[Lady_Di]

Love reading the posts here. We are not alone in this adventure.

Someone mentioned hating water, I too had that issue. I like to drink tea, or sometimes just putting a tea bag in the water makes it more palatable.. A tip from my doctor, who has a specialty in bariactrics. Importance of water can not be overstated. I am doing better with it lately, on an organic lemon kick and for me, since I do not have a sweet tooth, I just have my lemon water. Very refreshing.

One of the women in one of my Paleo groups puts a whole gallon of purified water in the fridge every morning, with her organic lemons cut up and organic cucumbers. It sounded lovely, so I bought my cucumbers yesterday. Will let you know how it works for me.

Herbal tea current fav is a lemon and rose hips blend. Again, refreshing and no caffeine. I have also been enjoying Cinch from Shaklee, these little individual sticks of wonderful mata teas, a white, red and green mix of some proprietary blend, has also been wonderful for me to increase my fluid intake. Has a nice burst of energy, which I often lack. Whatever works for you, I say.

I also take supplements and will have to the rest of my life, as I did have surgical intervention a long time ago, which I never really took advantage of. These are the best supplements I have ever tried, too. Nice discovery of how much different I feel when I started taking them in January. It was dramatic. Vit D deficiency is not a good thing, nor is low calcium when I am in the beginning stages of osteopenia. I surely want to prevent osteoporosis if possible. My ever shrinking mother is a warning of what could happen, if I am not careful. And I am short enough, darn it!

I am lucky, I prefer healthy foods to most foods out there. Though I have some notable exceptions, my salty fat tooth demands attention with something crisp. Celery does not cut it always, though I love it, too... but when you are craving a potato chip, well you know how it goes. So after my weigh in yesterday, I went ahead and splurged on a bag of chips. One good thing I learned from my ex, how to buy a small bag and just enjoy it. I will not deprive myself, I will not bring on a binge. Eating healthy has so many of its own rewards, reinforcements. Love it. Lightening up on every level. Mind, body and soul. Getting my house in order. Happiness.

Very cool to hear someone else is using Spark People, I love it there. Though I have not been very active lately, it is a good reminder to use it. His book, too... so dang inspiring. The accountability of the food tracker, exercise/activity tracker is priceless. Free too, love that. Every type of support team imaginable there, too!

My weigh in yesterday went really well. I qualified for the Dr Oz's Transformation Challenge, lost the 10%! I probably won't win. But I keep telling myself, stranger things have happened.

I worked really hard with my eye on that prize mentality. Which I was thinking yesterday that I do really well with some prize to work towards. Time to make some new prizes I can give myself for the next 10%. Coolest thing about this is I have not been this weight since I was in my 20's, a good while back. Feels awesome!

Thank you for the support I feel so very much here. More than I have had in many a year.

Keep Coming Back!

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