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07 August 2010

OK. Im finally ready to do this diet thing. I kept saying Id do it but I didnt WANT to. Yesterday I decided I was finally ready. My brother is sick and hes obese and they just told him he has a fatty liver and Im sitting there telling him he needs to lose weight but im considered obese myself! How can I tell him to drop weight and not try to do it myself??

So last night I made myself some chicken and rice and veggies and put some in a tupperware. Its 6 points per tupperware thing so I already knew I would have dinner for today. I also follow the MyTrainerBob challenges and so yesterday I did the 100 tricep dips and oh man today my upper arms and back are sooo sore! So this morning I woke up, my MS medication nurse was supposed to be coming at 10am, but she showed up early so I didnt get to have breakfast. =( She left at noon and i was starving but my in laws were here so we could take our dogs swimming, so I grabbed a bag of baked lays chips which wasnt as bad as some of the other options i couldve chosen. And then we took the dogs out which was a 20 minute walk to the water and a 20 minute walk back (uphill). So I got some exercise and i did end up eating well today and I think I made some pretty good choices.

Im excited to move forward with this.
Downside: my meds made me sooo tired that its 830pm and im getting ready for bed.

going to wake up early and clean the garage tomorrow and then am going with FairyBrat home shopping

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
82.1 kg	0.5 kg	21.8 kg	Not Applicable

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23 July 2010

Id like to title this journal: Jazzer(FUN)cise!

Yesterday was such an up and down day for me. Dealing with this MS and its symptoms is all new to me and I was really down mid day yesterday and started crying out of nowhere when my friend I was supposed to strength train with flaked on me. Being so "oh my god everything is falling down around mEE!" i didnt end up strength training. But I did meet up with some lady friends and got to hang out and ended up crying because I was laughing so hard....the MUCH better way to cry. Best ab workout ever ps. So anywho, my friend Lexi is an AVID jazzercise person and goes all the time. Ive been interested in this "jazzercise" so we talked her into doing a few of the routines for us. She was kind of shy about it at first so I said Id do it with her. Oh man....I only did it for like 2 minutes but it was a WORK OUT. plus it was FUN! If real jazzercise at the gym place she goes to is like that then i totally want in. We were laughing so hard and having so much fun with it. I think I just really needed that night to laugh and have fun. Then afterwards we all went for a walk....well Lexi and I walked while Jessica and Julie (FairyBrat) ran....since my doctor says walking and light biking is like the extent of cardio that i can do right now....

Tomorrow is my weigh in day. I just had a hot dog for lunch....possibly my last one for a year if i agree to follow this new MS diet.....but I love weight watchers so im kind of torn

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22 July 2010

So I guess this is my first entry and should be a little like.....introduction?
Today is not day one of my diet, in fact im not even sure when "day 1" really was/is. I feel like every other day is "day1". Its always "i will start tomorrow" and then i try and i dont. Heres the background.

Ive lost weight before. In fact, I lost 50 pounds and kept it off for years, then suddenly, with a bunch of bad crap it all came back. This year in April I hit 180lbs and that was it. I had it! I was motivated to lose the weight and I KNEW I was going to. Not only was I going to lose the weight but i KNEW id be at my goal by December of 2010. My husband and I started working out 5 times a week and eating healthier and I lost 5 pounds. It felt good being so motivated and excited about life.

The first two weeks of May we went to Maui with his family. We snorkeled and hiked and swam and were generally active. I came home 3 pounds lighter! Life was great. Then two days after we got home I started having eye issues...i was seeing double and it became so disabling I couldnt be upright for more than a few minutes. I went to the hospital and got tossed around to every department and had numerous MRIs and brain scans and a fricken spinal tap (never EVER EVER get one if you can avoid it!) and was laid up in bed for a month. Came out with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis....at 27. =( The worst part was the entire time Im laying in bed all I wanted to do was go work out. I wanted to be able to be active and keep losing weight. Instead....i gained everything back PLUS 2 pounds. A week after the diagnosis I found out a friend of mine was killed in the war. I guess my diagnosis coupled with this news kind of....well its killed my motivation. I wont lie and say I didnt find myself in a pretty dark place this last month, but now im trying to pull myself out of it.

Today I woke up and I took my new puppy (his name is Zero. hes 3 1/2 months old and hes the cutest floppy eared little german shepherd ever) out for a walk. This is a bigger feat than expected purely because the MS makes me overheat very easily and get SUPER exhausted sometimes. But....We went for a walk!! and this afternoon Im meeting a friend for strength training and then Julie (FairyBrat) and I are going for another walk. Im hoping this will really bring the motivation back and lifts my spirits. My brithday is Tuesday and Id hate to be in a bad place for it.

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22 July 2010

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
82.6 kg	0 kg	22.2 kg	Not Applicable

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