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Rod and I at the Grand Canyon Oct. 2012
On Vacation in 2005 with our "Police Speeder" (my husband's hobby)
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Let's Try This Again.....
This will be the 3rd time I've returned to Spark People in hopes of losing 60+ pounds. I just turned 60 - kind of scary. I'm a retired high school biology teacher and I miss the daily interaction with the kids. I recently decided I really need to try this AGAIN. My biggest fear is failure - AGAIN which makes it really hard to motivate myself everyday to keep going. I think I must be a little self destructive that way. I had my thyroid removed in 2001 so I often feel I'm fighting an uphill ...
This will be the 3rd time I've returned to Spark People in hopes of losing 60+ pounds. I just turned 60 - kind of scary. I'm a retired high school biology teacher and I miss the daily interaction with the kids. I recently decided I really need to try this AGAIN. My biggest fear is failure - AGAIN which makes it really hard to motivate myself everyday to keep going. I think I must be a little self destructive that way. I had my thyroid removed in 2001 so I often feel I'm fighting an uphill battle because of that. I also have arthritis in both my knees, my neck and to a lesser extent in my hips and shoulders, this provides a real exercise challenge! I live in a small town and don't really have any woman friends, my husband is really supportive but my weight issues are something I don't feel comfortable talking about with him.
I'd like to find a weight loss "buddy" who would like to e-mail about other things besides just weight loss issues, as I said above, I don't know any women my age close to where I live so I think loneliness plays a part in my weight loss depression. I think support comes from friendship, I don't think I'd feel comfortable opening up to someone unless I felt they were a friend, not just someone paid to be supportive. I find that even doing this profile is highly stressful to me.
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Member Since: 8/18/2011
SparkPoints: 7,440
Fitness Minutes: 4,027
My Goals:
I don't need fast weight loss, just consistent but that doesn't seem to be happening no matter what I try. I would like to lose 60 pounds - right now that seems impossible!
My Program:
I am watching my calories by tracking my meals daily and trying to get more exercise. I think I own about every exercise DVD and Wii program out there and also recently bought a pedometer. I'm trying to walk a lot more as my main form of exercise. For me the secret is audiobooks - I only listen when I exercise so I'm motivated because I want to hear more of the story.
Personal Information:
I was widowed in 1999 and remarried in 2002. I then relocated from the San Francisco Bay area to a very small town in Northern California. I'd never lived in a really small town before so it definitely was an adjustment. I got a job teaching high school biology 67 miles from home and commuted that distance for the next 5 years until retirement in 2008.
Other Information:
I love to read, I own a lot of audio books and like to listen to them when I walk. I mostly like fantasy or young adult novels. I got interested in YA books while teaching high school and continued reading them after retirement. I also try to keep my mind active by playing RPG computer games.
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