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Introduction Text Right now, this moment... Are you doing what you need to do To be the person that you want to be? Accept what is; let go of what was; have faith in what will be. Improving my health and losing weight. It's so mental. When I stopped making excuses, I started making progress. I know what happens when I stop trying. I'm gonna see what happens when I don't. Be silly, be kind, be weird, be yourself. Take chances, show up, be bold. 10 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight... 1. To improve my overall health, mentally, physically, spiritually. 2. To look great in clothes I love and to actually "dress" every day in the style I love, not just throw on jeans and a big top to hide everything in. 3. To gain energy for future grand-kids, gardening, theme parks, beaches, vacations, hiking trips, surfing lessons, etc. 4. To improve my confidence and self-esteem including feeling great to be ME on a crowded beach in a swim suit. 5. To improve a few obesity related ailments I've acquired. 6. To avoid any new obesity related illness and ailments in the future. 7. To be just as fine in front of a camera as I am behind it... no more hiding from being in photos. 8. To make myself proud as well as certain people in my life. 9. To improve my social anxiety that stems from feeling like and/or being the fattest and ugliest woman in the place all the time. 10. To be my own kind of healthy, confident, 'beautiful' me. One of these days I shall move to the beach... a place that I daydream about daily... where I can enjoy the sunshine, turquoise water, sea salt breezes and release every stress I've ever felt. The beach is a place to release worries, a respite for a weary working girl, a regeneration of feeling alive. I feel like a misplaced islander. I've said this many times for years. I think I was a mermaid in a past life. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.” ~Dr. Seuss "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou

#1 To improve my health. I want to be healthy and feel good about myself inside and out. Specific weight goals along the way.... 199.5 -it's been too long since I've been under 200 at all. 191 - I go from obese to overweight BMI 158 - I go from overweight to normal BMI 152 - because I think that sounds like a good weight for me. below 152? - we shall see when I get there.

- Keto ... macros % at 5/25/70 - 64+ oz water daily - 30+ min activity 2 days, rest 1 day - keeping a food/activity journal...tracking food, water and exercise - taking care of my mind, body & spirit Challenge participation... 5% Fall Challenge

I love Jesus, my bible, my family, the ocean and beaches, rain, thunderstorms, horror movies, books, writing, daydreaming, coffee, red wine, Halloween, Christmas, giving, fountain pens, journals, planners, the moon, the sun, nature, cats, rock music, art, the colors of fall, the colors of the ocean, things that are hippy-ish, bohemian, things that are strange, unusual, dark, and a bit odd, learning more and more about my health and how to make it optimum. 53, 5'7" Mom of 4 (ages 27, 24, 22, 18), Wife of 1, no grands yet, live in Arkansas, work full time. Proud to be Ravenclaw! Patronus: Fox Wand: Redwood with a Phoenix feather core 10 ¾" and Quite Bendy flexibility

Back in 2007 when I first joined, I lost a lot, but not to goal, then gained, then lost, then gained... August 2014 - 195 07/11/16 - 272.5 - highest weight ever 01/01/17 - 249.5 01/01/18 - 230.0 01/27/18 - 224.8 04/07/18 - 230.8 - start weight for '18 Spring 5% Challenge 05/01/18 - started Keto 05/07/18 - 223.8 05/19/18 - 218.4 - final weight for '18 Spring 5% Challenge - 12.4 lbs lost 06/05/18 - 216.6 - start weight for '18 Summer BL Challenge 06/30/18 - 209.8 - start weight for '18 Summer 5% Challenge 07/21/18 - 205.8 08/15/18 - 203.8 - final weight for Summer BL Challenge - 12.8 lbs lost 09/11/18 - 202.0 10/06/18 - 206.2 - start weight 5% Fall Challenge I didn't come this far to only come this far.

Add a Link Renee, AR, USA, CST ~ Live Aloha! ~ Whatever is good for your soul, do that. When I stopped making excuses, I started making progress.
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