June... I turn 66 this month.. when am I going to change things in my life? I certainly have changed my work..doing my magazine, but it is time to change my eating habits...190 the other day...

Well, so far nothing has worked... but then again I haven't put in a lot of effort. I think now I will try something different... how about becoming a Nutritarian? Never heard of it? Neither had I until a few days ago. Reading a book on it now.. says it will make me healthy again.. no more heart problems.. (I have Coronary Artiery Disease) and one stent.. and am on lots of medicine... blood pressure, statin, etc. I want to get off of all of them... what do you think? It all sounds good.. so that is what I am going to do.. Here goes my journey.. join me if you would like.

What about Garcinia Cambogia?

Have you heard about Garcinia Cambogia? Do you think it works at all? Does it help you lose weight? I don't know but I think I will try it and see what happens. Beginning tomorrow I will take some, stay on a low calorie diet ( 1200 to 1500 cals a day) and see what happens. I don't think it will help, but the only way to know or be sure is to try it. If it works on me, it will work on anybody. I have only been losing 1 pound a week, let's see if this will help me lose more... the test begins.

I'm Doing it, slowly but surely

I am now on my way and sure of it. I have learned a big thing... if I go off my diet for one meal... don't say "I just blew it, might as well eat anything now" I go right back to my better way of eating immediately. I am losing slow, but I am losing consistent. I am now down to 179. I won't make the 170 for vacation in a few weeks, but that's ok. I change my diet occasionally and that's the way I like it. Right now I am doing vegan, eating LOTS of fruits and veggies, but when I get bored I will change to either low carb OR Let's do lunch . These are my favorite 3 ways of eating. There might be a 90 day low carb challenge starting next week, so I might go with that. But the GOOD NEWS IS THAT I AM LOSING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I got a smart phone Sunday and am sooooooooo excited. I can post photos on facebook and send by email... I just love it. Have a great day!! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON DAVID WHO JUST TURNED 38, AND MY GRANDSON HAYDEN WHO JUST TURNED 9. LOVE YOU BOTH VERY MUCH!!

ON MY WAY!! For sure this time.

OK, eating low carb for me is the best way to lose. I am down now to 181 and am line dancing 2 times a week, swimming 1 or 2 times a week, and riding my bicycle once a week right now. Hope to do that more when the weather is not so hot! Going to Florida in October, and want to be down to about 170 by then if I can... will stick with it. Finding lots of good recipes and such to eat, makes it better.

Changing back to Low Carb Eating

I have been on WW for over a week and not lost anything, so today I am back on the Low Carb eating plan. I seem to do much better when eating this way... so I will go back to this. So I continue on.. to my goals.

Off for a few days

I get off at 2 today, heading for Shreveport for the night and then home tomorrow and off Friday also. But, I have stayed on my diet, and WILL stay on it even while out of town. Brought some fruit to nibble on, not junk food. I will not weigh again until next Monday... only weighing once a week is hard but I need to do that. I feel so good about myself right now because I am doing this!!

Up and Down Again Aug 16 Day 5

Ok, I went up again after stopping dieting. Monday I started again and this time I am not going to quit. I might change diets but no more quitting. Monday - 186 Friday - 183.6 .. so here I go. I started on the Atkins diet, but will probably change to Weight Watchers when I get tired of Atkins. I really like to have my cream of wheat for breakfast. Just planned a vacation in Florida at the Marriott's Ocean Pointe at Palm Beach Shores for October. So that is a goal for me to go for. I want to be down to 165 pounds by my trip. That is about 2 lbs a week, not too much to ask for... is it? So follow along and let's see how I do. The new library is almost ready..another month or so and we will be there. I got to go over and see my new office yesterday, as they had all the furniture in now and it is just amazing. I love it!! Can't wait. One of my rewards for losing weight will be to shop and get new, nice clothes, and also to get matching jewelry for my outfits. Just saying....

June 24, 2013 Still losing

I got on the scale Saturday morning and had lost another 2 pounds... down to 183. I am so excited!! I kinda ate more than I should have on Sat and Sunday, but I am thinking that if I watch what I eat Monday to Friday and eat sensibly on the weekend, I can still keep losing... slowly and surely. Today I am leaving work at 2:30 and heading for Dallas to see my son and his wife for dinner. I am really happy to see them for an hour or so and then head back to Tyler. A great day!

June 20, 2013

Well, I am now down to 185, so I have lost a few pounds. I am eating cream of wheat for breakfast, and trying to have just veggies for lunch, and then eat a dinner that is healthy. I am also exercising by line dancing whenever I can. The last two nights I had a small bit of ice cream, and my weight stayed the same, so I figure if I didn't have ice cream and exercised I probably would have lost some more. Tonight I babysit a while but then will go line dance.. get in some exercise. But basically, I am just trying to eat less, better, and stay away from junk food. (need to stay away from the ice cream also).. but I am losing, so that is a good thing.

Problems 6 13 2013

Don't know what's wrong.. very frustrated.. gaining weight, am up to 188 again. Maybe I am not eating right. Today went off the low carb and am just watching what I eat, had cream of wheat for breakfast. I am thinking about doing the Fat Fast for 3 to 5 days to speed up my weight loss. Will let you know. As of now, I am very frustrated. I really want to lose weight. My birthday is Monday, but I have no plans. Was hoping to have lost weight but....?

6 days till my 63rd Birthday

Well, I got down to 186.2 yesterday and then made some low carb peanut butter bread (only 3 carbs per slice) and had 2 slices with meat and mayo for a sandwich. I was 187 again this morning, so I had gone up. NO more bread (even low carb) for at least 2 more weeks. My body doesn't know the difference, bread is bread. I did like the receipe though, and will make more in the future. So I had lost 3 pounds the first week, then gained one, but am back on today, but induction, no more bread. I thought keeping the carbs low would be OK, but it is not. No bread, rice, pasta, etc for me. I am finding all these great receipes now and look forward to cooking them as much as I can. Last night we did some line dancing and really enjoyed it. Tonight I babysit for my 4 grandchildren.. love spending time with them. Ginger (the only girl) is 9, Hayden is 8, Piper is 6 and Eli is 4. They are all precious and I am losing weight for them, to make them be proud of me. I want this more than anything. Talk to you soon.

This is IT!!! June 7, 2013

OK, I started back on my diet 3 days ago.. and this is for real. I feel it in my bones this time. 3 days ago I was back up to 189.5, but this morning I was back down to 187.6. I am reading and participating in a few websites about the Atkins diet, or just low carb eating. This is the best way for my body to lose and I just have to stay on it. My Birthday is June 17th and I will be 63, so it is time for me to lose the rest of this weight. After I had my weight loss surgery about 10 years ago I lost 100 pounds and was down to 167 and very comfortable there. Now in the past two or three years I have gained a few pounds. I am NOT comfortable and I am obese. I will work to change that now. My longterm goal is to get down to 120 pounds, but my short term goal is to just reach 167 again. That is 20 pounds and I will be able to do it, by the middle of August, 2013. So here we go.

Correction from earlier todays blog.. May 2013, NOT 2012

This is May of 2013, not 2012. I just got older, but so did you!

My Weight 187 May 2012

Well, maybe I can embarrass myself into losing weight? Put my weight right out there for all to see. (Even though there will probably not EVER be anyone looking at this except me) So there it is, for all to see. I weigh too much!! must lose weight to be healthier, even though I am better than at my top weight of 275, I still must lose. After my stomach bypass about 10 or 11 or so years ago, I got down to about 165. Stayed there for a long time, but then weight started creeping back up and I got just about up to 200 again, but not quite. Now I have lost a few more pounds and have been stuck here for a while. It's my own fault cause I only diet for a few days and then go back to eating junk. I have got to get off the junk, and exercise more. I do lots of line dancing, but mostly on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (if I am not babysitting for my beautiful grandchildren) I need to do other exercise during the week, so I will work on that. ... and eating right for more than a week at a time.

And a few months later......

Here I am at the same place I was many months ago... I don't know if I will ever be able to stay with a diet or a new way of eating...???? I will try again... soon.

Ok, yesterday I did good on my eating. Stayed away from carbs.. the first 3 days I don't eat any.. then I add about 40 to 60 a day, and try to get those from lots of fruits and veggies. So I have lost one pound.. yea! Of course, the first few pounds to come off are always the easiest because they were the most recently put on. What I need to do is to continue eating right and not stop after one week or so, which is what I usually do.. so the test will come. I did some line dancing last night so I got my exercise in.. have to babysit tonight for my grandkids so Josh N Krystal can have a night out.

Yesterday was the first day (again) I started watching what I eat so I can lose weight. Thiw time I am going to do it. I will eat right, lots of proteins, veggies and fruits, and very little pasta, bread, rice, etc. I will exercise at least 5 days a week (if I don't have to babysit too much). Ok, so here I go!