Good Afternoon Everyone......so I have had a very busy and productive day...getting all of my errands done in one day..is very exciting (usually never happens getting them done in one day) I got my walking in about 5 miles considering I still have issue with leg that is good but so far this is what my day has been like eating: pre breakfast: cup of coffee breakfast: Zone perfect Strawberry Bar (my fav flavor could you guess) 3 23.4 oz bottles of Crystal Ligh****er lunch: 5oz of chicken with 1 1/2 cup of greek salad (lettuce, feta, shaved carrots, cucumber, and 1/2 slice of pita bread with dressing dinner: not sure...actually not really hungry right now...but then again I am drinking another bottle of water so that is probably why...maybe couple of scrambled eggs with shreaded Mexican cheese.... then I will have some protein induced snack at my Church small group.... and a protein shake when I get home before bed.... Hope you all have a great day... Love you all Jannine 357/163/157/TT

yesterday seemed ok, but I'm snacking on too many carbs at night!! drive to work - protein shake morning coffee, stevia, x-smart milk breakfast - steel cut oats, milk, peanut butter, peanuts and dried apples best oatmeal i've ever had!!! snack - drinkable yogurt lunch - 5 shrimp with penne alfredo dinner - quinoa with black beans, roasted corn & garlic snack - sf chocolate covered banana with peanuts water - plenty exercise - none vitamins - no calicum

I'm very willing to try running! at first I cringed at the thought of actually running but after meeting with Marsha (Soul Sista) for lunch and she told me how much she enjoys it, I got this motivation that I wanted to try it! of course foot problems happened and now here I am, gimping along.. We bought treadmills and I anxiously await running! another goal I'm going to work on is losing the couple lbs I gained could be the baked goods, no exercise or a combination of both, but I'm back to 130! Time to tighten the reins before it gets any higher. No baked goods next week and no over doing it on the carbs for me!

Stephanie, I can really relate to things you have said. I thought I would be more adventurous then I am. The first time I rode a bicycle again and the wind blew through my thinning hair I thought that was really neat. All of the sudden I thought, man this is really going to hurt if I fall. I also was thrilled to ride a roller coaster again and then I thought wow is that what I really wanted to do. I'm glad I did it though. I crossed that off of my list. I also want to believe that I am less self concious about my physical appearence in a crowd, but that is a tough one. I have lots of history with being uncomfortable in a crowd. I used to always make the fat joke before someone else had a chance too. I still think when people are making disparaging comments they are talking about me. I guess we are still stuck with these head isues. One thing I now is life is so much better now then 2 years ago. I am thankful for that. Have a great day, Rick

Good morning Rick! What a great question. What am I willing to do or try? I'm not very adventurous I must admit. I never have been. I am, however, much more willing to go anywhere than I was. It's so nice to not worry about whether I fit in a chair, wonder if people will look at me and make some sort of judgement, or know that I need to eat before I go so that I don't embarass myself by eating too much. It's such a relief to have this kind of life! I do still hold back. I know I do. I still feel shy in social situations with people I don't know. I still feel insecure about my size or my appearance. I hope that, someday, the confidence I have in most of my abilities extends to those things too. I'm going to keep working on it! Hugs, Stephanie