Goodbye 400's

08/28/12 - 399lbs.   Yesterday I broke free of the 400's.  I am still looking for 398 because somehow that number is more real to me than 399. Still, 399 makes for a very nice weigh in. I love the way people react when my Mom and Dad tell them I broke 400. Today I have to go pick up an in home monitor that is going to check my oxygen levels at night to see if I can get rid of the night time oxygen. Fingers crossed. I don't know if I was nervous about the birthday celebration happening 3 States away, or what but I had the worst case of munchies I've had in awhile. I finally went to bed early to make them go away.

Connie's 21

08/27/12 - 399lbs   Today Connie turns 21. Today she becomes my best friend. I always told her we could be friends when she grew up, the day is finally here. My daughter has brought me more joy than I could ever have imagined.She forced me to grow up, She has challenged me at every turn, and she has filled my life with laughter. I am so glad that God gave her to me. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!  I love you more than anything!!

Sunday

08/26/12 -400lbs    I can't believe that very early tomorrow morning my daughter turns 21. I have always heard that time flies, boy does it. As your living the day to day grind, time seems to move very slowly. Then as I think back, it's amazing how fast that 21 years went.  More on that tomorrow. 
    I don't really have a lot to say today. So Be thankful for what you have you never know when it's going to be gone.

Football

08/25/12 - 403lbs.  It's football season. This is me doing the happy dance. I love football. It's part of my family history, my dad coached for 35 years, and my brother played through college. I grew up with football as part of my everyday life. I can't quote stats, and I don't know every player who has ever played, like baseball fans, but I love the game. I love watching them catch a beautiful pass, or make an amazing run, I cringe when the quarterback gets sacked, and yell encouragement at the tv like they can hear me. I love the fact that you start the season sweating in Aug. and end the season freezing in the snow. I love the fact, that in pro football, the the championship is one game. You get one shot to get it right, Not the best of seven, Not sets and matches, Not a total of points over several races, just one game. Happy day football is here.

Life's Mysteries

08/24/12 - 403lbs   I have written about Spark People, the website I use as a tool to help me with my weight loss, well yesterday I got this flashing message it was time to update my progress so my calories and fitness min. could be adjusted. Sounded good to me, I merrily clicked away and updated everything, and then tragedy struck. For the first time ever spark People let me down. It figured my calorie range to be between 2250 and 2600. What!?! I'm trying to lose weight not gain weight. If I average out my weight loss, I am only losing about 3.5 pounds a week. I shouldn't say only, but my point is that is not an exceptional amount of weight to lose a week. I am exercising more but only about 20 min. a day. Most of that is chair dancing and chair zumba. I have already sent an sos to Drew so he can tell me what's going on.

Beeps

08/23/12  403lbs  In the basement where I spend most of my time, there are four smoke detectors. One of them is randomly beeping. but it doesn't beep in any consistent pattern. So I have spent the last two and a half days trying to figure out which one is beeping. I have eliminated one. The other three however, are kind of all in a line that from end to end only stretches about fifteen to twenty feet. so it is very hard to tell which one is beeping. of course when your standing there looking at them, they never beep. So annoying. One is easy to reach, but the other two are higher up and you need a step ladder, or stool to stand on. My mission for today is to figure out which one is beeping.

Sue

08/22/12 405lbs  I have someone who I'm very close to, who suffers from something called Sjogren's Syndrome. I have complained many times about how sore, how much pain, how miserable I am. Sue on the other hand lives in daily pain I can only imagine. Her body is attacking itself from the inside out. She has virtually no strength left in her hands, and she has rheumatoid arthritis in almost all her joints. She has has to have something to drink near her at all times because she has no moisture in her body. That means she has to watch what she eats very carefully, it could scratch her throat, burn her mouth, be to acidic and cause sores in her mouth, or just plain choke her. She has times where for no apparent reason, she suddenly starts stuttering and having trouble putting into words what she wants to say.This embarrasses and humiliates her. So she doesn't talk to anybody when that happens. My point in writing all of this is to say she handles her disease, which will never get better, with more grace and dignity than I could ever imagine. I am very blessed to have four very strong women in my life, My daughter, Connie My sister Connie, My Aunt Joyce, And My Best Friend Sue.