Half the Woman I Used to Be

Very witty. Great job!

Wow what a journey. You have done amazing. Your before and after pics are really impressive.

Bravo! May your success inspire others to get similar results.

RE, oh I love love LOVE your song and pics! Your transformation is inspiring!! So proud of you, and it makes me persevere all the more!
Becca

So inspirational, thank you for sharing and for not giving up

So proud of you, Re. Keep it up-- the songwriting and wellness

get it Girl!!!!!

Re - I had heard about you blog; read the entire thing this AM. I don't remember your before picture on MFP 50+ WOMEN (in any month). I do remember your present weight pictures and even the posts where you had lost weight, to get where you were heading. To be 'half the woman you used to be'. I am also 5'4".

WOW! What a transformation. I always remember you starting posts there with a catchy intro to your post. I miss that. I still go there and read, respond if I want to. But, this blog will be my #1 page to read because it has made me smile.

I'm about 20+ lbs. away from getting to my goal. Each plateau I hit is hard. Right now I am working on kicking myself off one, or at least down a few more lbs. Going to PT for my dizziness. MD (ENT) said 'it could be vertigo; and, if it was the PT would help. Doing so would make it 'feel like a switch had been turned on'. I'm able to do more of what I could when I first started. Shaking head, nodding head, walking heel-to-toe (this is when I have to say, 'Mr. Policeman, I haven't had anything to drink; but, I cannot walk a straight line. I cannot do any of your 'field sobriety tests', so just take me in and give me a breath test." Standing on some piece of equipment that moves side-to-side and back-and-forth. When I first started I grabbed my PT a whole lot more than I do now. He says he thinks it is my BP spiking and dropping and I have started keeping up with it. I believe that, maybe, he is right. It was rather slow when waking up and sitting on the side of bed; but, then it would drop when I stood up. Now, I am doing it more slowly.

I see there are a lot of women here that I recognize from WOMEN 50+. At 66, I don't want to even be a bit heavier than a healthy normal BMI. I think I am in 'overweight' category and my BMI needs to drop 2 points to get there. I know I eat better most days, thanks to MFP and tracking my CI/CO. I'm trying to exercise everyday (Sunday is my 'day off' from exercising) - I think knowing that 'exercise' means I will have to get up on my treadmill - is very BORING!!! But, we have pretty mild weather here; but, sometimes it is too cold or windy to get outside in the sun. I know there are other ways - but, I miss being able to get in the pool.

I've got a mini-trampoline that I have asked DH to get DOS to help put it together - there is a step in the instructions that require 2 'strong' people to fold it out completely. I think standing on it and doing that will give me enough of an area to work on helping me stand and be stable. I won't jump on it for a while (I don't want to hear DH say that he was right - if I fall off); but, hope I can get there.

Knowing that I can change up a lot of things in my life will keep me trying to do so. This is a life-long journey and I can't get complacent about what I do, putting in my mouth or working on my feet. I did not put it on over-night, I won't take it off over-night. I know what you mean when you say that one cannot make a loved one work to get to what they have said, over and over, they want to do. They have to be the one to make the commitment to change. But, I am 'not supposed' to say anything about their weight; but, they are quick to comment about mine. I'd love to tell them 'how they could do it, too'; but, what I get is 'I can't do that; I can afford to do what you are doing to lose weight'.

Love your blog - love your poem. Did you write it all at one sitting or was it done in spurts? I have written a poem that I started 30 years ago - when I was diagnosed as being 'bipolar' ... I added to it when the words came together. And while I am not going to physically 'give myself the first piece of the pie' - literally; I will do so 'figuratively'. If I am not good to myself, I cannot be to my family, friends, or any others I know.

I became a Christian 2 days prior to my 60th birthday. It has helped me overcome a lot - whether it was the acceptance of being diagnosed with being 'bipolar', having a 'seizure disorder', 'being overweight', or having a MD decide that she would not allow me to go home (where I knew I would be treated better;) but, instead sent me to another hospital - just so she 'could FIX me'." That wasn't something said because she wanted me to get better, it was because I challenged her and her 'position' as my 'assigned' MD. That is what I did and I have not regretted any single minute of it and I would do it again. Her actions nearly 'got me killed'; my actions caused her to not be able to 'have hospital privileged at the local hospital'. But, I was taught 'growing up' to 'stand by my convictions and fight as hard as it took'. I did, it worked - so I know I will be successful at reaching my goal. Having others to inspire me, encourage me, help me do so; I will be 'wide open' to receive what they give.

You probably remember me; and, you know that I also write long posts. Mainly, because 'typing' is relaxing to me and being able to express what I feel is what I might type about.

YOU GO GIRL! Love you and have since I first met you on MFP!

Lenora (occasionally referred to as GRITSandSLUTS)