Note received about a very ill member needing prayers.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

this is a copied & pasted request for prayers received from DianeDoesSmiles:

Pup who is deathly ill, and trying to recover.....

This Puppy hadn't been "active" on the pages with us, because just as the challenge started she collasped at home, and almost lost her life during the stay in the hospital. So she won't be joining us for this season's (Fall) challenge.

However of course, she IS still one of us in our hearts. Here's the link to Gails page so you can send her a goodie or a message to please encourage her. Please let her know you are a Spirited Under Dog.

www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=TO
RTILLAFLATS

THANK YOU ALL For being so compassionate to Gail who so badly needs it at such a critical time in her life, a life that almost wasn't.

P.S. the reason Diane says "Pup" is that Gail is one of the Spirited Underdogs from the 5% Fall Challenge.

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Lots of Coffee Might Lower Depression Risk? Hmmm.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lots of Coffee Might Lower Depression Risk: Study
Here: www.sparkpeople.com/resource/health_
news_detail.asp?health_day=657254

My walking buddy also has read that there is a study about drinking coffee might prevent some cancers too!

Isn't it funny, I just recently found I can drink coffee with some non-dairy creamers! Yum!!
*another blog - another point!"

**P.S. I get a sour taste even from Non-Dairy Creamers and then noticed, most of them have Soy in them.
I am allergic to Soy!
I have been using the Sugar-Free International Delight Hazelnut and loving it! The Fat-Free International Delight tastes sour to me - and has way more calories too!
Quite by accident I found I can use Heavy Cream but you can imagine how the calories added up!
I don't know why I can use Heavy Cream but not Milk, and not Half & Half.

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10TOES asking for prayers - SoulOfADancer asks for prayers too.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

10TOES is asking for prayers please. So is SoulOfADancer.

www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4494402

and
SOULOFADANCER: pray for me too please all stressed out and cant seem to get on track but god will give me strength and I will do better today

www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=SO
ULOFADANCER

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Fall 5% Challenge-time!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

As I get ready for the 5% Fall Challenge, I need to change my Intro again.

I didn't lose any weight with the last 2 challenges - maybe even gained a couple of pounds - and after fighting with it for 4 months now, I am just going to settle in where I am and maintain! 120-ish is awesome!!

I am using a Stationary Bike along with my daily walking now - and working the trampoline in where I can. My focus now is to try to make more muscles!

I am still counting calories and will be counting them for the rest of my life!

Bring on the 5% Fall Challenge - I am so ready!!

**this challenge keeps me going . . . with my exercise minutes! it's not only about losing weight . . . it's about making better habits too!

I'm a Dawg again! WooHoo!! Woof! Woof!

**edit: I more or less maintained through the last 2 challenges. After much soul-searching, I have decided to go for it one last time! I love being part of the team and will remain regardless - but I am going to give it one more try at getting the 5 lbs off before winter sets in.

This time is different though - I refuse to allow myself to feel pressured and I am stepping up the exercise/cardio and I am feeling the biking in my thighs so I think I am on the right track. I have even figured out how to use the timer on the bike! If I am able to burn the extra calories daily to meet my "food-frenzy requirements" it will be a go!

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11 minutes on the bike - wow!

Friday, September 09, 2011

I know it doesn't sound like much - but I have suffered lower back pain for most of my 60 years. I never really thought about it but it probably ties into the fact I was born without hip sockets. Now before anyone feels sorry for me, let me explain.

I was born without hip sockets but a friend of my grandmother was an "old midwife" and she told my mother, "something is wrong with this child - have her checked out" for my oldest sister (sponge hip) and mom had each of us checked after that - yup, no hip sockets for me!

2 years with a 36" bar attached to my baby shoes and me dragging it all over the house! (that sounds awfully long to me, but what do I know - that's what Mom told me)

I was also born with Amblyopia, also known as lazy eye, a disorder of the visual system that is characterized by a vision deficiency in an eye that is otherwise physically normal, coupled with astigmatism not only on the surface of my eyes, but behind my eyes as well. Can you say, "blind as a bat?"

So from an early age I was "doomed" to be crippled and blind. Well, the hips were found and a solution put in place - one down.

We lived in a low-middle income housing development and on the same floor (6 floor apt buildings) was an upcoming eye specialist who worked with me every week even after he moved to another state! My parents took me from NYC to New Jersey every Tuesday, Dad's only day off, and Dr. Clark not only checked and exercised my eyes, they fed us! ... and let me walk their poor little dog almost to death! Every week he did this for free to save my eyes!

Bless his heart, literally, because he died of an enlarged heart at the age of 40. I was only one of thousands this blessed man helped for free!

OMG! I have gotten away from my subject!! So even though I did bike when I was 17, it always caused me back pain and I finally did just give it up.

Yesterday, for whatever reason, I decided to give my Dad's old stationary bike another try and I managed to do 5-7 minutes but didn't believe it. So I dragged it to the TV room and checked the clock and this time I logged 11 minutes straight! WooHoo for this old dawg!!

Never ever give up on yourself! We are so worth the extra effort!!

P.S. 5 % Fall Challenge is now closed :(

**edit: I am now able to do 20-30 min at a time! WooHoo!!

Reading makes the riding go faster!

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