative peace and harmony. My father passed away last October at age 92, so, I expect to live a LONG time in years and would like those years to be healthy. My stepmother is 89 and she and I are close friends. We swim and do water aerobics together and have gone on several trips this past summer.
I KNOW that my relationships are more important than THINGS or MONEY and it is a good thing that they are because I have no money. I also don't have many things, but I DO have a wonderful BLESSED GOD, a loving and gracious family and friends I can count on when I am down and/or out.
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I am blessed more than I can fathom. Maybe making lemonade isn't such a bad pass time. After all, I get so many chances to deal with challenges and crises that if I at least get the lemonade, I get something out of all these learning experiences.
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