Weight Loss Despite a Stressful Week

This week was a good week in weight loss,  another 2.5 pounds lost forever.

Not as good of a week physically or emotionally.  I have been having some physical problems with standing exercises and this week I was going through some emotionally taxing issues.  I didn’t know if my body would allow weight loss this week or not but it did.  I am so grateful to the Lord.

Well, I guess that shows to keep on keeping on.  I hope to work out something with my trainer, Matt at Beat Personal Training to help with the physical problems.  This week will hopefully be better on all counts. Hope everyone has a blessed week!

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Week 10 and Still Losing Weight

This week was a great week with one exception I think my body was trying to get sick.  I say trying because with Dr. Baker’s adjustments and Matt at BEAT Personal Training lightening up on my exercises a little helped me fight it off.

I still had fairly hard workouts just not as hard as usual.  I also slept a lot the first 2 days I felt run down.

Thank the Lord, so far my body is battling it off.  Week ten and another two pounds off.  That makes 33 pounds gone forever!

Thanks, Baker Chiropractic and BEAT for being there along side to help heal my body.

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Starting the New Year with Continued Weight Loss

This week was a good week.  My workouts at BEAT have been increasingly more difficult but have been able to keep up with icing and anti-inflammatory medication.

I lost 2.5 more pounds this week for a total of 31.7 pounds lost forever! 

Great start to the New Year of 2012.  Praise the Lord!

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Life Call Update: Week 6 of my Life Call Program

December 18, 2011 Life Call update:

It was a good week.  2.8 more pounds gone forever! That’s 25.3 pounds in 6 weeks.  I was thinking how thankful I am to Dr. Paul Baker, Dr. Patrick Baker and Matt @ BEAT Personal Training  for this awesome opportunity they’ve given me.  Thanks again.  I know I say that a lot but it is still ever present in my thinking how God is so good to send this opportunity into my life. May the Lord bless all those that have helped me!

I was terribly run down and tired this weekend from my workouts, iced and slept a lot.  I’m hoping to get stronger as time goes by.

That’s it for this week.

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Is Food a Drug? Was I Going Through Withdrawls?

December 11, 2011 Life Call Update: 

Had a good week, five weeks into my Life Call program.  I am starting to feel less of the overwhelming cravings for food that I had the first four weeks of my Life Call program.  They still come but it doesn’t seem to be as bad.

I now kind of understand what a person addicted to drugs and alcohol goes through.  I have heard on news shows that to some people food can be as addictive as heroine.  I do not claim that it is that bad because I don’t know what a person addicted to those things goes through but I do know it was extremely difficult the past five weeks.

People might say look what too much food is doing to you and your body.  Food is your enemy but food has always been a comfort and friend to me.  My Christmas season has been sort of hollow this year because I always connected a part of it with food.  Food was my pleasure and comfort through many tough parts in my life.  In my childhood, I grew up poor but the Lord was good and my Mother worked hard to raise a garden and canned so we always had something to eat. It was not like we had what most would call a lot of food.  So when Christmas came around, we would usually get to have at least a turkey and some dressing and I remember picking the last bits of the leftovers days later after the dinner and normally that was the only time we had fresh citrus fruit or dessert.   I know that Christ is the part of Christmas that I love but for some reason the imprinted childhood memories seem to be a part of you.  So that is something I have been working through this Christmas season.

My workouts have been difficult but good.  Wish my joints would comply more.  I know the more I lose the easier it will be on my joints and that it is my fault for overeating and ruining my joints in the first place but all I know to do is to keep working. The trainers at BEAT Personal Training are great.  I worked with Jake the first time this week.  He was great.  Matt, Jason and Jake are all great trainers.  I would wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone wanting to lose weight.  Thanks, BEAT Personal Training!

That’s all for this week.  Thank you, Dr. Paul, Dr. Patrick, Baker Chiropractic and BEAT Personal Training for all your support and help in my LIFE CALL endeavor.

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I’m Thankful for Being Able to Inspire Others!

November 29th Life Call Update: 

The Lord was so good to me to have my children and grandchildren around at Thanksgiving and an great organic meal with them.

Dr. Paul said I could have like two small red potatoes and a roasted vegetable medley but I only had like 3 or 4 tiny bites to see if I was missing anything and I wasn’t,  so no need for that.

Went to my workout at BEAT Personal Training instead of shopping at Black Friday sales and I got the best deal I’m sure.

I have lost 16.1 pounds in 3 weeks and two days!  There were only two of us (plus the trainers) in the gym when I got to the gym and only about two more came later.  Matt, my trainer, told me one lady was thinking about signing up because she is so inspired by me.  That doesn’t make me proud, it makes me grateful to the Lord she would want to be healthy as well because of the awesome opportunity Dr. Paul Baker and Dr. Patrick Baker have given me.

Although, I was glad when my workout was over it felt good to get it in.  My trainer said he was going to tell Dr. Paul I’d had pumpkin pie but no sweets for me and that was probably the most will power I’ve ever had and again it felt good to not have eaten sweets.  The pain from my fibromyalgia is pretty much gone.  Dr. Paul was right again!  Sugar and Fibromyalgia don’t mix.  Thanks, again, Dr. Paul and Dr. Patrick for starting me on the road to a new healthy life!

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Life Call Day 8: My Children Are Proud of Me!

Matt was my trainer again today at BEAT Personal Training.  He sent my son a small video clip of me working out.

My son replied, “You don’t know how big I was smiling while watching it,”

He told me on the phone the other day that he was proud of me and so did my daughter.  I have such supportive children.

Matt put me through it today but it will be worth it to get healthy.  I iced when I got home plus Dr. Paul had me do some ultrasound on my knees to help the inflammation.  Thanks, Dr. Paul.

Looking forward to Bible Study tonight and of course more, you guessed it, more icing.  I am not complaining though this Life Call is an opportunity of a lifetime.  Thanks, Dr. Paul and Dr. Patrick Baker!

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Life Call Day 3: Feeling Sore But Learning New and Healthy Habits

I’m sore but not as bad as I would think after the work out Matt put me through at BEAT Personal Training.

Had a nice nutritious breakfast like yesterday.  Just fixed some chicken breasts to have on hand for salads etc.  I’m learning to prepare whole foods ahead of time so that you don’t fall back into any bad habits of instant gratification with food.

I guess I spoke to soon about the soreness of working out.  I am sooooo sore!!  Guess it hadn’t set in.  I’m sure it will get better but I thought wow this afternoon I am so sore.  I’m sure it will be less as I continue on.  Still thankful for the opportunity of this Life Call.

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Life Call Day 2: A New Way of Eating, Exercising and Approach to Health Care

My new Life Call lifestyle is under full swing.  I had a great breakfast of cage free brown eggs and Ezekiel bread toast.  Very tasty.  Took off to BEAT Personal Training for my first work out.  It was difficult but  doable.  Matt was very encouraging.  I stopped off at Baker Chiropractic and Wellness for my chiropractic adjustments and therapies. Their office is always encouraging they are so upbeat and kind there you just feel better having gone.

I also released a lot of fluids today from all the sugar and salt I had been eating which makes me lighter all ready.

My Bible Study group came over and we had nice salads and filtered water and they seemed to like the lighter feeling as well.  They were very encouraging.

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