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Dachelle's Journey

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go."
—Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

7 months ago I decided to take my life back! My cholesterol was high, I ...
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go."
—Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

7 months ago I decided to take my life back! My cholesterol was high, I was having heart palpatations, and I felt hopeless! My wakeup call came from my cardiologist who gave me 3 months to lower the cholesterol or go on medications! As you can see below, mission accomplished!

Since that date, I have lost 35 pounds (20 in the months before), I have participated in 4 5Ks, and I have met awesome friends through Spark People to help me through the journey!

I surprised not only my doctor, but myself! At this point, there is no doubt that I will one day succeed! I have the tools I need to get me where I want to go and my support system is in place. This is my life! I choose where I go from here, and I choose health!

If you need encouragement on this journey, please friend me, and I will do my best to cheer you to the finish line!

Here are my cholesterol numbers...

10-24-12 Cholesterol Numbers
Total - 259
HDL - 42
LDL - 179
triglycerides - 168
BP - 126/90

4/30/13 Update
55 pounds gone!
New Cholesterol Numbers
Total - 195
HDL - 35
LDL - 144
triglycerides - 78
BP - 120/80


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Member Since: 10/25/2012

SparkPoints: 7,576

Fitness Minutes: 4,274

My Program:
 8 glasses of water per day

at least 6 servings of
fruits / veggies per day

eating whole foods

wogging and zumba

1200 - 1500 calories/day

Personal Information:
I am a Texas girl! I love music and am on the worship team at my church singing and playing keyboard. I have 2 kids away at college and 1 bonus baby still living at home! I am trying to change my health and my life by making one good choice at a time. I forgive myself when I mess up and move on. I love the support and success I have found on SparkPeople!!!

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BLESSED2BEME
5/20/2013 10:25:26 AM

Thank you! It is such an amazing feeling! I know there is nothing wrong with walking or wogging (in fact walking is better for our bodies) but to know I can actually run is just filling up my heart and giving me so much more reason to believe in myself.



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MSHEL7
5/19/2013 11:59:50 PM

You are such a doll, I just love hearing from you. Thanks for your wonderful comments on my blog for today. I can't wait until we reach maintenance together also. We are basically about the same weight now I think. We just have to keep shrinking. emoticon emoticon
May is a month of birthdays for us too. My oldest boy turns 13 on Wed. I sure hope he does not follow me in that department-I turned mean on my 13th. Teenage girls!! My mom always laughs now that I went to bed May 10th a little girl and woke up a rebellious teen on the 11th. That is pretty true too. Hope you had a wonderful day with family celebrating, fun times. emoticon



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SKATER787
5/19/2013 2:02:51 PM

Thank God, your daughter is smarter than us.
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MSHEL7
5/19/2013 1:51:16 AM

Thank you for the yard tools. We could have a competition in that area, but by mid August you would win for sure. They always cut our water about mid Aug. We don't even plant a garden anymore as when we did before our garden would die about the time we would have actually gotten produce from it. The rest of the yard suffers too, we are trying to do some water free landscaping, but we are not very good at selecting stuff and knowing how to work it out. It is getting better though, the patio was a great addition.
How did the facial go? I have never had one of those. Would be nice I think, sometimes my eyes are so puffy that I think I will put my cucumbers on them instead of eating them.
Hope you had a nice night playing marbles. I had better go now. Have a great Sunday rest day.



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NILLAPEPSI
5/16/2013 11:57:12 AM

emoticon I saw your comment on my page. Yep, I liked the 80s a lot. We "dug" some stuff & we were "bummed" about other stuff. emoticon



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