Christmas

Christmas tree and decorations are up and presents are bought.   Two weeks before christmas and I am not rushing and worrying that I may not get everything done  Retirement is wonderful.  Time to plan and execute with nothing else to clog up my thoughts.   Now we can settle down for a long winters night.

Fall weather

I love fall weather.  It is cool enough to enjoy a sweater or jacket and you can cuddle up at night.  Football, racing, and movies fill my weekend while my dogs play outside.    Put diet aside till after Christmas and we will enjoy the holidays, but not too much, don't want to gain back what I have lost.   Been trying to incorporate some exericise into my days. . touching toes, arms side to side bicyling in the floor, whew , at least I am moving.

I have restarted Somae diet again and am in my fourth week.  It has been harder this time.  I haven't wanted to cheat really bad and have some times but I still have lost 9 lbs. and hope to lose another pound before I am finished.  My daughter has also gone on this diet and she is in second week and she has lost 11 lbs.  I am very proud of her.

When we get down to fighting weight we are going to start an walking or exercise program together and this will certainly be good for me.  I need something to inspire me to get out of the house and do something.  I have always been content to just set at home and now I realize I have to go beyond contentment and find excitement in my life.  

I have completed my diet withSomae and lost 27 pounds.  Dr. is giving me the shots to go additional 40 days of diet to lose more. 

We have a new baby in our house.  A little dachsund puppy ( or a weenie dog) .  He has really set our other dogs on their ears.  First day they were not too happy but after couple weeks they have accepted him into their midst and all have become much more playful and we all are rising earlier and going to bed earlier. No matter what species, a baby is always a wonderful change of pace.

I finally lost another pound. They do get harder and harder of take off. Yesterday I worked out in the yard planting flowers in the front beds and make some containers for my patio. Our family lost a good friend and father of my son-in-law this week. I know he is now in heaven because he was a very good christian man.

Day 42 of my diet and I have only lost 27 lbs. I have to go into phase 3 of diet on day 45 and for three weeks I have to try to hold my weight at what it is now or hopefully loose a little more. At this time I will start the acceralerated weight loss program again and see if I can loose more. I need this break, eating just 500 calories daily is very hard. I think of food all the time and I know it is because I know I can't have it. Eating a whole foods diet with 3 meals and 3 snacks daily requiring 6 vegetable , 3 fruits, and 1 serving nuts or grains will be like eating a fiesta to me. Hopefully then I can get off hopefully another 30 lbs during the last 45 days of acceralerated weight loss program. Some day I will look back and think how foolish that I have been so dependent on what food I can eat. Waiting for the day when I eat just to fuel my body, but not quite there yet. I also can start some exercising while I am on whole foods diet.

I am still dieting and have lost 25 lbs, I am getting a little discouraged because I wanted to loose more and I seemed to be stalled. I have about 2 1/2 more weeks and I really was wanting to loose 50 lbs. before the end. I guess I will have to try it again. I still think about eating and I do have cravings and it gets harder and harder to not eat. I know I have just got to hang in there.

Somedays my will power wans, but as of yet I have not cheated on my diet. I realize that my hunger is only psycological and not really physical. I am working on finding a hobby to getting my mind off of eating. Cleaning, grocery shopping, visiting my sister at nursing home is the extinct of my activities. I need to start walking, but can't until I get off the accerelated weight loss section I am in, only 500 calories a day. I not able to do too much walking, just down the street. I know I need to get my sewing machine out, I have been going to do that for a while, needs to be job for tomorrow.

I am entering the fourth week of diet and today I have lost 18 lbs and many inches. I am feeling better and coming out of my slight depression I have been in. If I had only knew that the way I was eating was making me feel so bad, I would have tried this earlier.
My daughter and her family have recently moved to the country recently and we spent Easter there, I found myself enjoying being there and enjoying the outside, which I haven't particulary enjoyed in the past few years. I think I have finally turned a corner and my life will becoming into a better reality than it has been. My recent reality was very small and didn't involve a whole lot of anything.

Tomorrow I begin Phase 2 of my diet. I will be taking hcg injections and eating about 500 calories a day, suppose to lose 1 lb a day. I have already lost 13 lbs in Phase 1. I am feeling better after cleansing body and eating whole foods for 2 weeks. I am looking forward now and planning where before I was just living for my next meal. Food has defintely become the center of my life and I want to change that. So far so good, long way to go.

Diet

I have started a new dr. prescribed diet, should take off about 70lbs. I believe I must take care of myself before going any further in my life. I have definitely enjoyed eating too much in the last few years and haven't gotten a whole lot of exercise. Anew day for me is starting.

I spent the day with my girls and took in Affair of the Heart. I need to do more of this, it made my day.

The weather in Oklahoma has been very cold this winter, more snow and ice than I have seen in years. Last year we had a lot of ice in Muskogee, but no snow. I get cabin fever with no where to go and travel is hard during this weather. I am looking forward to spring and maybe with Spring I will find that thing I am looking for.

The terrible earthquake in Haiti seems to silence everyone this week, realizing how good we all have it and yes, we can help. I might not can go over there but I can give and I can pray. I think if I were younger I might even want to check into the Haiti orphans, but I am sure there are plenty of loving people to care for them. Something like this makes everyone stop and take stock of their lives and to count our blessings. Thank you God for sending your son to die and save me from my sins. In God I trust.

After 25 years of practicing pharmacy I retired. I am finding it hard to exactly decide what I should be doing now. Without a lot of money for travel, traveling is limited. I need to thing of something that will really inspire me to move. I am still thinking and decided to start blogging to help me find this inspiration.

When I was in my early thirties, I went back to school and got by Pharmacy degree. I married again when my girls were older and our life began to thrive. I now have a stepson and both girls are married and we have 6 grandchildren

When I was ayoung woman I was in a hurry to get married and have a family. I was married at 19 and by 21 had a daughter. She was beautiful and I loved her. Her father and I were too young when we married and therefore we grew apart not together. When I was 27, we had another daughter, who I loved and cherished. Her father and I decided to call it quits when she was just 18 months old.

The beginning of 2010, I find it hard to believe sometime that I have reached the age of 66. My mother and father are both deceased and I am the matriach of my family. I am proud to be here and am proud of my life so far. I believe in God and trust him completely.