MIRACLE

Always remember this no matter how hard it gets... the difference between giving up and moving on.. creates that miracle... We all have short and long term goals.. focus on the short term... climb each hill , each change you make and you keep.. is part of that miracle...
I can only tell you from my life experiences what I have learned... and I have learned that we all have something we have to "DEAL" with ..  so whatever your "DEAL" is... the only way things will every change. is to really make that concrete decision to make it happen..  NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE~

 So for me my Miracle will be the steps I make every day towards getting stronger.. being focused when managing my pain.. and making my body healthier so it can handle and process the pain bettter...  I have dropped the ball many times because of Fibro.. I have shrugged things off  because I just wanted to sit curled up in a chair and not move thinking the pain would somehow stop... and what I came to realize it... it simply does not matter what I do.. I am always in pain.. that being said... and that being my number one challenge I have to fight it every day..  .. a PT once said to me... You know Honi it simply does not matter that it hurts anymore.. because no matter what you do you will have pain so why not exercise.. its not going to make things worse .. So tomorrow  I moisy into week  3 of gtting to the gym at 6 am... tomorrow I have a series of stretching exercising to do and then will do the bike for 30 minutes.. I must believe I can achieve this.. even though I go forward with a weary heart... Thursday we finalize the eating portion.. and then combine both the exercise and eating together.. so hopefully each week I will have more and more miracles.. I wish the same for you...

INSPIRATION

A THOUGHT

I saw a great tee shirt today when I was on the bike at the gym... . I never saw the front of the tee shirt but the back said.. DO YOU KNOW WHO & WHERE YOUR OPPONENT IS?  that made me think.. I realized I am my own opponent.. all this time I was blaming it on pain.. but it is really me... I choose how I deal with it.. I can whimp out and give up  which I am ohhh so good at.. because sometimes just giving up and giving in seems to be the easiest thing to do.. .. or I can fight it.. I choose to Fight it...

ALL THINGS IN GOOD TIME

Well.. I am getting antsy.. still  have not recieved the paperwork for the EAT RIGHT PROGRAM YET.. I was suppose to get it 2 weeks ago.. I called last week and the lady said if I do not get it by Monday the 13th to please call back.. WTF is up with that.. I am anxious enough to get started on this.. and you guys won't even let me get a head start on the paperwork.. so... me being the anal woman I am ... I am gioong to start logging my food ( AGAIN) ... on lose it... that way I will have the log on my phone when I go for the testing and meeting with the doctors.. I read some things on line that you are suppose to start logging your food on their form 4 days before your testing... and I still have plenty of time ... but my thinking is.. since I am already going to the gym and doing the recumbent bike 5 days a week now ( second week and still hanging in there) ... that I should work on making the logging a habit again.. I have a wonderful cousin who did WW  years and years ago... and the way she has kept all I say all 80 pounds off is to this day she logs her food and I think she uses lose it as well.. and she lost her weight in the late 80s... so  I am just going to put my patient face on... wait until next Monday to see if I get the packet in the mail.. and start my own logging including my exercise... I think it will be good to be one up on them...
The new pain management seems to be helping a little in the shoulder and a good bit in the foot.. its only temporary though I was free of the foot pain for 6 hours and I am also out of the leg brace almost one month... YAY ...  I am really pleased with the bike work.. and look forward to returning to the pool in March...  Otherwise its all good... perusing blogs... lurking a bit.. thats about it...

JUST A THOUGHT

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

We decided to make our own Pizza from scratch .. since that was what we both wanted but wanted to make it a bit healthier ..however healthy it can be ... I think we did a good job.... we have done it before... but not for a very long time and we took a different process this time... I posted photos on FB...  it was tasty.. and filling with all the veggies on it...

 Talked with a friend who had done the Optifast program and she was very candid with me.. she felt they had dropped the ball with her.. seemed all of her class ( this was 2 years ago) dropped out of the program but her... she had lost 45 pounds.. and wanted to continue... however they did not want to teach just one person and wanted to transfer  her to not only a different class but in a different building with out the free parking let alone finding a parking place if she did not want to park in the garage... I think she felt they abandoned her by trying to pass her on to another group ... and then telling her she would have to come to them and get her shakes then go to the other buidling for her class.. she finally dropped the program.. she gained about 30 pounds back and is now following a program through her church... eathing nothing but fruit, veggies , seeds and nuts... no sugars , no processed and all raw.. she is going to start adding fish and chicken to her program too.. she lost about 7 pounds so far.. wishing her much luck on her road to better health... I am not going to let this shake me and everyones experience is there own.. I know what I want to do.. and if they push me towards something I do not want to do.. I will walk out.. non the poorer and find something that works for Honi.. hopefully it will work out like I want.. I can join the Lifestyles program and be on my way... Tomorrow I go to PT... Tuesday the gym.. Wed PT .. thursday the gym an Friday the gym... I think I am going to start logging my food too.. and see what really is going into this body of mine... 2 things I have learned I always feel better when I log my food it helps me keep it real and with this little lose it app on my phone .. tracking is a piece of cake.. ...

well back to the super bowl comercials..

Yay Friday

WELL ..  I am pleased with me.. been to the gym 5 days this week and as of today worked up up 6 miles on the recumbent bike .. 30 minutes and getting my heart rate up into the low 130s which is good for me ... for now... as  it gets easier to do.. I will have to increase things which is great..
Saw the doc today.. he was encouraging the Optifast program and to tell you the truth I am a bit fearful of that..
#1 it is $4000.00 ... so I ask myself is my life worth  $4000.00 of course it is..
but it is $4000.00.. big question mark financially  about that investment..
the Lifestyle 24 week program is about 300.00 ..
where my decision is falling is that I want to try the Lifestyle program. and with in a few weeks if I do not see some kind of weight loss and obviously if I follow it I will lose weight.. no rocket science there... but if I am not happy with what is going on.. then I would switch over to the  Opti fast program if that is even allowable and I assume it is.. 
I don't know and I am very undecided right now...

Well am on the road to recover and thats all that matters..