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Introduction Text Courage. 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. Take chances, Be bold, be silly, be weird!! 10 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight... 1. I want to improve my total health and I feel that losing weight will help me not only physically, but also mentally and spiritually. 2. To look great in clothes I love and to actually "dress" every day in clothes I love, not just throw on jeans and a big top to hide everything in. 3. To gain energy for future grand-kids and fun activities. 4. To improve my confidence and self-esteem. 5. To improve a few obesity related ailments I've acquired. 6. To avoid any new obesity related illnesses and ailments in the future. 7. To stop hiding from cameras and hating myself in pictures. 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 embrace life with magic and excitement and 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 174 - Goal weight for 2019 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 daily - keeping a food/activity journal...tracking food, water and exercise - taking care of my mind, body & spirit Challenge participation... Winter BL Challenge -Pink Flamingos 5% Winter Challenge -Spirited UnderDawgs I’ve basically been eating a “Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet” that incorporates the best of each diet. The healthy foods and fats of the Mediterranean diet with the macros of the Keto diet: high amounts of healthy oils (especially coconut and olive) and other plant fats like avocados fatty fish (salmon) as the main protein source along with eggs, cheese, and lean meats lots of salad and non-starchy vegetables a moderate intake of red wine no starches, sugars, or grain-based flours

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, 23, 18), Wife of the best husband in the world, no grandkids 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 - lowest weight of 2018 10/06/18 - 206.2 - always a hard time of year 12/12/18 - 210.0 - off diet, off plan, off everything 01/01/19 - 225.8 - combination of overeating, bloat, and not enough water or discipline 02/01/19 - 220.2 - on track for 1 pound per week loss

Add a Link Renee, AR, USA, CST ~ Live Aloha! ~ Whatever is good for your soul, do that. Where’s your will to be weird?
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