Good morning Hatters!

and welcome to August!!

Susan has a great idea for our theme this month in honour of Orville Wrights birthday. Talk about achieving your dream when everyone has no faith in you??? He ignored them all, persevered in spite of many obstacles and failures along the way and went after his dream..... and soared!!

And so can we!!!!



:bigsmile: Snoozie :bigsmile: I found out my body fat has gone down from obese thru overweight and is just hovering at the high end of the "normal" scale now (yay) and a few other things specific to the diabetes and the difference between cardio and ST on the body.. and so much more. So I am excited that my current probs can be fixed and I can continue toward my goal. He was a very positive person; he believes as well in positive thinking... (I did laugh at one point tho when we were talking and I said "and I can't run".... He very gently corrected me; he said "no you don't run now." If you say you can't do something, you will never do it. You just don't run now. You may run at some point if it interests you.. but you just don't run now". I've always believed in the power of positive thinking but that put a new twist on it even for me lol.

So my goals for August are:

to lose 4 pounds in the month
; to diligently do the movements every day for my mobility
continue my walking every single day.
to improve my nutritional intake with good healthy foods

and I plan to SOAR this month!




:bigsmile: Janet/HSH :bigsmile: Is everyone ready to go Soaring into August! What will you do to get there? My focus is going to be on more veggies, I get a lot when I have time on the weekend but need to increase totals when rushed during the week!



:bigsmile: Susan/Seehe :bigsmile: have taken some steps myself to send myself soaring to success in August. I have been stuck at the 39 pound loss for quite some time now, so decided I needed to get my resting metabolic rate scientifically/medically determined again, and the only place I can find in AZ that does that correctly is at Canyon Ranch, so back I go for four days and three nights this August 11th, I will get the test done and then get a private consultation with a nutritionist to go over the results , establish my personal TDEE and calorie and exercise needs to continue to be able to lose weight as well as nutritional recommendations. I am really jazzed to get my new numbers cause online calculators are WAY off from my true numbers that were calculated precisely for me last year there. Additionally, I got a PT evaluation (thanks Snoozie for your inspiration!) and will be undergoing PT therapy for some neck, knee and feet issues as well as hopefully getting guidance on appropriate strength training exercises for me. Finally, I also made an ortho appt first week of Sept, in case my feet are still killing me for further evaluation and possible steroid injections.

So, my August goals are:
Gather all the information and tools I can from Canyon Ranch and PT
Tweek my weight loss plan to the new numbers and follow it
Follow through with my PT appointments 2x a week and recommendations
Break this plateau, hit the elusive 40 pound loss mark and keep going!





This is our month to truly SOAR Hatters!! We CAN reach all our goals .... to paraphrase Tammys post the other day..it all boils down to "you decide" . I have decided, and I WILL reach my goals. Susan and Janet have decided and will reach their goals.

Let's hear from anyone else who has decided and chooses to soar. (That includes any of the new people I see have joined our group... please feel free to jump in and let us get to know you and your goals!) If we work hard, help, encourage and support each other and and keep our eyes on our "prize" we CAN SOAR!!