I am 48 yrs old and married 4 yrs to my best friend. I also have an 8 yr old daughter. I guess I did everything late in life-my first marriage and my first & only child,all in my 40's.

12/17/09: Today I hit the Reset My Goals button. I've been off track for WAY too long. I went from 130-137 in what seems like a day! :) My eating got out of control & my workouts became half-hearted AND haphazard. I wasn't paying attention. 'Just this one day-I'll be good tomorrow'. Well, tomorrow ...

I am 48 yrs old and married 4 yrs to my best friend. I also have an 8 yr old daughter. I guess I did everything late in life-my first marriage and my first & only child,all in my 40's.

12/17/09: Today I hit the Reset My Goals button. I've been off track for WAY too long. I went from 130-137 in what seems like a day! :) My eating got out of control & my workouts became half-hearted AND haphazard. I wasn't paying attention. 'Just this one day-I'll be good tomorrow'. Well, tomorrow never came.

I went from Clean Eating to South Beach to the 21 Day Diet by Dr. Googlia and everything else in between. I should have stuck to Dr. Googlia's plan. It works for me.

So.

I went back to Stage 1 & will be baby-stepping it from here on in.

I'm taking my weight loss in 5 lb increments. Maybe that will make it more manageable. Who knows? My ultimate goal is 125.

I'm going back to Denise Austin & Gilad for now, with P90X theown into the mix. Cardio 5 days a week, at LEAST 40 minutes a day. ST 4 days a week. I'll be using P90X for my ST days. It's the BEST!

And I'll be going back to Dr. Googlia's Turn Up The Heat eating program because IT WORKS for me. And, in the end, that's what counts. Find what works for YOU and stay with it!! NO MORE JUMPING FROM PLAN TO PLAN!

I have a heart rate monitor. I absolutely love it! I know exactly how many calories I'm burning. And I have found this chart to be helpful:
FROM Coolrunning.com:
ZONE 1--50-60%=Very easy to easy
ZONE 2--60-70%=Easy to somewhat hard
ZONE 3--70-80%=Somewhat hard to hard
ZONE 4--80-90%=Hard to very hard
ZONE 5--90-100%=Maximum, all out effort


There are four ways to achieve a caloric deficit:

1. Eat less.
2. Increase your activity.
3. Elevate your basal metabolic rate.
4. All of the above - also known as "Cardio Alone Won't Work".



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MY FAVORITE QUOTES/MANTRAS

From MEG_DAVIS:
"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

"When you see the Golden Arches you are probably on your way to the Pearly Gates" William Castelli,M.D.

"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Ghandi

YOU are responsible for your results.

I've worked too hard to put THAT in my mouth!

A moment on the lips,forever on the hips!

If you rest,you'll rust!~Denise Austin

A lean,healthy body is 80% clean eating, 10% exercise & 10% genes~ Tosca Reno

Just do it!~ Nike

'Can't" never did anything!

You are the powerhouse of your life!--

Experience is the teacher that gives you the test first and then the lesson.

We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

A friend will come bail you out of jail--a good friend will be there,sitting beside you,saying "We screwed up but we had FUN!!"

To the world you might just be one person,
but to one person you might just be the world.~~Unknown


As seen in Sandgee62's blog--

" Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body but,rather,to skid in sideways,totally worn out,shouting "...WHAT A RIDE!


Gotta check out this video-awe-inspiring!
http://www.212movie.com/

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