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A Healthy Weight is a By-Product of a Healthy Lifestyle!

Hi! I'm 60 years old, 5'3", mother of two grown sons, retired, and happily married. I'm currently working on getting my weight back to my maintenance weight of between 128 and 131. Here's my "Sparkpeople History" in a nutshell...

5/1/09 I found SparkPeople! I followed the program, ate in range, tracked my calories and exercised. By mid August, I had lost 20 pounds and got to my original goal weight of 125 pounds. That fall, I stopped exercising and tracking my food ...
Hi! I'm 60 years old, 5'3", mother of two grown sons, retired, and happily married. I'm currently working on getting my weight back to my maintenance weight of between 128 and 131. Here's my "Sparkpeople History" in a nutshell...

5/1/09 I found SparkPeople! I followed the program, ate in range, tracked my calories and exercised. By mid August, I had lost 20 pounds and got to my original goal weight of 125 pounds. That fall, I stopped exercising and tracking my food consistently. Over the next 12 months, I regained almost all of the weight (18 pounds).

8/26/10 I went back to tracking my food and I back to exercising regularly. My program is simple: burn at least 200 calories a day in cardio exercise and track all my food.

1/15/11 In November, I decided to start tracking what I call my "Seven Daily Goals." I blogged about them every day. I reached my new goal weigh of 130 about three months later. I became very consistent with tracking all food. I also became much more consistent with cardio exercise. I do a variety of things to keep me moving. I think it's different this time around, because I don't plan to stop tracking or exercising ever!

3/1/11 I'm back at my goal weight and have decided to stop tracking for a while. I know I'll go back to it because it works so well for me. For now, I'm taking a break from it and will do that as long as I stay in my goal range.

9/15/11 My father just died...he had dementia and I have been taking care of him for the past three years. This summer was particularly hard and I regained 15 pounds between May 1 and today.

1/2/13 My husband is retiring in June and we have decided to go on an extended self-supported bicycle tour around the perimeter of the US and then onto Australia after he retires. The thought of biking around the US carrying everything we need for over a year on our bikes gives me plenty of incentive to exercise now to get in shape!

My favorite sayings are:
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
- Unknown
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
- Unknown


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SIMPLELIFE4REAL is trying to figure out where to ride our tandem today. Hubby has the day off from work!
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Member Since: 5/1/2009

SparkPoints: 41,902

Fitness Minutes: 43,667

My Goals:
To have a Real Age at least 10 years younger than my chronological age.

To have a waist no greater than 29"

To have a body fat percent between 20 and 25%.





My Program:
Currently training for an extended self-supported bicycle tour that my husband and I plan to begin in September 2013.


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I live in Illinois in the winter and Tennessee in the summer. (I think I have that backward!)


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FLORIDASUN
4/25/2013 12:29:02 PM

Hello my darling friend Kay! Thanks so much for stopping by my blogs. It's been such a trying few months lately! emoticon I think I'm pretty much at my wit's end on this housing fiasco..I just want to know what the heck is coming our way...good or bad!

It's obvious the banks don't know what the heck is going on..maybe greed will finally reach out and swallow itself!

Woo hoo...I like the vision of THAT!

I'm SO very impressed with your bicycling adventures and I just CAN'T wait to hear all about your trip.

I truly think with your writing ability (the description of the cables going awry was SO wonderful) I could SEE everything that was happening.

That's a GIFT my friend..and you should capitalize on it!

I can see it now! "Kay's Adventures on the Tandem...with and without her stoker!"

Hope I got that right! emoticon



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GMO_JEN
4/22/2013 11:33:19 PM

So, we are keeping her. Brian wasn't able to part with her, and he was really worried someone would get stressed or angry with her since she can't hear (or have good vision), and do something bad. Or, just not be as vigilant. So, now it's 3 pups, 2 cats. She is fitting in fairly well...though Willow is super drugged to keep her mellow and not hopping furniture or running around like crazy. I think it will be okay though-people/animals come into our lives for a reason.

My goals are already off. I had a horrible stomach bug-no water, no exercise, no walk...my goal is to be better by the morning!

Hope your week is starting out great :)



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LOPEYP
4/20/2013 6:43:43 PM

Hey Kay! Thanks for your comment on my blog. It's SP friends like you that keep me motivated and moving. Thanks for your friendship over the years. emoticon emoticon



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NINJALINDA
4/13/2013 8:11:55 AM

"BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AWARD"

Hi! Just a shout out to congratulate you!

You are the recipient of the Beautiful Woman Award!!

"Once you've been given this award, you have to paste it on the page of 8 women who deserve it. If you receive more than 3, you know you're really beautiful! If you break the chain, nothing will happen, but it's always good to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out!"

Again, Congratulations Beautiful!

Thanks for spreading a little beauty, love, friendship, and support into my life!





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MISSG180
4/8/2013 5:01:49 PM

I wish it was just protein, but if I only eat chicken and fish, I still start feeling bad. It's weird.



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