Forget a feel good day....It's a feel GREAT day!!!

What a fantabulous day! Everyone that has been following knows the last couple of weeks were hard for me. And that for the first time in my journey I had gained. I am very happy to report today that I lost the 2 pounds I gained and lost 1 extra pound for good measure this past week. So I am at a total of 32 Pounds and at 216 pounds and I cannot tell you how much better I am feeling. In fact, with more good news. My Blood pressue has been good on a consistant basis now. My B12 is up and all my other levels are normal. So, as much I as I do like my doctor, I don't need to be under his watchful eye any more. So now it's up to me to keep up what I have been doing. I will be going to the doctor's office on a regular basis just to weigh and have the nurses keep track. I have made a commitment to walk every day now. 4 laps at the mall = 2.5km and I will keep going till it's nice enough, hopefully soon, to walk at the park again. I am very happy to have Michelle back walking with me again. But this past weekend, my support and partner was my little man. Dalton walked with me Friday night even though Michelle and I walked Friday afternoon. And when Michelle could not come Sunday, Dalton did 4 laps with me at the mall. Thanks Dalton. Mom appreciates it. I would like to say thank you today as well to Diane Tavares at my office. She just made me feel great and I had a smile from ear to ear. I walked into the front door of the office today, and Diane looked at me and said "Wow! You look skinny!!" Although I have a ways to go before I see skinny, she made me feel like I was. Thanks Diane. Your a doll! So everyone.... enjoy this bright sun shinny day! Have a great week! And I will be back with another update soon. See you at 4pm Michelle!

Stress =

To say that the last couple of weeks of been stressful is an understatement. I should have posted an update on the 14th when I went to doctors. In fact, I have had people message me asking how it's going because they have not seen an update. Thank you for that. On the 14th I found that I had dropped another pound since I slipped in the last time just for the weight. So my total was now 31 pounds and my BP was good. I was planning to come home and post my latest update when my friend Carol contacted me about our friend and my neighbour Mike. Considering Mike's condition I was in no mood to come home and celebrate my pound weight loss or to post an update.

The next week was very stressful. Mike had taken ill very suddenly and was on life support. This very much took a toll on Mike's family and friend's over the next week as Mike was taken off life support and then awaiting the funeral. A lot of us took Mike's death hard. He was a great friend, super nice guy and to me a great neighbour. Needless to say, it was a week of not watching what was going into my body.

When I woke up yesterday, the 23rd, I felt like I had gained 5 pounds. It was not a good feeling. Again I didn't want to wait to see my doctor on our regular appointment for me to see the damage I had done. So off I went again to slip in and get on the scale. I am glad to say that I was not up 5 pounds, but I was up 2 pounds. So I am now at 29 pound weight loss and I am ok with that. We are allowed to have rough weeks. And it was for me. The choice is now to get back on track and get those 2 pounds back off along with some more.

On a positive note I am very happy to have my walking partner back tomorrow. As I told you all before, Michelle fell in the first walk back in January after the holidays and I have missed her terribly!!! Our walks, talks and support. So I find myself back on my mission, wanting more than ever to get fit and healthy.

The picture attached to this post is at 30 pound weight loss. Taken on March 12th by friend Virginia. I can honestly say I already feel a lot better and look forward to more. Thank you to everyone that has told me how good I am looking and gives me a boost. Makes me want to keep going.

I will post again soon. As for now, Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement and support. Michelle my friend I will see you tomorrow. And for my friend Mike that I will not get too see tomorrow, we miss you and you will forever be in our hearts and thoughts. Rest in peace.

Just when you think buggered up. You didn't!!

I will start by saying that I seriously thought I had screwed up with eating late. Things that I shouldn't be eating and quite honestly drinking a little more as well. I had actually felt a little down if not depressed a couple days last week. I have been doing this with a stable loss. To say that I did not want to go 2 steps forward and 1 back (or should I say 2 pounds up and 1 down) is an understatement. I was really beating myself up over it. And all I kept thinking is that I don't see the doctor for another 2 weeks! It would kill me to wait that long. I know I would make myself feel worse. So I figured let's see what damage I did to myself.

So this past Friday morning I got ready and went into the doctor's office. I told one of the nurses that I was not seeing the doctor for another 2 weeks and I really felt that I had buggered up. Was there anyway that I could just get weighed to see what damage I had done so I could get back on track. No problem, she said. Let's go get weighed. So I went into the nurses room and taking off my coat and shoes, I told her that I was 224 the last time on the scale two weeks ago. So she set the scale at 224 for when I stepped on. Guess what???? To my amazement....the scale was tipped to the right. So she started to move it to the left and the scale started to level out till she stopped. I looked up. As soon as I saw 218 I started to cry. Not sure if it was from happiness or relief. Or maybe it was a bit of both. She looked at me and said 6 pounds. What were you worried about. That's a total of 30 pounds lost!!!

I left that office so happy. I felt like dancing!!!!!!! Even more so when I got home and got a pair of size 16 jeans on. Even more so when I put on some clothes that fit and people were telling me how great I look. That so helps me in this long journey that I am committed to. My friend Gina said to me, I wasn't that long ago you want to hit the 20 pound mark and here you are at 30 already. Thank you. Trust me when I tell you that I have been desperately trying to get the time to sit in front of the computer so that I post this latest update. So I am posting my newest pics with my weight loss now at 30 pounds. Update you in two weeks! Wish me luck!

Cheers!