Visit

I'm back again. I don't know why it takes me so long to get back here.

Any way I went to Kansas and it was a nice visit.

Been so busy it seems.

I am joining Curves on Tuesday. I've already went and had one work out there and really liked it. So I am excited to get started there. They forgot to weigh and measure me before the work out so I have to wait till Tuesday. I'm pretty excited about that, cause I am anxious to know my measurements. Oh and to get my BMI done too!

Any way other then that just been working on JWLW and getting it going really well. It's been really nice. The chats are going well. So we may start having themed chats soon. IE Recipes, exercise, some kind of topic that we talk about that week, preplanned. The new weight loss buddy program I think is working well too. I send out reminders on Fridays to contact our weight loss buddy and I think that is helping. I've found a lot of neat virtual card places to send to my WLB.

My mom is finally back online and I can't wait to show her how to blog too! I have blogs for my nephews set up also when they start getting online soon

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Grandma Martha

It's been a long time again. I haven't lost much more weight. I've lost around 31 pounds.

Any way, I will be gone for a couple of week starting Monday. I am going back home to Kansas for about a week and a half. My last grandma died on Thursday. So I will go to her funeral and be with my family for a little while.

I am going to miss Vince so much. I hate leaving him. I haven't been away from him in nearly 2 years. And I hated that 2 weeks too. So this is scary and not much fun at all.

On the bright side we got our season passes to Silver Dollar City, and I really can't wait to start camping with Vince. This will be Vince's first camping trip ever!

New Recipes

Hmmm I don't know how it's been so long since I last updated again! It didn't seem that long ago. Any way, I am loving my new recipe book. I am putting the recipes up on JWLW so that more the group can use them if they want.

I've changed more things with JWLW I put in a recipe file so that every one can put in recipes for diets they are on. That way other members on the same diet can get more recipes. We used to just send them in emails, but this way we have files and people can scan through just recipes if they want ideas for a meal. I like it a lot. I've been adding at least 2 recipes a day. And then I am adding Richard Simmons monthly recipes that I get too.

So far I've lost 30 pounds now. If I could just update the blog more often. lol I will add a new pic soon, hopefully.

New Cookbooks

Oops been a long time since I checked in last. I'm up to walking 30 minutes in the AMs.

I bought a new diabetic crock pot recipe book, A Deluxe Potful of Recipes and love it. It's by JoAnna M. Lund. I was at Costco and BJ's. I'm definitely going to use a lot of her recipes. So many good ones! It's hard for me to find a recipe book that has new ideas. So I really like this one. So happy that Pat McKinley told me they were at Costco! She lives in the same state as JoAnna Lund.

Motivation

I forgot to say I started wearing my pedometer yesterday-got batteries for it at Wal-mart. Yesterday I wore it for my exercise and I walked 1620 steps and 1.29 miles. Today I walked 1.52 miles, and I can't remember the steps. But, that's a very big increase in one day I think.

I got real low blood sugar yesterday so didn't feel like going to Wal-mart like I was supposed to. So didn't get my Louis Armstrong CDs.

We had a pretty good turn out for our weekly chat with JWLW last night, 5 people showed up. So that's good. I'm hoping it will get to going really well. Then I figure by July 2004, I will add a Sunday chat too. And maybe eventually a Friday chat. Just to keep people motivated.

Sooth the Soul

Yesterday we went to Wal-mart. I got some things I had been wanting. They had some really good deals on CDs. I got a 3 CD set of Nat King Cole-had songs like I get my Kicks on Route 66, and Unbelievable, and a 2 CD set of Ella Fitzgerald-A Tisket, A Tasket. They had a 3 CD set of Louis Armstrong that I wanted but the case was all broken up. I will get it today though if I can't find it at the other Wal-mart cause they are such a good deal and I love their music so much. Our first song we danced to was Unbelievable-Nat King Cole, and our parent dance at the wedding was to A kiss to Build a dream on-Louis Armstrong. I love to listen to them while I'm in a bubble bath (and Etta James, and Billy Holiday-Brown Eyes) they are very comforting, winter time, warm, lovey songs that just make me feel good. So I think I will start dancing to them more. Especially now that it's cooled down so I can close the windows and blinds and no one will see me. lol

I also went to a buffet but remained on plan. I had crab legs, green beans, and just a little bit of Chow Mai Fun. (about 1/3 of a cup of it.) The rest was just crab legs and green beans. It was really good. I didn't even have their butter. Oh I did have some egg drop soup with green onions, but that is still good for me.

Let's see....... I also got some pillow protectors that are hypoallergenic, supposed to keep the dust mites and stuff like that from breeding. I hope they work. But, they were only 1 dollar more then the regular pillow protectors so I think they are worth the chance.

Blink

I made a new blinkie today. I think it's cute. It's of me holding a fall sign that says my name. I will probably be making some fall changes to my blog soon.

For now I really need to go to the grocery store soon.

JWLW

I'm still trying to brain storm and think of more ways to get JWLW to be a better group. I love my group but, I want it to be able to the best it can be. I think I may see if I can get some more members, and maybe that will bring up our the amount of people who chat in the chat room as well. I want to give it a bit of time though and see how things go, with the new features I've already added.

As of this morning I've lost 27 pounds and I'm pretty happy with that. A lot of people say they can tell by looking at my pictures. I can tell when I look at the pics, and I couldn't tell by looking in the mirror.

I've been also trying to think of themes for JWLWs weekly chats. I've decided we would discuss relaxing music, and what kind makes us feel relaxed and good. And what kind would help us want to move. Cause that was one of Dr. Phil's suggestions to permanent weight loss.

I've decided on having Monthly Challenges with JWLW, and giving prizes of graphics. But, I think it would be a neat idea to also give cds away too, if every one would send in 5 dollars for the price of it and shipping. People could still be part of it for free and get a graphic for winning, and I wouldn't spend their 5 dollars if they didn't win it would just put them in for the next months challenge. But, I don't know how that would go. I would probably only be able to give cds with radio shows that don't have a copywrite any more, cause of it expiring.

After that I can't think of other themes for chats, since every one is on a different plan it's kind of hard to talk about a certain theme sometimes when not every ones plan would coincide with the theme. But, if I keep thinking I will probably think of some other things. Like maybe why we want to lose weight. Or something.

I'm really wanting a treadmill, lol right now I just walk around the bedroom and it gets dizzying sometimes-too tight of circles. lol

Changes

I've been working on my JWLW group today, and added some new features, I think it will focus the group more on health and weight loss likes it's supposed to be. It's been having big changes for months now, but I think our new features will add to it.

Otherwise I haven't done a whole lot today.

Missing

A lot of stuff in missing from my blog, I hope it comes back. Sorry I've been not coming regularly I will try to do better. So far I've lost 25 pounds on my new life style. And I'm reading Dr. Phil's book. I think I can do it! :)

BTW, I finished the cross stitch project I was talking about way back in Feb. lol I forgot to tell you all. It's really cute, I will have to scan it in sometime.

5.1

I'm doing so good. I went to the endocrinologist yesterday. My hemoglobin A1C has went from 6.4 (good should be below 6.5) in March, to 5.1 (excellent) last week. I am just so happy. My doctor is also very happy with the changes. I've also lost 16 pounds, and have been able to decrease my insulin intake 8 units a day. She thinks I will be doing a lot better once I get just 36 more pounds off. She is very happy with how I am now. And she said I may be even able to decrease my insulin another 2 units day, which would be a decrease of 10 units a day. Which would be great. The more insulin you are the harder it is to lose. So this less insulin will also help me lose more weight. Plus the benefit of my sugars being low enough to take it down that much has been just really great. :)

I did have some bad news though and that was kidney problems, possibly due to being on atkins too long. So I have to be on kidney medicine the rest of my life if I want to keep my kidneys. At least they found it in time for medications to work, and I don't have to be on dialysis.

So far not been doing much though since I got home, too tired. But, next week I will be out in service again I hope. :)

Doing Well

WOW I have just been way too busy! I have lost 16 pounds since last I posted. So I'm doing really well that way.

I've been really trying to get out in service more. And I have gotten in a lot more time. I am so happy about that. I am really trying to be pioneering with in 2 years. I can't wait to get on the list again. I love spending time in service.

We just got back from the convention in Richmond Virginia. It was great. We got to see Vincent's aunt and uncle. And then we got to have dinner with the bethelites who gave the talks on the program. They were really nice, and I hope we get to stay in contact. Then we went to the Holocaust museum in Richmond. It was tough, but very educational. I cheated a little bit on my diet, but didn't gain, and actually lost!

I've got to go to Bethel several times since last I posted also. It was great. So many there from international conventions. We were able to tour with a huge group from Paris. Then I've seen several from Peru, Africa, and Japan.

Any way, I've been having a great summer. Been going out in service a lot, doing street witnessing behind my apt building, Bible Studies, door to door and letter writing. I've actually been feeling so much better then I have since before I was diagnosed with diabetes.

Any way sorry it's been so long. I will try to check in more often.

Assembly

Went to Costco today and bought food for our assembly this weekend. I am going to stay on plan! I lost some inches cause my jeans fit loser today! I was so happy! :) Haven't really been doing much else.