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2004 - 142 pounds and before cataract surgery!
August 2012 - Healthier and ready for retirement from my day job but not from LIFE - 124 pounds
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As a dietitian, I'm always looking for new ideas to promote healthy eating and fun ways to be physically active. Though I've never been excessively overweight, I gained about 25 pounds since my 21st birthday and retired in August 2012. Around age 50 (about 14 years ago), I started walking regularly. Five years ago, I added resistance and flexibility exercises, and now I'm walking/running three miles a day. Though retired from a full-time job, I'm struggling with how to keep up my exercise ...
As a dietitian, I'm always looking for new ideas to promote healthy eating and fun ways to be physically active. Though I've never been excessively overweight, I gained about 25 pounds since my 21st birthday and retired in August 2012. Around age 50 (about 14 years ago), I started walking regularly. Five years ago, I added resistance and flexibility exercises, and now I'm walking/running three miles a day. Though retired from a full-time job, I'm struggling with how to keep up my exercise practices. Weighing 124 but still have a goal of 120 or even 116 (my ideal goal). Retirement offers special challenges since there "suddenly" seems to be more opportunities to eat out with friends (who don't usually watch what they eat!). I am working on healthier foods to fix at home and finding ways to get my physical activity in.
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Member Since: 12/1/2008
SparkPoints: 49,400
Fitness Minutes: 21,589
My Goals:
I'd like to keep adding healthy foods options to my overall eating plan and add new exercises and increase my number of minutes being physically active
My Program:
I pack plenty of fruits and veggies to snack on during the day and include other healthy foods like Greek yogurt, almonds, high fiber snacks. I always wear my pedometer (sometimes to bed by mistake!) and have a goal of at least 12000 steps a day. Still working on getting 7 - 8 hours of sleep a night.
Personal Information:
I'm an Air Force brat who moved to Texas back in 1972 (I now consider a Texan -- got here quick as I could!). With retirement, I'm looking forward to exploring new paths to walk, trips with friends that involve walking/hiking/canoeing or other healthy activities.
Other Information:
My favorite color is green; my favorite animal is an elephant, and my favorite quote is: "Live so that when your children think of honesty and integrity, they think of you". I've been married to the same guy for more than 36 years, and have one grown daughter who is a professional librarian.
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. So nice. 
