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Introduction Text Accept what is; let go of what was; have faith in what will be. I want to lose weight and find health. But it's so mental. My body will not go where my mind doesn't push it. When I stop making excuses, I start making progress. I know what happens when I stop trying. I want to see what happens when I don't. Take chances, Be bold, be silly, be weird!! 10 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight... 1. I want to improve my total health, mentally, physically, spiritually. 2. To look great in clothes I really love. 3. To gain energy for future grand-kids and fun activities. 4. To improve my confidence and self-esteem. 5. To improve a few obesity related ailments I've acquired. 6. To avoid any new obesity related illnesses and ailments. 7. To stop hiding from cameras and hating myself in pictures. 8. To make myself proud as well as certain people in my life. 9. To improve my social anxiety that stems from feeling like and/or being the fattest and ugliest woman in the place all the time. 10. To embrace life authentically, fully, magically, and with excitement and be my own kind of healthy, confident, 'beautiful' ME. One of these days I will move to the beach... a place that I daydream about daily... where I can enjoy the sunshine, turquoise water, sea salt breezes and release every stress I've ever felt. The beach is a place to release worries, a respite for a weary working girl, a regeneration of feeling alive. I feel like a misplaced islander. I've said this many times for years. I’m pretty sure I was a mermaid in a past life. “I am a question to the world not an answer to be heard or a moment that's held in your arms and what do you think you'd ever say I won't listen anyway you don't know me and I'll never be what you want me to be” ~ John Rzeznik “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.” ~Dr. Seuss "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou Back in March, 2007 when I first joined, I was over 200 lbs. I lost a lot, but not to goal, then gained, then lost, then gained and so forth on this crappy roller coaster of weight gain/loss.... 02/29/08 - 179 August 2014 - 195 07/11/16 - 272.5 - highest weight ever 01/01/17 - 249.5 01/01/18 - 230.0 01/27/18 - 224.8 04/07/18 - 230.8 - start weight for '18 Spring 5% Challenge 05/01/18 - started Keto 05/07/18 - 223.8 05/19/18 - 218.4 - final weight for '18 Spring 5% Challenge - 12.4 lbs lost 06/05/18 - 216.6 - start weight for '18 Summer BL Challenge 06/30/18 - 209.8 - start weight for '18 Summer 5% Challenge 07/21/18 - 205.8 08/15/18 - 203.8 - final weight for Summer BL Challenge - 12.8 lbs lost 09/11/18 - 202.0 - lowest weight of 2018 Keto pretty much ended around this time. 10/06/18 - 206.2 - always a hard time of year 12/12/18 - 210.0 - off diet, off plan, off everything 01/01/19 - 225.8 - combination of overeating, bloat, and not enough water or discipline 02/01/19 - 220.2 - on track for 1 pound per week loss 03/01/19 - 220.2 - behind, no commitment, no consistency 04/01/19 - 217.4 05/21/19 - 220.4 - totally sucks 06/04/19 - 223.0 - omg 07/01/19 - 225.0 - absolute fat ass suckage. What the hell am I doing? Pull it together! 07/31/19 - 217.8 08/01/19 - 220.4 - yes, fluctuations really suck 08/31/19 - 215.2 09/01/19 - 212.4 09/30/19 - 214.4 10/01/19 - 214.2 10/31/19 - 11/01/19 - 11/30/19 - 12/01/19 - 12/31/19 - 01/01/20 - I am already looking forward to 2020! My Year of Focus, Release and Depth

To improve my mind, body, and spirit. To establish healthy habits for those improvements. I want to be healthy and feel good about myself inside and out. Specific weight goals along the way.... 199.5 - finally under 200 191 - I go from obese to overweight BMI 158 - I go from overweight to normal BMI 121 to 158 is normal BMI range for 5’7”

Food: Combination of Mediterranean and Ketogenic Diets Drink: Coffee in the mornings, then water (at least 64 oz) until it's acceptable to drink Wine. Exercise: 20 minutes cardio

I'm a 54 year old, 5'7" Christian Mom of 4 (ages 28, 25, 23, 19), and wife for 33 years to the best husband in the world (together 36 years), with no grandkids yet. I live in Arkansas and work full time. I love the ocean and beaches, rain, thunderstorms, horror movies, books, daydreaming, coffee, red wine, Halloween, Christmas, giving, fountain pens, stickers, journals, planners, drawing and doodling, coloring, the moon, the sun, nature, cats, rock music, art, the colors of fall, the colors of the ocean, things that are hippy-ish and bohemian, things that are strange, unusual, dark, and a bit odd, and I'm always trying to learn more and more about my physical and mental health and how to make it optimum. I also believe in writing things down... plans, lists, venting, etc. Proud to be Ravenclaw! Patronus: Fox Wand: Redwood with a Phoenix feather core 10 ¾" and Quite Bendy flexibility

I have a very bad habit of vegging out in my recliner after work, something I really need to work on!

Add a Link Renee, AR, USA, CST ~ Live Aloha! ~ Whatever is good for your soul, do that. Where’s your will to be weird? Lose your excuses, find your success. Your body achieves what your mind believes.
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