Fall olive jeans with stripes and leopard Oct 2014 over 40 fashion

Gym

October 2013 Sunday Fall Church

Haloween candy for office party grown up candy

pumpkin spice limited edition marshmallows 

Vanilla melting white almond 

Candy sprinkles

Wax museum on a rainy day fall 2013

Golf

A personal journey of losing over a 100 lbs picture update and inspiration

It all begins with small changes. It took over a year for my body to adjust to food changes, another year to adjust to a new eating schedule, and now half way done with year three and my body is adjusting to also working out with cardio 3 times a a week and free weight lifting 2 days a week, with restricted calories.

I still struggle to maintain my loss plus reduce the extra 30 odd pounds I still need to shed. My long term goal is to have lost the 30 pounds in the next year and then I should have perfected a food choice and schedule that is right for me, (we are all individual snow flakes) my plan should keep me healthy, flexible, and happy in my own body.  

As I have said before, this has been one of the hardest achievements for me as an adult.
1. Was it easy? Absolutely NO
2. If I could do it over again, would I still make myself shed the pounds? YES, yes, yesssss!
3. How did I stay motivated? Part by looking in the mirror, often, as in several times a day. Looking around myself, and seeing fat people everywhere, and knowing I don't want to feel that way again. Also, I know I deserve to have a body full of energy and be light to move around in to make memories in.


My point: it all starts with one pound at a time, one health choice at a time, one "Yes, I can" at a time, and one day, week, month, year at a time.

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Sept Church Sunday 2013 fall his and hers

Live theater San Antonio October 5th 2013

First we had a healthy lunch (Roma tomatoes, green soya beans steamed) at home, and then we drove to go see Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein

Words to live by, be the best you can be

Makeup most worn in September 2013

Fall orange skirt/shirt

Local shopping trip on a Saturday in October 

Gluten and Sugar Free Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe has been in my family for many decades, the only change I did was substitute the sugar with Splenda.

Total Time:  17 minutes, depending on how easily the thick peanut butter is removed from the container and incorporated with the other ingredients.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: depending on how large you make the cookie, we starting with circles the size of a golf ball before applying hash mark, 10 minutes
Ingredients :

1 cup all natural peanut butter
1 cup sugar substitute (Splenda)
1 whole egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
1 mix ingredients in a small bowl.
2 drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet.
3
bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until set.

Warning, these will be crumbly, that is just how it is. Also, they are so addictive.

Dinner Oct 2nd 2013 eggplant with garlic

Egg plant with roasted garlic