Life has definitely changed since finding SPARK and very grateful that our paths have crossed. I am a yo-yo dieter have been since the age of eleven, then 5 babies and gained 50-80 pounds with everyone..My highest weight was 203 the lowest 117 which lasted about a day...many years have come and gone and the desire to be fit and lean has never left me. Been on every diet, pills, fasting, just liquid even considered wiring my jaw at one point..I had a lot of knowledge about ...

Life has definitely changed since finding SPARK and very grateful that our paths have crossed. I am a yo-yo dieter have been since the age of eleven, then 5 babies and gained 50-80 pounds with everyone..My highest weight was 203 the lowest 117 which lasted about a day...many years have come and gone and the desire to be fit and lean has never left me. Been on every diet, pills, fasting, just liquid even considered wiring my jaw at one point..I had a lot of knowledge about exercise,cardio,weights,small meals, water but could never keep it all going until I joined SPARK..It's been a life changing experience and that's what its all about a lifestyle...so after 10 months I have lost 25 Ibs. doesn't seem like a lot and it hasn't been easy..change what you eat,how you eat, and breaking all those nasty habits..it's not been an overnight success story...I'm a little over halfway there and in a BIG PLATEAU this being 5/16/08 and I just took pictures this am will photoshop then and now.... Not really a before and after more like a middle..to help me get a grip and step it up a knotch .... my long term goal is to be at goal by my 60th brithday 12/1/2010 that's give me 18 months...it's a slow and steady process not just losing the bodyfat but tranforming the body with strength training and to be as healthly as I can for as long as I can....
Today 6/30/09 I finished my 30 day blog and what a thrill that on the eve on my 1st year anniversary I became a spark motivator..what a wonderful gift..THANK YOU to all this has been a lifechanging experience..WOOHOO!

Just an update as today 10/20/09 recommiting to the goal I have not hit yet...shouldn't be an excuses after all the positive blogging I had done in the past but being human and an emotional one at that..a major setback with DH lay off in april and as today still no work and using this just to let go of myself..my work hours increased and I just let go of myself and sparking even though somewhere inside of me I knew I was making the wrong choice..but I did anyway..i dwelled in the cave of self pity and poor me...oh knew it was a no,no but you know when the postive attitude goes so do your goal but thanks to supportive sparkfriends and some new ones i feel renewed again and was excited yesterday just to make through one day of exercise,eating right, and downing the H20...Baby steps once again but so what ...what's great about life is you always have a choice to have a do over..so one day at a time ..can I do this??? yes I can.......

REMEMBER TO BE DETERMINED, DEDICATED, and DISCIPLINED!!!


Follow your dream.
Take one step at a time and don't settle for less,
Just continue to climb.
Follow your dream.
If you stumble, don't stop and lose sight of your goal
Press to the top.
For only on top can we see the whole view,
Can we see what we've done and what we can do;
Can we then have the vision to seek something new,
Press on.
Follow your dream.


You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be!
by: Donna Levine

There is inside you
All of the potential
To be whatever you want to be;
All of the energy
To do whatever you want to do.
Imagine yourself as you would like to be,
Doing what you want to do,
And each day, take one step
Towards your dream.
And though at times it may seem too
difficult to continue,
Hold on to your dream.
One morning you will awake to find
That you are the person you dreamed of,
Doing what you wanted to do,
Simply because you had the courage
To believe in your potential
And to hold on to your dream.

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN

Bring your beauty to this day. Give your goodness to this life.
Now is filled with everything there is. And it is more than you could ever imagine.

Experience the miracle of awareness. Live and do and love and know, just because you can.

From here, you can go anywhere. Choose the direction that you know is yours.

To be here in this moment, to be present in this place, is indeed a wonder of wonders. The possibilities are all intensely real, and you are even now bringing some of the best ones to life.

Quiet your thoughts, release your limitations, and feel the pure energy of life. Truly understand where you come from, who you are, and the magnificent things you can do.

-- Ralph Marston

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