Update: January 21, 2013--I am trying to get back on track after a year of falling off the tracks due to personal problems, family illness, and family passing away. (And my resulting emotional eating and loss of exercise time.) I am on my way back to a healthy body and fitness for life. Though I have tried other plans and had temporary success, Spark People is my ticket to permanent change. I like to take walks, hike, fish, take pictures, paint, write and enjoy quiet contemplation. My ultimate goal is 170 pounds lost. My plan of action is to track everything I eat, do 30 minutes or more of exercise every day and try to help others learn what I have learned. I love to eat a wide variety of delicious and healthy food, with a little fun food thrown in for good measure. I do not consider myself to have been deprived of anything. I enjoy working out at the gym, and generally enjoying life. If you are looking for a panacea, Spark People is not it--but it is a great and exciting program to change your life if you will really apply all the tools available here.

Lose 5% of body weight during Winter 1 2011 Challenge, exercise consistently, ultimately lose 170 lbs.

Using the nutrition tracker, watching total calories, exercising daily, drink 8 glasses of water, reading motivational pages. Have added protein shakes to my program and they are helping.

Married, live in SW MO and teach college classes online.

Enjoying reading, movies, fishing, the outdoors, and big fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Add a Link " The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow." God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
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