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Me and my guy :)
Christmas Tree and Anthony
My 3 1/2 Year Old takes a darn good picture!
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Okay 2010 here we go...
So as I recover from end of year 2009's experience with Bacterial Meningitis, I am thankful to see 2010. That experience has made me appreciate life. Vanity is not the reason for me to eat healthy and exercise, my overall health is! 1/20/10.
Beginning Spark
I started Spark in March of 2009 for the purpose of eating healthier and exercising regularly to lower my cholesterol. I had it taken a year ago and it was borderline high. I chose not to go on medication and ...
So as I recover from end of year 2009's experience with Bacterial Meningitis, I am thankful to see 2010. That experience has made me appreciate life. Vanity is not the reason for me to eat healthy and exercise, my overall health is! 1/20/10.
Beginning Spark
I started Spark in March of 2009 for the purpose of eating healthier and exercising regularly to lower my cholesterol. I had it taken a year ago and it was borderline high. I chose not to go on medication and trying to make natural changes first.
July 2009 update...Optimal numbers with bloodwork taken this month. I'm so happy. I gave up smoking at 40 had a beautiful son at 41 and want to be here to watch him grow up for many years.
I will say, because of my eating disorder background I am obsessing about the eating and exercising and I'm having a harder time than I am willing to admit to others. I need to continue to maintain this healthy lifestyle, but I tend to be extreme and unrealistic. I will let a bad day with food ruin my whole week. I know better and have come to far for this. So I continue to look for some kind of compromise with my weight and health and not being a perfectionist.
MARCH
Height 5'4.5"
Weight 126
Bust 35
Waist 27
Hips 36
Thighs 20.5
Starting Phase 1 South Beach (more clean eating)
JUNE
Weight 120
Bust 34
Waist 26.5
Hips 34.5
Thighs 19
AUGUST
Same stats as above hoping to get my bodyfat taken.
SEPTEMBER Goal
30 Day Challenge of Cardio each day until my 45th birthday.
OCTOBER Eating Clean...
NOVEMBER
Hospitalized in ICU. Needless to say for two weeks and months later, no regular exercise.
JANUARY
Physical Therapy and learning to myself stretch!
FEBRUARY
Joined Buddy System
First Challenge begins....
Bust 35
Waist 26.5
Hips 35
Thighs 20
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Member Since: 3/28/2009
SparkPoints: 9337
SparkAmerica Minutes: 27029
My Goals:
Maintain my current weight.
Stick to my "program" below.
Be able to touch my toes! Be more flexible.
My Program:
Eat "clean". Mainly a "South Beach Diet" way of eating.
As little refined sugar as possible. It's my weakness.
I will put fruit back into my day.
Exercise... Cardio three times a week. Strength train every other day. 200 crunches a night. Stretch every morning.
Personal Information:
Jersey girl my whole life. I have moved to the "woods". I'm a little home sick. I'm only about 45 minutes from where I grew up my whole life, but it's like a different world here. We are renovating a log home! So not me. I came from a comfy condo with all the amenities and close to all the shopping I loved. Now I take pictures of bears and spend weekends landscaping etc. :)
Other Information:
I am a recovering anorexic. Been through a lot of professional help and was hospitalized twice when in my 20's. I have been doing well for many years, but it's easy to get caught up in the weight loss and going too far. I have to constantly remind myself I am doing this for my health.
I stopped excersizing regularly when I became pregnant. Now 4 years later I have added ST but not consistent with cardio. During my pregnancy I gained 65 pounds. I weighed 190. It was so hard to carry that extra weight I had never been heavier than 138 and that was with super heavy bodybuilding in my early 20's. I think for the first time I felt overeating was justified. I know it wasn't. I lost the first 50 quickly the last 15 took some work. I also smoked before I became pregnant and being in my 40's the metabolism isn't what it was in my 20's!
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for the healthy vibes!!! 
on the no sweets. I'm doing great on the no junk food too! 