We are in another heat wave. I am so thankful that we have an air conditioner and electric fans. Otherwise I'd just be a grease spot I'm sure. Today it was 33 C or 91.5 F. Yuck ( Read more... )

Time flies! It's March already! February was a brutal month. It was colder than normal for much of the month so Maggie and I didn't walk very often. Thankfully she seems to be pretty much herself again and I'm slowly weaning her off of the prednisone as per our vet's instructions. The weather has started to warm up some, so our walks should become ( Read more... )

Today I had my first weigh-in since before Christmas. It was better than I thought it would be. I gained 1.5 lbs over the three week holiday period and I'm still below my goal weight! WooHoo! I also got the results of my MRI, which wasn't so good. I have moderate to severe arthritis under my patella and on the inner side of my knee. I have mild to ( Read more... )

It's decidedly wintery here. We've had light snow falling off and on for few days so our part of the world is well and truly snow covered. The mercury is hovering around -9 C but with the windchill it feels like -17C. (or 16F but feels like 1F) After we got home from church today I took Maggie for a walk and she thoroughly enjoyed the snow but I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I bought myself a new belt. For the past 5 months I've been making new holes in my old belt so that I could continue to wear it as I lost weight. By the time I punched the last set of holes there was several inches of belt past the buckle, which was becoming unwieldy. My new belt is the same as the old one, except that it is FOUR inches ( Read more... )

Today has been amazing. This morning church service was filled with praise and worship. We are so blessed to have a worship team that is filled with the Holy Spirit ( Read more... )

I had my weekly weigh-in today and I'm back in the black. I was down 2.4 lbs for a total of 27.8 lbs! Unfortunately, the x-ray of my knee didn't reveal anything unusual so I'm being scheduled for a MRI. My doctor did tell me that one of the screws in my left leg appears to be a little loose but seeing that it isn't causing any problems we would ( Read more... )

I had my weekly weigh-in today. It was a good one, I was down 4 lbs for a total of 25 lbs since February 15th! I've officially moved from the obese category to over-weight. My doctor and I revisited my goals and he thinks that if I lose another 10 to 15 lbs I should be good. Originally he wanted me to lose a total of 60 but thinks that might be ( Read more... )

I had my regular weigh-in this week and was down another 2 lbs. I'm now down 21 lbs since the middle of February. Last weekend I finally bought some smaller clothes, which was fun. I went through my closet and two bins of summer clothes to see what I could wear. Most of the things I tried on were way too big and I've now donated them to a local ( Read more... )

I only made it to Curves once last week. I've been fighting a cold for more than two weeks and haven't had the energy to do much. I went again today and weighed myself. I thought I was going to be up a few pounds but thankfully I stayed the same. The workout took the stuffing out of me; I had a nap this afternoon! I almost never nap ( Read more... )